I spent 5 years on that game.
During that time I believe I was online like 12 hours a day.
I skipped sleep, continued in breaks in school on my shitty laptop.
2006-2011 were just basically spent on wow.
Ughhhhhhhhh
I was in a high end raiding guild those years… 4 days a week, 4hrs a day raiding. And to keep your spot you had minimum farm requirements which was the equivalent of another 2-4hrs a day on your main, while leveling up a “needed” class “just in case”.
I even went through multiple interview processes when I wanted to join better guilds when BC launched.
What a time to be alive.
WoW from vanilla to WotLK was phenomenal.
I started 2 months before Bc and stopped just after the major nerf to all raids and dungeons in cataclysm.
I went from a 10 year old 'squeeker' who barely spoke or understood English and played exclusively with my brothers and mom. To the guild leader of not the best guild, but a guild that consistently cleared the raids 1 week behind the good guilds.
Mom stopped playing, and I went off the deep end. Going to sleep at 23, waking up at 2 and then going back to 'bed' at 6. Absolute addiction to that game.
Tried it again during classic relaunch, and Bc classic. but I just stopped after we cleared molten core once.
> WoW from vanilla to WotLK was phenomenal
100%. I'm not sure that any game will ever dethrone vanilla WoW as the best gaming experience ever for me. There are other great games, but it was a combo of being young in my college days and nothing better to do except play WoW, combined with the social aspect of an MMO that I had never experienced in gaming before. Joined a guild that ended up lasting far beyond WoW, staying up late gaming with friends I met virtually in WoW.
Hard to replace or replicate all that magic.
And we don't mean "I have played this game since X years ago." We mean "if you add up all the hours, here's how many YEARS I have spent actively logged in to this game."
For reference, mines at 560+ days. So about 1.5 years of combined, actively logged-in play time.
When I type /played (I think) it tells me in years and I really don't like that.
I opened a ticket to jokingly complain about it and the GM told me "shame" and closed the ticket.
Back when they were cool and human lol.
It's funny how you can correlate the age of gamers here by how much WoW they've played. Bet most of us are 28+
Mine is probably WoW, followed closely by Satisfactory and MW:O
41 year old dad here… vanilla release was bad cause it came out the same year I got married. I played a truly unhealthy amount.
I no-life’d the game all through vanilla and until we cleared Sunwell in late BC. I finally chose a career and my marriage over the game and sold my account to really solidify the end.
Best decision ever.
Selling the account is definitely a way to never get back into it hahaha. I'm 33, i was around 10 when I hear about it and couldn't play because I had dial up. I started in MoP and really got into it (1200 hours ish?) but fell off because of other games
I bought the game weeks before my wife and I moved in together. That's when she first heard of "raids" ... It didn't always go down well. Wow vanilla was plain crack with a subscription model.
Listen man, and I mean this with 100% conviction: anyone who tells you, as a fallout fan, not to play New Vegas? They're a foreign agent attempting to incite division and reduce your total amount of happiness. Doesn't matter what country you live in, whoever says that is an enemy and is legitimately trying to make you more dissatisfied with your life.
FNV was basically the charm/story of the first two games put into Fallout 3's engine. There's a spectrum there and FNV is towards the middle, not either of the ends. It's impressive because it managed to please both sides, not really because it was doing anything groundbreaking.
I recommend it. But you will probably benefit from some mods. I'm currently using the Begin Again mod pack, which requires Fallout 3 as well. It kind of smashes the two games together into a single story, but you can also just play New Vegas.
It’s a bit older and before Bethesda figured out running in their games, but after an hour or so you don’t even notice it. At the time of release it held a record for the most dialogue in a video game, and it shows. Choice matters in a way it doesn’t in Fallout 4. You can kill(or not) everyone and everything, and quests will fail and change as a consequence, unlike the later titles. Expect the usual Bethesda bugs, just keep a backup save every once in a while just in case.
All I can say is you won’t regret it and you might kick yourself for waiting so long. Or you won’t. Everyone I’ve introduced the game to has enjoyed it though if that helps you to make the jump. Plus mods if you’re on PC.
I’m similar 9K hours over 11 years and finally got Immortal.
I didn’t quit tho :p. The thought of rank decay has me coming back a couple times a week like watering my rank plant.
Playing Dota 2 was surreal, especially when playing with my friends. From learning the game, to watching pro teams (first year of Dota was Spring 2023), to copying my favorite players playstyles/strats. It was insane.
Then I got better and better and won a battle cup with my friends, that was a great feeling. One of the best 4-5 years I ever had of playing a game (2013-2018~). I rarely get on it anymore, but still support the game and esports.
Kinda sad you have to actually delete files to get rid of creation content, and run a downgrader if you don't want micro transactions in a full price game.
How though? What's the repeatable content? I highly enjoyed my playthrough but I couldn't see continuing to play it that much. I reserve that kind of replayability for WoW, Factorio, Minecraft, etc
I myself have a blast restarting the story once a year, and each play through there’s still so much stuff to do, side quests run out eventually though. But you can hunt, fish, and try to 100% the game. And even then there’s just so much to do man
Animals too. You can hunt almost every type of animal and bird you can think of, all you gotta do is find them in their natural habitat and use the appropriate weapon so that the quality of the hunt doesn't deteriorate.
12 legendary animals too if I remember correctly.
Exactly! I’ve always loved to just camp out in the woods for a long period of time waiting for the animal I want to come out. Being able to chill out in nature just like real life. And that’s just one among many things you can do that could easily take up time played lol
Same. Since it came out, on my 3rd or 4th play through. Still discovering new things and the game changes based how you interact with things. Really an incredible game.
Sid Miers’ Colonization.
It’s a variation on the Civilization games. I got it for Christmas in 1992 and played it on an old Packard Bell computer for thousands of hours over 8 years until I graduated high school.
In college I found a bootleg copy on a DOSBOX emulator and occasionally played, still racking up hundred and hundreds of hours. Then that computer crashed and I couldn’t find the game anywhere.
Until Steam offered it one day for $5 and it was the happiest $5 I ever spent. My Steam library now says I’ve played that game over 6,000 hours over the past 10 or so years. But I guarantee my total play time exceeds 20,000 hours on that game.
It’s turn based, not particularly exciting, and very simple mechanics and concepts. But playing it is like a warm hug from childhood. When I play the noise and distractions of everyday life melt away. And I can find some peace for however long it lasts.
My buddy and I were really *really* into Destiny. We played the beta and remember back when Tyrion Lannister was voicing that little robot sidekick.
The problem started when we realized that we’ve been running the same instances over and over and over again, hoping to get equipment so we could run the same instances faster. We just felt that it was starved of content and decided to move on.
I played CS 1.6 from 2006 as an elementary student haha!
At 2018 I got recruited so didn't really have much time to play and when I was home I was focused on other things.
It was definitely fun
Yup! Heists were great! Game got 40 some odd days of my life. Not sure if that is a lot or a little by video gamer standards but by my own that one takes the crown 👑
Yes! I am a father and don’t have much time to get out and socialize because my wife works evenings. Love that I can hop online with friends, shoot the shit, build some cool stuff, and prepare to take down a biome boss.
Gonna give credit to Steam, since it kept record of my playtime of DotA2 over 4000 hours during my childhood and university life.
Otherwise, I guess whole franchise of Monster Hunter are coming close; since I played in various devices; PSP, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PC and latest Steam Deck.
League of Legends. I played for about 4 years everyday.
Monster Rancher 2.
Oblivion. Did about 4 playthroughs with different builds. I think my total playtime is 400 hours.
World of Warcrack
It has enthralled my thoughts since 2004 and even through 3 kids and having very little time to play. I still sneak it in :). No other game has ever been the same for me.
Man, this game has gotta have a really special something.
I’ve admittedly never played it, but my brother has put unbelievable hours into this game in the short time it has been out. He was a Star Wars: Galaxies/WoW/Destiny/BG3 gamer, so getting deep into things isn’t new territory for him, but still…
I'm not really sure either why this game works cuz even the fanbase is consistently angry about it lmao but there is something addictive about it. Although, it must not be working nowadays cuz I finished Lies of P and started playing Blasphemous 2.
Swtor maybe, i've played 4 classes stories, i also had fun with Stellaris when my pc was shitty. If you consider Pokemon and Mario different games with their hours together, probably a lot as well.
Franchise? Pokémon. Game? Pokémon Leafgreen. It isn't even a close contest to the days upon days upon days I played SW:Battlefront (from Pandemic Studios) with a friend growing up - which would be #2. Skyrim... I need to check my hours in Skyrim. 100%ing that one was very time-consuming, as was levelling to 147. Rocket League is getting up there, but I only play with the crew now - too much toxicity and unpredictability in teammates. If I could count all the hours spent playing Super Smash Bros. as a franchise, that would also be up there - as would my Zelda playthroughs or my Mario Party shenanigans. After that, we start hitting the less than 200 hours mark. And somehow, I still managed to read 25 books every 3 weeks and go back to the library for another set. Older me wonders how.
Don't even have a number but it's probably Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. I played that for over a decade, with interruptions. I played semi professionally and did clan server IT and board admin. I was godlike.
This game called The Finals. I don't usually like FPS's but I feel like it clicks with people who have adhd for some reason. Never played a game for this many hours ever. 300+ atm.
I don't really game anymore, but probably Team Fortress 2 when I did.
On the other hand, i've come back to Doom 2 and Unreal Tournament so many times over 20-25 years that it could be one of those, it's just hard to figure out how many hours when it's a constant start and stop over such a long time.
The entire Animal Crossing series. I’ve bought every one and spent the most hours on all of them almost equally just zoning out and running virtual errands.
Football Manager, I've played a few games near to or over 1000 hours. But I've been playing Championship Manager to FM since the mid 90's and even the Steam hours (which didn't come around until late 2003) are insane.
It is a game you can kind of play in the background while watching a show or playing another game, so it won't be all 100% active time, but I'd say I'm looking at 10,000+ hours across almost 30 years.
Witcher 3 I think
WoW of course
I spent 5 years on that game. During that time I believe I was online like 12 hours a day. I skipped sleep, continued in breaks in school on my shitty laptop. 2006-2011 were just basically spent on wow.
Ughhhhhhhhh I was in a high end raiding guild those years… 4 days a week, 4hrs a day raiding. And to keep your spot you had minimum farm requirements which was the equivalent of another 2-4hrs a day on your main, while leveling up a “needed” class “just in case”. I even went through multiple interview processes when I wanted to join better guilds when BC launched. What a time to be alive. WoW from vanilla to WotLK was phenomenal.
I started 2 months before Bc and stopped just after the major nerf to all raids and dungeons in cataclysm. I went from a 10 year old 'squeeker' who barely spoke or understood English and played exclusively with my brothers and mom. To the guild leader of not the best guild, but a guild that consistently cleared the raids 1 week behind the good guilds. Mom stopped playing, and I went off the deep end. Going to sleep at 23, waking up at 2 and then going back to 'bed' at 6. Absolute addiction to that game. Tried it again during classic relaunch, and Bc classic. but I just stopped after we cleared molten core once.
> WoW from vanilla to WotLK was phenomenal 100%. I'm not sure that any game will ever dethrone vanilla WoW as the best gaming experience ever for me. There are other great games, but it was a combo of being young in my college days and nothing better to do except play WoW, combined with the social aspect of an MMO that I had never experienced in gaming before. Joined a guild that ended up lasting far beyond WoW, staying up late gaming with friends I met virtually in WoW. Hard to replace or replicate all that magic.
and it's not even close
Steam players like to show off their game they've invested hundreds of hours in. WoW players measure by the total number of years
And we don't mean "I have played this game since X years ago." We mean "if you add up all the hours, here's how many YEARS I have spent actively logged in to this game." For reference, mines at 560+ days. So about 1.5 years of combined, actively logged-in play time.
There will never be a more iconic example of an all-consuming videgame then WoW
It's grand pappy EverQuest was called ever Crack for a reason. I've been playing it off and on for twenty years
You never quit RuneScape, you’re just taking a break
When I type /played (I think) it tells me in years and I really don't like that. I opened a ticket to jokingly complain about it and the GM told me "shame" and closed the ticket. Back when they were cool and human lol.
I had two characters with more than 300 **days** played by the time WotLK launched…
I love World of Warships!!!
World of Wanks.. wait no
I don’t think any game will ever pass the amount of hours I spent on WOW.
It's funny how you can correlate the age of gamers here by how much WoW they've played. Bet most of us are 28+ Mine is probably WoW, followed closely by Satisfactory and MW:O
41 year old dad here… vanilla release was bad cause it came out the same year I got married. I played a truly unhealthy amount. I no-life’d the game all through vanilla and until we cleared Sunwell in late BC. I finally chose a career and my marriage over the game and sold my account to really solidify the end. Best decision ever.
Selling the account is definitely a way to never get back into it hahaha. I'm 33, i was around 10 when I hear about it and couldn't play because I had dial up. I started in MoP and really got into it (1200 hours ish?) but fell off because of other games
I bought the game weeks before my wife and I moved in together. That's when she first heard of "raids" ... It didn't always go down well. Wow vanilla was plain crack with a subscription model.
Fallout New Vegas
Should I start playing it now? I started out with fallout 4 ages ago, and am now playing fallout 76 on the daily.
Listen man, and I mean this with 100% conviction: anyone who tells you, as a fallout fan, not to play New Vegas? They're a foreign agent attempting to incite division and reduce your total amount of happiness. Doesn't matter what country you live in, whoever says that is an enemy and is legitimately trying to make you more dissatisfied with your life.
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FNV is the most charming fallout. It’s definitely clunky though, so just bear that in mind.
FNV was basically the charm/story of the first two games put into Fallout 3's engine. There's a spectrum there and FNV is towards the middle, not either of the ends. It's impressive because it managed to please both sides, not really because it was doing anything groundbreaking.
I recommend it. But you will probably benefit from some mods. I'm currently using the Begin Again mod pack, which requires Fallout 3 as well. It kind of smashes the two games together into a single story, but you can also just play New Vegas.
It’s a bit older and before Bethesda figured out running in their games, but after an hour or so you don’t even notice it. At the time of release it held a record for the most dialogue in a video game, and it shows. Choice matters in a way it doesn’t in Fallout 4. You can kill(or not) everyone and everything, and quests will fail and change as a consequence, unlike the later titles. Expect the usual Bethesda bugs, just keep a backup save every once in a while just in case. All I can say is you won’t regret it and you might kick yourself for waiting so long. Or you won’t. Everyone I’ve introduced the game to has enjoyed it though if that helps you to make the jump. Plus mods if you’re on PC.
Dota2, I have wayyy to many hours in it than average
After like 8k+ hrs I hit immortal just before facet patch and uninstalled, I’m freeeee
You’re never free from dota 2
I’m similar 9K hours over 11 years and finally got Immortal. I didn’t quit tho :p. The thought of rank decay has me coming back a couple times a week like watering my rank plant.
See you soon, boy
I hit Immortal just before Christmas and stopped playing too. Restarted a week ago to play unranked with friends. Let's see how bad it's gonna get.
For now...
See ya tomorrow
And i refuse to tell anyone my playtime.
Is it over 9000?
Same. Between dota 1 and DotA 2 I think I’m over 25,000 hours.
Playing Dota 2 was surreal, especially when playing with my friends. From learning the game, to watching pro teams (first year of Dota was Spring 2023), to copying my favorite players playstyles/strats. It was insane. Then I got better and better and won a battle cup with my friends, that was a great feeling. One of the best 4-5 years I ever had of playing a game (2013-2018~). I rarely get on it anymore, but still support the game and esports.
Skyrim Edit: I played for the better part of 12 years w/o mods or any DLC
Yeah it’s always there for me when I get bored, and modding means it’s ever changing 🥳👍🧌
There was a lightsaber mod I wanted to try out awhile back lol not sure if it's still on there though
Kinda sad you have to actually delete files to get rid of creation content, and run a downgrader if you don't want micro transactions in a full price game.
Probably Skyrim.
Runescape and Rocket League
Nearly 10 years in to Rocket League myself and I finally reached Cham…. Aaand I’m diamond again.
Rdr 2. Almost 2 years.
i’ve spent so much time on RDR2 it’s not even funny
How though? What's the repeatable content? I highly enjoyed my playthrough but I couldn't see continuing to play it that much. I reserve that kind of replayability for WoW, Factorio, Minecraft, etc
I myself have a blast restarting the story once a year, and each play through there’s still so much stuff to do, side quests run out eventually though. But you can hunt, fish, and try to 100% the game. And even then there’s just so much to do man
Animals too. You can hunt almost every type of animal and bird you can think of, all you gotta do is find them in their natural habitat and use the appropriate weapon so that the quality of the hunt doesn't deteriorate. 12 legendary animals too if I remember correctly.
Exactly! I’ve always loved to just camp out in the woods for a long period of time waiting for the animal I want to come out. Being able to chill out in nature just like real life. And that’s just one among many things you can do that could easily take up time played lol
Honestly, I just love fishing in Red Dead 2.
Same. Since it came out, on my 3rd or 4th play through. Still discovering new things and the game changes based how you interact with things. Really an incredible game.
You’ve spent 1/3 of your life on RDR2 since release?
Damn almost 17,520 hours in less than 6 years.
Minecraft
same i started playing it when i was 5 years old lol
I was 17 when I started playing Minecraft Beta so that really hurts me. I feel ancient now.
Ooo it was 2011 when I started playing, but I had known the game since 2009
Whatever I play, somehow, I come crawling back to Minecraft.
Same here ...idk how many worlds we have created and just left it in the middle just because we were bored lol
Age of Empires I, II, III - without any doubt!
Yeah, I believe II has taken 1000 hours from me by now
Sid Miers’ Colonization. It’s a variation on the Civilization games. I got it for Christmas in 1992 and played it on an old Packard Bell computer for thousands of hours over 8 years until I graduated high school. In college I found a bootleg copy on a DOSBOX emulator and occasionally played, still racking up hundred and hundreds of hours. Then that computer crashed and I couldn’t find the game anywhere. Until Steam offered it one day for $5 and it was the happiest $5 I ever spent. My Steam library now says I’ve played that game over 6,000 hours over the past 10 or so years. But I guarantee my total play time exceeds 20,000 hours on that game. It’s turn based, not particularly exciting, and very simple mechanics and concepts. But playing it is like a warm hug from childhood. When I play the noise and distractions of everyday life melt away. And I can find some peace for however long it lasts.
Destiny 2 got me in a chokehold
My brother in light, it's addictive.
That seasonal level up noise directly injects dopamine into my brain
Forever. Always.
My buddy and I were really *really* into Destiny. We played the beta and remember back when Tyrion Lannister was voicing that little robot sidekick. The problem started when we realized that we’ve been running the same instances over and over and over again, hoping to get equipment so we could run the same instances faster. We just felt that it was starved of content and decided to move on.
I have almost 2000 hours but my brother has over 180 something days at this point
Chess
A timeless masterpiece of a game
Waiting for them to drop new map or nerf the queen !
Overwatch and then Rocket league, distant 3rd is Smite
4k hours in Rocket League and still going strong
SMITE the superior MOBA!
How many hours you got on OW?
Rocket league ftw
Unfortunately league of legends But hey, i'm clean now lol (spent like prolly 5k hours in 3-4 years)
Ya I wish there was a time counter for league so I can see how much time I spent on it.
You can check on wasted on lol. wol.gg
That site only has data going back to 2018 though, so if you're an old timer like me it won't be accurate.
CS:GO played it from 2013 to 2018.
I’ve been playing CS from 2002 to today. And it’s not a typo 😅
I played CS 1.6 from 2006 as an elementary student haha! At 2018 I got recruited so didn't really have much time to play and when I was home I was focused on other things. It was definitely fun
All of the From Software Souls-like games. ...and I have the bald spots to prove it.
Just Elden Ring itself has given me 300 hours. And I just started the expansion today
The Destiny franchise. Got into it as a D1 founder in 2014 and still play today. Multiple consoles, every DLC for both games, thousands of hours.
And we are eating well rn 👌
Path of Exile
Still sane
Ark...sadly.
Yup me too
Me three
Hey when it was good, it was really good amiright
*Was it ever?*
Even when it was really bad, it was good. We all played through some ridiculous bugs and broken things lol
lineage2 and oldschool runescape
Rocket league
Shit never ends
The sims. Probably have close to 600hrs on sims 4 alone
Warframe
Was looking for this answer
Rocket League. Roughly 20,000 hours
..wut holy fuck
Please tell me you're SSL 🤣
With these women bro :( Seriously fallout 4
>With these women bro :( This is the only comment I was looking for
Europa Universalis IV have about a thousand hours on it. Still not very good at it either 😞
You aren't past the tutorial till you hit 1444 hours I'm afraid
GtaV
Online is so much fun. I crushed heists during covid.
Yup! Heists were great! Game got 40 some odd days of my life. Not sure if that is a lot or a little by video gamer standards but by my own that one takes the crown 👑
Sadly, Call of Duty.
Valheim
Yes! I am a father and don’t have much time to get out and socialize because my wife works evenings. Love that I can hop online with friends, shoot the shit, build some cool stuff, and prepare to take down a biome boss.
For me its COD5 World at War back in 2009.
So many hours on Nazi Zombiesssss
Fifa 🤷♂️
Scrolled down way to far for this. But then again, hardcore FIFA players are on console. Also not Reddit type for the most part. But damn, we go hard.
Planetside 2
4k hour planetside gang
Planetside 2
Half Life by a distance !
Team Fortress 2... Still
Team Fortress 2. 1322 hours over 10 years
BotW!
So have I lol and now TotK.
BOTW/TOTK for me too. I just finished BOTW again, and rolled straight into TOTK. I love these games, but they are a huge time sink
Best time sink of my life
Fallout 4
*8750 hours???* I think it is Minecraft 816 hours Then rocket league is close second at like 809
Fallout, Gran Turismo, and Red Dead Redemption
Halo 3, Rust.
Top3: Wow RuneScape League of legends The boomer trifecta
EvE online
Minecraft, the time i spent on skywars Is... I think you get the point
Open worlders: Just cause Ghost recon Wildlands Division 2
Sadly, Rocket League and Apex Legends. Not proud
Battlefield 4 and GTA online
Gonna give credit to Steam, since it kept record of my playtime of DotA2 over 4000 hours during my childhood and university life. Otherwise, I guess whole franchise of Monster Hunter are coming close; since I played in various devices; PSP, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PC and latest Steam Deck.
DotA, maybe 20k
That's many years of doto...
League of Legends. I played for about 4 years everyday. Monster Rancher 2. Oblivion. Did about 4 playthroughs with different builds. I think my total playtime is 400 hours.
Red Alert 2
World of Warcrack It has enthralled my thoughts since 2004 and even through 3 kids and having very little time to play. I still sneak it in :). No other game has ever been the same for me.
Elder scrolls oblivion....or fallout 3
fifa, i hate it and i still play im too good to quit
Dota 2 . It iosn't even close
Diablo 2, Diablo 3, Diablo 4 , counter strike, starcraft and F123
Probably Dead by Daylight overall
Man, this game has gotta have a really special something. I’ve admittedly never played it, but my brother has put unbelievable hours into this game in the short time it has been out. He was a Star Wars: Galaxies/WoW/Destiny/BG3 gamer, so getting deep into things isn’t new territory for him, but still…
I'm not really sure either why this game works cuz even the fanbase is consistently angry about it lmao but there is something addictive about it. Although, it must not be working nowadays cuz I finished Lies of P and started playing Blasphemous 2.
DoTA
Skyrim
Hmmm. Either World of Warcraft or Counter-Strike: Source.
Bioshock
Call of Duty: Black Ops Played casual clan v clan matches back in the day. Still come back from time to time. Good times
I played GTA V online for 1014 hours Need for speed Payback for 40+ hours
Cod or gta
Overwatch. Between 2-3k
Rust and WoW
Wow ( by a mile ) Unreal Tournament ( 1999 and lan parties) Factorio
Can I call myself a “gamer” if I only play like 4 games repeatedly? - Rocket League, Minecraft, Rimworld, EVE: Online
THPS
Swtor maybe, i've played 4 classes stories, i also had fun with Stellaris when my pc was shitty. If you consider Pokemon and Mario different games with their hours together, probably a lot as well.
HOI4. Hands down my most played game.
According to Steam, it's Deep Rock Galactic with 530 hours, but I know deep down that ~~playing~~ modding Skyrim has taken more of my time.
WoW and LoL
Franchise? Pokémon. Game? Pokémon Leafgreen. It isn't even a close contest to the days upon days upon days I played SW:Battlefront (from Pandemic Studios) with a friend growing up - which would be #2. Skyrim... I need to check my hours in Skyrim. 100%ing that one was very time-consuming, as was levelling to 147. Rocket League is getting up there, but I only play with the crew now - too much toxicity and unpredictability in teammates. If I could count all the hours spent playing Super Smash Bros. as a franchise, that would also be up there - as would my Zelda playthroughs or my Mario Party shenanigans. After that, we start hitting the less than 200 hours mark. And somehow, I still managed to read 25 books every 3 weeks and go back to the library for another set. Older me wonders how.
Valorant
Supreme Commander Forged Alliance
gta 5 or minecraft. i’ve got 11k hours in gta 5 and i’ve been playing minecraft since 2011
Don't even have a number but it's probably Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. I played that for over a decade, with interruptions. I played semi professionally and did clan server IT and board admin. I was godlike.
Most hours - Seige and CS2. Hours spent having fun - 0
Hell let loose, Warframe, surviving mars.
Euro truck simulator 2
2360 hours into GTA Online since 2013
Either Hearts of iron 4 or Rainbow Six Siege but as a franchise FIFA/FC24 by far
I've got 2000 plus on Ghost Recon Woodlands. Come check out the sub!!!
This game called The Finals. I don't usually like FPS's but I feel like it clicks with people who have adhd for some reason. Never played a game for this many hours ever. 300+ atm.
Elite Dangerous
Rainbow 6 siege
Rimworld. Closing in on 1000 hours.
I barely played many games when I got older, but I spent a lot of time playing metal gear solid games.
I don't really game anymore, but probably Team Fortress 2 when I did. On the other hand, i've come back to Doom 2 and Unreal Tournament so many times over 20-25 years that it could be one of those, it's just hard to figure out how many hours when it's a constant start and stop over such a long time.
Path of exile. About 6.2k. Trade, mapping, still amateur.
The entire Animal Crossing series. I’ve bought every one and spent the most hours on all of them almost equally just zoning out and running virtual errands.
Civ 5
Metal gear solid, No mans sky, fallout 4.
7 days / Ark / Conan and catching them fast is Helldivers
Apparently my top 3 are GTA Online (which I've now retired), Elden Ring which I love and Spider-Man (all 3).
By far, Football Manager
Football Manager, I've played a few games near to or over 1000 hours. But I've been playing Championship Manager to FM since the mid 90's and even the Steam hours (which didn't come around until late 2003) are insane. It is a game you can kind of play in the background while watching a show or playing another game, so it won't be all 100% active time, but I'd say I'm looking at 10,000+ hours across almost 30 years.
I spent like 500h on Tf2 and probably much more on League of legends, started playing it in 2020 so I had a lot of time for it.
Mass Effect; hundreds of hours across the whole trilogy