The Best Short Games for Xbox One - Page 2

Update : Purpose 1951 added at rank #11.
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Purpose 1951 (2024)

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"Purpose 1951" is an almost pure walking simulator set in the United States of 1951. You play as a retired doctor whose life falls apart.


  • short
  • walking-simulator
  • narration
  • linear
  • drama
  • nature
  • atmospheric
  • emotional
  • exploration

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Next (2017)

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PC Windows Xbox One

Next Up Hero is a dungeon crawler featuring hand-drawn heroes that hack, slash, bongo-drum, boomerang, and jet their way through Ventures. Choose your Hero and start rolling dungeons, gearing out, and maxing your stats. Invite a friend for co-op -- you’re going to need all the help you can get.

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  • casual
  • short
  • abstract
  • relaxing
  • minimalist
  • best-selling
  • puzzle
  • world-war-2
  • 2d
  • platform
  • horizontal
  • physics
  • vertical
  • fast-paced
  • simulation

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Space Station Sprint (2021)

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Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows

Space Station Sprint is fast paced sci-fi first person shooter. Infiltrate each space station and complete your objective before your escape ship is spotted by the enemy. Use special abilities, find permanent upgrades, time bonuses, collectibles, and secrets throughout each space station.


  • first-person
  • bullet
  • short
  • space
  • shooter
  • stylized
  • time
  • fps
  • aliens
  • cyberpunk
  • fast-paced
  • sci-fi
  • robots
  • retro
  • story

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The Flood (2018)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox 360 Xbox One

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.


  • music
  • short
  • soundtrack
  • experimental
  • beautiful
  • narration
  • casual
  • walking-simulator
  • atmospheric
  • relaxing
  • narrative
  • simulation
  • 3d
  • adventure

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Lights (2021)

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PC Windows Xbox One

Lights is an endless runner in which you need to dodge various obstacles and earn points.


  • short
  • party
  • casual
  • relaxing
  • 2d
  • minimalist
  • physics
  • free-for-all
  • single-player
  • runner
  • villain
  • fast-paced
  • point-and-click
  • rhythm
  • cute

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We should talk. (2020)

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Linux Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS

It's not what you say, it's how you say it. We should talk is a short-form narrative game that will make you think carefully about the words you choose. Can your relationship survive the night?


  • romance
  • lgbtq
  • emotional
  • short
  • choices
  • text
  • multiple-endings
  • fiction
  • visual-novel
  • interactive
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • casual
  • local

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A Painter's Tale: Curon, 1950 (2021)

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“A Painter's Tale” is an adventure game that tells the story of the tiny Südtirol village of Curon Venosta by mixing reality and fiction. The old Curon was flooded by the waters of Lake Reschen in 1950 due to the construction of a dam. What lies beneath the bell tower still emerging from the lake?


  • historical
  • soundtrack
  • emotional
  • voxel
  • walking-simulator
  • short
  • fiction
  • lore
  • drama
  • education
  • visual-novel
  • narration
  • atmospheric
  • interactive
  • story

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message: (2015)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

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.


  • point-and-click
  • short
  • cartoony
  • comedy
  • :
  • casual
  • cute
  • atmospheric
  • hand-drawn
  • scroller
  • puzzle
  • scissors
  • family-friendly
  • cross-cultural

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Nephise: Ascension (2018)

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Nephise returns, in her deadliest and most expansive adventure yet! Will she escape from Dragons Valley? Find out in this highly immersive first-person “walking simulator” with extensive exploration, as well as light puzzle and platforming elements.


  • walking-simulator
  • experience
  • short
  • beautiful
  • 3d
  • narration
  • atmospheric
  • platform
  • relaxing
  • exploration
  • first-person
  • hidden-object
  • mystery
  • casual
  • puzzle

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