Return of the Obra Dinn: Amazing mystery/detective game. However once you've played it, you basically can't play it again as you remember the solution already and the challenge of the game is trivialized.
Chants of Sennaar: Really great game about deciphering languages. However, once again, by playing the game once, you'll remember the languages and the game has no challenge any more.
Outer Wilds: Mystery adventure game. There is some replayability as there are perhaps areas that you can still explore, but largely once you figure out the mystery and complete the game, there's not much more to experience. Some people speedrun the game though.

All of the above games I value extremely highly even though I only played them ~8-10 hours.

Do you have any others?

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[–] Denjin@lemmings.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Factorio.

Just kidding, someone please help me

[–] polle@feddit.de 0 points 6 months ago

I recently started factorio, damn iam HOOKED

[–] SharkyAttack@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Firewatch. Road 96.

[–] rainynight65@feddit.de 0 points 6 months ago

Road 96 has quite a bit of replay ability as you're unlikely to get 100% of all stories on the first playthrough.

[–] ECB@feddit.de 0 points 6 months ago

Escape Simulator definitely fits the bill.

It's great, but all about the discovery.

[–] twoface_99@feddit.de 0 points 6 months ago

Limbo and Lost in Random

You could replay them for the vibe, but that's it

[–] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

It's quite an open question. Most games I play are "one and done" even though I think most people go back to them. Even with replayability it doesn't mean that you have to and I'm happy to leave things be once the story is over.

Mafia trilogy sticks to the story and will take a decent amount of hours.

Inside is short but fun.

[–] MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.de 0 points 6 months ago

+1 for inside, I love this game

[–] cradac@feddit.de 0 points 6 months ago

Puzzlers usually fall into that category. If that's up your alley you should try the Talos Principle.

[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Antichamber - clever first person puzzle game. I played it exactly once and I loved it.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'd place Superliminal in this category as well.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago

Superliminal was cool, but I just didn't enjoy it. It was fun for a bit, but I feel like the mechanic overstayed it's welcome for how simple it is. There's not very many unique ways to use it. That's probably why Valve abandoned the idea too.

Still, it's interesting and worth a shot. Plenty of people love it.

[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Subnautica.

I found it to be one of the best games I have ever played with a fantastic story that really pulled me in. If you do decide to play it, look up nothing. As in don’t even google it because it’s a slightly older game and people spoil the entire thing.

[–] Tedrick02@lemmy.today 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Great game, too little story line and too much grind to replay.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

It's actually very granular on the grind difficulty. There's a story only mode that removes the survival elements and leaves only the material gathering for crafting. There's also a creative mode where you don't even have to gather materials and can just build whatever and go wherever and see all the story bits with almost no challenge at all. You choose how you want to go at it.

[–] ackthxbye@feddit.de 0 points 6 months ago

I absolutely loved Recursive Ruin and I'm still waiting to forget the solutions.

[–] reboot6675@sopuli.xyz 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Am I the only one who just plays any given game once?

[–] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 0 points 6 months ago

I only play games you can't really finish.
My favorites are Crusader Kings 3, Kerbal Space Program, Rimworld, Dwarf Fortress and Euro Truck Simulator 2.
I struggle to define what "playing it once" would even mean in those games.