Funeral for the Sun takes about 8 to 9 hours to beat. The store page calls it “an 8 hour long detective game,” and solo developer Nico said in September that the full mystery spans “9 hours of gameplay.” Filling in every name and connection for 100% takes longer than the credits, because the game lets you finish the story with parts of the notebook still blank.
Funeral for the Sun launched on November 9, 2026, for Windows and Mac. You search the ashes of Cerro Milagroso, a town whose official story says a fire killed all but one of its 724 residents, and travel back through 400 years of its past to work out what really happened. Nico has said the game was inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn and by Latin American fiction such as One Hundred Years of Solitude, and it plays like the former: you deduce names and fates from memories rather than being told them.
Funeral for the Sun Length at a Glance
| Goal | Rough time |
|---|---|
| Beat the story | About 8 to 9 hours (the developer’s figures) |
| 100% (every name, connection and portrait) | Longer than the story; the developer has not given a number |
| All 10 achievements | About the same as 100%, plus a few side discoveries |
The store page’s 8 hours and Nico’s 9 hours come from the same person at different times, so treat the range as the honest answer. How quickly you make your deductions decides where in that range you land.
What Takes the Time
Funeral for the Sun is built on a few big numbers, all from the store page:
- 70+ memories scattered through the town’s history, each one a scene to search.
- 100+ portraits to find.
- More than 50 characters whose fates you deduce, per Nico’s launch-date post, spread across 400 years.
The work is the notebook. You assign each character their correct name, link people with relationships (who is whose parent, who were a couple, who killed whom), and combine portraits that show the same person at different ages. Names are confirmed in batches: the game tells you a name “will be locked in after 3 correct answers,” so you need three right at once before any of them stick. That rule is what turns a first run into careful detective work rather than guessing until something works.
A checklist tracks what you need to move forward. Since the November 11 patch, it says plainly that it shows only the minimum information needed to clear each section, so finishing a chapter’s checklist does not mean you have found everything in it.
Why 100% Takes Longer
You can roll the credits without a complete notebook, and the game’s top achievements reflect that. On November 12, about 33% of Steam players had the “Beat the game” achievement and about 24% had “A Complete Web,” the one for 100%.
Late in the game, a tutorial popup (added in Patch 1) explains that you can still reach 100% even when fewer than three names or connections are left, which matters because of the three-at-a-time rule. Patch 2 also fixed a bug that made some players re-enter names to reach 100%, and added a fast travel point to an end-game area that was hard to find again. If you are going for a full notebook, make sure you are on the latest patch.
Fast travel only takes you to places you have already visited, since the day-one hotfix, so there is no skipping ahead to unexplored parts of town.
Platforms, Price and Steam Deck
Funeral for the Sun is on Steam for Windows and Mac at $19.99, with a 10% launch discount to $17.99. There is no Linux version and no console version.
- Language: English only at launch. Nico says Spanish and Simplified Chinese are coming in 2027.
- Controls: Steam lists mouse-only and touch-only options. There is no controller support listed.
- Steam Deck: not at launch. Nico said in October that a Steam Deck compatible build is planned for 2027, and Valve has not rated the game.
- Saving: Steam lists Save Anytime and Steam Cloud.
If you want something in the same vein, Hillthorn came out the next day: a wordless detective game, told in cards, about a disappearance. Our list of the best PC games of 2026 so far has more, and Raw Fury’s The Séance of Blake Manor is a strong pick for detective fans.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Funeral for the Sun? About 8 to 9 hours to beat. The store page says 8 hours, and the developer said 9 hours in September.
How long does it take to 100% Funeral for the Sun? Longer than the story, since you can finish the game with parts of the notebook blank. The developer has not given a separate figure.
Is Funeral for the Sun like Return of the Obra Dinn? Its developer names Return of the Obra Dinn as an inspiration, and it uses a similar system: you deduce names from evidence, and they lock in three correct answers at a time.
Is Funeral for the Sun on Steam Deck? Not officially. The developer plans a Steam Deck compatible build in 2027, and Valve has not rated the game yet.
Is Funeral for the Sun in Spanish? Not yet. It launched in English only, and the developer says Spanish and Simplified Chinese arrive in 2027.
Who made Funeral for the Sun? Nicolás G. Cid Delgado, who goes by Nico, made it solo over more than a year and a half of development.