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Great Short Games

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Created Sep 5, 2019 by Julien Kaspar
A list of my personal favourites of short games. These might have a their genius in their story, storytelling, gameplay-mechanics, art-style, soundtrack or a great mix between them.
These games generally don't take longer than 10 hours. Some that go above that are episodic games which divide the run time into a couple hours each.
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Monument
Valley
2
    The successor to the first Monument Valley with more refined art-style, music, puzzles and another touching story.
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    90
    Brothers
    -
    A
    Tale
    of
    Two
    Sons
      A beautiful, tragic, (and as weird as it sounds) single-player-coop game where you explore a mystical world while playing 2 sons who are trying to find a cure for their dying father.The controls and h…
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      Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist screenshot
      Dr.
      Langeskov,
      The
      Tiger,
      and
      The
      Terribly
      Cursed
      Emerald:
      A
      Whirlwind
      Heist
        A very short and free comedy game from the designer of the Stanley Parable. nuff said
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        90
        Braid
          One of the original brilliant indie-hits. A Mario-like platformer that uses a clever rewind mechanic to provide an impressive set of puzzles.
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          Monument
          Valley
            A simple, isometric, puzzle-game that mainly plays with perspective and overcoming/exploiting the Escher staircase.
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            Yoku's
            Island
            Express
              This game is what happens when you turn Pinball into a cute, open-world, metroidvania. Very unique!
              Jazzpunk screenshot
              75
              Jazzpunk
                Short, comedy game with a lot of random humour that rewards experimentation.
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                APE
                OUT
                  A game with a massive amount of style. A great mix of a chaotic stealth game and a manic jazz soundtrack.
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                  Telling
                  Lies
                    A game where you search and watch a large collection of stolen video recordings out of sequence and in pieces, with a lot of lies, missing info and red herrings to keep the story twisting and turning.…
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                    The Beginner's Guide screenshot
                    The
                    Beginner's
                    Guide
                      Self aware game-critique on the relationship between author and audience and on interpreting someone's personality and intent from their work.
                      Thomas Was Alone screenshot
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                      77
                      Thomas
                      Was
                      Alone
                        A little story focused, puzzle-platformer with beautiful music, that manages to make you deeply feel and care about a bunch of single-coloured, voiceless rectangles.
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                        Wonder
                        Boy:
                        The
                        Dragon's
                        Trap
                          A brilliant example of how gameplay mechanics don't age, by remaking a classic from the 80s with just updated graphics and music. It even has buttons to switch between the old & new on the fly.
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