Board 8 > Best games on Steam people can reasonably beat in under three hours?

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HaRRicH
12/21/22 1:09:11 PM
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It's near the end of the year and I'm looking for good short experiences. What's good and short?

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12/21/22 1:12:31 PM
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Super hot

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12/21/22 1:36:13 PM
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Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

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Radix
12/21/22 1:38:25 PM
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some short ones with varying levels of good but around the 3ish or so hour mark

Adios
To The Moon/A Bird Story/Finding Paradise
Her Story
Spooky's Jumpscare Mansion


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MacArrowny
12/21/22 1:40:22 PM
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Severed Steel
Bleed, Bleed 2
Doki Doki Literature Club
Planetarian

I love all of these (except Bleed 2, which I haven't yet played...)

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ChaosTonyV4
12/21/22 1:52:26 PM
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Phucker in the Gulag is < 3 hours.

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NBIceman
12/21/22 1:53:16 PM
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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

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masterplum
12/21/22 2:01:40 PM
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portal

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Ngamer
12/21/22 2:58:33 PM
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Gone Home
Frog Fractions
Dota 2


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Zylothewolf
12/21/22 3:04:57 PM
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Undertale

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HeroDelTiempo17
12/21/22 3:17:34 PM
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A Short Hike

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12/21/22 3:18:37 PM
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masterplum posted...
portal


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12/21/22 3:28:17 PM
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FTL

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Zigzagoon
12/21/22 3:29:27 PM
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Later Alligator is close to that

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skullbone
12/21/22 3:49:01 PM
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Gato Roboto
INSIDE
Limbo
Lego Builder's Journey (free on Epic today!)

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GreenMario
12/21/22 4:02:22 PM
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masterplum posted...
portal

Also second Gato Roboto

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Arti
12/21/22 4:55:37 PM
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Light Fairytale: Episode 1 (and Episode 2)
Unpacking
What Remains of Edith Finch

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azuarc
12/21/22 5:51:18 PM
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Some people be speedrunning in this topic. I have 6.5 hrs logged on OG Portal and I'm fairly certain that isn't padded by extra playthroughs or afk'ing. Undertale is also more like 6 hours, and that's just for one run when it's assumed you'll probably play through it a couple times for the full experience.

The other games I've played here are all good and at-or-under 3 hours (Gato Roboto, Edith Finch, A Short Hike). Other games I've finished in that time frame, though not all are necessarily recommended, are Home, The Purring Quest, Jotun, Sayonara Wild Hearts, Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge, AER Memories of Old, Lara Croft GO, and Gunpoint.

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HaRRicH
12/21/22 5:51:22 PM
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Thank you for the help here!

Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
Adios
To The Moon/A Bird Story/Finding Paradise
Spooky's Jumpscare Mansion
Severed Steel
Doki Doki Literature Club
Planetarian
Phucker in the Gulag
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Dota 2
A Short Hike
Later Alligator
Gato Roboto
Lego Builder's Journey (free on Epic today!)
Light Fairytale: Episode 1 (and Episode 2)
Unpacking

Haven't played these. Looking up details shortly.

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RoseChevalier
12/21/22 6:52:25 PM
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Came here to say Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

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Supremo
12/21/22 7:29:29 PM
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GRIS. Lovely game

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Peace___Frog
12/21/22 7:42:56 PM
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Will second GRIS

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StifledSilence
12/21/22 7:46:46 PM
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Duke of Alpha Centauri
Potatoman Seeks the Troof

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Paratroopa1
12/21/22 8:09:09 PM
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Sayonara Wild Hearts
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_Blur_
12/21/22 9:30:23 PM
#25:


Will third Gris (though you can spend significantly more time if you explore for stuff, but it's stuff that doesn't buff you in any way or anything)

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WhiteLens
12/21/22 9:34:12 PM
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Gonna throw a rec to Gorogoa

And you'd probably have a bit of an easier time with the controls using a mouse than I did with a controller when I played it on Xbox.

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jcgamer107
12/21/22 10:47:40 PM
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No One Lives Under the Lighthouse is a pretty cool retro-looking horror game, if you like that kind of thing

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ZaziGuado
12/21/22 11:27:13 PM
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Came in with the intention to say A Short Hike. Glad it's been said like four times already.

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Isquen
12/21/22 11:29:44 PM
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I can advise against Dota 2 if you've never played. It's League of Legend's predecessor with... um... a LOT of complexity/jank interactions.

EDIT: If you dont mind a bit of parody, The Looker.

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AriaOfBolo
12/21/22 11:50:50 PM
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vouching for to the moon and planetarian, both of which made me cry

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RoseChevalier
12/22/22 12:04:13 AM
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i'm not sure if it's on steam but i really enjoyed Minit, and it's about this length. It was in the Ukraine bundle

my unexpected solid gold from that bundle was Lenna's Inception, but it's probably a little longer than 3 hours for a first time playthrough

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Dels
12/22/22 12:31:31 AM
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yeah, minit is really cool
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TotallyNotMI
12/22/22 12:38:00 AM
#33:


Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

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Paratroopa1
12/22/22 5:36:16 AM
#34:


Ynglet (also in the Ukraine bundle)
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Crescent-Moon
12/22/22 9:08:40 AM
#35:


Aviary Attorney clocks in around 5 hours. Maybe 6.

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Ngamer
12/22/22 10:34:42 AM
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Isquen posted...
I can advise against Dota 2 if you've never played. It's League of Legend's predecessor with... um... a LOT of complexity/jank interactions.

Yes, BUT, I trust HaR will master all the complexities in 2.5 hours. He's no average gamer; you should have seen the way he speedran those carnie folks this Summer.


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LightningStrikes
12/22/22 11:03:42 AM
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SUPERHOT
Her Story
What Remains of Edith Finch

INSIDE is fantastic but is more like four hours for a first playthrough I think, though if thats not too long I would strongly recommend it.

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StifledSilence
12/22/22 11:42:26 AM
#38:


TotallyNotMI posted...
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion


Ill second this.

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UF8
12/22/22 12:48:50 PM
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Journey
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HaRRicH
12/22/22 1:36:49 PM
#40:


Okay, I'm about to start picking a game or two to play (been trying to wrap up Snake Pass).

Here's what I've played from this topic in a general order of favorites:

PLAYED AND BEAT:
Undertale
Portal
VVVVVV
Bleed 1/2
What Remains of Edith Finch
SUPERHOT
Thomas Was Alone
INSIDE
Gone Home
Her Story
Limbo

PLAYED ONLY A LITTLE:
Minit
FTL
Frog Fractions

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LiquidOshawott
12/22/22 1:40:47 PM
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I liked VVVVVV and Thomas was Alone when I tried them

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HaRRicH
12/22/22 2:03:47 PM
#42:


Thanks everyone -- from a combination of your recs alongside trailers, reviews, and sale-prices, I'll be getting these for under $15.

***Gorogoa (that looks unique compared to nearly anything I've played before)

***GRIS (lots of recommendations here and looks like a gorgeous platformer)

***Ynglet (I just wanna see how this feels to move in this game)

***A Bird Story (plus the soundtrack for fifty cents -- I like the idea of a textless story, plus it:s by the people who made To The Moon and I'm not sure that I would like that game yet so this will give some insight into the company).

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HaRRicH
12/22/22 2:15:18 PM
#43:


Also wishlisting these for a later time:

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
Later Alligator
Sayonara Wild Hearts
A Short Hike
To The Moon (despite what I just said about it)
Unpacking
Potatoman Seeks the Troof
Minit
AER Memories of Old
Lara Croft GO
Adios
Gato Roboto
The Purring Quest
Light Fairytale Episode 1
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon (I only knew of Ritual of the Night before -- is this where the series started?)
Lenna's Inception

...basically crossed off the games rated Mixed, the horror games, and the games appearing to sell on jiggle-mechanics.

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HaRRicH
12/22/22 2:18:07 PM
#44:


Oh, and I got the free games...

DOTA 2
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
Doki Doki Literature Club (I've been spoiled)
(missed the Epic sale for Lego World Builder, crap)

...and got the demos for...

Later Alligator
Guilnpoint

...so this ought to take care of me awhile!

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NBIceman
12/22/22 2:25:33 PM
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Curse of the Moon was basically a companion to Ritual of the Night - the stories cover the same characters but have absolutely nothing to do with each other. It was essentially made to fulfill a Kickstarter objective for a true old school 8-bit product to accompany RotN.

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azuarc
12/22/22 2:58:44 PM
#46:


HaRRicH posted...
Lenna's Inception

*facepalm*

How did I forget Lenna's Inception? I filtered the list by playtime and I've played that one repeatedly. A single playthrough doesn't take long, though.

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Cavedweller2000
12/22/22 3:49:39 PM
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Dels posted...
yeah, minit is really cool
Came in to say this

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MoogleKupo141
12/22/22 3:55:13 PM
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first thought was Turnip Boy

its cute and funny. gameplay isnt great, but its enough to get by, and its such a short game that its not really an issue.

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HaRRicH
12/22/22 4:10:03 PM
#49:


Ngamer posted...
Yes, BUT, I trust HaR will master all the complexities in 2.5 hours. He's no average gamer; you should have seen the way he speedran those carnie folks this Summer.

This man believes and I appreciate it.

Isquen posted...
EDIT: If you dont mind a bit of parody, The Looker.

The Looker was funny! My biggest issue was that it took itself seriously with its puzzles sometimes.

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Supremo
12/22/22 9:52:00 PM
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HaRRicH posted...
Thanks everyone -- from a combination of your recs alongside trailers, reviews, and sale-prices, I'll be getting these for under $15.

***Gorogoa (that looks unique compared to nearly anything I've played before)

***GRIS (lots of recommendations here and looks like a gorgeous platformer)

***Ynglet (I just wanna see how this feels to move in this game)

***A Bird Story (plus the soundtrack for fifty cents -- I like the idea of a textless story, plus it:s by the people who made To The Moon and I'm not sure that I would like that game yet so this will give some insight into the company).
wise choices my friend

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