Good games under 4 hours long

The first red faction, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog days, One playthrough of Organ Trail, Fortix!

Sonic CD - I have 4.5 hours recorded, but that's two playthroughs
Shatter - 2.1 hours

Bookmarked, this will help a lot with my backlog, thanks all!

• Alan Wake's American Nightmare
• Bastion (if you don't replay it a billion times like me)
• Battlefield: Bad Company 2
• Half-Life 2: Episode 1
• Half-Life 2: Episode 2
• Karateka
• Mirror's Edge
• The Secrets of Monkey Island: Special Edition
• Monkey Island 2: Special Edition
• Portal
• Splice
• Swords and Soldiers HD

Dear esther

I saw howlongtobeat was already mentioned, but I quite like http://steamplaytime.appspot.com too. It uses your steamid to get your personal data. The average times are from howlongtobeat too, but it's nice to see your own time spent and your own games already listed ;)

The Crysis 3 campaign was like, 3 hours, wasn't it?

Too many games can be beaten in less than 4 hours. After compliting Mass Effect 1 like ~10 times, I twice beated it in 2.5 hours. Speedrunners do it constantly with most of the games.
Complition time depenss only on you. Even game The Graveyard, that you can end in few minutes, can last much longer if you wont rush to the end.

Try out "You Have To Burn The Rope".

SHANKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 1 & 2.

Also Jet set radio and the walking dead from telltale (derp).

All of them can be doable in around 5 hours each.

Super Hexagon- 15 minutes long.

For some this would be EVE Online: you'll pretty much know within 4 hours if it's a game for you or not....

The shortest game is Persona 4 Golden. Just kidding! It takes about 90 hours to complete and understand the story. MUHAHA!

Going Home. Takes about 3 hours and you'll love it if you grew up in the 90s like me

Dear Esther. Took me 1.5 hours and I took my time looking at everything. Its very artistic and poetic, and a very neat game. At first I thought it seemed dumb because there was no objective and you can't run, pick up objects, jump, or do anything other than walk. After playing more of it I started to realize that those characteristics actually fit the game pretty well. Its kind of like you're playing through someones dream. The cave level is beautiful. It looks really awesome. I wouldn't pay the normal $10 for a 1.5 hour game, but if its in a bundle or on sale for cheap then its worth it. Its very unique.

Masturbation.

Super Hexagon? ;D

I recall spending about 4 or maybe 5 hours on my first playthrough of Homefront back in the day. It's got a pretty awesome story for a FPS.

I'm a really slow game player because I like to explore, so take the average gameplay time and double it, and that's how long the game will take me.

I completed Medal of Honor in just under 4 hours. Must've been the shortest FPS campaign I've ever played. I'm glad I got it in the Origin Bundle and not at full price.

Tower of Heaven...

I've completed Gears of Wars 2 in less than 5 hours a few years on 360. On steam it was The Darkness 2 (I have more hours as I'm playing a diferent mod)

FTL

i'm not sure if "The Binding of Isaac" would count.
you should be able to kill mom during the first 4 hours...but the game's core essence is it's replayability.

anyways, all the classic/sidescrolling Super Mario games were totally worth my time.

Nice thread. I'll add these,

• Wasteland Angel
• Zeno Clash
• Astro Tripper
• No Time to Explain
• Alien Hallway
• Karateka

I think these were all listed already, but a few that I've completed and recommended on Steam are:

• Dynamite Jack
• Home
• Puzzle Agent
• Puzzle Agent 2

Others I completed and remember being short include:

• LIMBO
• Little Inferno
• Thirty Flights of Lovin'
• TRAUMA

I really like the idea of this thread. I generally don't have lots of time to play games, so knowing which ones are shorter is a big help. It means I should be able to finish the game in one or two sittings instead of needing to find time over many days or weeks to complete it. I tried to compile the responses here into a list for my own reference, but I'd be willing to share it if others can suggest a good way to do so. That is, if the original poster doesn't already plan to update the first post with everyone's suggestions.