Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Animal Crossing: New Leaf is a social simulation game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. The game was first released in 2012 in Japan and later worldwide in 2013, it is the fourth main game in the Animal Crossing series. The player controls a human character who takes on the role of mayor in a town populated with anthropomorphic animals.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 2012
- Developer
- Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 8 November 2012 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, Monolith Soft Inc. |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Nintendo 3DS |
| Genres | Simulation |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q44462, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Animal Crossing: New Leaf? How long to beat it
Total play time for Animal Crossing: New Leaf is about 468.7 hours to do everything, and around 78.7 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 78.7h | 135 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 191.2h | 207 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 468.7h | 38 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Animal Crossing: New Leaf sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Animal Crossing: New Leaf lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 78ahead of 33% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 47ahead of 85% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Animal Crossing: New Leaf
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Common questions about Animal Crossing: New Leaf
What platforms is Animal Crossing: New Leaf on?
Animal Crossing: New Leaf is available on Nintendo 3DS. It first released in 2012.
Who made Animal Crossing: New Leaf?
Animal Crossing: New Leaf was developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, Monolith Soft Inc. and published by Nintendo.
How long does it take to beat Animal Crossing: New Leaf?
about 78.7 hours for the main story, 191.2 hours with the main extras, 468.7 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.