Binding of Isaac. 2000+ hours. perfect length

Portal and Portal 2, great balance between puzzles and storytelling!

For me, Kirby and the forgotten land is just such a great experience and the best Kirby game ever. I loved every level and never really got bored of it at any point, I cannot wait for the next entry to hopefully take this formula and go wild with it

Anything bite sized that can be played over the weekend is perfect for me. Dredge, Portal 1+2, Hotline Miami, Cult of the Lamb, Metroid Dread, Inside, Little Nightmares and so forth

I recently played Journey for the first time and I thought that was the perfect length. I didn’t find the game to be particularly *fun*, but it is incredibly beautiful, so I appreciated that it was about the length of watching a movie.

Ori and the Blind Forest, as well as its sequel, Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Links Awakening I think fits this mold perfectly.

A game that felt like the perfect length/pace to me was Ghost Trick! It was short, less than 10 hours for me to finish. There's a lot of reading, but the flashy animation, gorgeous presentation and enjoyable puzzles keeps you from feeling bored from beginning to end. The cast of characters and this game's story have stuck in my brain for over a decade, and I've loved coming back to this game many times over that time. Between all that and the intriguing ghost and time travel conceits, I believe this to be one of the most fun and accessible VNs on the market! Perfect for anyone who's ever been interested in Ace Attorney, which was written by the same guy, but was intimidated by the games' length.

Celeste was the first game I played on switch and it was just the best introduction. Absolute gem of a game: awesome soundtrack, difficult yet intelligent level design and a beautiful story, all in the perfect amount of time. Loved every minute of it.

Donkey Kong - Tropical Freeze, fun from start to finish and can get the puzzle pieces if you wanted more

only because i just played it, Paper Mario 64 - just a great length, no lull RPG.

Great video, perfect length 👍🏻

RE4. 12 hours, perfect pacing.

sometimes I miss John, but my goodness do I love having Felix now! Great addition to the channel. Sea of Stars has become one of my all time favorite games!

Titanfall 2 It’s arguably a little short, but has a lot of replay value. You can select a mission and slowly work up your completion on harder difficulties, collecting the pilot helmets, gradually improving at the game as you go

For me I've been playing a lot of short but sweet indie games and I highly recommend all of the following ones. Lil Gator Game, A Short Hike, Unpacking, Little Nightmares, and Corn Kidz 64 were all short but really good experiences. Also Pikmin 4 was the perfect length and pacing of the last year as a standout title. Introduced mechanics at a really good pace but never overstayed it's welcome 👌

What remains of Edith Finch

I motored through Star Ocean: The Second Story R. I honestly struggled to stop playing it and finished it in just under 2 weeks (work got in the way).

I dunno, all the games I've played, every single one of them always has one of those moments where it just makes me go "ugh, not this...". lol

Metroid Dread, Portal 1, Catherine, Resident Evil 4 (both), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is what pops to my head initially for this

I appreciate you highlighting the lesser-known titles. Metroid Dread is one of the sharpest games I’ve ever played.

Pikmin 3, about 15 hours. Perfect.

I've just finished Ghost Trick, loved how bitesized it was

I think the first 2 generations of pokemon are perfect. Its a light rpg, doesnt overstay its welcome. By the time you reach gen 2, you want a little more, boom revisit kanto, but its shortened, perfect

Hades is the kind of game that encourages you to play for as long as you want and hop off the train at any stop. Some people might stop after beating the final boss. Some might stop after reaching the credits. Some might play through the epilogue. And others will continue on to higher and higher heat levels. If you crave more, the game will always give you more. This is great in a lot of ways, but the flip-side is that there wasn't a satisfying definitive end point. I felt like there were too many loose ends to just stop at the credits, so I played through the epilogue. While it does clear up those loose ends, it isn't a lot of new story content for the amount of gameplay, and doesn't really go out with a bang. Understandably, they didn't devote a ton of development resources toward the epilogue (although it would've been nice to at least have one illustration of everyone together at that ending event). Don't get me wrong, I loved the game, and I'm not even necessarily saying they made the wrong decisions here. Just pointing out that this approach does have a downside.

Link’s Awakening

From the games i've played recently, i'd say Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective. All the chapters have great pace and I always felt intrigued with how the story progress, I can't recommend it enough, it's so fun. I beat it in around 15 hours. Great video, Felix!

One such game was 'Death's Door' for me recently ! Though I didn't bother with all of the post-game content, the core adventure itself was a well balanced, 10-12h commitment that I greatly enjoyed.

The first game that comes to mind that was good from start to finish is Fable 2. I couldn't put it down. It was also the first Xbox game that I got all the trophies for.

Bayonetta 3 was an absolute blast to rush through. Even the Viola levels were fun to get around.

2 games that surprised me and I was disappointed when I finished them was the remake of Links Awakening I thought the graphics was brilliant for the type of Zelda game and the gameplay difficulty was perfect for a relaxing time (but not to easy) and the other game that caught me of guard as I am not a fan of the series is Kirby and the Forgotten Land and when I did finish it I actually started it over again and I never do that now (I did back in the day with the NES, SNES, N64 and GameCube games and I still go back to those from time to time) I just found it so much fun. Oh and there is Streets of Red which is a retro inspired beat em up and it has alot of nods to the 80's for me that was perfect, especially as I grew up with that genre in the arcades. That is the first game that gets out on when friends are round. And of course the original Double Dragon arcade version.

Animal Well hits that perfect length sweet spot for me. Just wrapped up the main story and there wasn't an ounce of fluff. And there are still tons of secrets to find if you want to spend more time in the world.

Agree with Hades! The game was perfect length (and nearly perfect in general)! Helblade 1 was also the perfect length for what it was going for. That's why I have no issue with Hellblade 2 being 7-10 hours.

Finally Shin Chan has been featured. Its a really chill game and i feel like a lot of people would love it

Man that Japanese endless 7 day journey looks so awesome. Never heard of it before. The game style reminds me of the old digimon game

Banjo-Kazooie. I 100% the game in 9.5 hours on my first playthrough. Still one of the most fun 3D platformers to this day as well.

It really was a big surprise to see in last year 2023 when Square's old Snes game Super Mario RPG got a Remake, I still don't have that, because I have the Original Super Mario RPG on Snes Mini, but as a Mario and RPG games fan, should I buy and play Super Mario RPG Remake on the Nintendo Switch? I believe it have The Perfwct Lenght and it's fun. Super Mario RPG looks so cute game, defienitily love it's character designs. The New Games what I have played on the Nintendo Switch and I have bought, but I believe have The Perfect Lenght are these: Super Mario Bros Wonder, Penny's Big Breakaway, Princess Peach Showtime and Freedom Planet 2 defienitily Penny's Big Breakaway and Freedom Planet 2. By the way can't wait i'm so excited 1 of my the most Expected game over a 3 years waiting since 2021 Biomutant's finally coming to the Nintendo Switch in this Week! I believe Switch can run Biomutant even as a 60fps and better than games like Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, because every games looks better on Switch than those, but i'm proud of Gamefreak they make Pokémon Legends ZA at peace not so fast like Scarlet and Violet. It's so awesome to be a Nintendo fan and gamer in 2024, but can't wait for the Nintendo Switch 2: Here we Go WAHOO!!! 😊❤

We need more games that are less than 15-20 hours. There are so many hobbies/work/life/active lifestyles we all have to balance, it would be nice if games were shorter. It would help with these bloated games studios are having to keep up with and then if games don't perform, layoffs or closures happen. This would solve so many issues.

I really enjoyed Unpacking for a short fun cozy game.

Honestly Xenoblade Chronicles 1 is perfect given how much emphasis and weight is given to its plot points. Devastating narrative events become even more impactful when you’ve spent 60 hours building up to it. Plus its rlly fun, but the only problem is finding the time especially as you grow older.

Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition, Snack World and Sonic Frontiers are all absolute bangers and they’re so good I never even thought about how long I’ve been playing them.

Blasphemous 1 was this for me. Randomly started one Saturday morning and, next thing I know, a week went by and I nearly reached 100% after 30 hrs.

The Antoblast demo has also a great length in my opinion

extremendous video here

Oh man, super mario rpg remake was the exact game i thought of when i saw the title

Also Tunic, First Ori game and personally Mario Odyssey!

Not many people talk about them but, I love the Dadish series of games. They are fun easy to pick up platformers where you play as a radish who has to go and find his runaway kids. There's a kid to save at the end of every level and they always have silly quips with their dad when you find them. Another game that I never see talked about is Jenny LeClue- Detectivu. You play as a girl detective who needs to solve a mystery around the college her mom works at. I hope that they make more in the series as it kind of ends on a cliff hanger. One last one would be World's End Club. It's a visual novel/puzzle platformer about a group of kids who are trying to survive an AI uprising. Each kid learns that they have a special power during the course of the story that will help them along the way. For instance, one kid can breathe fire when they eat spicy foods, another can flip upside down and walk on the ceilings and another one gets a Power Ranger type suit with super powers.

Horace. What a great game and storytelling

Great list Felix! Shin Chan is still an underrated gem. Good to see Return to Monkey Island get some love too.

A game that falls into this category, for me, is a little game called Promenade. If you haven’t played it, please, go and play it!

Paper Mario 64 was the perfect length

I dunno about Super Mario Bros Wonder. Felt like it ended too soon. Maybe it was too easy for a Mario game.

Lost In Play!! Perfect game, perfect length. I’m ready for a sequel!!

Skul: The Hero Slayer!

I have yet to play Hades but I can’t wait to! Hopefully it doesn’t overstay it’s welcome for me.

I dunno, I definitely felt like Hades had overstayed its welcome by the time I finally reached the end. I would have preferred it to be about 5 hours shorter. But that’s just me.

I’m surprised nobody here is talking about Paper Mario: TTYD. And I’m not just saying that because the remake is about to come out (although I am very excited). It’s a 10/10 experience.

I'm with you monkey island games are amazing. I remember playing the very 1st 1 on my old IBM computer

Cheers to Bugsnax which is played almost all of in one 8 hour session. So amazing and so concise.

Metroid Dread

I know this is a game that has nothing to do with Nintendo but my pick would be the first Baldurs Gate. It’s the only RPG I can think of that keeps me really engaged from the start to the very end. Perfect length, perfect challenge, perfect amount of side content.

Honestly i think Mario games are perfect. They’re designed to give you a satisfying ending no matter how long you want to play

Yeah I would definitely have made this list big open world games and 100+ hour rpgs. I love a game I can just get lost in, spend hours upon hours exploring the world and all that.

Inside and 198X were both perfect for me after BOTW I needed something completely different, more linear and not too long. Amazing. Steamworld Digs are longer but tons of fun too, perfectly balanced levelling up and addictive.

Great video! You do great work! Celeste is one of these games that was just the perfect length for me. Never got boring

Professor Layton mentioned! I love this series so much and just hope everyone can experience it. Really hope that the new one will be as good as the old ones.

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I would definitely recommend Unpacking and A Short Hike, both super short, but absolutely brilliant and can be beaten in a weekend and both are on game pass if you have it!

I thought donkey kong tropical freeze was a game that fits well into this category, some levels were hard, especially the K levels but they are optional and every level was a delight to play!

Hey Felix! I always enjoy your videos. Just FYI in greek mythology we don't have a concept of hell. It's just the after life. Everyone goes to the same place. Much like Hades isn't the devil or evil and Zeus is not heavenly or good.

Hades is such a great game and this video reminds me I need to go back to it as well as Mario Wonder. Here are a few from my personal list: Blue Reflection Second, Atelier Shallie Alchemists of the Dusk Sea, Disco Elysium Final Cut, Highway Blossoms, The Wolf Among Us and Shantae and the Pirate's Curse just to name a few.

Pikmin 4. The best of the three sequels.

So weird how Felix grew up with Wii. When did some of us get old? Lol

Loved Hades the only thing I wish it had was like 1-2 areas that gave choice to your route through the underworld (think dead cells) rather than forcing the Hydra world and Elysium every time. Also Mario Wonder was a breath of fresh air

Have to disagree on your ”Return to Monkey Island“ assessment. As a true Monkey Island fan from the very first game on, I had the feeling this last entry was a worthy successor to the first and second installment of the series, but it was over by two or three hours too soon. It was missing a couple of those classic ”I‘m stuck - what do I have to do next?“ experiences when you search the whole island(s) for the solution which bought you a few hours of gameplay.

Elec Head. Short puzzle game that look like Megaman. Mario Land 1 and 2. Patriks Parabox, another puzzle game.

I played through Nier Automata recently, I couldn’t put the game down even after beating it 2 and a half times

Gotta add animal well. Metroidvanias have a tendency to just add more rooms and this one focuses on creativity imo. I hear it comes out may 9th too!

for me it was oxenfree 2, like the most you can play is 3 hours

Siberia 1,2,3, were prety good (~8 hours each) at $10 or so combined 🤠

I want shin chan game sooooo much.

Didn't even realize that Shin Chan had a game, but maaaan it sounds nothing like the anime. 😂

Slay the Spire and Donut County

Extramendously is my new favorite made up word! Thanks Felix!

Hades is the perfect everything

Hades dragged on too long for me tbh. I managed to get out once and then to get to the Hades fight several more times after that, but at some point, I just didn't have it in me to do any more runs, mods and upgrade paths be damned. I just felt like I had seen the vast majority of what the game had to offer and the runs get so long by the end that it gets kinda tedious to try again when you fail at or near the end.

Dust: An Elysian Tail

Skyrim, me with a 365 hour character and still questing, perfect length

Can you guys do a Smash Bros Characters Tier List at some point please?

The perfect length, is there such a thing 🤔?

Pikmin 4, Pikmin 4, Pikmin 4. Hot dog this is a good game.

This guy looks like an older iferg

I dont know about you guys but $60 - $70 for a game that has a length less than 20 hours is just not worth it. I really enjoy most of the Nintendo Switch first party games but man they are really short and not worth it to buy. Worst of all, all of them are rarely get discount during sales period although they have been realeased 3+ years ago

How can a game be 3 inches?

Definitely play the first 3 Monkey Island games. The first game is the most famous and the one that gets quoted all the time (because well, it's probably the funniest) but I enjoy MI2 and 3 the most. I didn't hate MI4 or Tales of MI, but I can admit that they are for diehards only.

Felix…what the hell is that on your face?!?! No mate…buzz it off please haha 😂

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