What are your favorite short games?
I don't have nearly as much time to game as I used to, and as such, I tend to prioritize games that are quick to finish over those that want my attention for a long time. Thus, I'm curious to...
I don't have nearly as much time to game as I used to, and as such, I tend to prioritize games that are quick to finish over those that want my attention for a long time. Thus, I'm curious to know: what are the best short games you've played?
I'm going to arbitrarily set "short" at a threshhold of 3 hours or less.
Furthermore, I'm referring to games that have a defined start and end, rather than potentially infinite play sessions. That means a game like The Binding of Isaac wouldn't count despite the average play session being much less than 3 hours, but a game like Gone Home would.
If you're not sure about a game's length, check HowLongToBeat for crowdsourced runtime data.
Here's a table of recommendations mentioned in the thread, and their approximate time to complete from HowLongToBeat (using the "Main Story" category).
Game | Length (hours) |
---|---|
140 | 1 |
1979 Revolution: Black Friday | 2 |
A Dark Room | 3.5 |
ABZÛ | 2 |
Another World | 2.5 |
The Beginner's Guide | 1.5 |
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons | 3 |
Cave Story | 7 |
Digital: A Love Story (1) | 2 |
Analogue: A Hate Story (2) | 3 |
Distance | 2 |
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist | 0.5 |
Firewatch | 4 |
Flower | 2 |
Gone Home | 2 |
Gunpoint | 3 |
Her Story | 2.5 |
Hexcells | 2 |
High Hell | 1 |
INSIDE | 3.5 |
Into the Breach | 5 |
Jazzpunk | 2 |
Journey | 2 |
Kamiko | 1 |
LOVE (1) | 0.5 |
kuso (2) | 0.75 |
Membrane | 3.5 |
Moss | 4 |
My Friend Pedro | 4 |
NaissancE | 4 |
A Normal Lost Phone | 1.5 |
Papers, Please | 4.5 |
Portal | 3 |
Refunct | 0.5 |
Rez | 2 |
The Room | 2.5 |
The Room 2 | 3 |
Rumu | 3 |
Sagebrush | 2 |
Samorost | 0.25 |
SEPTEMBER 1999 | 0.09167 |
Spirits of Xanadu | 3 |
The Stanley Parable | 1.5 |
Stories Untold | 2.5 |
A Story About My Uncle | 3 |
Subsurface Circular (1) | 2 |
SUPERHOT | 2 |
Quarantine Circular (2) | 2 |
To the Moon | 4 |
The Unfinished Swan | 2.5 |
What Remains of Edith Finch | 2 |
Xeodrifter | 3 |