The Longest Five Minutes

Our hero faces the origin of all evil, the Overlord himself, but suddenly loses all memories of his adventure.

67 28 July 2016 ESRB T

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Fantasy

The Longest Five Minutes is an adventure developed by Nippon Ichi Software, released 28 July 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Vita and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 19 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What The Longest Five Minutes is

The Longest Five Minutes is an adventure game developed by Nippon Ichi Software and released in 2016. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Vita and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"Our hero faces the origin of all evil, the Demon King himself, but suddenly loses all memories of his adventure. His finishing moves, the name of his hometown, and even the reason he's trying to defeat the Demon King in the first place, all gone. Our hero feels as though he's letting his allies down... In the midst of battle, his ally's words and the Demon King's taunting triggers flashbacks, bringing his memories back piece by piece. Our hero tries to regain his priceless memories before it's too late, but the Demon King stands before him, his power unyielding! What can happen in The Longest Five Minutes!?"

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 54 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

The Longest Five Minutes holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored about average for its year.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Core i3-2100 3.10 GHz, 2 GB RAM and Radeon HD 5450. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

The Longest Five Minutes launched on 28 July 2016, within three weeks of No Man's Sky, Abzu, Overcooked! and Starbound. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.

Released around the same time: No Man's Sky, Abzu, Overcooked!, Starbound.

Official trailer

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Screenshots

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The Longest Five Minutes gameplay screenshot

Quick answers

The Longest Five Minutes — frequently asked questions

When did The Longest Five Minutes come out?

The Longest Five Minutes was released on 28 July 2016 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Vita and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for The Longest Five Minutes?

At minimum, The Longest Five Minutes needs Core i3-2100 3.10 GHz, 2 GB RAM, Radeon HD 5450 graphics, 1 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is The Longest Five Minutes?

The PC version needs about 1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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