The original post: /r/gaming by /u/linus044 on 2025-08-05 11:13:15+00:00.

Hey guys, I have a question about gaming habits, and I’d like to tell you about mine and see if you have similar habits, or I’m just weird.

I have my own personal collection of favorite games. It’s games like Dragon Age Origins and Inquisition, the Mass Effect trilogy, Elden Ring, Cyberpunk and some MMO like ESO and SWtOR. It is a rather short list of games I play in very predictable circles.

A few days ago, I started a new playthrough of Cyberpunk. From experience, I know I will play it for at least two more months, then a burnout will come. I will lose my interest in Cyberpunk and I will not feel like playing another game yet. This will last for 1–2 weeks. After that, I will find interest in another game from my list and the circle starts again.

Does someone have it like this? I have friends who have played games like WoW for a decade without pause or friends who have hundreds of games in steam accounts and play many of them simultaneously. And then here I am, with my short list of games and never-ending circle of playing and burnouts. It’s not like I play 24/7, I’m 34 with a job and family, so I have stuff to do outside of gaming, but sometimes, it crosses my mind if someone does it the same way.