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 |