Halo: Reach
Halo: Reach is a 2010 first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360 console. It is the sixth installment in the Halo series, and a direct prequel to Halo: Combat Evolved. The game takes place in the year 2552, where humanity is locked in a war with an alien theocracy known as the Covenant, which seeks to exterminate humanity. Players control Noble Six, a member of an elite squad of supersoldiers, known as Noble Team, attempting to stage a defense of the human world known as Reach, which falls under Covenant attack.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 2010
- Developer
- Bungie
- Platforms
- 2 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 14 September 2010 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Bungie |
| Publisher | Xbox Game Studios |
| Platforms | PC, Xbox 360 |
| Genres | First-Person Shooter |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q283878, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Halo: Reach? How long to beat it
Total play time for Halo: Reach is about 50.4 hours to do everything, and around 7.7 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 | 7.7h | 1,351 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 12.4h | 262 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 50.4h | 49 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Halo: Reach sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Halo: Reach lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 75ahead of 28% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 56ahead of 93% 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 Halo: Reach
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Common questions about Halo: Reach
What platforms is Halo: Reach on?
Halo: Reach is available on PC, Xbox 360. It first released in 2010.
Who made Halo: Reach?
Halo: Reach was developed by Bungie and published by Xbox Game Studios.
How long does it take to beat Halo: Reach?
about 7.7 hours for the main story, 12.4 hours with the main extras, 50.4 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.