Lil' Gator Game can be 100%'d in like 4 hours or less.
The game is basically BOTW but smol.
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Lil' Gator Game can be 100%'d in like 4 hours or less.
The game is basically BOTW but smol.
A Short Hike is similarly themed to this
Games of about 10hs from before 2019?
These are more recent but they should require very low specs:
Bulletstorm, its stupid, its raunchy, and its hilarious, and it clocks in at about 8 hours.
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.
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.
Eliza: A visual novel by Zachtronics, took me 10 hours to beat
Aviary Attorney: A visual novel / detective/ attorney game with music from Camille Saint-Saens and art by J.J. Grandville. Beat it in 7 hours and had a blast.
Braid: 2D puzzle platformer with time shift mechanic. Finished it in 7 hours.
Tiny Bang story: wimmelpicture point & click. 7 hours.
Call of Cthulhu: Horror walking simulator. 7 hours.
Bastion: Amazing isometric action game by Supergiant Games. Rook me good 6 hours to finish.
Thomas was alone: 2 D platformer with geometric shapes as characters and great narrator. 6 hours.
Whispers of a machine: Noir detective story point & click. 5 hours.
Homefront: USA gets invaded by Korea first person shooter. Good 4 hours.
INSIDE: Atmospheric 2D puzzler. 4 hours.
LIMBO: Same as INSIDE, same developer, great game, different story. 4 hours.
I have seen it recommended somewhere in the comments but I want to shed some more light on this game: What Remains of Edith Finch. It is a walking simulator that should take about 2 hours and is best played in a single session.
As Edith Finch, you go back to the house where you grew up in your younger years to explore it. The Finch family has an almost genetic trait of bad luck; many of them have died before their time. You explore the house room by room and explore that person's last moments.
There is no gore or horror of any kind, but there are children that die, so if that is a trigger I would sit this one out. If not, it is currently on sale for less than €5. It is worth it.
I also love short-ish games, so hopefully one of these strikes your fancy. You didn't specify a preferred genre or other games you liked, so I'm going to just throw some out there:
I have more, just let me know what you like and I can try to give more recs.
Helltaker is a little puzzle game that is free and short and sweet
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.
Ordered-ish by recommendation:
Return of the Obra Dinn. The 2nd game from the maker of Papers, Please. You're trying to solve the murders or disappearances of 60 people on a ship, using a watch that can view their moment of death. Insanely unique game, and it's hard to replicate that feeling of all the pieces of the puzzle falling into place that this game fosters.
A Short Hike is a great little platformer you can finish in a couple hours.
Super Mario RPG is a classic and can be squeezed into 10 hours if you rush, but probably closer to 12~15.
I second „A Short Hike,“ it‘s a wonderful little game.
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 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
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
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
Mirror's Edge - a perfect way to spend 5 hours
Journey
Inside
Adrift
Subnautica
Humanity
Subnautica under ten hours
Maybe I'm just really bad at it.
Definitely not. I’m great at it and it’s absolutely not an under-10-hour game, especially for a first time player.
Portal?
Awesome game, it was one of the first I ever played on my friends' Xbox
Superliminal is the best similar to portal without being portal game I have played, big recommend
You've probably played it then but Portal 2 is pretty short too.
I think Bastion is a perfect fit for this