A familiar problem arises the moment I see some spare time from work and life on the horizon - with a four-digit Steam library and a few hundred good quality games I haven't even touched, what should I play?

... and so I decided to once more ask the SG community for help. Genre-wise, I am very partial to (c)RPGs and strategy games, plus anything with a well written story. Not sure if I will have time for sessions longer than a few hours, but either way I will try to finish the game, of course.

If a few shorter games end up with most of the votes, then I can probably fit them all into my game time instead of one longer title. I will use the poll results to see what people are most keen on playing themselves, so it's not a given that I am only playing the winner for sure.

Feel free to suggest anything else that you've been playing recently and would recommend, there is a decent chance I own it or have a key stashed somewhere, and if not I can always add it to the ever-growing collection.

Thank you!

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To which one of these games should I dedicate my spare time during the next two months?

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Bastion
Beholder
BioShock Infinite
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
Dishonored
Expeditions: Conquistador
Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition
L.A. Noire Complete Edition
Mafia II (Classic)
Oxenfree
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
South Park: The Stick of Truth
STASIS
SteamWorld Dig 2
Tales from the Borderlands
The Sexy Brutale
The Wolf Among Us
Transistor
Tyranny
Virginia

Reserved

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1 vote for Bastion

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Telltale all the way - Tales from the Borderlands and The Wolf Among Us!:)

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bastion is good, but I love dishonored, I would see you playing on a stream on something(?)
Dishonored or bioshock infinite.

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I enjoyed very much, playing BioShock Infinite the other day, I recommend
Now I am playing Sniper Ghost warrior 2, I got from you :)

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Excellent games...you'll be very well served...My favorites in your list are Dishonored and Bioshock (LA Noire, Mafia II and Transistor are masterpieces too)

Edit: Oh, and good luck in your family problem. God bless you all pal.

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No family problems thankfully, just a familiar problem ;) But thank you anyway!

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Oh I see...sorry for the confusion...lol...english is not my native language and this is a familiar problem to me...=)

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Dishonored is one of my favourite games of all time, recently completed the sequel's spin-off and then replayed said sequel.
The story is very good, IMHO 😁

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Well if you want to put most of your time into on one game for the next month or two, and since you like RPGs, go with Tyranny or Expeditions: Conquistador.

On the other hand, you could try to knock off all of the shorter games first before diving into a longer game. When I'm looking for a short game to play, I will look on HowLongToBeat to get an idea of how long a game will take to finish.

From personal experience, an episode of a The Wolf Among us and Tales from the Borderlands (both are awesome) are about 2 hours long. Bastion, Transistor and The Sexy Brutale are fairly short games that you can knock out in a week or less.

I usually play a long RPG, and take a break from time to time and knock off a short game.

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Start with brothers a tale of two sons, is an amazing game and it will only take you like 5 hours to 100%, then Bastion 20hs with 100%

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From your list I enjoyed Bastion the most, it's unique narration is amazing and you can complete it in 7-8h. If you are more in the shooter mood, Bioshock is absolutely well made, so is Dishonored for that matter.

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Bioshock Infinite / Mafia II.

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I've recently finished Dishonored – that's the first game I recall that I wanted to replay instantly to check another style of play (I was playing stealth). In the end I didn't give it another try because backlog but it was indeed one of the best games I've ever played! Shame it was sitting in my backlog for 3 years...

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Both Bastion and Transistor are short games with very good stories, if you want strategy then Transistor may fit you more while Bastion is hack and slash.

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2 months = 60 days. In this time you can play every of this games -.-

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I doubt I will have more than a few full days that I could pick from to play during these two months. Work during the week, social life, etc, that stuff takes up time you know :))

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I voted for Dishonored, but even if you play it twice (to get both endings), it's probably just about 20-25h, not 2 months ^^

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Was going to vote Bastion, but chose LA Noire. You really should play that one.

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Voted for Bioshock Infinite because it's the most fun I've had on an FPS and the story-rich content is rare in this genre but Bastion is also pretty good;

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