Can you beat Blue Prince in a single day?

Those making headway into the puzzle game Blue Prince might be wondering how many in-game days you need to roll credits — and if it’s possible to finish the game in a single day.

In Blue Prince, you explore and construct a sprawling mansion estate room by room using a series of randomized blueprints. There’s a roguelike element, too: The house’s floor plan resets every day (or run). Gradually, you piece together information and items from various rooms to solve puzzles.

You don’t know which rooms you you’ll be able to draft each day, and each player’s game experience can vary greatly. Because of this, the number of days it takes to beat the game and roll credits varies. To figure out how long it takes to beat Blue Prince, we polled Polygon writers so you can get an idea of how many days it takes to beat Blue Prince, and get into the matter of if it’s possible to beat Blue Prince in one day.

How many days it normally takes to beat Blue Prince

For those who just want the answer, we polled our team, and it takes around 30 days (in-game) to find the secret Room 46 and officially “beat” Blue Prince.

The vast majority of writers we spoke to hit credits around 30 days into the game. However, there is an element of randomness to the rooms you get, so playthroughs can vary. One writer took around 80 days to beat the game, just because they didn’t get another opportunity to draft the proper rooms to reach the Antechamber. For me personally, I got sidetracked by solving another puzzle, so I hit credits on day 39 when I suddenly realized I could just… finish the game.

If you are reading this, are well past 30 days, and haven’t rolled credits, don’t worry. The game doesn’t punish you if you take longer to beat it (and I would argue the atmospheric nature of the game is best enjoyed when you take your time). Just interpret this number as a reference point for what is theoretically possible to complete in a certain number of days.

Additionally, there is much to do in Blue Prince after rolling credits — lots of puzzles to solve and rooms to explore. You need a lot of time to experience all there is to see in this game, so don’t up and leave after you roll credits — grab a notebook and dive in!

[Ed. note: The rest of this post contains spoilers for Blue Prince.]

Can you beat Blue Prince in one day?

Astoundingly, the answer to this question is… yes! You can beat Blue Prince in one day.

It’s definitely difficult to do. It’s the first day so you don’t have any permanent upgrades and have to manage without additional steps, coins, or gems. Additionally, this kind of run requires a bit of luck since the game requires certain rooms to access Room 46. If you don’t draft the Tomb, for example, you’d be fresh out of luck and would need to start over.

But it is possible, and speedrunners have shared recordings of them beating the game in a single day. You can watch this incredible example above from SomeMugGaming, who beat the game in one day and in less than 22 minutes.