How Long Is Control Resonant? Game Length and Chapters List Explained

Control Resonant is Remedy Entertainment’s largest game yet, and it takes the studio’s universe further than the original Control. Playing as Dylan Faden, you’ll explore a strange version of Manhattan filled with paranormal enemies and even bigger threats.

With a larger map and RPG-style progression, Control Resonant has a lot more playtime than the first game. What that means is that your total playtime will depend on how much of the optional content you decide to do.

How Long Does It Take to Beat Control Resonant?

A standard playthrough of Control Resonant will take around 25 to 35 hours. If you’re only doing the main story, you’ll be able to finish the game closer to the 25-hour mark. However, you’ll miss out on a lot of additional exploration and side content that could make the game easier in the later stages.

Remedy also encourages you to do the optional content. Completing side missions, finding upgrades, upgrading Dylan’s abilities, and collecting resources will help you against the harder enemies.

If you’re planning on completing most of the game’s content, you’ll be spending around 40 to 50 hours. And on top of that, a thorough 100% playthrough will take you 50 to 60 hours, depending on how much time you spend exploring, completing optional objectives, finding collectibles, and solving hidden puzzles.

There are 49 achievements to get in Control Resonant, along with more side activities such as FBC Tasks, World Feats, upgrades, collectibles, and optional boss encounters. You also have the option for New Game Plus after completing the main story, which can be another way to revisit the game later on.

Control Resonant Chapters and Main Mission List

The main story of Control Resonant is divided into several chapters, and there are 18 main story missions. There are also multiple optional Resonant missions and character quests. Here are all the acts and chapters in the game.

Prologue: Wake Up

1. Orientation

Act 1: Contain the Crisis

2. Welcome to Manhattan
3. Evacuation Procedures
4. Arish’s Briefing
5. Power Lines
6. Into the Sinkhole
7. Enemy of My Enemy

Act 2: Protect the Dimension

8. Recursions and Iterations
9. The House in Distress
10. The Hedron Link

Act 3: Defeat the Hedron

11. Sever the Hedron Links
12. Rebuild
13. Fight to the Core
14. The End

Epilogue

15. The Beginning

That’s all the main story content in the game. Here is a list of all the side missions and optional content.

Search for Jesse Missions

These quests are connected to Dylan’s search for his sister and can appear in different orders:

• The Subway Fault
• The Incursion Fault
• The Underpass Fault

Resonant Missions

The Resonants are major boss encounters, with several appearing as optional or progression-related objectives:

• West Incursion Zone Resonant
• Central Resonant
• Park Resonant
• Underpass Resonant
• Unknown Resonant

Side Stories

There are numerous optional story quests scattered throughout Manhattan:

• Freeze Frame
• Panopticon Service Request
• Crossing the Threshold
• Urban Survival
• Last Taxi
• Unsupervised Science
• Carbon Copy
• Carbon Copy: Part II
• Carbon Copy: Part III
• Complete Set
• The Party Won’t Stop
• Into the Valley of Death
• Pope’s Research
• A New Directive
• New Growth
• Maintenance Protocol
• Mapping the New New York
• Every Dog Has Her Day

World Feats

World Feats are recurring or randomly occurring activities found while exploring the city. These include:

• Mockery
• Suspended Extermination
• Hold the Line
• Altered Tracking
• Pattern Break
• Air Drop
• Mold Infestation
• The Firebreak Job
• Apex Hunt
• Hiss Hive

FBC Tasks

FBC bases also offer repeatable tasks that provide additional activities and rewards:

• Escort Rangers
• Collect Packages
• Defeat Hostiles
• Destroy Object
• Scout Location

Outside of this, there are also collectibles, audio and video files, hidden puzzles, chests, and other secrets. With all of this optional content included, the game can get big fast.

How many hours have you spent so far playing Control Resonant? Let us know in the comments!