Best Short Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated short games.

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The Last Dream: Developer's Edition “Reality and dreams are about to become entwined…..” The Last Dream: Developer's Edition" is a casual adventure game which, despite having some classic casual elements, will also offer a greater challenge for more experienced gamers.

Price 7.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 03 Dec 2015
Carpe Diem Seize the day

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 30 Nov 2015
BAD END It's rumored that those who play 'BAD END'- a Visual Novel will die in REAL LIFE if they make the wrong decision in the game itself.

Price -74% 1.55€
Rating 7.8
Release 25 Nov 2015
Emily is Away Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 20 Nov 2015
Tick Tock Isle Strike is inadvertently transported into the past while attempting to repair a mysterious, abandoned clock tower.  Endeavoring to return to the future, Strike must fix both the time machine and the island’s dysfunctional family who are responsible for much of the clock’s disrepair.

Price -47% 0.53€
Rating 8.0
Release 19 Nov 2015
hocus perspective illusion puzzle based on M.C. Escher drawings and impossible shapes

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 18 Nov 2015
Pink Heaven A certain office lady is back!!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 03 Nov 2015
Bulb Boy One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves.

Price -94% 0.58€
Rating 8.4
Release 29 Oct 2015
Pink Hour Help a pink-clad office lady find a missing document so the boss doesn't get angry in this free spin-off minigame to Kero Blaster.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 28 Oct 2015
The Park® Set in a creepy amusement park hiding a dark and sinister secret, The Park is a first-person psychological horror experience focused on exploration and storytelling.

Price -60% 5.19€
Rating 6.8
Release 27 Oct 2015
A Wolf in Autumn A one-armed young girl finds herself locked in a shed in the middle of an idyllic autumn forest, with threats both physical and immaterial drawing closer.

Price -59% 0.81€
Rating 6.9
Release 27 Oct 2015
Message Quest Message Quest is a tiny stained-glass point-n-click adventure about laziness and her herald. Imagine yourself as the main hero’s conscience, the one that must make him work when all he wants to do is sleep.

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 22 Oct 2015
DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.

Price -91% 0.46€
Rating 9.1
Release 21 Oct 2015
Refunct Refunct is a peaceful, short first-person platformer about restoring a vibrant world.

Price -18% 2.46€
Rating 9.3
Release 16 Oct 2015
The Beginner's Guide The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.

Price -34% 6.47€
Rating 8.6
Release 01 Oct 2015
Expand Expand is a meditative video game in which you explore a circular labyrinth that constantly twists, stretches and expands around you.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 30 Sep 2015
Missing Translation Lost in a weird city in the middle of the desert and surrounded by strange creatures that keep staring at you. This is a game about exploring the unknown and solving puzzles... lots of them! Don't be fooled by the looks, this isn't a point & click adventure.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 24 Sep 2015
Comedy Quest Comedy Quest is a point and click adventure game by Trav Nash. Can you become the greatest comedian in three gigs?

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 02 Sep 2015
Port of Call Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 28 Aug 2015
Planet of the Eyes An atmospheric narrative-platformer about a service robot stranded on a mysterious planet, Planet of the Eyes features a stunning visual mix of puzzle and platforming challenges, an original musical score, and fully voiced audio logs left by another survivor. Explore the mystery of an unknown world.

Price -96% 0.45€
Rating 7.9
Release 24 Aug 2015
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a platforming game of action, puzzles and adventure, and the sequel to the award winning Trine and Trine 2. Reunite with the three heroes in an all-new adventure, now for the first time in full 3D!

Price -96% 1.08€
Rating 6.2
Release 20 Aug 2015
Gathering Sky Guide a flock of birds on a playful journey across the sky.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 13 Aug 2015
the static speaks my name A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 10 Aug 2015
Putrefaction Putrefaction is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, lots of enemies and weapons, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.

Price 2.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 07 Aug 2015
Fingerbones Explore a mysterious abandoned bunker and find notes that paint a disturbing picture.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 03 Aug 2015
Cradle Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found themselves amidst the desert.

Price 12.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 24 Jul 2015
Through Abandoned: The Underground City It’s the first game of Through Abandoned series, classical point and click game. You try to find your twin-brother who disappeared in a huge and mysterious place called Abandoned.

Price -73% 0.27€
Rating 7.6
Release 22 Jul 2015
TIMEframe Time is relative. Sometimes 10 seconds can feel like an eternity... In TIMEframe you will discover a world in slow motion. Explore the remnants of a mysterious civilization on the brink of destruction.

Price -92% 0.53€
Rating 6.4
Release 07 Jul 2015
Hook HOOK is a short minimal, puzzle game.

Price -93% 0.21€
Rating 9.4
Release 06 Jul 2015
Spooky Cats Oh no! This cute little kitty cat is alone and lost in a haunted house! Only by collecting pennies and defeating monsters can she find the way out! Use your fast fingers to defeat this adorably dark and funny platform game.

Price -75% 0.76€
Rating 7.9
Release 04 Jun 2015
Homesick Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 28 May 2015
Labyrinthine Dreams Labyrinthine Dreams is a short puzzle game about overcoming the scars of the past and following the right path, even in the face of overwhelming challenges.

Price -95% 0.27€
Rating 7.4
Release 26 May 2015
Interloper Interloper is an online multiplayer real-time strategy game with matches that take only 5 minutes. Instead of destroying your opponent, you win by claiming domain. By predicting your opponent's movements, you corner them to claim the entire map.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 21 May 2015
Dev Guy With your final build missing, and only till the end of the night to publish his game, Warren must take up the difficult adventure to make a new build before the end of the night through whatever means necessary. Join Warren's quest to publish his title before the end of the night and become an indie dev.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 20 May 2015
Love at First Sight After falling in love at first sight with the shy Sachi Usui, an injury-ridden, single-eyed high school girl, the protagonist tries to win over her lonely and isolated heart. A pure, heart-warming romance game where the apple of your eye only has one eye!

Price 9.75€
Rating 9.1
Release 18 May 2015
Home is Where One Starts... Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.

Price -86% 0.44€
Rating 7.4
Release 12 May 2015

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Rating 8.9

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