How long is Black Ops 6? Campaign length revealed

Just how long is Black Ops 6 going to be? Developers have chimed in early to reveal the rough length of the campaign, and it’s nothing out of the ordinary.

Like clockwork, another year means another Call of Duty title. This time around, Treyarch is leading the charge once again, with Raven Software developing the campaign.

As we edge closer to its October 25 release, plenty of intel including preload details, Operators, and Zombies mechanics are being revealed on a near-daily basis.

Now, we have some further insight into the game’s single-player offering too. Developers have touched on the Black Ops 6 campaign length, and we’ve got the rundown here for you.

How long to beat Black Ops 6 campaign

The Black Ops 6 campaign is expected to run between six to nine hours. In an interview with Game File, Treyarch’s Production Director Yale Miller said it’s around the “kind of length of a classic Call of Duty campaign.”

The average CoD campaign takes around 7 hours to beat. The quickest in franchise history just passed with 2023’s Modern Warfare 3, clocking in at five hours for the average playthrough. Meanwhile, the longest CoD campaign on record is a tie between two Treyarch titles in 2008’s World at War and 2015’s Black Ops 3, both taking an average of nine hours to beat.

As for specifics, we at least know it’s longer than Black Ops Cold War. Taking the average player 5.5 hours to beat, this was the shortest-ever CoD campaign until MW3 came along. In an interview with IGN, Raven Software’s associate creative director Jon Zuk said, “even if you do try to do the speed run version of it, it is going to be longer than Cold War.”

Every Call of Duty campaign time to beat

• Call of Duty (2003) – 7 hours
• Call of Duty 2 (2005) – 8 hours
• Call of Duty 3 (2006) – 8 hours
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) – 7 hours
• World at War (2008) – 9 hours
• Modern Warfare 2 (2009) – 6.5 hours
• Black Ops (2010) – 7 hours
• Modern Warfare 3 (2011) – 6 hours
• Black Ops II (2012) – 7 hours
• Ghosts (2013) – 6 hours
• Advanced Warfare (2014) – 7 hours
• Black Ops III (2015) – 9 hours
• Infinite Warfare (2016) – 7 hours
• WWII (2017) – 7 hours
• Modern Warfare (2019) – 6 hours
• Black Ops Cold War (2020) – 5.5 hours
• Vanguard (2021) – 6 hours
• Modern Warfare II (2022) – 8 hours
• Modern Warfare III (2023) – 5 hours

All this data comes from howlongtobeat.com, where thousands of players tally their total game time.

Of course, playtime is massively affected by difficulty, trying to get all the Trophies, finding all the secrets, and unlocking the different endings. But, we at least know that even if you play Black Ops 6 as fast as possible, it should still take over 5.5 hours to beat.

We’ll get a better idea once it releases on October 25 but in the meantime, be sure to brush up on everything else we know about the new release here.