Games under 20 hours
Eleven games in the twelve-to-twenty hour band — big enough to live in for a couple of weeks, small enough to actually finish.
| Game | Main story | Genre |
|---|---|---|
| BioShock Rapture is still the best-realised place in shooters. Would you kindly play it if you somehow haven't. | ~12h | Shooter |
| Tunic A Zelda-shaped secret about reading the manual. Say nothing to anyone who hasn't played it. | ~12h | Adventure |
| Half-Life 2 Twenty years old and the pacing still embarrasses new releases. | ~13h | Shooter |
| Doom Eternal A resource-management puzzle at 200mph. More demanding than 2016, and prouder of it. | ~14h | Shooter |
| The Last of Us The giraffe scene works because the twelve hours before it earn it. | ~15h | Action |
| Uncharted 4: A Thief's End The series' best set pieces and its only real character study, in the same game. | ~15h | Action |
| Psychonauts 2 Sixteen years late and worth it. The kindest game ever made about anxiety. | ~15h | Platformer |
| A Plague Tale: Requiem Bigger, darker sequel. The rat tornadoes have to be seen. | ~16h | Stealth |
| Outer Wilds A solar system on a 22-minute loop. The only progress is what you learn — go in blind. | ~17h | Adventure |
| Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Dark Souls lite with a lightsaber. The Star Wars game that finally trusts you to explore. | ~17h | Action |
| Alan Wake II A survival horror that turns into a musical for one chapter and gets away with it. | ~18h | Horror |