Board 8 > What are your top 3 most played game based on playtime?

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Well, I can't be 100% sure since not all these games/platforms have built-in playtime count, or they're a bit of a hassle to access and compare. But it's probably something like:

The Sims 3 - Played a lot of it during college and after, and it's just such a time sink.
Age of Empires 2 (including all PC versions) - Been playing it on and off again since elementary school, starting from Conquerors to HD and now the DE, and even though I mostly only play campaigns, it's gotta add up
Persona 3 (including FES and Portable) - Mostly from vanilla and FES (haven't finished Portable), I also finished The Answer. And since one playthrough is already so long, it's probably up there after the different playthroughs.

HM:
Candy Crush
The Sims 2
Pokemon R/S/E
Hades
Fallout: New Vegas
Ragnarok Online

Snap-voted MOBA, but it's probably actually a MUD, of which one I play I've got two years of online time.

Kinda Anagramed FPS or at least shooters on the poll but I just filed it under action/adventure.

I think my top 3 is

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops II - I played this straight on from like 2012 to at least 2016, since the CODs coming out around that time were largely mediocre or uninteresting to me. I played semi-professionally and there just felt such an unlimited amount to do in this game's MP.
2. Fortnite - Been playing this since it launched basically. I'm a bit more on/off than I used to be but I still regularly long 100s of hours into this per year. There's always something to keep it fresh.
3. Overwatch - Totally obsessed with this game for about 2 years, then kinda dipped off BIG time. Still, it's easily in the top 3 which shows exactly how much this game took over my life for a while. I still bring it out every once in a while.

HMs:
COD4 / Modern Warfare 2 / Modern Warfare 3 / Black Ops Cold War
GTA5
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil Remake

it is, without a doubt, world of warcraft.

prior to playing that, i think my most played title would have been around 100-150 hours, something like Pokemon or Morrowind

but i used wow mostly as a chat client for years

second and third place have to be rocket league and starcraft

the thing about most games is that they end. online competitive games and mmos don't end

Whoops, yeah, silly me. Since the longest FPS game I've played was Elebits back on the Wii, it escaped my mind.

Thankfully Action/Adventure is so broad.

Isquen posted...

Snap-voted MOBA, but it's probably actually a MUD, of which one I play I've got two years of online time.

i've always found MUDs super interesting, but never dived into a specific one. are there any in particular you'd recommend?

Number 1 is almost definitely TF2 with 3,621.5 hours. I dunno what 2 and 3 are

banananor posted...

i've always found MUDs super interesting, but never dived into a specific one. are there any in particular you'd recommend?

The only one I played with regularity is called UOSSMUD (Unofficial Squaresoft MUD) that uses a Final Fantasy Tactics job system on top of standard leveling.

EDIT: Before that, I played an old AOL-based one called Dragon's Gate or something similar before my parents caught wind of it (since it was a predatory "chews up money per hour" MUD) and also played Merentha.

The Trackmania series in general. Trackmania United Forever alone is probably in the Top 3.
Binding of Isaac Rebirth (etc)
Then probably Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes. I've played a lot of modded for that game.

Super Smash Bros Melee
League of Legends

don't know about a definite third but one of
SoulCalibur V
SoulCalibur II
Persona 4 Arena
Pokemon Sapphire
Tales of Symphonia
Fire Emblem 7

FPS, racing, and sports games probably comprise of my entire Top 10. I voted for other since FPS was somehow not among the regular options, but it might actually be sports/racing.

Wow
Pokmon in general
Third is probably ffrk at this point.

Heroes of Might and Magic 3. Not 100% sure what the order is after that, but Heroes 3 is definitely on the top.

Isquen posted...

The only one I played with regularity is called UOSSMUD (Unofficial Squaresoft MUD) that uses a Final Fantasy Tactics job system on top of standard leveling.

EDIT: Before that, I played an old AOL-based one called Dragon's Gate or something similar before my parents caught wind of it (since it was a predatory "chews up money per hour" MUD) and also played Merentha.

that's cool. i guess i'll bookmark the two 'real' ones you listed !

In the Groove/Stepmania
Dance Dance Revolution
Guitar Hero/Rock Band
Starcraft and Melee are probably up there though that was much longer ago

My answer to the poll is almost certainly rhythm; the only other thing it could be is single player RPGs

I would say Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Final Fantasy XII would definitely be second!

1. League of Legends (far and away, especially if you include TFT)
2. Hearthstone, even though I've barely played in years
3. TFT

If we count TFT as part of league of legends since they're in the same client, then it's either Dota 2, Town of Salem, or maybe like Mario Kart Wii / Super Smash Bros. Brawl from when I was younger?

Probably World of Warcraft from back in the day, even though it should be reasonably lower than most players who get hooked to it, that and it being cumulative over the years.

As far as non-online multiplayer goes it's single-player RPG without question

Top 5 would be (no sufficient data but just an estimation from the amount of times I played the games and the actual length of the games)

1. Final Fantasy VII
2. Final Fantasy VIII
3. Persona 4 + Golden
4. Persona 5 + Royal
5. Dark Souls

Most replayed games would probably be

1. Metal Gear Solid
2. Resident Evil 4
3. Final Fantasy VII
4. Final Fantasy VIII
5. Super Mario World

Probably WoW, Runescape, and FFXIV. Possibly Neopets.

It's gotta be Racing/Sports. I've played Rocket League forever now and grew up with Sports/Racing games.

After that, FPS, Platformer, and Strategy (where Platformer isn't an option for some reason! Edit, FPS as well!).

Ark: Survival Evolved - Its basically like having a second job.

Halo: Reach - Not only did play a ton of the Multiplayer, but I've spent an ungodly amount of time in Forge.

Minecraft - By far one of the most relaxing games out there, I always find myself playing it much longer than I should be.

Dota/Dota2/Heroes of Newerth
Pokemon Shuffle

And I am pretty sure Pokemon GO is up there too but I am not sure there is a way to check gameplay time

How the hell is Rhythm games not an option. Easy #1.

Super Smash Bros. Melee is probably number one

The rest is probably between Soul Calibur 2/3/4, Starcraft, and Ragnarok Online. No way to know for sure though

KCF0107 posted...

FPS, racing, and sports games probably comprise of my entire Top 10. I voted for other since FPS was somehow not among the regular options, but it might actually be sports/racing.

To further clarify, my guess as to my 10 top-played games are in no particular order:

Halo 2
Halo 3
F-Zero X
Snowboard Kids 2
Project Gotham Racing 2
MVP Baseball 2005
Madden 06
Rocket League
Apex Legends
Town of Salem

That would be 3 FPS, 6 sports/racing, and 1 multiplayer social deduction

This is really difficult for me to guess, but here are 10 games that are contenders.

Diablo II
Final Fantasy VII
Mario Kart: Double Dash
Mario Party 6
Pokemon FRLG
Pokemon RSE
Pokemon GO
Super Mario World
Super Smash Bros Melee
Super Smash Bros Brawl

Team Fortress 2
Heroes of the Storm
Counter-Strike (1.6 + Source + GO)
Tibia

around 2000 hours for each

Over the various versions and remake I've easily put over a thousand hours into RE2

My #1 and 2 are Melee and Brawl. My conservative estimate is >1500 each, but it could easily be 2000-2500 for either or both of them. It's impossible to count due to playing on so many people's different consoles.

My #3, which is the highest game with tracked playtime that I own, is Super Mario Maker, with 1100 hours on my Wii U.

(#4 and 5, which I also have data for, are Splatoon 2 with 1000 and New Pokemon Snap with 900).

Childhood: Probably Goldeneye? Possibly a Smash game. Problem with Smash is that there's a good split between SSB/SSBM.

Adulthood: Overwatch with 1737.02h. Nothing else is close.

Mobile: Fate/Grand Order, which I've been playing daily for almost 5 years. I don't think it's as high as OW, but it might be.

Ark Survival Evolved
Dota 2
The Sims 3
Skyrim

I know you said 3, but yeah

My top two are definitely League of Legends (Even though I haven't played it in like four or five years now) and FTL, both definitely clearing 1k hours.

#3 is probably Link to the Past due to the randomizer and the time I've spent practicing+racing that, but I don't have a real time estimate there.

Beyond that, Steam reports Terraria as roughly 375 hours. I'm probably pretty close to that on both P4 and P5 between originals, Golden/Royal and NG+. P5 in particular I've played 4 times (NG+ once each for both Vanilla and Royal) and I think my fastest playthrough there was 60 hours lmao

There are also a few other multiplayer games from childhood that I have a ton of hours in due to just inertia and siblings but that I wouldn't have any good estimates for. Stuff like Gen 1/2 Pokemon, Mario Kart/Party, etc

Madden 2003 has to be #1

Other games in the running: Triple Play Baseball 2000, WWF No Mercy, WWE Day of Reckoning 2, SSBM, Civ 5, Age of Empires 2, Mario Kart Double Dash, Super Mario Kart, Full Tilt! Pinball, Timesplitters 2, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Mario Tennis 64.

I'm sure there are some games from my snes/early computer games I'm not thinking of that would actually be among the most played.

Voted casual/puzzle games because I've been playing Tetris, Bejeweled, etc. for YEARS before I got into other games. Didn't realize some of my faves were categorized as adventure, plenty of visual novels to be had.

Top 5 based on hours spent aside from puzzle games:

1. Ace Attorney franchise - far and away a fave
2. Umineko no Naku Koro ni [Question Arcs] spent a dang lot of time on this, although I think there's more to it than what I read
3. The House in Fata Morgana franchise - life changing and also worth investing in Kleenex for
4. Miami Law - an old DS fave where you could CYOA and pick whether you wanted to play as the undercover cop or the secret agent at various points in the story
5. Kind Words - some might say this isn't a game, but whatever. It's very fulfilling and worth the time spent.

Honorable mention - Brain Age, haha. I was playing this daily for an amount of time.

I typically play on DS Lite/3DS and Steam.

I wish I could actually see the lifetime stats on this. It's hard to remember how much time I put into various games from my childhood.

Pokemon Diamond (used to play this between calls when I worked in a call center, had something like 960 hours)
Friday the 13th (2017) (over 700 hours now between PC and Playstation)
Friday the 13th (NES) (Probably around 500 hours, but this is my primary speedrun game so it's moving up very fast)

Maniac64 posted...

I wish I could actually see the lifetime stats on this. It's hard to remember how much time I put into various games from my childhood.

I would pay good money for this also

League of legends
Starcraft brood war

#3 is harder to gauge.
Either Roller coaster tycoon 2 or civilization 3.

Hearthstone
Rocket League

And something out of Dota, StarCraft, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, or the Mass Effect series.

Three individual games are hard.

#1 is certainly Age of Empires 2. I know I have over 5k hours in my life of that game, across 20 years.

#2 is probably Awesomenauts. I think I played it for around 1,000 hours from 2012 to 2014.

#3 I think might be Hearthstone? For about 2 years I probably played 1-2 hours a day which would get me to about 1,000 hours or so.

Diablo 3 and Dead By Daylight might be close, but I think those are the top 3. I can't think of anything else that comes close.

Im not sure since not every game tracks your hours. Ive played DBZ Dokkan Battle on mobile for 6 years now, but no idea how many actual hours Ive put into it. Its probably a lot though. Pretty sure my most played game is Overwatch at 4,000 something hours and then after that probably Genshin Impact which Im probably close to 1,000 hours on now.

probably...

Gran Turismo 4
Gran Turismo 3
100% Orange Juice (or else Burnout 3 or MKWii or Brawl or a gen 3 or 4 pokemon game)

for reference, i def have about 1.5k hours in oj, and i'd confidently estimate higher for both main ps2 gran turismos. i think mkwii and brawl i both had near 1k hours and i played burnout a lot too. pokemons i think i only ever got to about 450 hours at most, but i did replay some so it could be higher

given that all 3 of the top 3 are simulation games i guess that barely edges out racing on technicality

Super Mario Maker: I completely fell in love with this, logged around 600 hours in and made 30+ levels. A couple absurdly ambitious levels took me 30+ hours to create individually. Shame that I didn't feel the same way about the sequel. Despite its plethora of new tools, creating levels was just not near as fun without the system of having the Wii U gamepad and TV to bounce around on simultaneously. Truly a perfect fit for the Wii U.

Breath of the Wild: My Switch says I have 420 hours in here, and that's only in 2 playthroughs. My first playthrough stretched to almost 300 hours on its own. Ended up doing almost everything here, though not quite all the Korok seeds (think I got 600 something). But I fully upgraded every armor piece, did every stupid sidequest even as they added more, and would just continue to play this thing non-stop because it has the best exploration in any game ever made. My second playthrough on Master Mode I merely did every shrine and every divine beast, like a sane person, but it includes the DLC and I still put another 100+ hours in.

Halo 3: Almost definitely my most played multiplayer game of all time, but I have no way of knowing the hour count sadly. I certainly put hundreds and hundreds of hours in this back in the day though, and they just consistently supported it with awesome new maps and weird new community-made modes and I always came back. Damn, Halo 3 was just so good. And hey, I'm currently addicted to Halo Infinite's multiplayer right now. Time is a circle.

I do wonder if games I played all the time as a kid might actually make this list, like Smash Melee or Perfect Dark, but my best guess is these are my correct top 3.

Probably Hearthstone and two different editions of Football Manager. Next being something in the Civilization series though I don't know if I racked up more hours in Alpha Centauri or Civ II as a kid.

Stardew Valley: 500+ hours
Persona 4: Something like 450 hours (original + Golden)
Tales of the Abyss: 300ish hours

The Sims 4 is also up there, and I'd guess Age of Mythology as well but that was so long ago that I couldn't begin to estimate.

I don't know some of these for certain, but I'd wager Sims 4 and Civ 4 are both up there. Melee too from back in the day.

Doom/Doom II
Master of Orion
Minecraft

Kind of a funny assortment.

#1 genre is easily going to be action/adventure, though. Probably was strategy earlier on but my interest in turn based strategy games evaporated a decade ago outside of my occasional play of Master of Orion.

Probably Overwatch. Put in several hours week, every week, over the past handful of years.

I want to say a Mario Kart and Smash Bros. game has also been up there, but don't have the numbers for sure.

For concrete numbers I know I've put over 1100 hours into Monster Hunter World. That's counting both on PS4 and PC though.

I think Pokemon Crystal and Emerald are the undisputed 1 and 2; Crystal I played until the internal battery went out. Played a looot of Pokemon as a kid.

My suspicion is that Super Smash Bros Melee would be #3, but it wouldn't surprise me if Tales of the Abyss or the original Kingdom Hearts has overtaken it by a bit.

If I had to guess, there are probably a bunch of N64 and GameCube multiplayer games on a most played list since I played a ton of those with my friends growing up.

So that would be stuff like Mario Kart 64, Bomberman 64, and Melee.