It depends really, for MP games I usually put in 300 hours or so, Ultra Street Fighter 4 and Monster Hunter World I have 300 hours, but I have like 692 hours on a more replayable game like Skyrim if you combine the playtime I have on the normal and Special edition.

Ideally I will look for games that will keep me interested for hundreds or potentially thousands of hours such as Path of Exile or modded Minecraft. While I do enjoy a good singleplayer story as well, that sort of stuff is usually something I'll do every couple of years. I enjoy having multiple high time sink games to come back to and and cycle through in periods. Also a big reason why I used to play so many MMORPGs.

I noticed I have a really sharp motivation drop after ~300h that is usually the point where i would say I am competent in a game and would need to put a lot of effort into to bocome better and reach the top ranks. And that is just not worth it for me. I mostly enjoy learning a game, figuring stuff out on my own is a large part of my enjoyment. I only have two games on steam with 500+ hours and those are Factorio and Stellaris. Factorio just took me a longer time to get bored of. Stellaris I usually play in ~30h bursts twice a year after a new dlc drops and changes the game completely. So everytime is a new game to learn which I really like.

Most games I play are single-player. And even then, I hardly play videogames anymore these days. I'd probably average about 8-10 hours on a game over the course of a few years, with some outliers like Killing Floor 2 and Dawn of War (this is by far the most time I've ever spent playing a game, without 300ish hours across the expansions and mods).

I just generally don't have the time or energy to invest in playing something. Maybe I'll play for about 30 minutes before I have the sinking feeling of needing to be more productive.

All over the map here. As of late I tend to be more focused and am putting in many hours to fewer games. If you look at my trophy list or anything else that keeps track, I have an extensive list of games I have only played a few hours of.

Honestly, neither makes you a “gamer.” Enjoying gaming is what makes you a gamer. Doesn’t matter if that is one game or a hundred games.

While I'm no completionist, it takes me a LONG time for me to finish games. Whether it be because I bounce between multiple games (Street Fighter 6 and Tears of the Kingdom currently), I do nearly everything in a game, or I set a stupid challenge for myself. I like to kneecap myself for no discernible reason in video games and TTRPGs. I'm attempting a 4 (but might be 3 soon) heart run in Tears of the Kingdom on my first run through. Why? Shrug

I tend to primarily play JRPGs and RPGs in general. The Xeno games have resonated strongly with me (all Xenoblade and Xenogears) over the past few years and each game has taken 100-200 hours each to complete. Hard to resist exploring the worlds in games like this and even the silliest sidequests can end up being a blast (and take you to unexplored areas of the map).

I've got a few games I sink tons and tons of hours into, mainly Skullgirls, Them's Fightin' Herds, Splatoon 3, and Slay the Spire. I'd like to make more time to finish story-driven stuff though.

Objective numbers: Steam tells me my most player game is Tabletop Simulator, but that one doesn't really count since it's lots of different games. My second most played game is still Destiny 2 at 285 hours, despite the fact that I stopped playing years ago. My most played non-steam game – also my most played game by quite a large margin – is Final Fantasy XIV, at 990 hours.

My favorite game I've played so far this year has been Citizen Sleeper, and that took me around 13¼ hours. Pentiment is probably my second favorite of the year, and that one took like 16¾ hours. I've done one playthrough of Disco Elysium and at 33¾ hours that one was starting to feel a bit long. Webbed was a really fun experience that felt nice and bite sized, and that one got 7½ hours. The most memorable game I played last year was probably Before Your Eyes, and that game is about two hours long!

Subjective thoughts and feelings: These days I much prefer games that keep themselves contained. I've got one big game I'm investing a lot of time in (FFXIV), but that's over the course of years and also a game played with friends, which I feel changes the dynamic. For solo games I look for things that tell a compelling story or offer a compelling gameplay experience, and don't feel the need to pad out gameplay to 200 hours (so most AAAs are kinda out for me these days).

I'm just busier these days than I used to be. Most nights when I get home from the lab I've got 4, maybe 5 hours free if I have leftovers and don't need to cook, there are no chores, I don't need to go grocery shopping, etc. Some nights I'll want to use those hours playing FFXIV with my friends. Some nights I'll want to work on other hobbies. Some nights I'll just be tired and want to lay down to read or watch someone else play some games on YouTube.

So even though a game like Disco Elysium only took a bit under 34 hours to finish, that was spread over like a week of evenings dedicated only to playing that game. I will admit to having lost sleep for Citizen Sleeper (ironically); I beat that one in about 2 days despite the length, because it was compelling enough to really not want to put it down. And Webbed I beat in its entirety in one long weekend day (plus coming back the next day to 100% it, something I almost never do anymore).