Games

If it still ran, MW2. Loved it

but today it would have to be minecraft. I have to play it in sessions but, it never fails to find a mod pack or challenge setup.

The Elder Scrolls Online was my first 1,000+ hour game, but it's since been long surpassed by Dead By Daylight.

Space engineers

BeamNG.

I just can't stop crashing cars into things in slow motion.

Satisfactory

Minecraft...

Factorio, it's fun from the first minute but you'll still be learning new things after 1000 hours.

cracktorio

Per my steam library:

Factorio: 3,375.4 hours

Dyson Sphere Program: 2,505.9 h

Stellaris: 2,236.6 h

Terraria 2,629.9h

Skyrim: 1,239.5 h

Dungeon Defenders only has 600 hours on Steam, but I'm well over 2000 hours between Steam and PS3/4

I've also got a few thousand hours in Just Cause 2&3, as well as several Gran Turismo games and Forza Motorsport games. Morrowind probably has 2-3000 hours, oh and I'm not allowed near Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri anymore.

Secret of Mana and Chrono Trigger are probably up there as well since I'll replay them every decade or so.

The Binding of Isaac

Stellaris. I'm almost at 1400 hours in the game and while I now play it a lot less often than in the first 1000 hours, I still get the itch to play it again a few times a year.

Pavlov VR

Path of Exile. Hands down.

I just broke 1400 hours and still going strong. There's so much to do and so much to learn, and it's so good at rewarding grinding and keeping you chasing those incremental improvements. It's 100% replaced RuneScape for me.

I have broken 1000 hours with Cookie Clicker, Guild Wars 2, RuneScape, and Eve Online. I don't recommend the latter two anymore, but CC and GW2 still hold up.

Honorable mention to Factorio. I'm still in the hundreds but it's climbing.

The only two games I have that much time in are Factorio and Satisfactory.

Factorio

The Factory Must Grow

I’m almost 100 hours into my new space age save, and I’ve played nearly 1k hours since I bought it 5ish years ago. By far one of the most enjoyable games I’ve ever played and I highly recommend it to everyone who enjoys sandbox games

Sims 3, Skyrim, Fallout 4

Project Zomboid, Valheim

I am Not even close to 1000h but devinetively Factorio. Be aware, this game is a massive time sink and makes you play for way longer than you want. Especially with the new expansion you can spend enormous amounts of time in this game.

Project Zomboid, Rimworl, Dwarf Fortress, Stellaris, Starsector...

Dark age of Camelot. 6000 hours on my main character. I prefer not to think about how could life be different now if I had not started this game…

Elite Dangerous. Well over 1,000 hours, especially with friends to explore the black with. Hard to get into, but it has so much stuff to do. It made me passionate about space! (And it's always fun reading articles about a far-flung star and thinking "hey! I've been there!")

terraria for me. i keep managing to find new stuff over a thousand hours later.

"Has this item always been here?! no way. REALLY?"

Ark.

The only two games I have that I've put more than 1000 hours in are Factorio and Rimworld. I'd highly recommend both.

noita

I'm closing in on 2000 hours, and it's such a great game if you like challenges and discovery.

I started playing it after one of the devs said, "I don't think anyone will ever make another game like it."

It's a terrific implementation of a very pure concept.

I really hope that, despite the development challenge it may present, "noitalike" becomes a thing.

I think it's an engine that would integrate really well with ML world/asset generation, too.

Warframe. Inching closer to 3.000h currently.

It does come in waves, but every once in a while I go all in again and lose myself in the infinite things you can do.

Factorio: 2344

Path of Exile: 2736

Rimworld: 2191

Kerbal Space Program: 1071

I have a bunch of honorable mentions in the several hundred hours ranges that are only not 1k+ because I have severe ADHD and something else became a hyperfocus before they hit that point:

Backpack Hero

Ark

The Last Spell

Timberborn

Factory Town

Dyson Sphere Program

Loop Hero

Brotato

Satisfactory

Path of Achra

Against the Storm

Desynced

Apart from Flight Simulator 2020 and DCS, I absolutely love games like Euro Truk Simulator 2 and Snowrunner. I put ungodly amounts of hours into those. Especially ETS 2 is incredibly relaxing. No pressure, just a lovely drive. It’s definitely not for everyone though.

Deep Rock Galactic

I've been playing Tf2 for over 1.5k hours now. I recommend you to try it out There's a reason why that game from 2007 is still not dead.

Minecraft FTL Destiny 2

Oxygen Not Included- very detailed colony sim where scientific things like heat exchange, air pressure, etc. are essential for survival. I swear, my next file will be perfect...