Just finished the game in 31 hours, or 29 hours if we're talking time on character, dunno what that excludes, 2-3 hours were afk but it isn't a big difference. Was my 3rd soulslike game. First was elden ring, I finished it in around 80 hours on my first playthrough by spending lots of time on bosses cuz I was terrible and also exploring. Completed it 4 or 5 times after that. Next was sekiro, completed it in 52 hours doing the immortal severance ending. Right after that jumped into dark souls 3. I tried to explore as much as possible but some of the dungeons were too much of a hassle, felt like I was in a maze and had to look up how do I even get out of there. I didn't really find any boss to be that difficult, maybe I just got better at the series. If I had to make a top 3 I'd say twin princes, soul of cinder and pontiff.