Best or favourite short games to date~4hrs

[The_Arbiter]

Inspired by another thread which was about game length.

Dating back to however long you see fit, so whatever console or PC (no general games forum), what are your most memorable short games to date?

Single player and not DLC or PVP. 4hrs is the benchmark to aim for.

 

[cheesyboy]

LIMBO is the first that comes to mind. Loved playing through that one.

 

[throwaway4372]

Thronefall on Steam

A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.

store.steampowered.com

 

[Plainsong]

A Short Hike is a great little game. Limbo as above and also by the same developer INSIDE needs to be played.

 

[bazzabear]

Moss in VR was delightful, but so short I was half convinced I had missed an extra bit.

Titanfall 2 single player was a great play, but lasted me about 7 hours.

 

[MissChief]

Titanfall 2 campaign. 4-6 hours of sheer excellence.

 

[beachBOYken]

What Remains of Edith Finch, Bramble: The mountain King and Firewatch. There is more but these ones stand out for me for being the shortest but also some of my standouts as far as single player, pure story driven games go.

 

[biron_w]

Planet of Lana is excellent.

 

[malachi]

I have plenty but most are 8bit and 16bit games. Some on here probably never head of them.

 

[Mobius 1]

Surprised hellblade 1/2 hasn’t been mentioned yet. I hear good things about it despite the short length.

 

[Begbie]

Titanfall 2 campaign. 4-6 hours of sheer excellence.

Yes, easily one of the top single players. Shame we didn't get more or this type of thing.

 

[Timber]

LIMBO is the first that comes to mind. Loved playing through that one.

Immediately thought of its successor; Inside - when the question was raised. So both games worth it.

• Portal 1 & 2
• Titanfall 2 (as already mentioned. And yes it should have had more PVE repeatable content).
• Journey as well.
• Firewatch
• Papers, Please!

Probably a bunch of others but I can't think of any more at the moment. You also have the rogue-like/lites that work really well with short play sessions, but I'm not sure that's in-line with the question.

 

[Vinno]

Endling: Extinction is Forever jumped out in my mind. Such a beautiful game.

 

[ak22]

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

 

[budge1972]

Rez

 

[Lartyconshayo]

Cocoon, from last year, made by one of the playdead team (Limbo, Inside, as mentioned earlier in the thread)

Also a big fan of Amanita studios:
Machinarium
Botanicula
Samarost 3
Creaks

Also the Little Nightmares series (part 3 releasing this summer!)

 

[meandu229]

For me Limbo, and Inside. Celeste could probably be done in that time also if you are better than me at it.

 

[Plainsong]

Cocoon, from last year, made by one of the playdead team (Limbo, Inside, as mentioned earlier in the thread)

Also a big fan of Amanita studios:
Machinarium
Botanicula
Samarost 3
Creaks

Also the Little Nightmares series (part 3 releasing this summer!)

I’d never heard of Cocoon thanks for the heads up. So the guy left Play Dead and formed another company - also something I didn’t know. Added to my ever increasing wish list. Looks very different.

 

[Plainsong]

PS app pinged me this morning and Cocoon is 50% off. Result!

 

[HeadlessChicken]

Super Punch-Out!!