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I saw a recent post that 60% of playtime in 2023 was spent on games 6 years or older. What 6+ year old games are you playing? (lemmy.world)
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I haven't stopped playing Overwatch since it came out, still getting on with friends 2 or 3 nights a week and putting in a few hours (and I'm still awful lol). I also still log on to Battlefield 1943 from time to time to get in a few matches.

I also collect retro games so there is a good bit of time there. If anything I've struggled to find new games that I'd want to play more than something older and cheaper. I just picked up Dark Messiah for like 2 bucks and its amazing, hard to justify a $60-70 purchase when you can find deals like that on older but still great games.

I saw a lot of the playtime goes to still updated online games like Fortnite and Apex, but I wonder if part of it is that as time goes on there is a bigger pool of games to play. Sure there will always be cutting edge graphics and gameplay, but many people wouldnt be able to tell which indie dropped in 2010 and which dropped in 2024.

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Factorio kind of? Released 2020 but early access since 2014

Age of Empires 2 DE is a 2019 game but a spiritual successor to a 1999 game I've been playing since 2005.

Starcraft 2, Slay the Spire, Call of Duty Black Ops 3, Cities Skylines. You may notice these games all have a big modding scene which adds huge amounts of replay value.

Sid Meier Civ 6 because I get Civ fever every few months. Keep in mind the 2018-2019 expansions Gathering Storm and Rise and Fall were major overhauls of mechanics that really make it feel like a different game.