System Shock Remake: Game Length System Shock Remake guide, tips
Completing System Shock Remake at 100% can take you quite a while. This page of the guide tells you how long the main storyline is and how many hours are needed to fully explore the Citadel and unlock all achievements.
Last update: 15 June 2023
On this page of our guide you can find a short commentary on the length of System Shock Remake. Albeit short, it covers all of the most important bases - the duration of the main story, and how long collecting all of the secrets and attaining 100% of achievements take.
Main story and Good Ending
A standard playthrough of System Shock Remake should take up to 20 hours. This is based on an assumption that you will devote some time to optional exploration, but won't try to reveal every corner of each map.
The above "bracket" takes into account that in System Shock Remake, you can easily get stuck when solving puzzles, or don't know what to do in the given moment to push the story forward. Helping yourself to a guide with a list of required steps may significantly reduce the total playtime.
All collectibles and full exploration of all maps
A goal to explore all Decks of The Citadel fully may lengthen the experience by about 10-15 further hours. Some locations are prone to backtracking, as you can only reach certain areas e.g. after getting Turbo-Motion Boots V2 or V3.
In System Shock Remake, there is much to discover - audio logs, messages, quest items, and even equipment - all of the above are treated as secrets/collectibles. This is definitely a motivation to do some proper exploring.
100% of achievements
Most of the achievements should be unlocked during a standard playthrough, as many of them are linked to story events or actions that you perform often, such as completing mini-games or using different weapons.
One of the most problematic achievements is the one in which you need to complete the game on the highest difficulty settings. They force e.g. completing the story in time less than 10 hours. You should leave such an attempt for further playthroughs, after you get to know the game well.
Achievements also require finding all of the secrets/collectibles, including problematic audio logs and all Skullys. This can be time-consuming, as some of the lesser secrets are hidden so well that you can easily skip them during initial exploration.