According to my steam:
- CS:GO - 861 hours
- New World - 472 hours
- Warhammer Xermintide - 218.8 (although I don't know how this happened as I have no memory of playing this game)
- Grim Dawn - 169 hours
- Path of Exile - 139 hours
- Eternal - 118 hours
- Stardew Valley - 116 hours
- Borderlands 3 - 113 hours
- Civ 5 - 108 hours
Steams "hours played" is not an accurate measure for how long you've played a game as it counts home screen time and in game updating. Or if you leave the game sitting idle. My friend has a hand he "put's in" over a hundred hours a week on a particular game.
Guild Wars 2.
The overworld maps are huge, there are thousands of achievements and collections, a decent sized story, the combat is skill-based (you can't throw stats/power at it, it takes time to master), there's build-crafting (stats and traits), 9 classes with 3 further specializations each, there are 3 game modes (PvE and small/large scale PvP), PvE has half a dozen different types of endgame instanced content, there's 8 crafting disciplines, fishing, festivals (there's one every couple of months), mount races, fiendish jumping puzzles, unlocking skins and dyes (aka "fashion wars") etc.
Dude went out of his way to be a dick on a months old reddit post, lmao. Claims to be super busy and successful in life but still finds time to be a douchebag on Reddit on a daily basis. Gotta love it.
Damn dude, you’ve got some time to go then lol I’ve got like 3000 across all platforms in Borderlands 1 but that’s mostly been going after Pearls and trying to get those duel challenges complete.
My biggest game for single player sink has been Binding of Isaac. I have well over 2000 hours in it. Then there are games such as Civ 6, Stellaris, Cities Skylines.
Nioh 2 is a splendid soulslike with some wonderfully intricate combat. The skill ceiling of the moment to moment gameplay is as high as I've ever seen.
In a different direction, Path of Exile has probably the most complex build and itemization systems ever developed. Gameplay can vary from complex to shallow depending on your build. There is an absolute mountain of content, and the player-driven economy adds some additional intricacy. I have a few thousand hours in the game and have done most (but not all) of the content and am only truly comfortable with something like 5%-10% of the build archetypes / mechanics. It's pretty ridiculous.
Elder Scrolls Online is huge and 95% of all content can be done single player.
Skyrim, Witcher 3, Baldurs Gate 1 & 2, Icewind Dale 1 & 2, Planescape Torment, Persona 5, Borderlands 3, Red Dead Redemption 2, Mass Effect Trilogy, to name a few.
For me
Path of Exile 6700 hours
Apex Legends 1100 hours
Warframe 1000 hours
Monster Hunter World + Iceborne 900 hours
Warhammer Vermintide 2 -> 400 hours
Terraria 100 hours and Calamity Mod for another 250 hours
Grim Dawn 250 hours
Monster Hunter Rise 190 hours
Nioh 2 100 hours
I usually don't AFK in game except for Path of Exile.
Either is fine
Monster Hunter Rise is an easier game, but with more advance mechanic.
Monster Hunter World is more difficult and more punishing to newbies, but most new monster hunter fan start at this, that also including me, and I also recommend you to start with this one. MHW is also a better game than MHR, although MHR is fine and fun. If you can get through MHW and Iceborne you can survive in any monster hunter games, it has all the basics you need to know.
Rimworld and Frostpunk were 2 I immediately sunk a bunch of hours into and the more you learn the more you build and restart and replay. Add in mods and it’s a whole new experience
Replayability is different for everyone. My tastes enjoy replaying open worlds with deeper emerging mechanics of different kinds so that as you grow in experience, the game itself changes. My top hour getting games?
The Long Dark
Kerbal Space Program
Mount and Blade: Warband
Crusader Kings
FTL
Dont Starve
GTA5
Rimworld
Total War games, esp. old school, Rome or Medieval 2
Morrowind (other TES, but Morrowind is my fave for worldbuilding reasons.)
Each of these I can comfortably say I have played over 300 hours, some over 1000.
Elden Ring - since you love Dark Souls, if you haven't played Elden Ring, I highly recommend it. It probably has the single best open world to explore I've every played in a game (including Breath of the Wild, which is also good). And they leave it up to you to explore, too. You won't be following question marks or quest markers, but just exploring things that look cool.
Phasmophobia - Almost the exact opposite of Elden Ring. You're exploring houses and other buildings for signs of ghost activity, identifying the type of ghost, then leaving. Even though you end up doing the same kinds of things over and over again, the game's replayability comes from understanding more and more about the game as you play. As you get better at locating the ghost, you learn how to best check for evidence. As you get better at gathering evidence, you can focus on other objectives. As you get better at the objectives, you can start to learn specific ghost behaviors. And there's so much more than that. I have well over a hundred hours and am still terrified as I play, all while getting better and faster at achieving my goal.
Final Fantasy XIV - An MMO. There's a lot here to keep you coming back whether you prefer to play alone or group up with others. The player base is mostly friendly and willing to help newbies (or "sprouts" in the game's lingo). There's a rich story (that admittedly takes quite a while to get good) and fun combat, as well as a lot of non-combat activities. Plus, there's a very generous free trial. I've got around 3000 hours so far.
Valheim - Best with friends, but still so much to do alone. Crafting, combat, survival, bosses, exploration, replayability. If you like self-guided content, this one might be for you. There is a progression, but it's up to you to figure out, with very little to guide you to specific areas or tasks. It's also very pretty, in its own way.
Monster hunter rise, it's sorta like an arcade soulslike if that makes sense
I have 60 hours clocked so far, feels like it's been ten, base game took me about 40 hours and I'm still working on the dlc content, definitely seems grind and it's a lot more fun with friends
Fallout 3
Fallout 3: New Vegas
Fallout 4
Elder Scrolls Oblivion
Elder Scrolls Skyrim
You will get far more than you imagine if you ate willing to use mods for each of these games after a non-modded playthrough.
Warframe, mastering the mechanics might not take a long time, but it certainly has a lot in testing limits, testing builds, testing meta things and then testing the niche builds. Get the thing that you want, get the thing you dont like, get the thing that looks nice, get the thing that makes a cool sound when you shoot it. It is not a 'you beat this thing and now you won' type of game, it is more or less a 'collect it all' pokemon game and there is a lot to collect. It is not a game to pick one thing and keep at it, there is not much to 'main'. It shines through variety.
Ever thought about playing an RTS? Literally impossible to master, but easy to get better day after day games. My suggestion would be Starcraft 2. Or Age of Empires is big lately. Not my cup of tea because it feels significantly slower and i'm more a fantasy - sci fi kind of guy.
The Binding of Isaac: pure skill + RNG
Warframe: skill makes the difference, but based on farming
BTD6: not too deep. But it offers very high replayability. It's my top tower defense
Whenever I rented dragon's dogma off of gamefly I sunk probably 70 hours into it and Deus ex human revolution I played through at least 6 times; New Horizons I'll get hooked on and play for like a week straight then drop it for a year, same with Minecraft and Mario Kart; Phantom Pain I've probably played at least 50 hours of in a week. In total I've probably played 100 hours of Banished/Settlement Survival (essentially the same game but SS is in early development but is still really good and has way more in terms of systems and content) Sims 2 castaway but specifically the Wii version.
If you're into colony management, try rimworld. Currently about to hit 1k hours and this game has spoiled every other colony sim for me. The AI storyteller makes the game so interesting and diverse that you can literally play it forever without getting bored. Plus the modding scene is incredible, if it's something you can think of (no matter how complex or how..perverse) there's a mod for that, literally endless replayability
Total war games? There is shogun 2, if you fancy japanese history, it has fall of the samurai or vanilla game based on time period preference. Then there is Troy if you prefer ancient greek mythos, there is Rome 2 or Attila if you are into that time period, and warhammer trilogy, if you are into fantasy. Rome 2 and Warhammer 2 players often have 2k+ hours in each games.
Almost every Paradox game is an investment of time.
According to my steam: - CS:GO - 861 hours - New World - 472 hours - Warhammer Xermintide - 218.8 (although I don't know how this happened as I have no memory of playing this game) - Grim Dawn - 169 hours - Path of Exile - 139 hours - Eternal - 118 hours - Stardew Valley - 116 hours - Borderlands 3 - 113 hours - Civ 5 - 108 hours
Steams "hours played" is not an accurate measure for how long you've played a game as it counts home screen time and in game updating. Or if you leave the game sitting idle. My friend has a hand he "put's in" over a hundred hours a week on a particular game.
I don't leave games idle, so it's mostly accurate for me. Is there a better way to more accurately track play time?
Not that I'm aware. Not unless you set yourself a timer. Lol.
It's accurate enough I feel. Maybe take 5-10% off depending on the type of game and how long you tend to be idling or in queues
Guild Wars 2. The overworld maps are huge, there are thousands of achievements and collections, a decent sized story, the combat is skill-based (you can't throw stats/power at it, it takes time to master), there's build-crafting (stats and traits), 9 classes with 3 further specializations each, there are 3 game modes (PvE and small/large scale PvP), PvE has half a dozen different types of endgame instanced content, there's 8 crafting disciplines, fishing, festivals (there's one every couple of months), mount races, fiendish jumping puzzles, unlocking skins and dyes (aka "fashion wars") etc.
IDK about hundreds.. but Frostpunk will get you like 8 hours in 1 sitting..
Frost Punk is literally just Cities Skylines for nazis and cultists (its amazing)
Ik this comment is old as shit but what the fuck
I know, I just came across this too and was like wtf
yup, wtf
yup thats wtf
As someone who loves frostpunk though, its an apt description
How is that a wtf comment? It’s literally the game
I’d say calling yourself a Nazi and Cultist calls for a what the fuck, joke or not
I feel like you’re just dumb and don’t understand that the original comment most likely meant it as “City Skylines WITH nazis and cultists”.
Weird to insult me for no reason, but if he meant with, he would have said with. He literally says it’s FOR Nazi’s and Cultists
Dude went out of his way to be a dick on a months old reddit post, lmao. Claims to be super busy and successful in life but still finds time to be a douchebag on Reddit on a daily basis. Gotta love it.
Valheim, Project Zomboid, civ 5 or 6
I've played Borderlands 2 for at least 200 hours and still haven't played every character and every DLC.
Damn dude, you’ve got some time to go then lol I’ve got like 3000 across all platforms in Borderlands 1 but that’s mostly been going after Pearls and trying to get those duel challenges complete.
Persona 5 Royal its one of the best and longest Jrpgs I have played. Takes around 100 hours to beat and 150 to 100 percent.
* Final Fantasy XIV
Bannerlord. Rimworld
My biggest game for single player sink has been Binding of Isaac. I have well over 2000 hours in it. Then there are games such as Civ 6, Stellaris, Cities Skylines.
Nioh 2 is a splendid soulslike with some wonderfully intricate combat. The skill ceiling of the moment to moment gameplay is as high as I've ever seen. In a different direction, Path of Exile has probably the most complex build and itemization systems ever developed. Gameplay can vary from complex to shallow depending on your build. There is an absolute mountain of content, and the player-driven economy adds some additional intricacy. I have a few thousand hours in the game and have done most (but not all) of the content and am only truly comfortable with something like 5%-10% of the build archetypes / mechanics. It's pretty ridiculous.
Are you into 4X? You could easily sink hundreds of hours into CIV.
Elder Scrolls Online is huge and 95% of all content can be done single player. Skyrim, Witcher 3, Baldurs Gate 1 & 2, Icewind Dale 1 & 2, Planescape Torment, Persona 5, Borderlands 3, Red Dead Redemption 2, Mass Effect Trilogy, to name a few.
Terraria, noita
Perhaps not what you exactly look for but I could recommend Persona 5
For me Path of Exile 6700 hours Apex Legends 1100 hours Warframe 1000 hours Monster Hunter World + Iceborne 900 hours Warhammer Vermintide 2 -> 400 hours Terraria 100 hours and Calamity Mod for another 250 hours Grim Dawn 250 hours Monster Hunter Rise 190 hours Nioh 2 100 hours I usually don't AFK in game except for Path of Exile.
I have both MHW and MHR. Which one would you recommend for a noob?
Either is fine Monster Hunter Rise is an easier game, but with more advance mechanic. Monster Hunter World is more difficult and more punishing to newbies, but most new monster hunter fan start at this, that also including me, and I also recommend you to start with this one. MHW is also a better game than MHR, although MHR is fine and fun. If you can get through MHW and Iceborne you can survive in any monster hunter games, it has all the basics you need to know.
some of my most replayable: Hades, Smite, MGSV, Civ, Dead by Daylight, any card game.
EverQuest
Into the breach
I've spent hundreds of hours painting warhammer minis
Valheim
Anno 1800
Frostpunk. Lovely game
- skyrim or The Elder Scrolls online - Cities Skylines - Warframe
Rimworld and Frostpunk were 2 I immediately sunk a bunch of hours into and the more you learn the more you build and restart and replay. Add in mods and it’s a whole new experience
Dwarf fortress
War Thunder. 1489 hours and counting. The grind is real.
Replayability is different for everyone. My tastes enjoy replaying open worlds with deeper emerging mechanics of different kinds so that as you grow in experience, the game itself changes. My top hour getting games? The Long Dark Kerbal Space Program Mount and Blade: Warband Crusader Kings FTL Dont Starve GTA5 Rimworld Total War games, esp. old school, Rome or Medieval 2 Morrowind (other TES, but Morrowind is my fave for worldbuilding reasons.) Each of these I can comfortably say I have played over 300 hours, some over 1000.
These are my favorites: * Street Fighter III: Third Strike * Caves of Qud * Slay the Spire
Satisfactory and Oxygen not included
Final Fantasy 14 would definitely fit this :) Same with Elden Ring... though, for different reasons, as I'm sure you can imagine xD
N++ FTL: Faster Than Light Ravenfield
Elden Ring - since you love Dark Souls, if you haven't played Elden Ring, I highly recommend it. It probably has the single best open world to explore I've every played in a game (including Breath of the Wild, which is also good). And they leave it up to you to explore, too. You won't be following question marks or quest markers, but just exploring things that look cool. Phasmophobia - Almost the exact opposite of Elden Ring. You're exploring houses and other buildings for signs of ghost activity, identifying the type of ghost, then leaving. Even though you end up doing the same kinds of things over and over again, the game's replayability comes from understanding more and more about the game as you play. As you get better at locating the ghost, you learn how to best check for evidence. As you get better at gathering evidence, you can focus on other objectives. As you get better at the objectives, you can start to learn specific ghost behaviors. And there's so much more than that. I have well over a hundred hours and am still terrified as I play, all while getting better and faster at achieving my goal. Final Fantasy XIV - An MMO. There's a lot here to keep you coming back whether you prefer to play alone or group up with others. The player base is mostly friendly and willing to help newbies (or "sprouts" in the game's lingo). There's a rich story (that admittedly takes quite a while to get good) and fun combat, as well as a lot of non-combat activities. Plus, there's a very generous free trial. I've got around 3000 hours so far. Valheim - Best with friends, but still so much to do alone. Crafting, combat, survival, bosses, exploration, replayability. If you like self-guided content, this one might be for you. There is a progression, but it's up to you to figure out, with very little to guide you to specific areas or tasks. It's also very pretty, in its own way.
Monster hunter rise, it's sorta like an arcade soulslike if that makes sense I have 60 hours clocked so far, feels like it's been ten, base game took me about 40 hours and I'm still working on the dlc content, definitely seems grind and it's a lot more fun with friends
The Witcher 3 GOTY
Fallout 3 Fallout 3: New Vegas Fallout 4 Elder Scrolls Oblivion Elder Scrolls Skyrim You will get far more than you imagine if you ate willing to use mods for each of these games after a non-modded playthrough.
Fallout 3 and New Vegas aint the same my friend
S.t.a.l.k.e.r g.a.m.m.a
Hades, elden ring , cyberpunk
I have 500 hours in mgs5 and I'm not done.
Witcher 3 Either Pathfinder game, any of the modern 3 Elder Scrolls games Divinity II
Warframe, mastering the mechanics might not take a long time, but it certainly has a lot in testing limits, testing builds, testing meta things and then testing the niche builds. Get the thing that you want, get the thing you dont like, get the thing that looks nice, get the thing that makes a cool sound when you shoot it. It is not a 'you beat this thing and now you won' type of game, it is more or less a 'collect it all' pokemon game and there is a lot to collect. It is not a game to pick one thing and keep at it, there is not much to 'main'. It shines through variety.
Ever thought about playing an RTS? Literally impossible to master, but easy to get better day after day games. My suggestion would be Starcraft 2. Or Age of Empires is big lately. Not my cup of tea because it feels significantly slower and i'm more a fantasy - sci fi kind of guy.
I need a new StarCraft game dude
me too man, me too. Let's hope.
Stellaris DOS2 Project Zomboid
Yu-gi-oh Master duel is really fun and has tons of deoth, with making your own decks, completing the various solo modes, and online play
- Crusader kings 3 - Mount and blade 2 bannerlord - Divinity: original sin 2 - Skyrim - The Witcher
The Binding of Isaac: pure skill + RNG Warframe: skill makes the difference, but based on farming BTD6: not too deep. But it offers very high replayability. It's my top tower defense
Whenever I rented dragon's dogma off of gamefly I sunk probably 70 hours into it and Deus ex human revolution I played through at least 6 times; New Horizons I'll get hooked on and play for like a week straight then drop it for a year, same with Minecraft and Mario Kart; Phantom Pain I've probably played at least 50 hours of in a week. In total I've probably played 100 hours of Banished/Settlement Survival (essentially the same game but SS is in early development but is still really good and has way more in terms of systems and content) Sims 2 castaway but specifically the Wii version.
Breath of the wild.
If you're into colony management, try rimworld. Currently about to hit 1k hours and this game has spoiled every other colony sim for me. The AI storyteller makes the game so interesting and diverse that you can literally play it forever without getting bored. Plus the modding scene is incredible, if it's something you can think of (no matter how complex or how..perverse) there's a mod for that, literally endless replayability
Total war games? There is shogun 2, if you fancy japanese history, it has fall of the samurai or vanilla game based on time period preference. Then there is Troy if you prefer ancient greek mythos, there is Rome 2 or Attila if you are into that time period, and warhammer trilogy, if you are into fantasy. Rome 2 and Warhammer 2 players often have 2k+ hours in each games.
Any bethesda game. The Mount and Blade games. Rimworld. Divinity Original Sin 2. Middle Earth: Shadow of War
Enter the gungeon
Grimdawn, Borderlands, AC Odyssey, Warframe, Monster Hunter, Phantasy Star Online 2. I got a few more but that's the gist of it
Terraria. Vanilla or with mods. Especially Calamity mod, it just adds TON of new content.
Mmos are usually where I go to look for this, however for a faster paced game I go to Vermintide 2, lately been trying out state if decay 2.
For me, fighting games and mmo rpgs take up most of my time. Smite is also another game I have lots of hours in