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Best games that can be completed in under ten hours?

So this isn’t directly related to patientgaming but my hardware and personal tastes kind of filter me to playing games no newer than five years old.

I’m looking for some recommendations for games that can be completed within ten hours. I’ve realized recently that this is the sweet spot how much I enjoy playing a game before I get bored of it. I’m open to all types of games. Thanks in advance!

bufalo1973 ,
@bufalo1973@lemmy.ml avatar

Klondike solitaire 😁.

Castlevania: SOTN once you know a couple of thing about grinding faster.

sonovebitch ,

I always check howlongtobeat.com before starting a new game

I also tend to prefer games that are short.

Here are a couple of my PC recommandations, in no specific order :

Somerville

Jusant

Planet of Lana

Limbo + Inside

Little Nightmares 1 + 2

Cocoon

Solar Ash

Tunic

Cult If The Lamb

Have A Nice Death

Death’s Door

Stray

Trek To Yomi

Rai ,

Tunic, ten hours?! I must be terrible at it hahaha

skulblaka ,
@skulblaka@kbin.social avatar

Fuck sake it took me nearly ten hours just to learn how to read in Tunic

Tommy_the_Gun ,
@Tommy_the_Gun@lemmy.world avatar

TrueAchievements says 15-20 hrs. It took me 25 to get them all. HLTB agrees with this time for completionist.

metaStatic ,

Have you tried The Longing?

radix ,
@radix@lemm.ee avatar

Stray is a good short game. It’s on console and PC both. Beautiful game.

heavy ,

If it hasn’t been mentioned, I think it’s newer than 5 years but Return of the Obra Dinn and Curse of the Golden Idol are great short games that you can pick up and put down as you like.

Vaginal_blood_fart ,

Obra dinn is art

massive_bereavement ,
@massive_bereavement@kbin.social avatar

I wish I could give myself a concussion so I can play it again afresh.

Vaginal_blood_fart ,

It’s Xmas. I can doink your noggin with a mallet if you like.

frank ,

Obra Dinn is an absolute banger of a game and soundtrack and I’d love to be able to forget and re play it.

goatbeard ,

Inscryption

Ludrol ,
@Ludrol@szmer.info avatar

Antichamber - old revolutionary puzzle game, confusing at times
Baba is you - a great puzzle game
Outer wilds - experience that is one in a lifetime, go in blind
Return of obra dinn - you are a detective

privacyn ,

How can you finish Outer Wilds in less than 10 hours, it’s 10 hours that I’m wandering around and I still don’t get what to do!

Ludrol ,
@Ludrol@szmer.info avatar

To finish under 10 hours you need to get lucky and cut out some lore from the playthrough. Usuall playthrough is a bit longer.

I could get you to explain what have you discovered already but as it is now Lemmy devs have a negative position to implement proper spoiler support. Just open ship log (journal?)(I don’t remember the name) and follow the question marks.

NeryK ,
@NeryK@sh.itjust.works avatar

Ordered-ish by recommendation:

  • SUPERHOT (it’s the most innovative shooter I’ve played in years)
  • Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
  • Sayonara Wild Hearts
  • Carrion
  • Planet of Lana
  • Jusant
  • The Artful Escape
  • The Gunk
jelloeater85 ,
@jelloeater85@lemmy.world avatar

Super Hot was so much fun.

Sayonara Wild Hearts was beautiful and a blast as well.

CaptDust ,

Wait hellblade is under 10 hours? I really gotta knock that out soon

starman2112 ,
@starman2112@sh.itjust.works avatar

I beat it in two sittings. If I’d started earlier in the day, it could have been one. Highly recommend headphones for it

NeryK ,
@NeryK@sh.itjust.works avatar

My playthrough lasted 8.5 hours and was well worth experiencing.

moosetwin ,
@moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

+2 to SUPERHOT, SUPERHOT is the most innovative shooter I’ve played in years!

calamitycastle ,

Is Jusant really that short? I think the demo took me 2 hours

NeryK ,
@NeryK@sh.itjust.works avatar

Took me five hours start to finish. Not rushing but not trying very hard to find secrets either.

Perfect game pass game that one.

Teodomo , (edited )

Games of about 10hs from before 2019?

  • King of Dragon Pass: Tribe management game/text adventure with illustrations. Felt it was interesting in both mechanics and vibes
  • Plants vs Zombies: Addictive comedy-themed tower defense
  • Alundra: PS1’s Zelda
  • Gris: Atmospheric 2D puzzle platformer
  • Celeste: Rewarding 2D platformer with nice music
  • The Lion’s Song: Graphic aventure light on gameplay and heavy on story and atmosphere. 4 chapters about early 20th century Austrian artists and scientists with themes like art, gender, identity, memory, society, etc.
  • Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You: You play as a government employee tasked with finding people deemed as terrorists by the gov by scouring their social networks. There’s different ways to play it
  • Papers, Please: Similar to above but as a border control agent
  • The Banner Saga: Tactical RPG bases on viking mythology
  • Rebuild: Gangs of Deadville: Management of a group/colony of customizable survivors in a zombie apocalypse. Web game

These are more recent but they should require very low specs:

  • Roadwarden: Very well written and immersive text adventure with RPG elements. Low fantasy world, you’re assigned as a roadwarden by a far away nation to a dangerous and sparsely populated wildland.
  • Landnama: Viking tribes settling Iceland. Plays like a well designed board game in video game form. Real time with pause.
  • Citizen Sleeper: Incredible cyberpunk text-heavy adventure with RPG elements and a narrative focused on being humane in a not so humane world with a not quite humane body
turmacar ,

Is it still possible to get any versions of Plants vs Zombies that aren’t riddled with micro transactions? I feel like the non-updated version of the original became hard to find anymore a few years ago. Though maybe that was just on mobile.

Teodomo ,

Oh, didn’t know. I played it with zero microtransactions. I’m sure there’s a certain way though

sness ,

Project Eclise for PvZ2. I’m sure there’s something similar for 1.

BoastfulDaedra ,

The Stanley Parable.

can ,

Portal?

PP_BOY_ OP ,
@PP_BOY_@lemmy.world avatar

Awesome game, it was one of the first I ever played on my friends’ Xbox

can ,

You’ve probably played it then but Portal 2 is pretty short too.

danciestlobster ,

Superliminal is the best similar to portal without being portal game I have played, big recommend

Chobbes ,

I was a little disappointed with Superliminal. Really short and I didn’t think the puzzles got very interesting. I was excited about the concept, but it really didn’t live up to my expectations. Glad you liked it, though! I think it was maybe just a little overhyped for me.

If you’re looking for other games in this style… The Turing Test was decent and short, and Lightmatter is pretty unknown and decent. They’re not as polished as Portal, obviously, but they’re both relatively short puzzle games. I think the puzzles in Turing Test were pretty straightforward. The Lightmatter puzzles were a bit more interesting, I think.

danciestlobster ,

Awesome! I’ll check those out

Chobbes ,

They’re nice. I wouldn’t be surprised if you liked Superliminal more because I think it’s a more unique concept than either. It’s been a while since I played either, but I think Lightmatter was a more unique concept for puzzles than Turing Test, but Turing Test had some reasonably interesting stuff going on story wise (not amazing, but I have a bit of a soft spot for the kind of Chinese Room philosophy stuff). Either way, they’re worth a look, I think! Sometimes you just want something to scratch the first person puzzle itch and there aren’t thaaaat many games in the category!

franglais ,

Obvious choice, but, Portal 1&2

the16bitgamer ,
@the16bitgamer@lemmy.world avatar

Chrono Trigger apparently. It feels longer, but if you are familiar with square rpgs… or Pokemon. You can get through it quickly.

I take my time personally, and like doing the side activities, and listening to the music.

Shihali ,

Chrono Trigger is around 25 hours for a casual playthrough. Great game with a very fast pace for its genre but it seems way too long for OP.

Chobbes ,

Journey is one of my favourite short games.

rustyriffs ,

SANABI

This game absolutely blew me away.

TacticsConsort ,
@TacticsConsort@yiffit.net avatar

Hyper Light Drifter would be my personal recommendation. My playthrough lengths ranged from like six hours on my first run to like, an hour and a half when I decided to try and beat it quickly? But the game is really gorgeous, and a lot of fun to play

rustyriffs ,

One of my favorites for sure. I hope they make another action RPG without roguelike elements.

PlantDadManGuy ,

Stray

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