The God of War series is full of games that go all-out when it comes to action on the most epic scale and that makes it interesting to rank the titles by campaign length. Whilst the first God of War was one of the most important titles on the PlayStation 2, its high-adrenaline action was presented in a relatively compact package. Luckily, the games have been able to become even more expansive since then and have taken the player on journeys over twice the length of that first title.

When God of War: Ragnarök was released to critical acclaim last year as the longest game in the history of the brutal boss-slaying God of War franchise, it's easy to assume that each game has been getting longer over time, but that wouldn't quite be right. With no follow-up titles planned for the future, data from HowLongToBeat, a crowd-sourced website for cataloging game lengths,...