# How long is Control Resonant? About 24 hours, and the order to play its zones

> Control Resonant’s story takes about 24 hours, 35 with side content and 44 for everything. How far PC players have got through its zones, the order players suggest, and what you can do after the story.

By Mercer. Published 4 November 2026, updated 6 November 2026.

> **How long to beat Control Resonant: About 24 hours.**
>
> That’s the story, from players who have finished it. With side content it takes about 35 hours, and everything about 44.

**How long players take**

|  | Hours |
| --- | --- |
| The story | About 24 hours |
| Story and side content | About 35 hours |
| Everything | About 44 hours |

Averages of the runs players have logged: 85 story runs, 306 with side content and 189 completed.[^1]

Most players take in side content too: more than three times as many have logged a run with side content as a story-only one.[^1]

## How far players have got

**The Resonants players have killed, zone by zone**

|  | Share of PC players |
| --- | --- |
| Downtown | 89% |
| Central | 66% |
| Rescue Arish (Opens the Unknown) | 64% |
| West Incursion Zone | 63% |
| Help with the CFD | 52% |
| The Park | 51% |
| The Underpass | 46% |
| The Unknown | 36% |
| Kill the Hedron | 36% |

The share of everyone who owns the game on PC who has unlocked the matching achievement, read on 6 November 2026. It counts people who have barely played, so the first bar is never 100%. [^2]

36% of PC players have killed the Hedron.[^2]

## The order players suggest

1. **West Incursion and the Evacuation Zone first.** Zoe points you to them once you have the keycard from the field office, and both lead to movement abilities.
2. **Central, then the Park.** Players place the Park mid-game for its difficulty.
3. **Rescue Arish before the other Resonants.** The Unknown stays closed until you do, the task boards appear only once he’s at the field office, and players say you miss some dialogue if he comes late.
4. **Then the CFD, the Underpass and the Unknown.**[^3]

## More on Control Resonant

See [the mods players use](https://creativecult.digital/research/control-resonant-mods), [what players say about the game](https://creativecult.digital/games/control-resonant) and how players weigh it against [Control](https://creativecult.digital/compare/control-resonant-vs-control).

## Sources

[^1]: HowLongToBeat: Control: Resonant, player-submitted times. https://howlongtobeat.com/game/116190
[^2]: Steam Community: Control Resonant achievements, with the share of players who have each. https://steamcommunity.com/stats/3669870/achievements/
[^3]: Reddit, r/controlgame: Order of zones?, 12 October 2026. https://www.reddit.com/r/controlgame/comments/1x4d2jl/order_of_zones/

Page: https://creativecult.digital/research/how-long-is-control-resonant