There is even a plot, featuring a talking raccoon named BK who runs a donut shop with his friend Mira. Having created games like Left 4 Dead and Half-Life , few studios have been as influential in the PC gaming industry as Valve, and Steam is considered the go-to place for buying PC games.
Portal is seen as a pioneer in terms of puzzle-platformers, and its gameplay still holds up today 14 years after being released, which certainly makes it worthy of a recommendation. Player's are handed a "portal gun" that can create traversable portals that can connect any two places together, which makes for some crazy fun and creative puzzle-solving.
The tagline for the game reads "time moves only when you do", and that's as good as a description of the game as any. Players are confined in a restrained scenario and have to deal with several enemies who are shooting at them.
The fun part is that enemies and the bullets only move when the player does. This makes for a smart brain exercise where it needs to be decided exactly when to move and how, as the wrong step will likely result in instantaneous death in this fast but also not fast-paced FPS. Pixel games have found new life in recent years, as people have come to appreciate the aesthetic even more, and it has become the go-to style for many indie developers. A detective story set in the fictional city of Twin Lakes, this point-and-click adventure game is bound to take players back to the late 90s era of gaming.
The soundtrack is awesome to boot , and the game even makes funny pop-culture references all the time. Better yet, they come in all shapes and sizes, and we've put together a variety of different experiences to choose from. With the likes of wonderfully unique puzzles, relaxing indie gems, narrative horror stories, and one that features a mischievous raccoon, you're sure to find something for you.
And with backward compatibility, a lot of these games can also be played on your PS5 or Xbox Series X. So without further ado, here's our pick of the best short games you can play right now. What is it? A relaxing indie adventure where you make your way to the summit of a peaceful mountainside. In a Short Hike from developer adamgryu, you play as a bird called Claire as you try to make your way to the top of a mountainside in the serene Hawk Peak Provincial Park.
Meeting other hikers along the way, you can climb, hike, and even soar through the sky as you explore at your own pace. There are also chances to do a spot of fishing, and collect hidden treasures.
You can make your way to the summit in quite a short time and finish the game, or you can just take things slow and enjoy the peaceful landscapes of this delightful, pixelated world.
A cinematic, choose-your-own-adventure style horror story from Supermassive Games, the makers of Until Dawn. The first episode in an ongoing anthology horror series from Supermassive Games, Man of Medan is probably the shortest yet slickest interactive scare-fest on the market right now, coming in between four to six hours long The best part about Man of Medan is its novel, rather brilliant "co-operative" mode, in which you can play online or locally with friends, all of whom can be responsible for different characters throughout the seafaring horror fest.
It can take a while to get going in the early hours, but Man of Medan is easily a stellar choice for any Halloween party, not least because of how quickly it can be beaten. Interactive walking sim about the history of a cursed family living in the woods. Self-aware parody of video game storytelling, featuring a guy named Stanley. As you run the gauntlet, you must solve tremendously fun, mind-bending puzzles that bend physics to make you a superhero.
A terribly smart, surprisingly funny, nigh-perfect game. Firewatch Firewatch is a game about loneliness. It casts you as Hank, a man who, in the throes of a midlife crisis, becomes a fire lookout in the Wyoming wilderness following the Yellowstone fires of Journey Playing Journey feels like a privilege. Available on: PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 4.
Superhot Shooting games are plentiful; playful inversions of them are not. Superhot stands out with a minimal art style and a central conceit that takes shooting and turns it into a puzzle by changing one simple thing: Time only moves when you do. Trouble is, playing the thing comes with some pretty dire consequences. Virginia There is very little for you to do in Virginia. There are no choices to make, and nothing really hidden for you to find as you play through its story.
Despite not having any other characters actually appear, Gone Home manages to make the Greenbriar family feel wonderfully fleshed-out in a story that is warm and humane. Undertale You should go into Undertale cold if you can. That way, you can discover for yourself that Undertale is secretly one of the funniest games in recent memory, full of jokes and subversion and a scene of bizarre genius that involves a date with a villainous skeleton. The whole point of sneaking around is having people not see you, and in order to be stealthy, you have to have a lot of patience.
A self-contained prologue to the full-length epic Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain , Ground Zeroes is tactical stealth in a nutshell, just one hostile camp with a prisoner you must rescue by whatever means you scrap together.
You slide numbered tiles on a four-by-four grid to combine them into multiples of three. The aim is to earn the highest score by stacking and achieving rare tiles.
Though it seems simple in concept, it's delightfully difficult to keep games going more than a few minutes until no moves remain. Wikipedia is a treasure trove of interesting information. The Wiki Game makes use of the free online encyclopedia by challenging you to travel from one Wikipedia page to another by using the internal links on the page. It also times you based on how easy the challenge is.
For example, getting from the start page of The Pacific War to the end page of Sea is relatively easy. You don't need those consoles though because it can be played directly in the browser. Use your cursor to create lines, which the little figure will then ride along. Get creative as you can by drawing loops, ramps, and insane jumps. The Floor Is Lava! But there are other players too, and it's a bit like bumper cars; if you hit them, you bounce back. It's tough to stay alive, but lots of fun!
Each game lasts less than a minute, but you'll want to keep playing again and again. Quick, Draw! You are presented with a word and then get a short amount of time to doodle it. As you draw, the system will try to guess what it is based on machine learning.
Your drawing will then be used to help train the machine in the future. Frogger is a classic s arcade game. It's had loads of sequels through the years, but the original still holds a lot of charm. This web game is a recreation of the original. If you've never played Frogger, you need to correct that. The object is to hop your frog to the other side, avoiding traffic on the road and a hazardous river.
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