RPG games under 20 hours
Explore the top 25 RPG 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. Hades II
~18.9 hours to beat · Metacritic 94
3. Mass Effect 2 (2010)
~12.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 94
4. Mass Effect 2 (2010) Edition
~16.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 94
5. God of War
~20 hours to beat · Metacritic 93
6. System Shock® 2 (1999)
~1.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
7. I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
~11 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
8. Scarlet Hollow
~2.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
9. The Longest Journey
~17.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
10. Chicory: A Colorful Tale
~9 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
11. Deus Ex: Revision
~18.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
12. Freedom Force
~15.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
13. Into the Breach
~5.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
14. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
~4.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
15. Fallout
~16 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
16. Kynseed
~9.6 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
17. Mass Effect (2007)
~13.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
18. Mass Effect™ 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition (2012)
~3.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
19. Nuclear Throne
~15 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
20. Well Dweller
~10 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
21. Cabernet
~8.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 88
22. Halls of Torment
~10 hours to beat · Metacritic 88
23. Sid Meier's Pirates!
~10 hours to beat · Metacritic 88
24. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition
~18.6 hours to beat · Metacritic 88
25. Torchlight II
~20 hours to beat · Metacritic 88