Dark Souls - This game welcomes the newcomers with the "You Are Dead" screen repeatedly. Until the player finally gives up and switches to another game. So it's crazy to imagine that a game like this, where a standard first playthrough can take over 100 hours to wrap up, was dominated by someone in just over one hour. The current speed run for Dark Souls, beating all the bosses, stands at 1h01m by a player named catalysts. Holy Smokes!

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Zelda games can take some time to finish, and in the case of Ocarina of Time, it's around 25 hours. But a player named dannyb has wrapped up the entire game in only 6m 50s. That's so excessively fast that it's almost unbelievable.

Pokémon Red - If you're a Pokemon fan who had played Red on the original Nintendo Gameboy, then you must remember that it took a long, long time to clear that game. Like almost a whole summer vacation long. So how did player hwangbro finish it in only 1h45m? The most unbelievable aspect of this speedrun is that Pokemon Red is a turn-game title, and one will have to break the game to achieve that time. Surprisingly, the current run is completely glitchless.

Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy - Here's a skill-based game that anyone can finish quickly by making every move precise. A little warning though, this game continually screws you over with its garbage controls. Luckily, a player named Blastbolt managed to pull themselves past these control issues and found the way up, finishing this 6-hour game in only 1 minute.

Resident Evil 2 (2019) - A player named Orchlon has wrapped up this enjoyable reboot in 51 minutes. The most astonishing aspect is that this game offers an enemy that randomly chases you around and some unskippable sequences, yet the speedrunner reached the credits in less than an hour.

Super Mario 64 - Since the beginning of time, Super Mario 64 speedrunners have gone above and beyond to finish it as quickly as possible. Many have tried weird controllers to play through. Some have even gone blindfolded. But the thrill of the good old regular run is unlike anything. A player named batora is currently on top with their 1h38m speedrun. Which is crazy because we know from experience that this game should at least take 12 hours to beat.

Celeste - The 2018's platformer is not an easy one to play, let alone speedrun. But a player known as buhbai has plunged this 8 hour game in mere 26m29s.

Super Metroid - It certainly takes courage to finish classics like Super Metroid in today's world. First, the player will have to get a working SNES if authenticity is the concern. Second, the player will need a tv that supports it or multiple adapters to run this on a widescreen. Luckily though, someone named Izoast has done all the above, including mastering the game. His current record sits at 40m46s. But the in-game time is only 27 minutes.

Portal - It's understandable if you don't believe someone could finish this game in a few minutes, but it is possible. The current speed run for this puzzle-based title is only 6 minutes, and it's by a player named CantEven, which is exactly what most of us will say when we see this speed run for the first time.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Nintendo masterpiece is 50 hours long. So the fact that someone named Player_5 has conquered this in a mere 25 minutes is utterly absurd. Like, truly out of the world!

Red Dead Redemption 2 - The current speedrun for Rockstar's most detailed game is close to 13 hours by Hess. Predictably, in the coming few years this number will go down. But even right now, the 13 hours speedrun is insane considering how Red Dead Redemption 2 took some of us over 100 hours to beat.

Grand Theft Auto V - Here is another Rockstar Games title with a cult following and healthy speedrunning scene. GTAV went from 9 hours speedrunning time to 5h49m only in a few years. At this point, it's only a matter of time before someone finds a new strategy to take this time even lower.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - When one plays a game like The Witcher 3, one of the first things that come to mind is soaking in the environment as you solve problems one at a time. But from a speedrunner's eyes, that's just time lost. Hence, the speedrun for this leviathan of a game stands at 2h41m by a speedrunner named VenomCold. Cold indeed!

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Ideally, it would take around 33 hours to finish Skyrim. So envision how someone can finish it in a few minutes? The current record stands at 22m 58s 430ms by Waz, and it is utterly mindboggling.

Super Mario Bros. - This classic only takes two hours in total to complete, if you manage not to die. But a speedrunner named Niftski only took 4m54s to save the princess.

Fallout 3 - Here's an unbelievable speedrun by LMW, who V.A.T.S'd the behemoth, that is Fallout 3 in a bare fourteen minutes.

Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition - Role-playing video games are hard to speedrun. So the fact that this 60+ hours game has been brought to its knees in a mere six minutes is incredible. The current record stands at 6m43s by Aries_Shion.

Xenoblade Chronicles X - The 2015s title is a great action RPG that can easily take around 70 hours to finish. However, it only took legrandgrand three never-ending hours to decimate this one.

Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition - At this point, it is clear that Bethesda role-playing games are huge. Yet somehow, speedrunners like tomatoanus can finish them in mere minutes. The current record stands at 35m57s.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons - This game is as big as one wants it to be, taking up at least 60 hours to wrap. However, someone named eji573 has done the impossible by finishing it in less than 13 minutes. What kind of sorcery is this?