If you spend 100 hours in a single game, it sometimes feels like an eternity. A player on Steam mockingly compares 100 hours of playtime with his stats.
Think back to the year 2010, specifically September. What has changed since then? Does your life still look like it did back then or is it, like mine, that these two life phases are completely different?
Now imagine you spent around 20% of the time since then on just one game on Steam, plus you finished your education, went to work, and slept. Out of every hour of your life since 2010, you would have spent about 10 – 15 minutes solely on this one game.
Apparently, a player on Steam has gone through this with Sid Meier’s: Civilization 5.
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Since the release, “simon” has exactly 21,167.1 hours on his Steam profile and that in just one game – Sid Meier’s: Civilization 5 (as of: 22.01.23 / via steam.com). And he is still not done with it. In the past 2 weeks, another 9.8 hours have been added.
With the nearly 10 hours, the usual playtime ratio goes down, but even in 10 hours of Civilization in 2 weeks, there’s a lot to experience in the game. According to a study, by the way, simon is likely to be an excellent manager.
The player gained attention with this outstanding playtime due to a review that simon wrote on December 31, 2022 – after over 880 days of playtime. These reviews are displayed on the shop pages of the respective games along with the playtime. It states:
The first 20,000 hours were okay …
Even though the review is short and likely not meant to be taken seriously – the incredible playtime alone received a lot of support from the community. The post is filled with badges that other players have left behind in the short line.
With my ridiculous 200 hours in Civilization 5, I can’t keep up. Destiny 1 was the biggest time sink in my life with about 4,000 hours. However, I achieved that within 2 years and during my studies – the ratio back then was quite similar to simon’s.
But I couldn’t have done that for 12 years. What an incredible achievement! Especially in a game that is neither an MMORPG nor follows a live-service approach.
Even if you play for 50 years, each time 400 hours, you just barely reach simon’s playtime.
What about you? Which game ranks first for you in terms of playtime, which would you have liked to play for so long? Leave a comment.
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