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!
IIRC, Undertale was a pretty short game, and has as deep a story as games three or four times its length.
Resident Evil 7 & 8. Seven sets a new protagonist in a series reboot sort of way, so you might miss some Easter eggs and callbacks but playing the previous games AT ALL. Its meant to be an entry point in the series.
Journey is a game that has stuck with me for the past ten years. It took me an hour and a half to complete.
I still regularly listen to the soundtrack. Such a good game.
Journey is such an amazing that experience.
It’s short but it stuck with me too.
It is one of those games that I visit just to chill.
Another good one is Valley.
Portal 2
Not sure what ‘low end’ is for you but if you like puzzle games, The Talos Principle (2014) is fairly low end (plays great on my 6 year old PC) and can be completed in about 6-8 hours. Though, because it’s a puzzle game, it could take much longer than that. Right now it Is $4.49US ($9.98US for the gold edition) on Steam. Puzzle logic is similar to Portal.
If you have a bit of completionist streak like me, it can take a lot longer. Some puzzles are fiendishly hard.
- Firewatch (highly recommend!)
- SUPERHOT
- The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe (highly recommend!)
- Frog Fractions (game is best played blind)
- SCP: Containment Breach
Incremental Games: (best played blind)
- Skynet Simulator (highly recommend!)
- A Dark Room
- Crank
- Candy Box!
Man, I loved A Dark Room, thanks for the reminder. Psyched to see they have mobile apps now.
Forgotten Anne is a really good one that took me about 8 hours to complete.
That’s been on my wishlist for years and I finally pulled the trigger on it this steam sale.
The art looks gorgeous!
Small saga
Bioshock comes to mind. You’ll miss some side stuff with a 10hr play through but I think it’s doable. Amazing game
As someone who doesn’t have the attention span for long games this one kept my attention real good.
Stray
The Curse of the Golden Idol was released in 2022, but could probably run on my microwave. It’s a brilliant little detective game inspired by The Return of the Obra Dinn. Highly recommended.
Another detective game from 2022 I loved that’s similarly untaxing on hardware was Strange Horticulture. You run a horticulture shop in a Victorian-y fantasy land where strange things are happening…
Both under 8 hours to complete.
Hellblade Senua’s Sacrifice
World of goo
Bulletstorm, its stupid, its raunchy, and its hilarious, and it clocks in at about 8 hours.
Such a good game. Turn off that brain and pull push and kick the shit out of everything!
I always check https://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
Stray is a good short game. It’s on console and PC both. Beautiful game.
Have you tried The Longing?
Tunic, ten hours?! I must be terrible at it hahaha
Fuck sake it took me nearly ten hours just to learn how to read in Tunic
TrueAchievements says 15-20 hrs. It took me 25 to get them all. HLTB agrees with this time for completionist.
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