Best Short Games (5-60 minutes) - an IFDB Poll
by Sasha Davidovna
RSS FeedI'm pretty new to IF and am having a lot of fun, but in between a toddler and a job and other real life stuff, I'm having trouble finding time to finish many of the longer games I want to play. Can you please recommend me some fun and/or interesting short games, say 5 minutes to an hour to solve? I'm pretty open genre-wise: mystery, fantasy, humor, horror, historical... It's all good.
Thanks in advance!
| 9:05, by Adam Cadre 20 votes "Must play - 10 minutes" [+]... "Perfect in its shortness" [+]... "surprising, fun and well crafted" [+]... "Surprisingly satisfying for such a short game." [+]... "Very short with a surprising ending." [+]... "Caught me completely on he wrong foot ;-) Great short fun" [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]...  Vote for this game | |
| Fail-Safe, by Jon Ingold 9 votes "Very short and very interesting. I did find the inability to save the game frustrating, and there is at least one time where your wording has to be very specific to find what you need. " [+]... "Meta-IF that's actually fun to play" [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Violet, by Jeremy Freese 6 votes "Very entertaining!" [+]... "Absolutely hilarious." [+]... "loved the 'voice' and the extra touches like the hilarious scene out the window" [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Suveh Nux, by David Fisher 6 votes "fun to cast spells and figure out what the magic words mean" [+]... "Quick to win,..." [+]... "Can beat quickly,..." [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| The Tale of the Kissing Bandit, by J. Robinson Wheeler 4 votes "15 mins, very charming, not very interactive" [+]... "Very funny." [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Gun Mute, by C. E. J. Pacian 4 votes "Fun puzzles and..." [+]... "A fun string of..." [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Shade, by Andrew Plotkin 3 votes "Creepy, haunting, strang, different" [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Aisle, by Sam Barlow 3 votes "It’s a one-turn game, so you can make it as short as you’d like!" [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| When in Rome 2: Far from Home, by Emily Short 3 votes (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Galatea, by Emily Short 3 votes "Each individual play-through usually takes about 10-15 minutes, but it has TONS of replay value." [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| An Act of Murder, by Christopher Huang 3 votes "Short with great replay potential" [+]... "60 minutes might be optimistic" [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Earth and Sky, by Paul O'Brian 3 votes "A short, cheerful superhero adventure." [+]... (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Snack Time!, by Hardy the Bulldog and Renee Choba 3 votes "Light hearted, fairly easy puzzles, and soooo much fun! Learn to think like a dog!" [+]... "Lighthearted, funny, and brief." [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| When in Rome 1: Accounting for Taste, by Emily Short 2 votes (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| The One That Got Away, by Leon Lin 2 votes "Humorous, enjoyable, and very short as per the criteria. I may be biased, however, as I have a particular fondness for any scenario that involves creatures lurking in the watery depths (even if its just a strangely large fish)." [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin 2 votes (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Whom The Telling Changed, by Aaron A. Reed 2 votes "Short but very..." [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Conan Kill Everything, by Ian Haberkorn 2 votes (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Hunter, in Darkness, by Andrew Plotkin 2 votes (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home, by Andrew Plotkin 2 votes (No comment) [+]... (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| The Moonlit Tower, by Yoon Ha Lee 1 vote "This one's a must-play for it's beautiful imagery. I finished it quite quickly, though I think there are multiple endings, and some may take longer to reach than others." [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Asylum, by cpuguy89 1 vote "Takes about 10 minutes at most to complete." [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Dino Hunt, by Admiral Jota 1 vote "A short and cute game played from the point of view of a child" [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Shrapnel, by Adam Cadre 1 vote (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Very Old Dog, by Tony Delgado 1 vote "Cute and quick" [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Byzantine Perspective, by Lea Albaugh 1 vote "Bsically a single, interesting puzzle." [+]... Vote for this game | |
| All Alone, by Ian Finley 1 vote "quick, scary and not difficult." [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Afflicted, by Doug Egan 1 vote (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| You are a Chef!, by Dan Shiovitz 1 vote "Hilarious game that doesn't hurt your brain to play." [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Friar Bacon's Secret, by Carl Muckenhoupt 1 vote "Brief game with an amusing premise" [+]... Vote for this game | |
| The Cove, by Kathleen M. Fischer 1 vote (No comment) [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Snowblind Aces, by C. E. J. Pacian 1 vote "A short, fun,..." [+]... Vote for this game | |
| Got Toast?, by Jim Fisher 1 vote "Very logical puzzles" [+]... Vote for this game | |