Depending on what kind of addiction behavior you might look at, it’s been different games.

For the ‘I think about it all the time, and wait for my next chance to get back to it,’ an old Minecraft modpack called Per Fabrica Ad Astra was the best. It was the full knapping flint tools through visiting other planets stack, with a good progression tree, so I was thinking about designs for an oil refinery when I should have been sleeping, trying to complete ‘just this one last thing’ when I should have been going other places, and forgetting to eat because I was making an in-game kitchen.

If you’re talking more the ‘The world has me beat, so I’m reaching for my…’ style, a favorite depressant, Hardspace: Shipbreaker is that. I beat it long ago but I still go back and just do a shift or several when even gaming is ‘just too much.’

And if it’s more the style of a stimulant, BPM: Bullets Per Minute. It’s a great way to hit a high speed flow state. Boom boom chik, boom boom chik

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.

I was in university and had just passed my midterms and as a treat for myself picked up both KOTORs. Mainlined that shit.

Mindustry

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

Valkyrie Chronicles, I legitimately called off work sick for 2 days when the game came out on ps3.

Diablo 2, Skyrim, BL2, BL3, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, Valheim, V Rising, Oblivion Remastered, D3, and now Helldivers 2. Roughly in order.

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.

Subnautica, Witcher 3, Far Cry 4, Metro Exodus, Dead By Daylight so far

Balatro

All FromSoftware games including most recently AC6. Also Stardew. I’ve beaten Stardew probably more than any other game and there’s a ton of mods that expand the experience.

Star wars galaxies, RuneScape, Minecraft, destiny 2, red dead redemption, dark souls 3, elden ring, bloodborne, and currently dayz

Rocket league. Scrolled all the comments and slightly disappointed to not find this one :/

This was a game I was truly addicted. Uninstalled it many times recognising it as an addiction but kept coming back to it. I feel lucky that I could break out of it. It was THAT addictive. Around 1200-1300hrs on that game.

First was RuneScape, that lasted a month or so. Next was Civ V, that was a couple weeks. I learned my lesson.

Rust. Its a horribly addicting game thats ruined many lives. Also, Frostpunk.