Kirby's Adventure
Kirby's Adventure is a 1993 platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It is the second game in the Kirby series after Kirby's Dream Land (1992) on the Game Boy and the first to include the Copy Ability, which allows the main character Kirby to gain new powers by eating certain enemies. The game centers around Kirby traveling across Dream Land to repair the Star Rod after King Dedede breaks it apart and gives the pieces to his minions.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1993
- Developer
- HAL Laboratory
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 23 March 1993 |
|---|---|
| Developer | HAL Laboratory |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Genres | platformer |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q1154059, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Kirby's Adventure? How long to beat it
Total play time for Kirby's Adventure is about 5.2 hours to do everything, and around 3.5 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 | 3.5h | 487 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 4.1h | 158 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 5.2h | 116 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Kirby's Adventure sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Kirby's Adventure lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 48ahead of 6% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 45ahead of 84% 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 Kirby's Adventure
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Common questions about Kirby's Adventure
What platforms is Kirby's Adventure on?
Kirby's Adventure is available on Nintendo Entertainment System. It first released in 1993.
Who made Kirby's Adventure?
Kirby's Adventure was developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo.
How long does it take to beat Kirby's Adventure?
about 3.5 hours for the main story, 4.1 hours with the main extras, 5.2 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.