Pokémon’s upcoming Dragon Quest Builders-like sandbox, Pokopia, isn’t just a Pokémon-themed block-building playground. It has a main story that some are suggesting has some post-apocalyptic vibes to it, and according to the game’s director, it can take anywhere from 20 to 40 hours to finish… with more to do after the credits.
This comes from our own interview with Takuto Edagawa, the chief director of Pokémon Pokopia. We asked about the approximate length of the game, and this was the response:
So for this game, the main motivation for this game is typically not to go to the end roll [credits]. The whole concept is to create the world with Pokemon and live with the Pokemon. However, as an average, it’ll be about 20 to 40 hours, but it would really depend on how the players play the game.
There’s more things to experience after the end roll [credits]. So it depends on what you mean by contents, but I believe that players are encouraged to and will be motivated to continue to play the game.
This fairly open-ended response isn’t a surprise given what we know of Pokopia. It’s a sandboxy sim where you, a Ditto transformed into a human shape, hang out on an initially deserted island and get to work building habitats to convince more Pokemon friends to come live with you. It’s very similar to Dragon Quest Builders, which makes sense as the developer, Omega Force, also helped out on Dragon Quest Builders 2. In addition to the story component, we can imagine this will have some fairly open-ended gameplay as to what you build, where, and how, and its multiplayer components will likely give the game some longevity too. As a result, it makes sense that players would have a wide range of completion times based on how much they dig into the building mechanics both during and after the campaign.
We also got a chance to go hands-on with Pokopia, including its four-player multiplayer offering, and experience its cozy, mysterious world for ourselves. The game is planned for release on Nintendo Switch 2 on March 5, 2026.
