Playing multiplayer titles is the best way to involuntarily become a Patient Gamer

In my case there's a huge timeframe between 2008 and 2025 I have played mainly multiplayer games like Tibia, Runescape, Realm of Mad God, Counter-Strike, Killing Floor and rarely touched singleplayer games.

I have barely touched GTA1, GTA2, GTA 4 or GTA 5 (finished GTA3 and GTA:SA not so long time ago). I have spent 30 mins in Skyrim. In Witcher 3 2-3 hours while (Witcher 1,2 stay unfinished). HalfLife series keep waiting for me to come back and lead Gordon to the end of the story.

I can go with more and more examples with classic singleplayer games which patiently wait in my library and if you ask me, the multiplayer games really "help in this regard.

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Not sure about this. I have a couple friend who own ~5k games on Steam and all they play is either Dota 2 or CS2. It's been like that for years and I don't see any improvement on that state. :)

That doesn't sound patient, frankly if you're buying games and not playing them that sounds distracted and wasteful

You need a bit less patient and a bit more gamer.

No thanks. I actually did the opposite and avoid sweaty PvP and competitive multiplayer games and spend my time with single player experiences. The closest online game I play is XIV.