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There are only three games approaching 1k hours or even exceeding it:

- Unreal Tournament (instagib)

- Stardew Valley

- Age of Empires 2

They all have one thing in common; they're extremely relaxing to play. Yes, even UT - I just turn my brain off and I stop thinking about life.

Factorio for me.

This. Best game to repeatedly burn out on.

For all its complexity, it's actually pretty much relaxing and autopilot once you've crossed a few hundred hours.

And the replayability is off the charts. The burnout is real, and then one day you really wanna pick it up again. Rinse and repeat.

Agree 100% I keep going back and starting again. Learning new things all the time. My #1 best game ever.

Brain off in AoE2?? (not MP right?)

No not MP.. haha.. that's funny.