Best Short Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy 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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To the Moon A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.

Price -42% 5.66€
Rating 9.5
Release 07 Sep 2012
Home Home is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens.

Price 4.99€
Rating 6.5
Release 31 Aug 2012
Thirty Flights of Loving Explore the world of Thirty Flights of Loving through a first-person short story. Take a deep dive with high-flying schemers, lovelorn criminals, and more stray kittens than you can shake a stick at.

Price -75% 1.26€
Rating 6.2
Release 20 Aug 2012
Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers You are Tiny, a nerdy inventor, who tries to reclaim his most beloved possession - Grandpa's underpants!

Price -96% 0.56€
Rating 8.8
Release 19 Jun 2012
Alan Wake's American Nightmare A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode!

Price -94% 0.57€
Rating 7.1
Release 22 May 2012
Noitu Love 2: Devolution A century after the legendary boy Noitu Love saved the world from the evil Darns, they rise again, but in a chaos of time-bending mayhem!

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 23 Apr 2012
Stacking Embark on an adventure to rescue Charlie’s family from the nefarious industrialist known only as the 'Baron.'

Price -97% 0.39€
Rating 8.5
Release 06 Mar 2012
The Darkness II An intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror.

Price -97% 1.08€
Rating 9.0
Release 09 Feb 2012
Blackwell Deception Street psychics. Their blinking neon signs are everywhere, promising love and wealth and happiness. They make a fortune preying on the gullible and milking them dry. So when these victims begin dying and leaving confused spirits behind, it can only take a genuine psychic (and her wayward spirit guide) to clean up the mess.

Price -93% 0.68€
Rating 8.9
Release 13 Jan 2012
Blackwell Convergence The third game in the Blackwell series

Price -65% 1.60€
Rating 8.9
Release 13 Jan 2012
Blackwell Unbound The year is 1973. The sound of a lone, ethereal saxophone drifts over the Roosevelt Island promenade, while a series of accidents plague a midtown construction site. The citizens of Manhattan take no notice of these events, let alone think they are connected.

Price -88% 0.55€
Rating 8.8
Release 13 Jan 2012
The Blackwell Legacy When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.

Price -79% 0.96€
Rating 8.5
Release 13 Jan 2012
Costume Quest A Halloween adventure from Tim Schafer's Double Fine Productions.

Price -90% 1.00€
Rating 9.0
Release 14 Oct 2011
Trauma An elaborate puzzle challenge combined with an unconventional story.

Price -78% 0.54€
Rating 6.6
Release 08 Aug 2011
LIMBO Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO

Price -74% 3.02€
Rating 9.1
Release 02 Aug 2011
Breath of Death VII Resurrect the classic era of RPGs with the retro parody RPG, Breath of Death VII: The Beginning. Join Dem the Skeleton Knight, Sara the ghost historian, Lita the vampire techie, and Erik the zombie prince as they explore an undead world in search of the secrets of the past. Laugh! Cry! Laugh some more!

Price -86% 0.42€
Rating 8.0
Release 13 Jul 2011
Puzzle Agent 2 Agent Nelson Tethers just solved his biggest case yet. So why isn't he satisfied? Venture back to eerie Scoggins, Minnesota to solve the mystery of "the Hidden People" once and for all!

Price -90% 0.47€
Rating 8.2
Release 30 Jun 2011
F.E.A.R. 3 F.E.A.R. 3 delivers all the hallmarks that define the F.E.A.R. brand: terrifying paranormal experience, frenetic combat and a dramatic storyline.

Price -95% 1.03€
Rating 7.0
Release 21 Jun 2011
Solar 2 Dynamic abstract sandbox universe. Changes and evolves as you do.

Price -83% 1.53€
Rating 8.7
Release 17 Jun 2011
The Cat and the Coup In The Cat and the Coup, you play the cat of Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran. During the summer of 1953, the CIA engineered a coup to bring about his downfall.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 15 Jun 2011
Portal 2 - The Final Hours Portal 2 draws from the award-winning formula of innovative gameplay, story, and music that earned the original Portal over 70 industry accolades and created a cult following. For more information on Portal 2 click here.

Price 1.59€
Rating 7.2
Release 17 May 2011
Homefront The Rock Map Pack is Now Available! Join the Resistance, stand united and fight for freedom against an overwhelming military force.

Price -95% 1.07€
Rating 6.0
Release 14 Mar 2011
NightSky Nominated as a IGF Seamus McNally Finalist, NightSky is an ambient action-puzzle game that offers a gameplay experience unlike any other—cerebral challenges fill uniquely designed picturesque worlds. The player must maneuver a sphere by using realistic physics to advance; each of these worlds is broken into different areas.

Price -96% 0.40€
Rating 8.4
Release 01 Mar 2011
A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda You are the ultimate weapon with an ultimate sidekick – Collect secret items and get power ups to become the perfect weapon.

Price -90% 0.50€
Rating 6.7
Release 19 Jan 2011

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