To celebrate National Games Day on Sunday 20th December, Liberty Games has revealed the best video games by analysing the amount of time taken to complete, and the difficulty rating. View the full piece here. The following games are a culmination of popular titles and are based on a standard playthrough, no speedruns have been considered. Although National Games Day is normally heading by tabletop giant Games Workshop, it’s great to be inclusive. Find out more about the event here.
National Games Day Top 20:
Will Jobbins goes on to delve deeper into the above game times and how they correlate:
“Red Dead Redemption II, The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild and Fortnite has the longest completionist times from the top 20, with Red Dead Redemption II taking seven days to complete The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild taking 7.8 days and Fornite taking 9.8.
From the two tables, you can see that the ‘shooter’ category is the most popular, with 7 out of the 20 games coming under the shooter genre. The ‘action’ genre comes joint second with the ‘action-adventure’ genre, both having four games out of the 20 falling under these genres.
When it comes to difficulty Cuphead comes top with a difficulty score of 4.25 out of 5. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege is the second most difficult game scoring 3.77 out of 5 and The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild is third with a score of 3.44 out of 5. If you’re looking for a more relaxing and easier game for lockdown, Roblox is a great one, with a difficulty score of 2.53 out of 5.”
