Action games under 20 hours
Explore the top 25 Action games that take under 20 hours to play, ranked by Metacritic score.
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Games are ordered by Metacritic score, highest first. Games without a Metacritic score appear last.
1. BioShock
~12 hours to beat · Metacritic 96
2. Red Dead Redemption
~17.8 hours to beat · Metacritic 95
3. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
~17 hours to beat · Metacritic 94
4. Hades II
~18.9 hours to beat · Metacritic 94
5. Quake
~5.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 94
6. Company of Heroes
~19 hours to beat · Metacritic 93
7. Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition
~0.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 93
8. God of War
~20 hours to beat · Metacritic 93
9. Grand Theft Auto III
~14.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 93
10. Half-Life: Alyx
~12 hours to beat · Metacritic 93
11. Sektori
~4 hours to beat · Metacritic 93
12. Unreal Tournament 2004
~15 hours to beat · Metacritic 93
13. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
~6.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
14. Resident Evil Requiem
~16.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
15. Street Fighter™ 6
~17.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
16. System Shock® 2 (1999)
~1.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
17. Thief Gold
~20 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
18. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
~13 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
19. Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition
~1.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
20. Batman: Arkham Asylum
~12 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
21. Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition
~11 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
22. Batman: Arkham City GOTY
~13 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
23. Batman: Arkham City™
~12 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
24. BZZZT
~2.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
25. Call of Duty (2003)
~5.8 hours to beat · Metacritic 91