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Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure is a 2011 toys-to-life action role-playing game and the first video game in the Skylanders series. It is played with the use of toy figures that interact with it through a "Portal of Power" that reads their tag through NFC.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.

Role-Playing

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Released
2011
Developer
Toys for Bob
Platforms
1 systems
Critics
Not scored
Steam Deck
Unknown
Download
Not stated
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The record

Catalogue facts
First released12 October 2011
DeveloperToys for Bob
PublisherNot recorded
PlatformsNintendo 3DS
GenresRole-Playing

Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q2360842, seeded 30 August 2026.

How long is Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure? How long to beat it

Total play time for Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure is about 24.2 hours to do everything, and around 9.9 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.

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure length by how much you play
How you playHoursPlayers logged
Just the main story: straight through the critical path9.9h49
Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do18.8h37
Completionist: everything: 100% the game24.2h24

Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.

Where Skylanders: Spyro'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 Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.

The whole catalogueRecent and quiet
Year
77ahead of 30% of the catalogue
Reach
30ahead of 72% 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.

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Common questions about Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure

What platforms is Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure on?

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure is available on Nintendo 3DS. It first released in 2011.

Who made Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure?

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure was developed by Toys for Bob.

How long does it take to beat Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure?

about 9.9 hours for the main story, 18.8 hours with the main extras, 24.2 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.