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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one night, hot springs Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...

Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 30 Aug 2018
Lake of Voices A free horror Visual Novel about an ill-fated journey across Sinnlos, a lake where gruesome monsters lurk just beneath the surface. With times being so dire you'll need to decide what, and who, is going to be sacrificed. Anyone can be saved, but not everyone can be.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 28 Aug 2018
Donut County Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.

Price -84% 2.03€
Rating 8.9
Release 28 Aug 2018
Greetings Explore what is around every corner in hopes for answers to where you're going and why.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 24 Aug 2018
TREE TREE tells a story of a relationship between a boy and his tree. What starts off as a simple connection, over time it grows into something deeper.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 13 Aug 2018
Return. Take the lost soul to its home.

Price 1.09€
Rating 8.6
Release 03 Aug 2018
FROSTBITE: Deadly Climate Survive the arctic research base simply known as Base 75, or die from the freezing cold or by the horrors that lurk within the halls?

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 22 Jul 2018
Varenje Varenje is a cute colorful adventure with a number of puzzles and mini-games made by artists for anyone that considers games to be an art.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 03 Jul 2018
Adolescent Santa Claus This visual novel game tells the tale of a cute little Santa Clause appearing

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 30 Jun 2018
Up Left Out A puzzle game about unlocking stuff.

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 29 Jun 2018
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit Have you ever dreamt of being a superhero? Meet Chris, a creative and imaginative 9 year old boy who escapes reality with fantastical adventures as his alter ego, the Awesome Captain Spirit! Captain Spirit is a free demo set in the Life is Strange universe. Contains links to Life is Strange 2

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 25 Jun 2018
VR Flush You are sitting on a toilet when you are abducted and beamed up to an alien spaceship, where you have to convince an A.I. that you really are an intelligent lifeform.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 20 Jun 2018
Oik 4 Casual physics puzzle.

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 17 Jun 2018
FAR: Lone Sails Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?

Price -97% 0.53€
Rating 9.3
Release 17 May 2018
Zup! X Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Price 1.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 17 May 2018
Frightened Beetles Something terrible happened in the forest! Someone frightened all Bugs! What happened? You are the only one who can find it out!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 11 May 2018
Rogue Agent Rogue Agent is a turn-based strategy game, fast-paced, that pits the player against the computer on a secret service thriller around the world.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 29 Apr 2018
Doodle Date Romance, seduce, and even marry your own drawings! Forget about finding true love; In Doodle Date, you create it!

Price 1.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 19 Apr 2018
Marie's Room Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?

Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 13 Apr 2018
Zen Chess: Mate in One Zen Chess: Mate in One is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-one problems in a beautifully designed chess board.

Price -3% 0.97€
Rating 8.1
Release 10 Apr 2018
Minit Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.

Price -86% 1.39€
Rating 8.6
Release 03 Apr 2018
The Flood The Flood is a peaceful 5 minute narrative experience in which you pilot a little boat down a river. It's a gentle reminder that sometimes we should stop worrying about our destination and just enjoy the journey.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 30 Mar 2018
Hidden Paws It's winter and cats are still outside. Cold and alone. Find them and bring them home. Now includes free Christmas Isles. Enjoy!

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 22 Mar 2018
Keep in Mind: Remastered Keep in Mind follows Jonas, a man haunted by alcoholism, depression, and grief. One night, he awakens to a shadowy mirror world where beasts lurk and stars don't shine. Lost and scared, Jonas must face the twisted beasts if he ever wishes to return home and learn the truth about his darkness.

Price -80% 0.40€
Rating 7.2
Release 08 Mar 2018
Creature Romances: Kokonoe Kokoro A short love story with a twist: the love of your life is 50% human, and 50% grasshopper.

Price -80% 0.60€
Rating 7.2
Release 02 Mar 2018
Meteor 60 Seconds! Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?

Price Free to play
Rating 9.3
Release 26 Feb 2018
Zup! 8 Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Price 1.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 22 Feb 2018
OH MY GOD, LOOK AT THIS KNIGHT Grab your shiny helmet and trusty sword, gather all the valor and honor you have, and show everyone, what being the true knight actually means!

Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 20 Feb 2018
The Station The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 19 Feb 2018
Speed Dating for Ghosts Branching dialogue! Hard choices! A cemetery's worth of phantoms, wraiths, and poltergeists lookin' for love in all the blight places.

Price 5.69€
Rating 8.9
Release 13 Feb 2018
Indecision. A haiku platformer. It's short and vague.

Price -84% 0.48€
Rating 8.0
Release 08 Feb 2018
Robin Robin is a short slice of life game that was made to give some visibility to an invisible illness - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 08 Feb 2018
MEANDERS MEANDERS is a sparkling adventure through a series of funny and relaxing challenges in a colourful setting.

Price 2.39€
Rating 8.5
Release 07 Feb 2018
Play With Me: Escape Room See how a game created by the very Jigsaw would look like! Use the available objects, outwit tricky illusions and optical puzzles and above all, answer the question – will you dare to Play with Me?

Price 3.15€
Rating 6.1
Release 17 Jan 2018
A Raven Monologue A Raven Monologue is a short experimental silent story about a raven that does not know how to croak and his relationship with the people in the town.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 11 Jan 2018
Banyu Lintar Angin - Little Storm - Banyu Lintar Angin is a series of experimental illustrations about three siblings, living together independently in a rural Indonesian environment.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 11 Jan 2018

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