How long is What Remains of Edith Finch, and is it worth it?
Prices, platforms and subscriptions checked on October 26, 2026. What Remains of Edith Finch takes 2 hours for Main Story on HowLongToBeat’s player-submitted averages, which is one evening, and 3 hours to see everything, an evening and a half. Wait for a sale before buying it on PC or console, unless it is already in…
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Prices, platforms and subscriptions checked on October 26, 2026.
What Remains of Edith Finch takes 2 hours for Main Story on HowLongToBeat’s player-submitted averages, which is one evening, and 3 hours to see everything, an evening and a half. Wait for a sale before buying it on PC or console, unless it is already in your library or you play on iPhone or iPad, where its everyday price is a quarter of the PC and console list price.
Critics rate it highly. What decides it is whether one evening of story is worth a full-price purchase to you.
Edith Finch in evenings, from a quick run to every story
Its three HowLongToBeat measures sit within one hour of each other, which makes it an easy game to schedule.
| Measure (HowLongToBeat, player-submitted) | Hours | Evenings (hours ÷ 2) | 1-hour sittings | Weeks at 2 hours a week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Story | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Main + Sides | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 1.5 |
| Completionist | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 1.5 |
Source: HowLongToBeat averages as shown, in whole hours, on IsThereAnyDeal’s page for the game.
Plan around Main Story. Seeing everything costs one extra hour, half an evening. The developer doesn’t describe what finishing everything involves, so that hour is as precise as anyone can be.
Whole-hour averages also hide the minutes. If you usually land above HowLongToBeat in story games, book the evening and a half from the start; why community averages run short at a few hours a week explains the gap.
At 5 hours a week, even Completionist finishes inside one week with 2 hours to spare.
Short sittings, handhelds and cloud saves
Each handheld you might reach for has an official status for it. It is Verified for Steam Deck (SteamDB’s record of Valve’s Deck test), supported on Switch 2 with behavior consistent with Switch (Nintendo eShop listing), and marked Handheld Optimized on the Xbox store.
Your progress can follow you on two of those platforms: Steam Cloud on Steam, and Save Data Cloud on Switch with a Switch Online membership.
None of the store listings say how often the game saves or whether you can stop partway through a story. One sitting is the safe plan, with two 1-hour sittings as the fallback.
If 30 to 60 minutes is all you usually get, games that reach the credits in half-hour sittings is a better list to start from.
Steam’s lowest price is a quarter of the list price
Divide each price by the evenings and the case for waiting is plain.
| Store | US price, checked Oct 26, 2026 | Per evening, Main Story (1 evening) | Per evening, Completionist (1.5 evenings) | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steam | $19.99 | $19.99 | $13.33 | Windows PC, Steam Deck |
| Steam lowest recorded, first reached Dec 22, 2022 (SteamDB) | $4.99 | $4.99 | $3.33 | Sale price, 75% off |
| PlayStation Store | $19.99 | $19.99 | $13.33 | PS4 and PS5 in one purchase |
| Xbox store | $19.99 | $19.99 | $13.33 | Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S |
| Nintendo eShop | $19.99 | $19.99 | $13.33 | Switch, playable on Switch 2 |
| App Store | $4.99 | $4.99 | $3.33 | iPhone, iPad, Macs with Apple silicon |
Steam’s sale low and the App Store’s everyday price are the same number, which is why the verdict splits by platform. No store page gives a date for the next discount, so for PC and console players the move is a wishlist and some patience.
Subscriptions won’t cover it either. Game Pass covers cloud play only after you buy the game, per the Xbox listing, and the US PlayStation Store sells it outright with no PlayStation Plus label.
The call flips once any store in the table matches that low, or once the game is already yours: then play it now. If a one-evening price still feels steep next to a long RPG, how cost per hour shifts between short and long games sets the two side by side.
Before you buy: If you already own the PS4 version, the PS5 version comes at no extra cost, though PS4 disc owners need the disc inserted each time they play on PS5 (PlayStation Store listing).
Who should pass on it, and is it fine for a teenager?
Pass if you want something to beat. Steam players tag it Walking Simulator and Story Rich, and the developer’s own store text says each story “ends with that family member’s death.” If you want a puzzle to solve, or something lighter for a tired weeknight, A Short Hike, a calmer one-evening game is the gentler pick.
For everyone else, critics and players line up. It holds an 88 Top Critic Average on OpenCritic, with 91% of 121 critics recommending it, and 94% of 18,753 English Steam reviews are positive.
For parents: It is rated Teen by the ESRB for Blood, Drug Reference, Language and Violence, and 13+ on the App Store. The ESRB’s rating summary describes specific scenes, so read it yourself before deciding; those details also give away parts of the story.
Scares and add-ons
Is What Remains of Edith Finch scary?
Steam players tag it Horror and Psychological Horror, and the PlayStation Store files it under Horror. If horror is a dealbreaker for you, read the ESRB summary linked above first.
Is there any DLC for What Remains of Edith Finch?
There is no story DLC. The only add-on on Steam is the original soundtrack, sold separately.
Block out one two-hour evening and play it straight through
Pick the night before you pick the store. On iPhone or iPad, the price already matches the Steam low, so this can be the week you play it. On PC or console, add it to your wishlist now and buy when a sale brings it down to that level.
When the credits roll, short palate cleansers between long RPGs has more one-sitting picks in other moods, and short games sorted by the evenings they take lays out the whole shelf.
