The Stanley Parable probably. Took about 40 minutes, but with some of the other endings i guess it was about an hour and thirty.
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Shortest non-mobile game you’ve paid money for
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Good call, though. I loved this game, but I wasn't thinking about it because I've replayed it so many times. But it was shorter for a single playthrough than Thirty Flights.
I beat Steamworld Dig 1 in like 3 hours. And I was so disappointed. The game was fantastic but way too short. Thankfully they fixed that in the amazing sequel.
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Probably something from Tale of Tales when they still did video games. The Graveyard would be my guess, assuming I paid for it or it was free at one point.
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Lots of people get hours of gameplay from Solitaire and Minesweeper. I think putting a hourly dollar value on games is a tricky business.
I got a visual novel on Steam called "Its your last chance in new school" that took about 20 minutes from launch to end. I did buy it out of curiosity about how much of a turd it was, but I didn't even get much turd. Valve delisted it not long after.
Chuchel and donut county. Bought both because they looked like good kids games (and they are) and both times my son was suprised at how short they were. Chucel was the most suprising to us since it felt like it was over in a blink with only a couple levels that took more than a few minutes to compete. I probably should have waited for the ios version on that one.
PS1 - City of the Lost Children.
Took me a couple hours to finish but could actually be done in about 15 minutes.
Took me a couple hours to finish but could actually be done in about 15 minutes.
Metal Slug 7 probably. I think I beat it in 45 minutes or so. I wasn't expecting an NES length game on the DS. It was a full priced $40 too.
I had plenty of games of that length on the NES as a kid, but I didn't pay for them.
I had plenty of games of that length on the NES as a kid, but I didn't pay for them.
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One of my biggest gaming disappointments was getting Fable 1 for the Xbox in High School and then beating it in like 10-11 hours, and that included quite a bit of side content.
Now that I'm older and $50 isn't a massive risk anymore, I do enjoy some short games from time to time.
*VVVVVV was one of the best short games I've played in the last several years.
*Portal was amazing too, but also was included with the Orange Box so had a lot of other stuff to play.
And there's probably a lot of indie games I'm forgetting that we're fairly short but I still enjoyed.
Now that I'm older and $50 isn't a massive risk anymore, I do enjoy some short games from time to time.
*VVVVVV was one of the best short games I've played in the last several years.
*Portal was amazing too, but also was included with the Orange Box so had a lot of other stuff to play.
And there's probably a lot of indie games I'm forgetting that we're fairly short but I still enjoyed.
This and Journey are both things I played in a single sitting.
VSR: Void Space Racing on Switch.
I think I beat it in about 35 minutes. I didn't regret it at 99 cents because it's good, but I feel for those who bought it at $9.99. There's such a thing as too short in gaming in my opinion. It lasted longer than it takes me to eat a Snickers but you end up wondering what the point of it was because it feels like a generous demo more than a game.
I think I beat it in about 35 minutes. I didn't regret it at 99 cents because it's good, but I feel for those who bought it at $9.99. There's such a thing as too short in gaming in my opinion. It lasted longer than it takes me to eat a Snickers but you end up wondering what the point of it was because it feels like a generous demo more than a game.
Also, Gone Home can literally be beaten in under a minute. There's an achievement/trophy for it.
Not an unpopular argument, sure, but I paid the same amount of money from the same promotion on the same platform in the same timeframe, so it made not comparing the two virtually impossible for me, and Limbo came up greatly lacking in that comparison.
I beat Superhot VR in an hour on the first playthrough and it's still one of my favorite games of all time. Length =/= quality.
Journey for sure. I think it was $20 at launch on PS3...?
Played once. No regrets. Top-tier game from last generation.
Played once. No regrets. Top-tier game from last generation.
Hacknet maybe? I'm not entirely sure and it'll be difficult to dig through my steam library to find out.
Trine 3, I thought that game was still in early access and that they would add more contents, but nope, they never did.