Simulation games under 5 hours
Explore the top 25 Simulation 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. The Sims™ Legacy Collection
~2.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
2. Factorio Demo
~1 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
3. Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
~4.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
4. I Expect You To Die 3
~3.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
5. Pinball FX3
~2.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 89
6. Digital Combat Simulator: A-10C Warthog
~0 hours to beat · Metacritic 87
7. Her Story
~2.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 86
8. IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
~1 hours to beat · Metacritic 86
9. Closer the Distance
~1 hours to beat · Metacritic 85
10. Grunn
~2.6 hours to beat · Metacritic 84
11. Heavenly Bodies
~4.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 84
12. Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
~1.8 hours to beat · Metacritic 84
13. Telling Lies
~4 hours to beat · Metacritic 84
14. Umurangi Generation
~2.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 84
15. ABZÛ
~1.9 hours to beat · Metacritic 83
16. ISLANDERS: New Shores
~0.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 83
17. SMITE
~3.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 83
18. Sultan's Game
~1.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 83
19. Universe Sandbox Legacy
~4.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 83
20. Unpacking
~3.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 83
21. WHAT THE GOLF?
~3.1 hours to beat · Metacritic 83
22. B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th
~3 hours to beat · Metacritic 82
23. Dawn of Discovery
~1.3 hours to beat · Metacritic 82
24. Ratropolis
~3.4 hours to beat · Metacritic 82
25. The Ramp
~0.4 hours to beat · Metacritic 82