Indie games under 5 hours
Explore the top 25 Indie games that take under 5 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. Tetris® Effect: Connected
~3 hours to beat · Metacritic 93
2. BZZZT
~2.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
3. Scarlet Hollow
~2.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
4. Braid
~5 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
5. Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
~3 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
6. Factorio Demo
~1 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
7. Lost and Found Co. Demo
~0.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
8. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
~4.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
9. Gravity Circuit
~4.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
10. Inertial Drift
~1.9 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
11. Rez Infinite
~2 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
12. Rhythm Doctor
~4 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
13. Thank Goodness You're Here!
~2.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
14. There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
~5 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
15. What Remains of Edith Finch
~2 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
16. COCOON
~5 hours to beat · Metacritic 88
17. Guacamelee! Gold Edition
~1.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 88
18. Let's! Revolution!
~0.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 88
19. LIMBO
~3.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 88
20. Mullet Mad Jack
~3.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 88
21. Super Hexagon
~4.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 88
22. The Stanley Parable
~1.4 hours to beat · Metacritic 88
23. The Stanley Parable Demo
~0.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 88
24. Thirty Flights of Loving
~0.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 88
25. Wednesdays
~2 hours to beat · Metacritic 88