What video games have you spent countless hours on and said to your self “”wow, i really got my money’s worth out of this game”” ?

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gerd · Accepted Answer

Monsterhunter World got me nearly 600 hours in the main game not even going for optimized builds (grinding decorations in the original endgame was just an RNG fest), 40 bucks for Iceborne in January already got me another 200 and there's updates coming with new content every month. I would've paid 120 if I had to for Iceborne, knew it'd always be worth it. Risk of Rain 2 cost me something like 20 bucks on steam, bought it on release about a year ago and I'm at 200+ hours now. It's a 3D third person rogue-like with a diverse cast of characters and a lot of replay value if the concept of randomly looting items and fighting to survive over and over is for you. They have already added alternatives for most characters' abilities that you can unlock through challenges. Not all of those are particularly useful (imagine making your best ability your worst be far), some are up to preference, but I enjoyed unlocking them at least, bar maybe one that is pretty BS.

Juliane Probst · Answer

Medieval total war 2!!

Mandy Mueller · Answer

slay the spire, stardew valley, terraria, minecraft, the legend of zelda breath of the wild and majora's mask.

ROSELIA · Answer

Spider-Man PS4

Gulbahar · Answer

So there's this game called Dark Souls

Kerrin · Answer

Counter Strike. I started playing the original and now play Global Offensive. I've played other games, but always come back to CS.

Unnur · Answer

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, of course

Gabriele Theiss · Answer

Hollow knight. Very cheap game and better quality than a lot of high end studios in terms of story length and immersion. Easily 40-70 hours depending on how you progress through the story and map. Replay value and post game content is great.

Lissy · Answer

Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Honestly, the whole Fire Emblem series, but Three Houses in particular.

MERRI · Answer

Dark souls 3, by far my favourite game

Amire · Answer

BATTLEFIELD 4. I think I paid something like 45$ for if, back in 2013 and still play it till this day! Have a huge group of online friends that still play, and we get on for a few hours every night or ever other night?

Nagma · Answer

ARK: Survival Evolved. Nearly 5000 hours on unofficials, just playing with dinosaurs. I admin on a couple of servers now, lol, one main admin and one as a backup.

Gerhardt · Answer

Got some weird ones here. MW3. Last I checked like 3 years ago when I played I had 61 days played(1464 hours give or take). The original Destiny. I know i can check on the website but I don't want to depress myself with seeing over 2000 hours played in that game.

Eili · Answer

Final Fantasy games..

Anmol · Answer

Uncharted 4 was one of the funnest games I've ever played

Elsinore · Answer

Fallout 3. XCOM 2. Civ 5. Dead by Daylight. Titanfall 2. Mass Effect. Dragon Age 2. I prefer games with replayability.

Vite · Answer

geometry dash lol

Nicole Schreiber · Answer

Honestly, most games. Games are fairly inexpensive compared to most things. Take going out to eat for example. Probably cost about $20-25 per person and you do it for about an hour. Games are $60 and you get hours and hours, days and days of entertainment out of them. Unfortunately, so many games are going away from that model, which is a bummer. Probably because it is clear that there is more money to be had.

Jonina · Answer

1400 hours in Path of Exile. It's free. I think that's a decent moneys worth.

Samaira · Answer

Dishonored 1 & 2. Love the different outcomes based on every little small thing you change. I tend to try to do each play through different, I always start with a 100% stealth 100% non-lethal play through, then change it up after each story mode completion

Basil · Answer

Tetris

Gun-Viol · Answer

League of legends.  Easily have logged 10,000 hours in that game. Still am silver 3. Worth every penny.

Simone Goldschmidt · Answer

Red Dead Redemption 2

Munroe · Answer

Skyrim. Got it on sale for $3

Dugan · Answer

Golden Eye and Mario Kart

Ernestine · Answer

LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy for the Playstation 2

Susanne Propst · Answer

World of Warcraft, even though it's 15 dollars a month Probably close to 15,000 hours over the last 15 years, and still growing!

Caroljean · Answer

Listing games I have over 500 hours in off the top of my head. Kerbal Space Program. Terraria. Starcraft (brood war and 2) Offworld Trading Company. Eve-Online From the Depths. Infantry Online Planetside1&2.

Ram · Answer

I have something like 300 hours in FTL and recommend it to everyone I can.

Halimah · Answer

Heroes of Might and Magic 3... Paid like 2 GBP when it was on sale and have spent so much time playing it scares me

Sandra Schroder · Answer

Europa Universalis 4

Cordey · Answer

OSRS. Playing since 2002.

Ninnetta · Answer

Rust

Garey · Answer

New Vegas (3200 hours) Rise of Nations (1000 hours aprox) GTA SA (550 hours) Oblivion (350 hours) Dungeoun Siege 1 and 2 (330 hours)

ARMANDINA · Answer

Farming Simulator for sure. All my targeted ads are agricultural now.

Wadad · Answer

No Man's Sky

Fatma · Answer

Football manager, love it and the community around it.

Karsten · Answer

Overwatch. I spent $30 on the game 3 years ago and now i have over 300 hours on the game

Ritag · Answer

TES 3: Morrowind EU4 X3: Terran Conflict FF14: ARR

Bhavna · Answer

Minesweeper

WYNONA · Answer

Enter the Gungeon

Mamie · Answer

Breath of the Wild.

Kirsti · Answer

Resident Evil 4, Jet Set Radio Future, Psychonauts

Noach · Answer

Warframe. First of all its free but i spend like 50 Euro on the Game in the last 4 Years which is really bang for your buck.

Jindra · Answer

Path of Exile. I've spent probably 600 dollars on cosmetic mtx and stash tabs, but I've got nearly 3000 hours out of it. Totally worth it. Also, if you don't want your character to look special, the game is free.

Christine Pfaff · Answer

"Elite dangerous. I've literally sat there like "one more run and I'll be done in an hour" eight hours later I'm still playing elite "

NAKESHA · Answer

Team Fortress 2 -$20

Goddart · Answer

I don't think there's ever been a Pokemon game I haven't put at least 100 hours into (think I put about 300 into Emerald and Platinum back in the day). Also, I always feel great satisfaction completing a game with great world-building and a memorable story - a few examples are any Zelda game, the Mass Effect trilogy, Persona 5, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 7 and the Dragon Age games.

Liane · Answer

The first Mass Effect. Probably 4-5 playthroughs around 40 hours each. And I only paid $10!

Nelia · Answer

Hollow knight,  I would say it's worth it even if it was $60

Felecia · Answer

Titanfall 2.

Jacqui · Answer

Factorio. $30 well spent. Edit: I've heard satisfactory is also a thing from many of you. Def gotta look into it but right now destiny 2 is taking up my free time Also: First gold, thanks! Gotta spread the factorio word.

Chantalle · Answer

"Stardew Valley. I've played through the "main" storyline on PC at least three times, then bought it on mobile and played through twice on there. I'm thinking of installing mods and messing around with it again. All in I spent around PS20 to buy the game TWICE and I have at least 300 hours in it. "

SENA · Answer

Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver. There is so much to do in this game. I'm 45 hours in and just got to the elite four in my nuzlocke run.

Brielle · Answer

Diablo II + Expansion. Hundreds of hours.  Red Alert 2. Pretty much everything by Westwood Studios.  Age of Empires 1 & 2.  Half-Life 1 and Counterstrike.  Boy they don't make them as they used to. Edit: thanks for the silver. My first one, just one day after cake day :-) Edit 2: some other great ones. Roller Coaster Tycoon 1, Morrowind, Boulders Gate, Commando's, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 (old version) Quake 3, Duke Nukem

Bruce · Answer

GoldenEye. N64

Lea Fassbinder · Answer

Gta san Andreas best fucking game ever worth every penny

Mandy Berg · Answer

Not me, but my wife. She is in love with Fire Emblem Three Houses. She now has about 280 hours in the game and is only on her second playthrough. By the time she finishes all 4 routes her playtime is gonna be monstrous.

Christan · Answer

Skyrim and Fallout New Vegas

Franziska Koertig · Answer

Either Minecraft or Terraria for me.

Aub · Answer

The binding of isaac. I've spent over 500 hours on a game for $25 and I never get bored.

Collins · Answer

"Animal Crossing! I saved up for over a year of Christmas and birthday money to buy myself a Nintendo DS and some games when I was 10. I wasn't allowed "violent" games (I was barely allowed the DS to begin with) so Animal Crossing was my most exciting game. I spent so many hours with that game, and I still play it occasionally as an adult. It's such a cute, relaxing game. "

Silke Faust · Answer

Doom. If I had a frustrating day at work or just want to unwind, there's nothing better than to slaughter your way through a horde of demons

Ilhan · Answer

civ5 never stops

DEANN · Answer

Kerbal Space Program Steam says I have over 1k hours logged to it.

TEREASA · Answer

Age of Empires II... I spent most of my maturing teen years on that... Hence the crippling, no wait - CRUSHING inability to socialise to date... Unless you too like to occasionally cheesesteakjimmy's?

LOYCE · Answer

Subnautica. Absolutely gorgeous, incredibly immersive underwater gem of a game with so much to do, build, and explore. I have spent just over three hundred hours playing it before finally more or less running out of things to do. And it still calls me back... Obscenely good value for a scant $25.

jihan · Answer

Rimworld

Klaudia Kohl · Answer

Halo 1-3

Stig · Answer

Civilization (pick your installment)

Arya · Answer

Rocket League. Easily have 2000 hours in 4 years.

vivi · Answer

Skyrim, RDR2, Horizon Zero Dawn, Witcher 3, and Breath of the Wild :)

Marina Abt · Answer

Definitely Rainbow Six Siege have over 1000 hours on it across Xbox and Pc and have spent at least $200 on it Edit: Gt on Xbox is ion Rio. I'd be glad to help anyone new or old to the game. I'm lvl 190 plat 3 with a 1.2 kd

Hazme · Answer

Age of Empires II since there is a not unremote chance that I may indeed not have actually obtained it, and it's additional content, in a strictly standard societally approved method of acquisition.

DELENA · Answer

Borderlands 2 Borderlands 3  GTA V

ADRIENE · Answer

Destiny & Destiny 2 Star Wars Galaxies, WoW Chrono Trigger (I've bought it several different times over the years.) Edit: It's awesome reminiscing about some of my favorite games with you all! :)

Michell · Answer

God of War (PS4): the story alone made my PS4 purchase worth it. If it was the only game I ever played on it, I wouldn't be disappointed. Skyrim: so many playthroughs Fallout 4: I still haven't finished the DLC cuz I keep replaying with new character concepts Age of Empires 2: It's been 20 years and my friends and I still meet up ~weekly to play. We're on the HD version of Steam, but still haven't beefed up our machines to handle the Definitive Edition Horizon Zero Dawn: Not flawless, but I love it Minecraft: I've bought this ~4 times (Wii, PC, 360, and Xbox One), and am still doing new things with my kids, nearing a decade after buying the first instance

Monika Biermann · Answer

Assassins Creed Odyssey. Massive, massive game that I got for $30 on a sale. I really enjoy it, too. Some may think it's repetitive, but there's so many different ways to go about doing things, I don't find it to be.

Tanja Urner · Answer

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. I have played through with just about every character class combination I could think of, dark side and light side. Also, blasters build, vibroswords build, no weapons ( force only) build, heavy weapons build, the list goes on.

Betlehem · Answer

Modern Warfare 2. Still play regularly til this day and the game is 11 years old at this point, it's amazing that online lobbies still exist. At one point I had 28 days played on multiplayer, but then my stats got reset. Now it's up to 15.

Christin Bohm · Answer

Star Wars Battlefront II, the original one. My older brother bought that game for PC for like 20 bucks in 2005. I've played thousands of hours on that game I'm sure. It defined most of my childhood

Wardeh · Answer

Super Mario Bros. 3

Tiia-Mari · Answer

Stardew Valley

Katharina Weissmuller · Answer

Persona 5. I took a gamble on purchasing the game and it checked boxes on my list that I didn't even know existed!

Chayenne · Answer

Minceraft

shahad · Answer

BOTW! I bought it with the voucher you get with online and love every second of it! Edit: Holy shit I didnt check redit for a while and I got so much comments and a medal! Thanks to al of you kind strangers!

Moishe · Answer

Dr Mario.

Pian · Answer

any Paradox game, really. I've got over 1500 hours in Crusader Kings 2 and EU4 respectively

Lovise · Answer

Rdr2 and the witcher 3

LAVON · Answer

The Sims 3

Crina · Answer

Good multiplayer games, anywhere from 0-60$ and hundreds if not thousands of hours of fun:  CS:GO and 1.6 before that Dota 2 and 1 before that Smash Ultimate and Melee Several Mario Karts World of Warcraft (harder call though having spent about a year or two sub on it)  Single Player?  Fallout 3 & New Vegas Mass Effect 1, 2, 3 Civilization V + DLCs + Vox Populi mod Skyrim RDR 1 & 2 The Witcher 3 Divinity: Original Sin 2 Several versions of Football Manager Soulsborne games: Dark Souls 1, 3, Bloodborne, Sekiro Path of Exile (that's right, single player)

Broderic · Answer

wow no one has said The Orange Box yet?

nuriye · Answer

The Last of Us I'm sure that sounds like a weird choice for this, but I love this game so much that I've played it at least 12 times, and the DLC about 6. I never get tired of the characters or story, and the changes in difficulty force you to change your strategy and approach to the game so much that playing it again can feel entirely new.

What video games have you spent countless hours on and said to your self “”wow, i really got my money’s worth out of this game”” ?

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lori

Buket

Mintik

Nicole Mauer

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Katip

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Don

Kenneth

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