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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!

TheHellDoIKnow ,

Journey is a game that has stuck with me for the past ten years. It took me an hour and a half to complete.

BastingChemina ,

Journey is such an amazing that experience.

It’s short but it stuck with me too.

essteeyou ,

I still regularly listen to the soundtrack. Such a good game.

Quazatron ,
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It is one of those games that I visit just to chill.

Another good one is Valley.

MrScottyTay ,

Ratchet and Clank (into the) nexus on ps3 is like a 5 hour game. It also nicely ties into the latest game if you’ve yet to play that

BiggestBulb ,
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A bit old, but gold: Fate (the dungeon crawler one). It's a bit low-poly by today's standards, but it's so fun and has killer music, lots of spells and weapons, tons of interesting enemies and can be beaten in like 6 hours.

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

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

BudgieMania ,

Metal Gear Rising Revengeance

It has zero filler, it's wall to wall balls to the wall nonstop action

you might exceed the ten hours slightly if you're bad like me and get stuck in the final boss for two hours but otherwise it's perfect

520 , (edited )

Play with the volume up. Your ears will thank you.

Seriously. For every thread that mentions this game, there is someone shouting "RULES OF NATURE!".

Half an hour in, you will understand why. And you will know why this game absolutely slaps.

BudgieMania ,

very much this, the soundtrack became my soundtrack for work for like two years

every boss theme would be the best boss theme in any other game, but here they are just one of many

520 , (edited )

It's not just that the soundtrack itself slaps, but also the way they use it, the audio design of the game is absolutely masterful.

It knows exactly when to do things like drop the vocals for maximum effect, and the instrumentations reflect the themes the game itself deliberately conveys.

Jarlsburg ,

You absolutely must play Doki Doki Literature Club if you have not. It’s free. Do not look up spoilers or be put off by the type of game or the setting. Just play it.

P.S. - “Doki Doki” the way you write the sound of a heart beating in Japanese akin to “lub dub” in English.

PP_BOY_ OP ,
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Just throwing out my own recommendation for others, I really enjoyed playing Dredge over the summer, which ran perfectly fine on my 1070. Total playtime was about 11 hours and I don’t feel like I missed anything or that it overstayed it’s welcome

espais ,
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Second this one, highly enjoyed DREDGE and definitely was a good short experience

kakes ,

I really enjoyed Her Story, if you’re into mysteries.

Lunar ,

Limbo. Good game and it lasts only 2 hours.

Cileops ,

Forgotten Anne is a really good one that took me about 8 hours to complete.

runningromeo ,

That’s been on my wishlist for years and I finally pulled the trigger on it this steam sale.

The art looks gorgeous!

sp6 , (edited )

Well-reviewed games you can 100% in less than 10hrs:

  • Portal
  • The Henry Stickmin Collection
  • OneShot
  • Stray
  • Grimm’s Hollow
  • Any of The Room games
  • Pineapple on Pizza
  • There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
  • Doki Doki Literature Club
  • TOEM
  • Finding Paradise
  • The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
  • CULTIC
  • Gorogoa
  • The Case of the Golden Idol

Well-reviewed games you can probably beat in around 10hrs, but not quite 100%:

  • Portal 2
  • Vampire Survivors
  • Pizza Tower
  • Katana ZERO
  • A Hat in Time
  • Resident Evil 2
  • Hotline Miami
  • The Wolf Among Us
  • Undertale
  • Papers, Please
  • Baba Is You
  • DUSK
  • POSTAL 2
  • Outlast

Edit: formatting is pain

Edit 2: I missed the part about low-end hardware, but it sounds like the only ones of these you may not be able to run are Stray and Resident Evil 2

Tetra ,
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Upvoting for OneShot

sharkfucker420 , (edited )
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Hollowknight!

It seems I was mistaken

SecureTaco ,

Hollow knight is a great game, but it’s also not remotely close to a <=10 hour long game.

sharkfucker420 ,
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Really? I finished my first run in under 10 hours. Of course I went back and spent 200 hours doing everything I missed but it’s definitely completable in under 10 hours depending on how you play

Squirrel ,
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Don’t you have to beat it in under 10 hours for the first speed run achievement? HowLongToBeat says 27 hours for just the main story; 41.5 hours for main + sides. If you managed under 10 hours on your first run, you must be a serious metroidvania veteran.

sharkfucker420 ,
@sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml avatar

Well that much is true, I probably should have taken that into account

starman2112 ,
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50 hour game for me lmao

SattaRIP ,
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Webbed. You play as a peacock spider (with lasers) trying to save your boyfriend. The bug designs are actually really cute.

jnplch ,

Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice

SzethFriendOfNimi , (edited )

Outer wilds. It can be longer for some but finishing it in a single sitting or two it hits best. A deep emotional experience that you can only ever truly experience truly the first time. So avoid spoilers at all costs.

Also Firewatch

DashboTreeFrog , (edited )

Was gonna say Outer Wilds as well. It’s such an amazing experience and kind of made me rethink what video games can be as art and just… an experience. Can be finished really quick though for me it took a good chunk of time.

I’ll also reiterate, don’t look up spoilers. The game is so much about exploration and discovery that going in blind is best.

SzethFriendOfNimi ,

It truly is something special. Every time it’s on sale I end up buying a key and giving it to somebody I know just so they can experience it.

apprehensively_human ,

Sometimes I feel a bit silly with how much and how often I recommend this game, but it truly is something special.

I got the soundtrack on vinyl just recently and listening to it is like microdosing the game.

SzethFriendOfNimi ,

That and Ellis doing recaps of YouTubers and Twitch Streamers let’s plays

apprehensively_human ,

Those Eelis videos gives me life. I went and watched the entire About Oliver play through after seeing the highlights.

jelloeater85 ,
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Two fantastic recommendations

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