Best Games You Can Finish in a Weekend

Short on time? These 30 games take under 12 hours to beat, and they are among the highest-rated in our catalog (359 games with verified HowLongToBeat times match). The best of them: Portal 2, Resident Evil 2 and Portal.

How it's ranked: a blend of RAWG player ratings, Metacritic and Steam reviews, adjusted so games with very few ratings can't outrank well-proven ones. Times are verified HowLongToBeat figures.

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   Portal 2

   2011Shooter, PuzzlePC, Xbox One ★ 4.7/5⏱ ~8.6 h to beat
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   Resident Evil 2

   2019Action, Adventure ★ 4.6/5⏱ ~8.9 h to beat
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   Portal

   2007Action, PuzzlePC, Switch ★ 4.6/5⏱ ~3.1 h to beat
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   Half-Life

   1998Shooter, ActionPC ★ 4.6/5⏱ ~12 h to beat
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   Batman: Arkham Asylum

   2009ActionPC, Xbox One, PS4 ★ 4.5/5⏱ ~12 h to beat
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   Ori and the Will of the Wisps

   2020Platformer, AdventurePC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S ★ 4.5/5⏱ ~12 h to beat
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   Celeste

   2018Platformer, IndiePC, Xbox One, PS4 ★ 4.5/5⏱ ~8.3 h to beat
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   Undertale

   2015Indie, RPGPC, PS4, Xbox One ★ 4.5/5⏱ ~7 h to beat
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   What Remains of Edith Finch

   2017Indie, AdventurePC, Xbox One, PS4 ★ 4.5/5⏱ ~2.1 h to beat
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    Ultimate Doom

    1995Action, Shooter ★ 4.5/5⏱ ~6.1 h to beat
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    INSIDE

    2016Adventure, ActionPC, Xbox One, PS4 ★ 4.5/5⏱ ~3.6 h to beat
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    Journey

    2012Family, IndiePC, PS4 ★ 4.5/5⏱ ~2 h to beat
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    Cuphead

    2017Platformer, IndiePC, Xbox One, PS4 ★ 4.5/5⏱ ~10.6 h to beat
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    Ori and the Blind Forest

    2015Platformer, AdventurePC, Xbox One ★ 4.5/5⏱ ~8.2 h to beat
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    Hotline Miami

    2012Indie, ShooterPC, Xbox One, PS4 ★ 4.5/5⏱ ~5.2 h to beat
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    Beat Saber

    2019Indie, ActionPC, PS5, PS4 ★ 4.5/5⏱ ~6.5 h to beat
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    Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

    2009Shooter, ActionPS4 ★ 4.5/5⏱ ~10.4 h to beat
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    Dead Space 2

    2011Shooter, ActionPC, Xbox One ★ 4.5/5⏱ ~9.1 h to beat
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    Papers, Please

    2013Educational, IndiePC ★ 4.5/5⏱ ~5 h to beat
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    Max Payne

    2001Shooter, ActionPC, PS4 ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~8.1 h to beat
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    The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

    2022Casual, IndiePC, PS5, Xbox One ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~2.1 h to beat
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    The Stanley Parable

    2013Indie, AdventurePC ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~1.5 h to beat
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    Titanfall 2

    2016Shooter, ActionPC, Xbox One, PS4 ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~6.1 h to beat
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    Baba Is You

    2019Indie, PuzzlePC, Switch ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~7.5 h to beat
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    Katana ZERO

    2019Platformer, IndiePC, Xbox One, Switch ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~4.8 h to beat
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    Return Of The Obra Dinn

    2018Indie, AdventurePC, Xbox One, PS4 ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~8.2 h to beat
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    Metal Gear Solid

    1998ActionPC ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~11.2 h to beat
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    The Wolf Among Us

    2013AdventurePC, PS4, Xbox One ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~8.6 h to beat
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    Into the Breach

    2018Strategy, IndiePC, Switch ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~5.8 h to beat
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    Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

    2017Shooter, AdventurePC, Xbox One, PS4 ★ 4.4/5⏱ ~9.2 h to beat

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