I’m curious about which story-focused games people keep coming back to and actually finish multiple times. I’m not talking about games where you restart partway through or roguelike games that are meant to be replayed. I mean games where you go through the entire campaign over and over again.
For me it would definitely be The Witcher 3. I think I’ve done maybe 5 or 6 complete playthroughs of the main story plus DLCs. Something about that world just keeps pulling me back in. The characters and storytelling are so good that I don’t mind experiencing it all again.
What about everyone else? Which single player game have you beaten the most times and what keeps you coming back to it?
Detroit Become Human, probably 4 times. The branching paths and different endings keep pulling me back - I can’t help but wonder what happens when I make completely opposite choices.
Persona 4 Golden for sure. That small town mystery hits different every playthrough - I’m always catching new details in the social links I missed before.
This might sound weird, but I can’t stop replaying Bioshock Infinite. I’m on my 6th playthrough now. Yeah, the gameplay gets repetitive, but the story’s so layered I keep finding new stuff. And once you know how it ends, all that foreshadowing hits completely different.
Mass Effect 2 takes it for me. Beat it 8 times trying different classes and romance options. The suicide mission never gets old and I’m always finding dialogue I missed before.
New Vegas, hands down. I’ve done at least 7 or 8 full runs and lost count after that. The faction system completely changes how each playthrough feels, and I’m always finding quest lines or dialogue I missed before. The DLCs are amazing too - they add tons to the main story. Even now, every run through the Mojave shows me something new.