Simulation games under 20 hours
Explore the top 25 Simulation 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. The Sims™ Legacy Collection
~2.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
2. Thief Gold
~20 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
3. I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
~11 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
4. Factorio Demo
~1 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
5. Into the Breach
~5.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
6. IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
~15 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
7. Opus Magnum
~15 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
8. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
~4.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
9. The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection
~20 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
10. Desktop Explorer
~8 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
11. I Expect You To Die 3
~3.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
12. Kynseed
~9.6 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
13. Pinball FX3
~2.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
14. Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
~18.9 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
15. Cabernet
~8.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 88
16. Digital Combat Simulator: A-10C Warthog
~0 hours to beat · Metacritic 87
17. IMMORTALITY
~6.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 87
18. Mini Motorways
~5.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 87
19. Thief™ II: The Metal Age
~20 hours to beat · Metacritic 87
20. F1 2016
~20 hours to beat · Metacritic 86
21. F1 2021
~8 hours to beat · Metacritic 86
22. Her Story
~2.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 86
23. Homeworld Remastered Collection
~20 hours to beat · Metacritic 86
24. IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
~1 hours to beat · Metacritic 86
25. Startopia
~17 hours to beat · Metacritic 86