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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[–] Abucketofpuppies@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I definitely played through Bastion at least thrice. There is enough build variety that you can make another playthrough feel totally different, not to mention the difficulty modifiers. First game that I took the time to 100% for achievements.

[–] Okami_No_Rei@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Bastion's story doesn't necessitate multiple plays. Sure, it's fun to play through again and try different builds. I've also 100%'ed the game.

The important thing, I think, for OP's question is that it can be finished in one play. It has a satisfying ending from which the player can set down the game and move on.