Best Games for Short Play Sessions With an Ending
Short play sessions don’t have to mean games that never end. Edith Finch reaches credits in about 4 half-hour sittings, and five other picks follow.
Author: Sameer Patel
Sameer Patel is the founder and CEO of KCS Global Group, an India-based digital publishing company that owns and operates The Backlog Brief. He leads the editorial team: he sets the site’s research and sourcing standards, oversees editing, and is accountable for everything published under its name. Before founding KCS Global Group, he worked in relationship and digital banking at ICICI Bank and in content operations at Genpact. He holds an MBA and a B.Com. Readers can reach him with questions or corrections through the site’s contact page.
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