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What is most addictive game you ever played?


  1. The most addictive game I played _was_ World of Warcraft. Back when I was still playing it, I would get up in the morning, log in and not do anything other than play WoW the entire day. During summer break, I'd even turn my alarm on to 6am, so I had more time to play. It was insane, that game was basically my life for the better part of 3 years that felt like 10. I kind of miss being able to get so absorbed by a game in that way, but I am also not 18 anymore and don't have the time to spend so much time on one single game.
    — StateRoute67

  2. Civilization for sure. I've spent thousands of hours in 5 alone. (And Stardew Valley gets an honourable mention)
    — PatheticPathologist

  3. Animal Crossing. Taking care of your own little town is so addicting!
    — IlseWasHere



  4. Rimworld Finish digging? Time to make jail. Finish jail? Time to make craft-table. Finish craft-table? Time to make a 50m² freezer. Finish freezing? Time to fight those freezer-stealing cunts. Finish fighting? Time to dig more to make a bigger jail. etc etc More accessible than Dwarf Fortress and you don't have those unbalance moment.
    — IDisageeNotTroll

  5. Stardew Valley. It's so serene and I love making new farms and putting all the work into it. I've created numerous farms and never played the same way twice.
    — lumosnox315

  6. Age of Empires II I lose track of time very quickly in that game haha like I've lost 4 hours at a time very quickly
    — Pine_Apple_Crush



  7. When it was in its heights: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Nowadays: [Path of Exile](https://www.pathofexile.com/game)
    — MadNax

  8. World of Warcraft for sure. Interesting story, but that game changed my life. I met my wife while I was playing. She was 1000 miles away at the time and we played together for years until we decided to go to the next level and meet up. We did... now we are married (9 years) with 2 kids. And yes, we still do play sometimes.
    — THEoppositeOFyellow

  9. Factorio Edit: Thank you kind stranger for my first Reddit Gold.
    — JonPliskin



  10. Pokémon is pretty addictive at first. It’s easy to grind and finish that thing in one day just because you wanna see how the story unfolds and fully evolve your starter. You know it’s addictive when you buy the other “color” of the game when it’s essentially 95% exactly the same as the other. Especially the originals. Edit: As we speak, the new Pokémon game for Nintendo Switch has been announced “Let’s Go, Pikachu.”
    — treehouse1441

  11. Overall - runescape
    — Kiwianimeguy

  12. Minecraft, especially on a small server with friends. Double that for modded. Spent hours building and automating. Hell just mining was super zen and relaxing. Though I've lost my patience for it over years.
    — DVeagle74