played both :)

Ok, sorry, will edit my post then. ;)

My suggestions (mostly relatively short ones ... still might be too much for that time period :) ):

Deus Ex HR: The Missing Link
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Portal
Portal 2
The Chronicles Of Riddick
Psychonauts
Freespace 2

Thanks for the giveaway!

If you just want a quick fix, and not sit down and seriously play any of the games for a prolonged period of time, then here are my recommendations:
Play through the the part of the Blackwell series (each game is 2-3h long)
Trine (4-6h)
Ben There, Dan That! (2-3h)
Portal (~4h)
A.R.E.S. (2h)
One of the Company of Heroes Opposing Fronts campaigns (Liberation of Caen or Operation Market Garden. Hard to tell exactly how long, but these campaigns are rather short)
Next Blackwell game (-2-3h)


That should have filled your available gaming time. Save those big strategy games and CRPGs for when you feel that you only want to focus on one game for a prolonged period of time.

Also, not entering the giveaway, as I already have the game.

Played
Played way before steam started to count your playtime. it was actually my first purchase there.



And the goal is not to complete those games in a day. But to check them out. Play as much as i can/have available time. If they are good/great i might comeback to them after I try all seven games.


Some of those games had been sitting on my virtual shelf for past four years, soon five years. without ever playing them. sans why i created this silly request. to have motivation to actually install them.
beaten on release day (or day after)

Ah, so you want to treat it more like a sampling. Then let me change my list to:

Majesty The Fantasy Kingdom Sim (HD)
Company of Heroes
Temple of Elemental Evil
Blackwell-series
Outcast
Elven Legacy
Europa Universalis: Rome
King Arthur: The Roleplaying Wargame

One can not simply sample Myst though. Save that one for when you have a puzzle itch.

In that case, I'd replace Gemini Rue with Outcast and Half-Life with Dark Messiah of Might & Magic, unless you've already tried these, too?

Okay, here's the revised list:

Deus Ex HR: The Missing Link
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Portal 2
Empire Earth
Icewind Dale
Psychonauts
Freespace 2

My pick:
Icewinds Dale games
NWN1
Temple of Elemental Evil
Lionheart
Outcast
King's Bounty Legend
Another World

Psychonauts: definitely, one of the most interesting and unique tales ever told in a videogame. Great game-play and humor too.

Portal 2: Great story, great writing, fun puzzles and a great atmosphere accompanied by a greater soundtrack.

Deus Ex - HR: A great sequel to the Deus Ex series, would suggest you playing this directly after playing the original game.

Psychonauts
Outcast
Giants Citizen Kabuto
Perimeter
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda
King Arthur - The Role-playing Wargame

Thanks for the giveaway and +1!

Played
I played DE1 and DE3
had not played Missing link and don't have Invisible war.

Thanks for the giveaway!

My suggestion (in no particular order):

-King's Bounty: The Legend
-The Dig
-Mass Effect
-Secret of Monkey Island
-Jade Empire

I played all of those. You can see that on steam game list.