Asklemmy

Got hooked on Factorio back in 2016. Still am.

Baldur's Gate 3, four playthroughs back to back, two of em multiplayer. I still play it every now and then when I want to continue my honor run.

Besides that, Rimworld. Nearly 4k hours.

I'm still playing Starfield. I'm 120% the targeted audience. It helped me go through depression.

I'm a 45 years old dude, and I started creating a comic with my character in Starfield, by taking screenshots and adding speech bubbles with Figma. I didn't know I had it in me.

As far as I'm concerned, Starfield is self-care.

Ive been playing a lot of read dead redemption lately.

Deep Rock Galactic

Just gotta finish one last assignment...

I am utterly shellshocked by how much I'm enjoying Helldivers 2. It's been a very long time since I've daydreamed about going home to play but I just can't wait to blast some bugs with friends most days. It's like I'm 10 again

Dragons Dogma 2

• story: garbage
• storytelling: garbage
• performance: garbage
• CAPCOM: garbage

But I tell you what, the world, exploration and gameplay they've put together, it's all A+.

satisfactory on my 8th full playthrough and the game is not even 1.0 yet

~~Fac~~Cracktorio

I gotta go with Cyberpunk : i waited until very recently to start playing (didn't have a beefy enough computer before) and man am I hooked. The universe feels complete, and the characters feel real to me : truly a fantastic game

You'll laugh.

Bus simulator: Ultimate
Android game that will toast your phone, but it's pretty nice. It has a multiplayer too and a 2nd hand market where people bid on used buses. Naturally this means it's best to attempt to put a bus for auction in specific hours, and bid in others.

Some of the longer routes take well over an hour in real world.
One effect on me, which is also true for trains and busses in real life, is that it makes me sleepy pretty quickly.
Low frequency sound of the engine, trees moving past, road lanes quickly zipping past, you're just staring in front while doing minor adjustments and falling asleep.
I should not drive in real life.

No Mans Sky. Off and on for like 4 years now. But I keep coming back with each new update and I get completely hooked again.

Baldur's Gate 3. I just can't get enough. When I'm too tired to play myself I'm watching streams of other people playing. Sometimes I get fed up for a few days but so far it has always pulled me back in.

The "worst" for me was in 2006 with the release of Gothic 3. I had saved up for a powerful new PC and taken two or three weeks off work to play. I played deep into the night. Then deep into the morning. Then deep into the day. Then deep into the evening. Until my sleep schedule was aligned with my regular schedule again at the end of my holidays.

Ingress. I was obsessed with it. Couldn't stop playing.

I totally binged Alan Wake 1 in like 2 days. Then spent a while enveloped by Alan Wake 2! Part 2 really got the AAA treatment. It was funny, spooky, actiony. Lots of stuff to explore, the characters play differently.

I also didn't realize Control was part of the story, so now I gotta go play that!

I've spent a ridiculous amount of time with Balatro, the Steam Deck is Dangerous...

Probably WoW tbh. I don't play anymore and don't recommend it, but WoW with friends/guildies at its peak is unparalleled. You can't wait to log on and reconnect with everyone.

Crusader kings 3, aka Sims for psychopaths.

Stardew Valley

Currently Horizon: Forbidden West. So glad the PC port only took 2 years this time around rather than 5 for the first one (or however long it was)

Kenshi, and I still am. Before that it was Stellaris. Singleplayer sandbox with modding is basically what does it for me.

Outer Wilds

Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart

It has a special place for me because a long time ago, when I was younger, I had R&C Size Matters as the only game on my PSP and that's because I bought the PSP in a bundle

And that was the only R&C game I played until Rift Apart and that shit hit me like that scene in the end of Ratatouille mfer

Cyberpunk 2077 when it was released. And then panam made me cry ( ._.) And that scene inside the robo is burnt into my brain xD

I kinda didnt even realise alot of the bugs, cause I really enjoyed the story. I remember seeing the trees through the walls but the immersion/ my imagination was strong enough to mask them .D

Ignoring digital releases of card games, which I've loved since I was a kid, it has to be Valheim. I would spend hours and hours making structures like castles and villages, with their own defense mechanisms against monster invasions. It's a wonderful indie game, very pretty for only taking 1GB in storage.

Helldivers 2, currently. I'm hooked on the progression and acquisition of all of the unlockables, but it's the moment to moment gameplay that keeps me wanting to hunt all the loadout options I probably won't use anyway.

Currently hooked on Factorio.

Before that, Baldur's Gate 3.

Before that, Factorio.

Noita - for the longest time the addiction was something along the lines of not letting this 'simple' game beat me, and damn does it beat you...

Then I finally had my first God run breaking the reroll machines and oh my fuck it's like crack. I've been chasing that dragon ever since.

My own work in progress game, an arcade style deckbuilding game with meta-progression.

The current release doesn't include the last part but the next update will introduce it.

It's so fun to try to get a high score, and the randomness gives me the "just one more go" feeling.

I think there are two answers to this.

The most recent game I was completely captivated by and just obsessed with was Subnautica. I was deep into it in 2022.

The most recent one I spent a long time playing is Satisfactory, I started my most recent run in mid-December and completed it a week or two ago. Satisfactory didn't quite grab me the way Subnautica did in terms of loving this world, but I get into it. I had a goal of 100% full clearing it including buying all the trophies before it was out of early access, so I did.

Finally played Half-Life 2 recently. Best shooter I have ever played.

Runescape/Old school runescape

Been playing since 2009. Sure I've taken breaks, sometimes multiple years, but I always return.

The old saying is true, "You never quit runescape, you just take breaks"

Doom Eternal

Few games have captured my attention like XCom2, and it's last expansion.

I often find myself playing something new while also wishing it was XCOM 2...

Currently obsessed with BG3 and getting back into Hyper Light Drifter. It just feels too satisfying to go sicko mode on a room full of assholes and then grumpily stick my sword in the ground.

Elden Ring (again) I go back and forth between many games

To the moon. Played it a few years ago. Cried.

Modded minecraft

SimCity 3K - played it for YEARS, was involved heavily into the modding communities and basically thought of nothing else.

Even after pouring thousands of hours into the game, I don't feel like it was wasted time.