Does the length of a game determine if you will be purchasing it or not? If it does, then How Long to Beat has got you covered. This site is set up so users can create accounts and post their times on the games they have beaten. This of course if all moderated and absurd times are thrown out. You can not only submit your time for completing games, but also give it a rating so others can see if it's a decent game or not.
When looking for a game, you can find out how long the story is, how long a speed run would take, how many people have submitted times for the game, etc. There is also times posted for downloadable content for games, so you can see if the gameplay outweighs the cost. Also, if you find the game you want to post a time for isn't on the site, you can just add it yourself. Are you a game completionist and competitor? Check out the user statistic page to see what user has completed the most games. Furthermore, you can see what some of the highest rated games are on the site as well as the longest and shortest times for games submitted.
This is a great tool that is very helpful in determining a games worth. With Steam games going on sale all of the time, you can quickly pull up this site and see if a game is worth your time and money.
Like all user generated content sites, the community is key. The more people that sign up and submit times, the more useful the content on the site becomes. Hopefully the community there keeps up the good work so we can get a more complete catalog of games and times to search for in the future.
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