Fuck. It could be Wario Land or Donkey Kong Country 2 (a bit later, 1996?) for me. Been playing them almost constantly since 1994 along with Mario 1-3. This gets even more fucked when you throw in all the ports, randomizers etc.

For actual hard numbers (roughly), it’s Xenoblade for me.

1. Played once on the Wii when it came out here in the UK in 2011. 107hrs.
2. Played it again through on the Wii. This was around the same, savefile says 142 hrs.
3. Played through it on Dolphin. Probably 80hrs or so, I don’t have the numbers on this. Throw another 100 hours on.
4. Played through it to 100% on the New 3DS port, twice. This was probably another 200+ hrs.
5. Definitive edition. Played through once on the Switch to 100% (this took 97 hrs) then twice again on Yuzu in 4k. 150 hrs so far on Yuzu (just got to Valak Mountain in this current playthrough)

Don’t even get me started on X, 2 and 3. but well worth it.

That would be:

Dota 2

Warframe

Path of Exile

Skyrim

Mass Effect 3

Dragon Age: Origins

Apex Legends

For a single game it’s Factorio. Steam has me at around 1600 hours.

For a series it’s gotta be Civilization. I’ve been playing since I was in fifth grade. I’d go over to my friend’s house when he wasn’t home to play Civ I. I’d spend entire weekends in college playing Civ II and III. I had to have my GF hide my Civ V disk so I wouldn’t miss deadlines. And now I’m on a full playthrough of all the new civs in the latest DLC.

Probably Minecraft. But I haven’t spent an insignificant amount of time in Garry’s Mod either.

I guess I can’t know for sure, but I’d say it has to be Minecraft. I wish there was a way to see the hours I’ve spent in the Java Edition of the game. If it’s not Minecraft though, my second guess would be Rocket League. When I add up the hours across the platforms I’ve played on, it comes out on top by a small margin.

MMOs were always my thing. I’m almost glad I don’t know exactly how much time I buried into World of Warcraft back in the day. I haven’t touched it in 15 years and it’s probably still in the lead. I play a fair bit of FFXIV these days but not like I did WoW. Asheron’s Call 2 was a big part of my life for a long time but it’s been offline most of my life.

Among recent games I’ve actively played for years, Rocket League and Minecraft are for sure at the top.

I like games I can just pause and walk away from for a bit. Or just play while watching videos. So the hour counts are never really accurate. But I can safely assume in the past few years its Rimworld. It’s my game I can play while doing other stuff. But if I crank up the speed it’s engaging enough to focus on if I want to.

Lifetime totals it may be Minecraft though, I usually go back to it every few years. The urge comes and goes.

I’ve been playing & modding Neverwinter Nights since 2005.