Video games you've sunk the most time into

[H-Virus]

Ballpark estimates for those games on earlier consoles that didn't keep track of play times.


On my Switch, Binding of Isaac has over 805 hours on it, more time than all my other games put together. And I can imagine that time going up significantly once the Repentance DLC comes to the Switch version. Honorable mentions go to Fire Emblem Warriors with over 300 hours, Hades and Smash Ultimate with over 100, and Slay the Spire just under 100.


For older systems, I can almost guarantee that I put more than 1000 hours into both Super Mario RPG and Earthbound when I was younger. I played those games for years, couldn't even tell you how many times I beat them. Tales of the Abyss for PS2 was another one that took up way too much of my life for a while.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

My one and only playthrough of Skyrim is currently clocked at 605 hours, and I haven't even completed all the quests yet.

Beyond that, I've sunk several hundred hours into each of the Mass Effect trilogy, and a similar number into the Ezio Trilogy Assassin Creed games.

Honourable mentions to Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2, GTA: San Andreas, and Championship Manager 2003-04.

[aka Cthulhu]

Civilization 2-4, especially 4 since I no longer have 2-3 since they were in much older laptops. There was a period where I'd sink at least 3-4 hours a day on Civ 4. Alpha Centauri to a lesser extent, maybe less than 3.

FTL/Faster than Light is another game. A successful run I can do in like 2-3 hours. Game has like close to 30 ships to use. Beat them all on normal mode, then hard mode. Then several more runs so I get the highest score possible on each of them. And of course, there's a myriad of failed runs.

Another one is a roguelike called Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead. That one is a time sink. Zombie apocalypse open-world sandbox and a roguelike. So much to do. A game that is constantly updated, and there's also mods for it.

Similarly, Dwarf Fortress, another time sink.

[Derk!]

Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VII are games I've spent several hundred hours each playing and completely beating MANY times over...

[The Ichi]

Final Fantasy VII just because it's my favourite game and I do a playthrough every couple of years. If I had to guess I'm in the 1000-1500 hour range.

Skyrim and Fallout 3 have also been huge timesinks.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

I know I’d put a f***load of time into the Crash Team Racing remake when they were regularly putting out new content. Couldn’t give you an estimate, though.

[mc74]

Back in the day, GTA San Andreas, Gran Turismo 1 & 2, Final Fantasy VII, and Smackdown Shut Your Mouth.

Nowadays, it's mainly Franchise Hockey Manager and Crusader Kings 2.

[Duke Cameron]

Persona 5
Mass Effect 1-3
Fire Emblem: Three Houses

[Totorob101]

Mass Effect series
Dragonage series
Final fantasy series
Shenmue 1 and 2, and I'm loving 3!
Yakuza series
Batman Arkham series
Metal Gear series

I pretty much play all of those year in year out.

[Mike Strike]

I have like 300 hours logged on Hyrule Warriors 1 for Switch & that's not even counting the time spent on the Wii U & 3DS versions. I never even played Warriors games before this, what happened?

[Deleted]

Mass Effect and Dragon age series
The Deus ex series
Football Manager
Heroes of might and magic 3

[Fundertaker]

Either Championship Manager 99/00 or Football Manager 2008

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Final Fantasy Tactics is the only game I ever spent 25 straight hours playing. I thought that was obscene but some of ya’ll MMORPG players put me to shame.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

I got a shit load of time on Final Fantasy X

Beat it on PS2 when it came out, and have beaten it on damn near every other system PS3, PS4 and I own it on Switch

Currently debating getting it for PS5 so I had the disc version for my previous systems on Playstation and I got the digital PS5

[Ryback on a Pole!]

Pokemon Red/Blue I must have completed 9 or 10 times

Football Manager/Champ Managaer -- I often sink a fair few seasons, most I did was 10 with one of the Championship Managers

Persona 5 I clocked in at over 100 hours, and still ended up wishing it could have gone on for longer---the only time I felt fed up with it was the palace with the rat puzzle. It's possibly my all time favorite game.

FF7 I completed twice, and partially finished a 3rd time, and it's around 50-60 hours each go.

Elder Scrolls Online I played a lot too, completed most of the areas and a few of the DLC ones. I stopped playing it because another game came out and never picked it back up, but I have a few DLC packs still to complete that I may get round to at some point.

[bob]

unquestionably No Mercy

a friend of mine lived on campus in college and we'd just spend a lot of time in between classes playing that

that doesn't even take into consideration all the time I put in getting all the paths too 100%, making CAW wrestlers and unlocking hidden characters

[Deleted]

Pretty sure I have something accumulated like 10k hrs on BL2 multiple characters , builds and played through the story and all the dlc multiple times farming all the best gear for each trying to get the perfect roll on each piece of gear and I am still playing it even nowadays.

[Hurbster]

Oooo, hundreds of hours in Football Manager, Civilisation, Mass Effect, ect.

[MolotovMocktail]

Jun 12, 2021 11:26:13 GMT -5 Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) said:

I got a shit load of time on Final Fantasy X

Beat it on PS2 when it came out, and have beaten it on damn near every other system PS3, PS4 and I own it on Switch

Currently debating getting it for PS5 so I had the disc version for my previous systems on Playstation and I got the digital PS5

I could spend days on end playing Blitzball alone, and not even bothering to progress through the story.

Each GTA has taken me several years, as I am trying to beat each of them going alpha to omega.

I got Manhunt in college, and am still trying to accomplish that feat.

[mystermystery]

The moment I realized I had spent the literal equivalent of three entire weeks (504 hrs) playing Halo 4, I sat the game down and never went back.