The story mode of IllFonic’s Halloween: The Game can be cut down to something like 1.5 to 2 hours, give or take half an hour, if you focus on the main objective and if you know what you’re doing. Though it can stretch a lot more if you keep exploring, and, of course, it can take longer on your first run due to unfamiliarity and whatnot.
For Michael Myers’ story, there’s a prologue as well as five other chapters, with each one having challenges, alternate kills, higher difficulties, collectibles, and so on, which give you reasons to replay them.
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How Long Is Halloween: The Game Story Mode?
So, Halloween: The Game story mode can be finished in as little as just 1.5 to 2 hours and, on the other hand, roughly 10-20 hours. Here’s how long the story takes depending on different playstyles:
| Playstyle | Expected Length |
|---|---|
| Rushing the story | Around 1-3 hours |
| First run with exploration | Around 3-6 hours |
| Challenges and unlocks | 10+ hours possible |
| Completionist/replays | Potentially 10-20 hours |
If you just rush mandatory targets, you can finish the story mode in a breeze. If you’re going for challenges, exploration, alternate kills, higher difficulties, and unlocks, you’re talking about replays, which goes beyond the pure story length.
Halloween: The Game Story Mode Chapter List
Halloween: The Game has a prologue and five chapters, which makes for six playable story sections in total.
| Story Section | Chapter Name |
|---|---|
| Prologue | Escape from Smith’s Grove |
| Chapter 1 | The Road to Haddonfield |
| Chapter 2 | Main Street |
| Chapter 3 | Returning Home |
| Chapter 4 | The Babysitters |
| Chapter 5 | Into the Shadows |
Why Story Mode Can Take 10+ Hours
Challenges are also an important part of the extra playtime you’d get. If you’re a completionist like I am, getting five stars and completing all of the challenges will take considerably longer.
So, if you only want to see Michael’s story, you probably won’t need anywhere near 10 hours. But if you want to get knee-deep into it and explore thoroughly to complete optional objectives and experiment with different kills and whatnot, then you’re in for much more than 10 hours.
Is Michael Myers’ Story Mode Just a Tutorial?
No, it isn’t just a tutorial in the literal sense. It’s a standalone Michael Myers story experience with a prologue and five chapters, although it also functions as an extended introduction to Michael’s multiplayer mechanics. So there’s that as well.
Is the Story Mode Worth Playing?
That really depends a lot on what you’re expecting from it. If you want a deep, lengthy narrative campaign, this probably isn’t going to satisfy you. The story is fairly simple, and the mandatory objectives can be completed super-duper quickly.
There’s a big but, though. If you’re already a Halloween or Michael Myers fan, then the campaign recreates familiar events and locations for you from past movies and, at the very same time, lets you play through them from Michael’s perspective, which makes the whole experience much more worthwhile.
But then again, if you’re already a fan, you can go full completionist and experiment with different executions and do all the challenges to fully enjoy every bit of extra content in the story mode.
Can You Keep Playing Solo After Michael’s Story?
Yes. If you’ve finished Michael’s story mode, that doesn’t mean you have to stop playing solo. You can launch private matches and play the multiplayer mode all by yourself as Michael Myers against bots. These solo matches can include randomized priority targets and spawns, so they aren’t simply a repeat of the five story chapters.
If you’re moving into multiplayer afterward, you may also want to know how the Ancient Amulet works in Halloween: The Game, since it can protect y’all against Michael Myers.
