Best Short games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our short game recommendations are based on a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews. We believe that player feedback is the most reliable indicator of a game's true quality and enjoyment. Our algorithm evaluates user reviews to identify short games that consistently deliver exceptional experiences. This means you can be confident that our lists feature only the best short games on Steam, validated by the community itself.

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Nephise Begins

Nephise Begins tells the player what happened at the time before Nephise was an orb collector. The main setting is forest again, but this time without snow, instead a more sunny and foggy weather.

Price -25% 0.74€
Rating 6.1
Release 24 Apr 2017

aMAZE 2

aMAZE 2 is a straightforward and surprisingly-difficult celebration of the simple beauty of the maze.

Price -72% 0.55€
Rating 8.1
Release 21 Apr 2017

Full Throttle Remastered

Originally released by LucasArts in 1995, Full Throttle is a classic graphic adventure game from industry legend Tim Schafer, telling the story of Ben Throttle; butt-kicking leader of biker gang the Polecats, who gets caught up in a tale of Motorcycles, Mayhem and Murder.

Price -88% 1.73€
Rating 8.8
Release 18 Apr 2017

The Search

Embark on a journey of discovery and inspiration in The Search - a story-driven puzzle-adventure set in a mysterious world where art comes to life!

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.1
Release 13 Apr 2017

Fibrillation HD

Immerse yourself in an adaptation of an old story about Ewan Berrington.

Price -50% 2.49€
Rating 8.2
Release 11 Apr 2017

The Franz Kafka Videogame

An original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.

Price -68% 2.26€
Rating 6.3
Release 06 Apr 2017

Zup! Zero

Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 06 Apr 2017

Sweet fantasy

Visual novel. Young and pretty nymph Pumpkin fell in love with her mistress.

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 04 Apr 2017

Blackwood Crossing

Blackwood Crossing is a story-driven first-person adventure game. An intriguing and emotive tale exploring the fragile relationship between orphaned siblings, Scarlett and Finn. When their paths cross with a mysterious figure, an ordinary train ride evolves into a magical story of life, love and loss.

Price 15.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 04 Apr 2017

Dawn

Dawn is an atmospheric 3D platformer in which players guide a druidic creature named Ash through a beautiful environment to bring life and light back to a dead tree at the center of the world.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 31 Mar 2017

Oik 2

Casual physics puzzle

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 28 Mar 2017

aMAZE

aMaze is a straight-forward and surprisingly-difficult celebration of the simple beauty of the maze.

Price 1.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 14 Mar 2017

Nephise

Nephise is a short and atmospheric puzzle game with narration. It is a relaxing and mysterious experience especially with the help of its music.

Price -25% 0.74€
Rating 6.7
Release 14 Mar 2017

DED

DED - a game in the shoot'em up genre. Your granddaughter has been kidnapped, and your daughter and son-in-law murdered. Having just bits and pieces of information about the abductors, you will have to save your granddaughter and find the masterminds behind these crimes.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 03 Mar 2017

Four Last Things

Four Last Things is a point-and-click adventure game made from Renaissance-era paintings and public domain recordings of classical music. It is about sin, and the Four Last Things – Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell – and strives to be intelligent and ridiculous in equal measures.

Price 9.49€
Rating 9.1
Release 23 Feb 2017

Zup! 4

Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 20 Feb 2017

The Mooseman

You are the Mooseman and you have the ability to see all that is hidden to the mortal eye. You are about to visit three layers of this universe - the first one is the Lower World where dead reside…

Price 7.79€
Rating 8.4
Release 17 Feb 2017

Hidden Folks

Search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes. Unfurl tent flaps, cut through bushes, slam doors, and poke some crocodiles! Rooooaaaarrrr!!!!!

Price 14.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 15 Feb 2017

Oik

Casual physics puzzle

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 14 Feb 2017

Dear Esther: Landmark Edition

Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 14 Feb 2017

Leaving Lyndow

It's Clara's last day on the island where she grew up. She needs to complete preparations, visit her favorite places, and say her goodbyes before leaving on a journey she may not return from.

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 08 Feb 2017

A Normal Lost Phone

A Normal Lost Phone is a game about exploring the intimacy of an unknown person whose phone was found by the player.

Price -67% 1.00€
Rating 8.5
Release 26 Jan 2017

Zup! 3

Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 12 Jan 2017

Milkmaid of the Milky Way

Milkmaid of the Milky Way is an award-winning point-and-click adventure game in rhyme that combines a gripping story with puzzles and exploration. What happens when a young milkmaid sees an alien craft in a fjord in 1920's Norway?

Price 5.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 04 Jan 2017

Super Blue Boy Planet

SBBP is a 2D platformer with pixel graphics. Blue boy’s girlfriend is kidnapped by aliens so he goes through 21 levels to save her and he also fight bosses along the way.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 16 Dec 2016

Her Majesty's SPIFFING

Her Majesty's SPIFFING is a quaint graphic adventure game following the exploits of Captain Frank Lee English and his trusted regional accented colleague, Aled, as they travel through the cosmos in search of planets to claim for a new Galactic British Empire!

Price -76% 2.93€
Rating 7.5
Release 07 Dec 2016

Zup! 2

Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Price 1.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 05 Dec 2016

Alicemare

Alicemare is a somehow familiar yet totally unique adventure game infused with subtle hints of horror, created by △○□× (Miwashiba) using the WOLF RPG Editor.

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 21 Nov 2016

Silence

Can you save Silence, the grim, but also serene world between life and death? Can you help Noah find his little sister Renie in this suffering world? Can you bring her home? Explore Silence and join the siblings on their adventurous journey.

Price -89% 2.20€
Rating 8.1
Release 15 Nov 2016

VOI

Do you think 1 + 1 = 0 is correct? So what do you think about "black + black = white" statement?

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 07 Nov 2016

One Night Stand

After a night of fun, passion, and one too many drinks, you wake up the next morning to find a complete stranger lying naked beside you in bed. What do you do?

Price 2.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 07 Nov 2016

House of the Dying Sun

House of the Dying Sun is a tactical space shooter that puts you in the cockpit of the universe's most terrifying starfighter. Hunt the enemies of the Empire and bring ruin to their people.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 01 Nov 2016

The Survey

In the end, everybody gets what they deserve. The sins of the past always manifest within the minds of the sinners. An eternity of suffering awaits, welcome to The Survey.

Price -80% 0.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 27 Oct 2016

Off-Peak

You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 21 Oct 2016

Awkward Dimensions Redux

They may be awkward dimensions, but they're my dreams...

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 21 Oct 2016

Red Comrades 2: For the Great Justice. Reloaded

Sequel to the amazing adventures of two Russian pop-culture legends: Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev and his fellow aide Petka who fearlessly beat off the alien invasion in a first franchise installment.

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 14 Oct 2016

Blameless

Blameless is a mysterious first-person adventure with primary focus on puzzle solving and short story. The player will appear in a role of an architect trying to investigate strange happenings, after discovering evidence of an act of violence.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 13 Oct 2016

Scrap Garden - The Day Before

A new chapter of charming 3D platformer about the little rusty robot C4N who unwittingly finds himself in the midst of momentous events in Robo Land. In order to solve the new riddle, Canny will once again need to run and jump a lot, solve puzzles, and fight against enemies who are much bigger and stronger than he is.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 07 Oct 2016

Zup!

Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Price 1.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 04 Oct 2016

Disturbed

Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 03 Oct 2016

Burly Men at Sea

A branching folktale misadventure about a trio of large, bearded fishermen. Shape a custom tale that begins again where it ends, through waters where lurk creatures from Scandinavian folklore.

Price -68% 3.08€
Rating 6.1
Release 29 Sep 2016

Bloody Walls

The world was plunged into chaos following an accident at a bio-weapon research facility. 100% of the earth's population has been infected. There is an antidote that blocks infection from the airborne strain of the virus, but the effect is temporary.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 28 Sep 2016

Trick & Treat

Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 26 Sep 2016

Virginia

Virginia is a single-player first-person thriller set in a small town with a secret. Experience a missing person investigation through the eyes of graduate FBI agent Anne Tarver.

Price -70% 3.00€
Rating 6.3
Release 22 Sep 2016

The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day

The Uncertain is an story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Experience the mysterious vibe of each of carefully explored locations, solve diverse puzzles, make fateful decisions and discuss intriguing matters to find out the whole truth being kept from you.

Price -88% 1.00€
Rating 7.4
Release 22 Sep 2016

PRICE

The hero Ivry wakes up from a nightmare and finds himself in a weird room. To escape from fear and darkness, he has to search and explore on his own until he discovers the truth and finds his sister Iva.A puzzle game 《PRICE》

Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 15 Sep 2016

Event[0]

Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 14 Sep 2016

Princess Remedy 2: In A Heap of Trouble

An enormous Boss Tower has sprung from the ground, lifting entire towns up with it. Now, the people living on the tower are starting to contract all sorts of mysterious illnesses. Princess Remedy, still in Saturnian healing school, must use her powers to heal everyone and defeat the Boss Tower!

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.6
Release 08 Sep 2016