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Sometimes gaming time is a very limited part of one's overall time, and to that end I often like games that can be completed in roughly two to five hours, give or take. To that end I would like to solicit your feedback on games which can be completed in one dedicated sitting, and which are also worth the effort.

I have unplayed ones which supposedly meet these requirements, but I can't verify yet that they are worth the time to play.

Anyway, please feel free to suggest any that you feel belong on this list. I've omitted titles which in my experience may take longer, or which are episodic rather than complete, or which are multiplayer skirmishes rather than full games. I have also (mostly) excluded shmups, which tend to be short-ish games by their very nature.

Here is the list so far. Bolded titles are available on GOG, as well as included on the GOGmix that accompanies this thread.

<span class="bold">The GOGmix</span> [maintained by Grargar]

PART 1 (below)
<span class="bold">PART 2</span>

12 Labours of Hercules
99 Levels to Hell
A Story About My Uncle (freeware original)
Alien Shooter + Expansions
Alien Shooter 2 Reloaded
Alone in the Dark 1 &amp; 2
Amerzone - The Explorer's Legacy
Among the Sleep
And Yet It Moves
Anna
Anodyne
Anomaly Warzone Earth (and series)
Another World
Antichamber
Aqua Kitty: Milk Mine Defender
A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda
Arson &amp; Plunder
Ballads of Reemus: When the Bed Bites
Battle Group &amp; [url=https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/battlegroup2_storefront]2
Ben There, Dan That!
Beneath a Steel Sky
Binding of Isaac
<span class="bold">A Bird Story</span>
Blackwell series games
Bleed
Bloodrayne: Betrayal
Blue Libra
Botanicula
Braid
Braveland
Braveland Wizard
Braveland Pirate
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Chronology
Consortium: The Master Edition
Corporate Lifestyle Simulator (formerly Zombies.)
Costume Quest
Crystal Caves
Da New Guys
Dangerous Dave
DLC Quest
Deadnaut
Dear Esther
DEFCON
Dominique Pamplemousse
Downfall
Dracula: The Resurrection
Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary
Dracula 4: Shadow of the Dragon
Dragonsphere
Ducktales Remastered
Dwarf Quest
Dynamite Jack
Earthworm Jim 1 &amp; 2
Eldritch
Emerald City Confidential
Escape Goat
Eversion
Evoland
FarSky
Finding Teddy
Flight of the Amazon Queen
Fortix
Fractured Soul
Full Throttle
Game Dev Tycoon
Gateways
Gemini Rue
<span class="bold">A Golden Wake</span>
Gomo
Gone Home
Gun Metal
Gunpoint
Hack, Slash, Loot
Hammerfight
Her Story
<span class="bold">Hocus Pocus</span>
Home
Homefront
The Horror at MS Aurora
<span class="bold">Hotline Miami</span>
Humongous Games (Putt-Putt, Spy Fox, Freddi Fish)
Iji
<span class="bold">Incredipede</span>
Inescapable
<span class="bold">Ittle Dew</span>
<span class="bold">Jack Orlando</span>
Jamestown
Jazzpunk
/ [url=http://www.desura.com/games/kansei]Kansei / Yousei
Jolly Rover
Journey Of A Roach
Karateka
<span class="bold">Kingdom: The Far Reaches</span>
Ku: Shroud of the Morrigan
Laser Cat
The Last Door: Collector's Edition
<span class="bold">Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded</span>
Lifeless Planet
Like a Raisin in the Sun
Lilly Looking Through
Limbo
Little Inferno
Lone Survivor
Lugaru HD
Lumino City
Machinarium
Master of Orion 1
McPixel
MIND: Path to Thalamus
Mr. Bree+
The Moon Sliver
Morphopolis
Murder in the Hotel Lisbon
Muri
The Music Machine
Mutant Mudds
Neighbours from Hell 1 &amp; 2
Never Alone
Neverending Nightmares
Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart
NightSky

Your list definitely needs more Bastion.

Contra, 30 minutes tops!

Limbo!

PART 2

Obludia
Octodad: Dadliest Catch
Order of the Thorne: The King's Challenge
Pajama Sam series
Papers, Please
Papo &amp; Yo
Pitiri 1977
Portal
POSTAL: Classic and Uncut
Prince of Persia 1 & 2
Puzzle Agent 1
Puzzle Agent 2
Puzzle Bots
Really Big Sky
Realms of Chaos
Renegade Ops
Retention
<span class="bold">Return to Mysterious Island</span>
Rochard
Rock of Ages
Rocketbirds - Hardboiled Chicken
The Room
Salt
Samorost 1
Samorost 2
Saturday Morning RPG
Secret Agent
Shank 1 & 2
Shatter
Shelter
The Shivah
SickBrick
Skydrift
Soulcaster 1 & 2
Spate
Spelunky
Stacking
The Stanley Parable
SteamWorld Dig
Stick it to the Man
Superbrothers Sword & Sorcery EP
Superfrog HD (removed from GOG)
Surgeon Simulator 2013
The Swapper
Sword of the Samurai
Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
Teenagent
Tengami
Teslagrad
The Tiny Bang Story
They Breathe
Thomas Was Alone
Thunder Wolves
Time Gentlemen, Please!
To The Moon
Toren
Tower of Guns
Trauma
Trine
Type:Rider
Unmechanical
Uplink
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
VVVVVV
Waking Mars
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space
Wizorb
Wooden Floor
Zombie Shooter
Zork: Grand Inquisitor

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Good stuff, adding these to the list. And aye, Limbo is an apt suggestion, I think I finished that in a round or two with a total playing time that fell within the stated goal.

Ittle Dew is pretty short on your first playthrough (2-4 hours at the most if you try to complete everything). I can't really comment on any other game on that list.

Here are some other games (that are short from my experience):

-Thomas Was Alone (2-3 hours)
-Antichamber (2-4 hours)
-Dynamite Jack (3-4 hours)
-Mutant Mudds (2-4 or 5 hours)
-Anodyne (3-5 hours)
-Braid (2-4 hours)
-Limbo (1-3 hours)

Also heard that Dark Matter abruptly ends at 4 hours (or around that time if you don't go as fast).

Anodyne can be completed in 3 hours, if you're savvy. I've spent a little longer with it (around 7), because I'm lazy :p But it's definitely worth it!

Evoland is short too.

Ben There, Dan That! and Time Gentlemen, Please!

Brilliant and funny point and click adventure games. These can both be completed in 4-6 hours depending how good your puzzle solving skills are.

If you like point and click adventures alot of the episodic tell tale games might work. As each epsiode can be completed in 3-5 hours, again depending on how stuck you get.

Blackwell games - 4-5 hours usually

I second the suggestion for Evoland. Took maybe 4-5 hours to complete at a leisurely pace, and felt pretty rewarding, to boot. Gameplay was really smooth with an Xbox 360 gamepad.

To The Moon!

best 4-5 hours spent you can get :o)

^This. Not sure why I didn't think of it. Beautiful game.

Escape Goat is a very short but fun puzzle game.

There are extra bonus levels which I'm finding very difficult, and I'm sure they'll take longer to get through but the main game took me about 90 minutes to beat first try. It would be even less if you don't do all the optional levels.