aid: howlongtobeat
name: HowLongToBeat
description: HowLongToBeat is a game completion time database that tracks how long
  it takes to finish thousands of video games. Community-sourced data provides average
  completion times across multiple play styles including main story, main story plus
  extras, completionist, and all styles. The site is owned by IGN Entertainment (Ziff
  Davis) and does not publish an official public API; all programmatic access relies
  on community-built wrappers that query the website directly.
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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/howlongtobeat/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
  - Games
  - Video Games
  - Game Completion Times
  - Game Database
  - Community Data
apis:
  - aid: howlongtobeat:howlongtobeat-api
    name: HowLongToBeat API
    description: Community-accessible interface to HowLongToBeat game completion time
      data. Provides search-by-game-name and game-detail lookups returning main story,
      main story plus extras, completionist, and all-styles average times in hours
      for thousands of video games. No official API key or authentication is required;
      access is via community wrappers that scrape or proxy the howlongtobeat.com
      website.
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    humanURL: https://howlongtobeat.com
    baseURL: https://howlongtobeat.com/api
    tags:
      - Games
      - Video Games
      - Game Completion Times
      - Game Database
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://howlongtobeat.com
      - type: Plans
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/howlongtobeat/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
      - type: RateLimits
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/howlongtobeat/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
      - type: FinOps
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/howlongtobeat/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
    contact:
      - FN: HowLongToBeat Support
        url: https://howlongtobeat.com
        email: ''
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://howlongtobeat.com
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://howlongtobeat.com
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/topics/howlongtobeat
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ign-entertainment
  - type: Blog
    url: https://howlongtobeat.com
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://howlongtobeat.com
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://howlongtobeat.com
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/HowLongToBeat
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/howlongtobeat/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/howlongtobeat/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/howlongtobeat/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com