I think this video showcases an interesting aspect of gaming that I never really thought about before. In their case, they play more games for a shorter amount of time vs spending a large portion of their time in few games.
Personally I’m on the side of spending more of my time in a select number of games. By far I have put no less then 3000-4000 hours in Minecraft. Logged by Steam, I got 1300+ hours in both GTA V and American Truck Simulator
More recently I’ve been really into Rocket League and Trackmania. These games are notable because I am constantly working to improve and get better at the game. As much replay-ability as much I find enjoyment in succeeding.
From time to time though, I do really enjoy getting into shorter, more story based games. Great examples being Portal 2, Road96, and Firewatch. What kind of gamer are you?
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2 or 2000 with very little variation.
I like a variety of experiences so 20 hours seems about the sweet spot for me per game. Except for multiplayer games, which I can play on and off for years. I’m sure I’ve accumulated a combined couple thousand hours out of Counterstrike, TF2, and Halo over the years for instance.
What I enjoy about CS is everyone starts back from the same level on each map in terms of loadout and budget. Yet every game is different in one way or another, with different people in matchmaking or even different macro or micro decisions by familiar players. So even playing the same 5 maps means they are different each time you play. It’s why I’ve been playing CS since 1.0 and have logged just shy of 2000 hrs in CSGO. I can’t remember how many hours I have played of CS in the pre-Steam era but it used to be 4-5 hour stints I reckon. Now I play 1-3 hours or so max, and that only 1 or 2 times a week.
Generally I’m a boomer shooter kinda guy, but I have recently been into more “chill in the world and ‘work’ on stuff” games like Satisfactory, Stardew Valley, Slime Rancher, Minecraft, etc
But like you I also occasionally pick up a shorter, story driven game. Fire watch is one of the best games I have ever played.
I found I put around 200 hours in fallout, cyberpunk, Witcher, and horizon zero. And I thought that was WAY too much for me.
I definitely play more shorter games. I tried playing spme longer ones but since the breaks can be months long it would take me hours to re-learn the interface!
I generally prefer games that are more open ended and that let me hang out in the world working on something. Games like Skyrim, Satisfactory, Reshaping Mars, ETS2 and ATS, for example. I will play longer games that are more on rails, like Rise of the Tomb Raider or Horizon Zero Dawn, but I’ll tire of them much quicker than others. Something about being forced to move on to the next thing too many times makes me nope out of it after a while. The other games I mentioned have progression and goals, but there isn’t really an off-switch and you’re not really pushed to complete them. A game on rails will end, and I get my enjoyment from being part of the world, really.
Other times, I like playing games where you can do a quick mission or something and call it a day. I’ll think I have a lot of hours in them, but I’ll usually be shocked by how few it really is. I’ve played what seems like a lot of Phasmophobia, just doing one or two solo runs and calling it good for a few days or a month or whatever. I have maybe 40 hours in that game. Another example is Deep Rock Galactic. I like them and will come back to them, but I normally only play them when I have an hour or two at most to put into them.
I’m a big fan of replayable games, esp things like Roguelikes. I usually have one “main” game at a time, and sink in about 100 hours or so until I feel like I’ve got the “meat” all eaten and transition to something new. Multiplayer games also serve a great role for me since they are naturally varied, and I’ll easily put 200-300 hours in my initial kick, and occasionally come back for shorter stints over time.
Occasionally, a game really grips me. I’ve got ~700 hours in RimWorld, I was depressed and unemployed and it kept me going. I’ve also got about that much in Binding of Isaac, IMO still the greatest Roguelike made and has metric tons of content. I also have like 800 in Stellaris, but that’s because I used to play it full time during my WFH call center job, I never play it on my own time haha
I normally play single player games. I prefer story focused games and games like factorio, banished. Typically I spend 50h per game if I enjoy it.
For my favourites I have spent close to 400h on the Witcher 3, 200h on cyberpunk 2077, probably just as much on Skyrim and dishonered and Satisfactory.
It varies hugely. Rocket League is my most played on Steam and I think I’m at around 1700 hours, but that’s the kind of game I’ve played on and off for years. The other worst was Foxhole which I managed to rack up 600 hours in over a couple of months. Usually for a game I like it’ll be 100-200 hours, but it does vary hugely.
Most games I play are single-player. And even then, I hardly play videogames anymore these days. I’d probably average about 8-10 hours on a game over the course of a few years, with some outliers like Killing Floor 2 and Dawn of War (this is by far the most time I’ve ever spent playing a game, without 300ish hours across the expansions and mods).
I just generally don’t have the time or energy to invest in playing something. Maybe I’ll play for about 30 minutes before I have the sinking feeling of needing to be more productive.
According to steam I have some games with 100 to 120 hours (Dead Cells, XCOM, Rogue Legacy 2 and Hades). I prefer story driven games to be 20-30 hours, but keep replaying short sessions of single-player roguelites.
I think I’ve played more than 120 hours on Magic Arena but don’t have the hours tracked. It’s one of those games that give you incentive for playing every day and grinding a number of wins, and I’ve done that for maybe 3 months, then got tired and dropped it. I like the idea of replaying a game and getting better at it, but not the log in and grind everyday part of online games.
Depends on your stage of life as well. I’m 41 now and a dad, so I have max 2 hours per day. When I was still studying I played wow for entire days.
Now I enjoy shorter games like Firewatch and Lake. Just finished Beacon Pine. Xbox Gamepass is excellent for this as it’s full of these games.
I did play longer games like Mass effect legendary edition, and The Witcher 3, but I only play such long games if I really like them.
Thousands of hours in a game is unfortunately out of the question.
I’ve got 2000 hours in Warframe spread across nearly a decade, most other games that I like clock in at about 100-200 hours, with most story focused games getting about 8-12. It really depends on routine updates and replayability
800 in dark souls 3 and elden ring, just over 100 in dark souls remastered and dark souls 2, and all the rest are pretty evenly distributed from 1 to 80
100hrs max for RPG style games, typically 20-30hrs I would say
