If you only have an hour to play in the evening, you’ll appreciate some recommendations. GlobalESportNews readers don’t disappoint.
You may know this: After a stressful day at work, you no longer have the energy to plunge into the 426th open world or start a 100-hour role-playing game. You’re just looking for a game that you can “play 20-45 minutes in the evening”?
Then we have something for you – or rather, for your fellow readers on GlobalESportNews.de. You recently responded to a request from Reddit user Whatsuponlionlilly with countless recommendations of your own. The 99 comments on the news contained around 50 exciting game recommendations for people short on time.
And because people like that certainly don’t have time to wade through the comments and pick out the gems among the short single-player games, we’ve done it for you.
The list of your top recommendations for short single-player games
In selecting the games you suggested, we took almost all of your submissions into account, only multiplayer titles and larger open worlds were left out We also removed the games recommended in the original message if they were listed twice:
- A Short Hike (Adventure)
- Astro Bot (Platformer)
- Axiom Verge (Metroidvania)
- Carrion (Action)
- Costume Quest 1+2 (RPG)
- Drova: Forsaken Kin (RPG)
Open world yes, but manageable: Drova is actually great for short gaming sessions because you can always focus on a few quests or exploring a specific area. It has the same qualities as Gothic (further down the list).
- Evoland 1+2 (Action-Adventure)
- Firewatch (Adventure)
- Gothic (Rollenspiel)
- Gylt (Action-Adventure)
- House Flipper (simulation)
- Indika (adventure)
Set in 19th-century Russia (with a healthy dash of steampunk), you play an Orthodox nun who encounters all sorts of bizarre sights straight out of surrealism. On your journey of self-discovery, the devil is your constant companion, but humor and surprising changes of perspective also have their place. The game play time is around six hours.
- Mafia 1+2 (Action)
- Manifold Garden (Puzzle)
- Minds Beneath Us (Adventure)
- Mini Metro (Simulation)
- Mini Motorways (Simulation)
- My Friend Pedro (Action)
- Never Alone (Adventure)
- Observer (Adventure)
With a playing time of just over seven hours, the cyberpunk game Observer is comparatively quick to play through. But because it continues to address relevant topics of the genre and you have all sorts of strange experiences in the minds of murder victims, it is guaranteed to stay with you. Observer is now available in a new version called System Redux, which, among other things, improves annoying sneaking passages and adds new content. The graphics have also been greatly improved.
- Papers, Please (Adventure)
- Party Hard 1+2 (Real-time Tactics)
- PowerWash Simulator (Simulation)
- Star Trek: Resurgence (Adventure)
- Stasis (Adventure)
One of the best indie horror games comes from Germany and will keep you busy for around seven hours. Stasis is basically a 2D Dead Space without the fighting, but with lots of gore and creepy moments. The game is controlled using the point-and-click standard.
- SteamWorld Dig 1+2 (Platformer)
- Still Wakes The Deep (Adventure)
- Superliminal (Puzzle)
- Supraland (Metroidvania)
- Super Catboy (Platformer)
- The Binding of Isaac (Roguelike)
- The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales (Adventure)
Do you love books and want to complete a game in a maximum of seven hours? Then The Bookwalker is perfect for you. As a writer, the adventure sends you between the covers of books to steal legendary items like Thor’s hammer. In doing so, you will inevitably make changes to the prescribed stories – with unforeseeable consequences.
- The Gunk (action-adventure)
- The Outer Worlds (RPG)
- The Thaumaturge (RPG)
- Tinykin (platform game)
- Wildermyth (tactical role-playing game)
Was there something for you in this list of short single-player games? Are you itching to try one of the recommended titles? Are you looking forward to making ideal use of your limited time for games? Then don’t thank us, but the other GlobalESportNews readers. And know that you are not alone.
