Including DLC, micro transaction purchases, etc. If you got a game for free, please also list your non-infinite next best.

For me it’s Team Fortress 2. $100 total spent on hats and the Orange Box back in the day, 4200 hours plus of fun, meaning 2.3¢ AUD per hour. Initially I thought DotA2 would be my best but it turns out I’ve spent a lot more money in that game than I thought…

My worst is God of War: Ragnarok. Bought it full price for $95 AUD, only played 2 hours and hated it, meaning $47.50 AUD per hour.

  • BurntWits@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    9 days ago

    Most, probably Skyrim. Across all platforms I’ve only spent around $80, and have around 5,600 hours in, so about 1.4¢ per hour.

    Least is far harder. There have been several games I’ve spent $80 on that I played for a bit, didn’t like, and never touched again.

    Honorable mentions for most:

    Hitman: World of Assassination: 7.3¢/hr

    Forza Motorsport 6: 5.2¢/hr

    Fallout 4: 3.3¢/hr

    Assassins Creed Odyssey: 4.5¢/hr

    Oblivion: 10¢/hr

    Halo MCC: 7.8¢/hr

    Halo Reach: 8.2¢/hr

    Rest of the Halo series is probably around 10¢/hr each if I were to guess but I don’t have hours tracked for the rest of them

    Minecraft: 5¢/hr at a guess

    For cheap games that I got a ton of enjoyment out of but maybe not necessarily a ton of playtime: Gunpoint, The Silent Age, Celeste, Limbo, Inside, Stanley Parable, Monaco (I do actually have a fair amount of time in this one but don’t have hours tracked, maybe 20¢/hr but those hours were thoroughly enjoyed), Little Nightmares. Probably more I’m forgetting at the moment.

    • billwashere@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 days ago

      I love Skyrim. I really do. But my problem with Skyrim is (and I totally realize this is my own doing), is I have purchased it so many many times… Xbox360 (x3)

      Xbox One (x2)

      Steam (x3)

      Switch

      PS4 (regular and VR)

      PS5 (I think this might have been a special edition)

      And I’m not even counting the DLCs

      Now these all weren’t just for me or so I could have a copy at my girlfriends house so not sure that would count. But I’d be scared to count how much money I’ve thrown at Todd.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      8 days ago

      and have around 5,600 hours in [Skyrim]

      I’m amazed every time I hear about people playing Skyrim for so much time… I am aware of mods, but still… How?? That’s nearly 8 months of nonstop playing if you do the math.

      The only game I could imagine ever spending anywhere near that much time on would be Rimworld, and even then I think I’d get bored. And that’s a game with infinite possibilities. Skyrim is a mediocre Bethesda game.

      I dunno, I just find it baffling.

      • BurntWits@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        7 days ago

        I mean, that’s fair, everyone’s different. But the game turns 15 in November, it’s been re-released so many times that there’s many opportunities to pick it up again, and it’s really easy to start up a new playthrough and get where you want pretty quickly. Most content is available right away if you know what you’re doing.

        For me, it’s one of my comfort games. I used to play it so much one time that it sorta snowballed and I played it because I played it a lot. When I didn’t know what to play, it was my default. Elden Ring has since replaced it but I don’t have the time I used to for video games anymore. I think I might have 3 hours gaming in the last 6 months.