# Top 3 most-played Steam games **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [February 2, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-most-played-steam-games/958820 "2022-02-02T23:01:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-most-played-steam-games/958820/61 "2022-02-08T20:11:57Z")
Yes, X4 is a game that requires a lot of time and research. When I was playing it a lot I was watching YouTube tutorials, scouring the Steam, Reddit, and EgoSoft X4 forums, and Googling a lot. I really like space sim games and 4X strategy games, X4 is a great blend of both, there is no other game like it. It’s not perfect, I would like better AI and a better/bigger map, I always say Elite Dangerous is a mile wide and an inch deep but X4 is an mile deep and an inch wide. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-most-played-steam-games/958820/62 "2022-02-08T20:12:21Z")
I’ve played L4D2 (Left for Dead 2) for hundreds and hundreds of hours over quite a number of years. Love the game. I’m also now playing “B4B” (Back for Blood), but they’re trying to iron out a number of issues with it. I don’t think there’s a third. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-most-played-steam-games/958820/63 "2022-02-08T20:13:44Z")
I tried X, X2, and X3 (forget which one), but they never quite grabbed me for some reason. I believe I played X more than X2 or X3. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-most-played-steam-games/958820/64 "2022-02-08T20:53:19Z")
The later games catered a bit more to actual flying. My goal was complete economic dominance of the universe, which by the end consisted of staring mostly at spreadsheet-like lists of ships and factories 🙂 . If you actually like piloting your ships, X4 is probably the best of the bunch. I never played the original X. ---
**Author:** ![yarblek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/71e660/32.png) [@yarblek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yarblek)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-most-played-steam-games/958820/65 "2022-02-17T02:53:26Z")
Counter-Strike 3,558 hrs Last played: Oct 13, 2016 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 1,382 hrs Last played: Sep 2, 2020 Max Payne 3 704 hrs Last played: Apr 23, 2017 I started playing the original Counter-Strike before Steam even existed, so the actual hours for that game I could only guess at, but might even be twice the amount shown or more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-most-played-steam-games/958820.md?page=3)