What game have you replayed more times than any other?
Not necessarily the “best” game ever — just the one you somehow keep going back to years later.
For me it’s probably Age of Empires. I used to watch my father play it when I was younger, so replaying it now feels weirdly nostalgic.
Football manager
Command and Conquer series skirmish
Cities Skylines
Borderlands 2 (BL2). I love the characters, the writing and the story. Handsome Jack is my favorite villain of all time. The game play mechanics feel good to me. The difficulty levels goes up with subsequent play-throughs (True Vault Hunter Mode (TVHM) and Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode (UVHM)). There's decent DLC; "Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep" was my favorite. Also, it is possible that the story of BL2 hits for me because I also played the snot out of BL1 and fell in love with the characters there who re-appear in BL2 in very well written ways. For the record, I think BL3 and BL4 are inferior to BL2 by a long shot.
Stardew Valley. The first play-through without spoilers and without knowing what I was getting into was magical. After that, the variety of things to do and different ways to play the game kept me coming back. You can just chill and take things slow, or min/max it, or try a speed run, or just focus on your farm.
Edit to add: GTA V. Love the characters and the open world. So much to do.
Deus Ex or Half-Life, probably. The first Halo, too.
gta vc - one love, play it every time feel depressed to be recovered by warm childhood memories (around once a year)
If we don't count shooters or MMOs, probably some flavor of Civ.
Solitaire is probably right up there though lol.
Without a doubt DayZ. Many thousands of hours in, and I'm still a n00b. This game is the final form of gaming. The ultimate survival sandbox.
Minecraft and the Civilization series.
Morrowind, without a doubt. It looks and feels janky now but the storytelling is amazing. Far more interesting and unique quests than later TES games.
For more recent games: Control, HardSpace ship breaker, Ori, and Hollow Knight.
Oh and Journey