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Best sub-20 hour games? (self.gaming)
submitted 1 year ago by patchymoose to c/gaming
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I have been on a kick lately with short games. Because I'm a parent with a hectic job, it's really nice to be able to beat a game in just a few days.

I've played both Plague Tale games (10 & 20 hours respectively), Stray (7 hours), and Alan Wake (10 hours). All great stories, very atmospheric, and felt like just the right length for what they were.

Any other good story-heavy games that are pretty short? Throw any and all recommendations at me!

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[–] bermuda 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I went on my steam profile (note these are all PC games, but some are on console) and looked at all the games I finished in under 20 hours at least once and enjoyed so I'll just list them here. It's in descending order from most (20.1 hours) to least (68 minutes):

I put a star next to the ones I'd recommend in a heartbeat even without the 20 hour limit.

  • Mirror's Edge ★
  • The Stanley Parable ★ (although may take you at least 20 to find all endings / easter eggs / secrets)
  • Deus Ex: Mankind Divided ★ (due to the fact that it's the middle game in an incomplete trilogy, also recommend Deus Ex: Human Revolution but that's more than 20)
  • Hotline Miami ★
  • Little Inferno
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
  • Dishonored ★
  • Myst
  • DOOM (2016) ★
  • Wolfenstein: The New Order ★
  • Portals 1 & 2 ★
  • Return of the Obra Dinn ★ (beat twice in 9 hours)
  • Kentucky Route Zero ★
  • The Henry Stickmin Collection ★
  • FAR: Lone Sails
  • Titanfall 2
  • DUSK ★
  • COD: Modern Warfare 2
  • Ghostrunner (didn't like this but it seemed most people who weren't me did so i'm putting it here)
  • Thomas Was Alone
  • Jazzpunk: Director's Cut ★
  • Gunpoint ★
  • Orwell
  • Firewatch
  • Superliminal ★
  • Observer_ ★
  • SUPERHOT ★
  • The Beginner's Guide
  • BattleBlock Theater
  • INSIDE ★
  • EDGE
  • Quadrilateral Cowboy
  • Journey ★

edit: saw u said "story heavy" so i removed some of the arcadey ones. Some of these aren't exactly "story heavy" depending on ur definition but they at least have a story

[–] patchymoose 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you so much for this list!!!

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