Ultima VII: The Black Gate
Ultima VII: The Black Gate is the seventh installment of the Ultima series of role-playing video games. It was published in April 1992 for MS-DOS by Origin Systems. The player returns as The Avatar, a would-be paragon of moral virtue who faces down many dangers and deceptions in order to cleanse the medieval fantasy world of Britannia of assorted plots and schemes, monster infestations, and the undermining of crown authority. A Super NES conversion was released in 1994.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1992
- Developer
- Origin Systems
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 16 April 1992 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Origin Systems |
| Publisher | Electronic Arts |
| Platforms | Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Genres | Role-Playing |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q2376909, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Ultima VII: The Black Gate? How long to beat it
Total play time for Ultima VII: The Black Gate is about 96.1 hours to do everything, and around 37.4 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 | 37.4h | 6 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 48.1h | 14 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 96.1h | 6 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Ultima VII: The Black Gate sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Ultima VII: The Black Gate lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 47ahead of 5% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 19ahead of 66% 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 Ultima VII: The Black Gate
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Common questions about Ultima VII: The Black Gate
What platforms is Ultima VII: The Black Gate on?
Ultima VII: The Black Gate is available on Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It first released in 1992.
Who made Ultima VII: The Black Gate?
Ultima VII: The Black Gate was developed by Origin Systems and published by Electronic Arts.
How long does it take to beat Ultima VII: The Black Gate?
about 37.4 hours for the main story, 48.1 hours with the main extras, 96.1 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.