For me it was Terraria, Satisfactory, Tetris Effect Master Mode, Minecraft with Mekanism mod & CSGO / CS2 (almost 2000 hours in CS alone).
Edit: There are so many answers that I might only reply if I have something interesting to say. I will read all of your answers though. 🙂
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Asheron’s Call hit me at just the right age. That was my mmo. I remember people going on about WoW like it was the most incredible thing, but it always felt like a hollow world to me.
I tried many other mmos over the years but none of them ever hit like the first one.
I think I was really just chasing that sense of wonder I felt at my first one, which is increasingly hard to capture as you move forward through life.
I played destiny 2 for six years straight.
I finally stopped playing early this year due to burn out.
Now I’m playing Diablo 4 which is a dead game btw.
Rust. Its a horribly addicting game thats ruined many lives. Also, Frostpunk.
Mindustry
deltarune, tf2, and uh… hsr or pgr.
Balatro
And Terraria most recently.
First was RuneScape, that lasted a month or so. Next was Civ V, that was a couple weeks. I learned my lesson.
I was in university and had just passed my midterms and as a treat for myself picked up both KOTORs. Mainlined that shit.
Star wars galaxies, RuneScape, Minecraft, destiny 2, red dead redemption, dark souls 3, elden ring, bloodborne, and currently dayz
Valkyrie Chronicles, I legitimately called off work sick for 2 days when the game came out on ps3.
last one was dave the diver. Loved it
Most games that spark a Tetris Effect with me, where I’m still playing them in my mind while I’ve put them down hours ago, are industrial automation games. So the likes of Factorio, Satisfactory, Captain Of Industry.
Factorio, Europa Universalis IV, Victoria 3, Baldur’s Gate 3 when it was new, and special shout-out to Outer Wilds which hooked me unforgettably
Diablo 2, Skyrim, BL2, BL3, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, Valheim, V Rising, Oblivion Remastered, D3, and now Helldivers 2. Roughly in order.