


The story is told unconventionally by the survivors, who are huddled in a series of caverns below the town after the hole has already consumed them. You control the hole, enlarging it with each object it swallows until it’s big enough to start choking down entire buildings. Maybe the silliest game on this list, Donut County features a talking raccoon and his human best friend dealing with the ramifications of a hole that is slowly eating everything in their town. While the gameplay mainly involves holding down the throttle for the car and multitasking, Three Fourths Home is still compelling enough to make you care about Kelly, her family, and her destination. Following the drive home through Nebraska of our protagonist, Kelly, Three Fourths Home is a visual novel that’s more about experiencing the story as it unfolds through phone calls and announcements on Kelly’s car radio than any grand statement.Īs a storm rages and you get to know Kelly’s family through their phone calls, Three Fourths Home unfolds snapshots of lives lived and never overstays its welcome, making it an easy recommendation for any best short games list. Three Fourths Home is the kind of game you want to tuck in with on a cold winter night. Platform(s): PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, Vita In any case, it’s the elaborate nature of the animation and bizarrely surreal lengths that Plug & Play goes to with the eerie analogies that make it worth playing through at least once.ġ9. Yes, you read that right, the plug and the socket are basically, erm, we’re sure you get it. Essentially a 20-minute interactive animation, Plug & Play tasks you with solving mostly simple puzzles as you watch the madness unfold between many sexually charged creations. Developer: Mario von Rickenbach, Michael FreiĪlmost certainly the shortest game on our list Plug & Play is still worth a look, especially if you can catch it on sale.
