10 Insanely Long Games for Your Coronavirus Quarantine

The long-running Japanese occult role-playing series is known for epic storylines, and Persona 5 is no exception.

The original game can take a solid hundred hours to complete.The enhanced version, called Persona 5 Royal, arrives on March 31 for PS4 and will remaster the old game and add even more new content. 

The gripping story takes place over the course of a year, where a ragtag group of high school students discover a mysterious inner world where people's darkest desires take control of them.

The game also boasts a complex "social link" system where extracurricular activities spark new abilities for the dungeons.

Difficult battles that eschew button-mashing for strategy make every choice matter, and multiple endings also await you here.

$65.00 at Amazon

While this Early Access hit doesn't have a gripping narrative to keep you hooked, the goofy but complex physics-based action makes Kerbal Space Program an optimal choice for long periods of confinement. 

Developed by Mexican studio Squad, the game puts you in charge of a space program on the planet Kerbin.

Your little green astronauts have a surprising amount of technology, but figuring out how to make it all work together is a monumental problem.

There are about a million ways a space flight can go wrong, and Kerbal Space Program simulates nearly all of them. 

Three game modes, from a free-form sandbox to more restrictive Science and Career settings, let you dial in your exact amount of challenge.

Buy it for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

$39.99 at Steam

The Switch's first real killer game brought the open-ended adventure of the Zelda series into a whole new dimension.

The absolute fastest anybody's ever managed 100 percent completion of the game and its DLC is slightly under 27 hours. 

Consider it was a player who has committed the entirety of Breath of The Wild's massive map to memory and realize that it would take almost 10 times that long to ferret out all of the secrets hidden here.

This is a game that manages to be both instantly accessible and ridiculously deep, and we can’t wait for the sequel Nintendo has been teasing.

$39.99 at Amazon

After you're done binge-watching the Netflix series, step into the shoes of Geralt of Rivia in CD Projekt RED's epic role-playing adventure.

The Polish company is notorious for stuffing its game worlds full of unique content, and this installment is no exception. 

Taking 3.5 years to complete, Wild Hunt follows Geralt as he tracks down his adopted daughter Ciri, a magical entity of enormous potential power.

The draw of the Witcher series is that the choices you make actually matter, and Wild Hunt has a whopping 36 different endings you can wind up with depending on a panoply of player decisions. 

Throw in a pair of very beefy DLC campaigns in Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, and you have an immersive fantasy experience that will keep you occupied for months.

Buy it for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, or Switch.

$35.99 at Walmart

On the surface, Derek Yu’s Spelunky seems like just another platformer where a plucky hero descends into a series of caves to find treasure.

But it’s what’s going on under the hood that makes this game an incredible time sink.

Using a perfectly tuned algorithm, every time you start a new game of Spelunky the world will be different. 

Unlike most 2D platformers, playing this is less about memorization and reflex and more about understanding the vast variety of dangerous situations your hero can find himself in and the tools he can use to get out.

We know people who have sunk thousands of hours into this one, and a sequel is on the way.

Buy it for PC, PS4, Xbox Live Marketplace, or download the original version for free.

$14.99 at Steam

This strategy title has a huge cult following, but it’s on the list for its absolutely absurd running time—over 100 hours to see its campaign through from beginning to end.

Battles take place on a small-scale tactical field, with warriors able to perform powerful link attacks based on positioning. 

What really makes Record of Agarest War stand out is its “Soul Breed” system.

As you’re battling hordes of monsters and advancing the plot, you’re also able to build romantic relationships with your companions.

Eventually, one will marry you and give birth to an heir, who you will then play as over the scope of several generations.

Buy it for PC, PlayStation, or Android.

$14.99 at Steam

Nintendo has dropped its latest installment in the bucolic life simulation series, and it's a really great quarantine pick for numerous reasons.

This Switch game begins with you arriving on a small island, where the shopkeeper Tom Nook gives you a house with a mortgage to go with it.

You then pay him back by fishing, gathering and selling fruit, or performing dozens of other low-stress activities. 

As your village grows, new animals move in with their own personalities and interests.

There's no "winning" Animal Crossing, and even though you won't want to binge it for many hours each day, checking in on your village not only gives you a feeling of accomplishment but also satisfies some of your social needs.

$56.92 at Amazon

Capcom's viciously hard beast-slaying series is famed for its massive content scope, and the 2018 multi-platform installment continued that proud tradition.

While some of the previous games boasted longer play times, World is available on modern platforms and will take you somewhere around 50 hours just to get through the base campaign. 

Of course, if you're dedicated to hunting down all of the bizarre beasts in the wilderness surrounding Astera, you can expect to sink somewhere around 300 hours into the game.

That's a huge chunk of change, more than enough to bring you to the end of any quarantine period with some serious trophies to show for it.

Throw in the huge Iceborne DLC and you'll be hunting until a cure is found.

Buy it for PC, PlayStation 4, or Xbox One.

$29.99 at Humble Bundle

Like Media Molecule’s previous Little Big Planet titles, Dreams for PS4 isn’t so much a game as it is a toolkit.

But while LBP was limited to mostly platforming creations, Dreams—which only just came out of Early Access—casts a much wider net. 

The creation suite here lets users build nearly anything their imagination can come up with, from abstract puzzlers to first-person shooters.

Even if you never make anything yourself, Dreams comes with access to the ever-expanding library of other people’s creations.

As long as your internet holds up, you’ll always have more to play.

$17.99 at Amazon

The long-running Japanese occult role-playing series is known for epic storylines, and Persona 5 is no exception.

The original game can take a solid hundred hours to complete.The enhanced version, called Persona 5 Royal, arrives on March 31 for PS4 and will remaster the old game and add even more new content. 

The gripping story takes place over the course of a year, where a ragtag group of high school students discover a mysterious inner world where people's darkest desires take control of them.

The game also boasts a complex "social link" system where extracurricular activities spark new abilities for the dungeons.

Difficult battles that eschew button-mashing for strategy make every choice matter, and multiple endings also await you here.

$65.00 at Amazon

While this Early Access hit doesn't have a gripping narrative to keep you hooked, the goofy but complex physics-based action makes Kerbal Space Program an optimal choice for long periods of confinement. 

Developed by Mexican studio Squad, the game puts you in charge of a space program on the planet Kerbin.

Your little green astronauts have a surprising amount of technology, but figuring out how to make it all work together is a monumental problem.

There are about a million ways a space flight can go wrong, and Kerbal Space Program simulates nearly all of them. 

Three game modes, from a free-form sandbox to more restrictive Science and Career settings, let you dial in your exact amount of challenge.

Buy it for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

$39.99 at Steam

The Switch's first real killer game brought the open-ended adventure of the Zelda series into a whole new dimension.

The absolute fastest anybody's ever managed 100 percent completion of the game and its DLC is slightly under 27 hours. 

Consider it was a player who has committed the entirety of Breath of The Wild's massive map to memory and realize that it would take almost 10 times that long to ferret out all of the secrets hidden here.

This is a game that manages to be both instantly accessible and ridiculously deep, and we can’t wait for the sequel Nintendo has been teasing.

$39.99 at Amazon

After you're done binge-watching the Netflix series, step into the shoes of Geralt of Rivia in CD Projekt RED's epic role-playing adventure.

The Polish company is notorious for stuffing its game worlds full of unique content, and this installment is no exception. 

Taking 3.5 years to complete, Wild Hunt follows Geralt as he tracks down his adopted daughter Ciri, a magical entity of enormous potential power.

The draw of the Witcher series is that the choices you make actually matter, and Wild Hunt has a whopping 36 different endings you can wind up with depending on a panoply of player decisions. 

Throw in a pair of very beefy DLC campaigns in Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, and you have an immersive fantasy experience that will keep you occupied for months.

Buy it for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, or Switch.

$35.99 at Walmart

On the surface, Derek Yu’s Spelunky seems like just another platformer where a plucky hero descends into a series of caves to find treasure.

But it’s what’s going on under the hood that makes this game an incredible time sink.

Using a perfectly tuned algorithm, every time you start a new game of Spelunky the world will be different. 

Unlike most 2D platformers, playing this is less about memorization and reflex and more about understanding the vast variety of dangerous situations your hero can find himself in and the tools he can use to get out.

We know people who have sunk thousands of hours into this one, and a sequel is on the way.

Buy it for PC, PS4, Xbox Live Marketplace, or download the original version for free.

$14.99 at Steam

This strategy title has a huge cult following, but it’s on the list for its absolutely absurd running time—over 100 hours to see its campaign through from beginning to end.

Battles take place on a small-scale tactical field, with warriors able to perform powerful link attacks based on positioning. 

What really makes Record of Agarest War stand out is its “Soul Breed” system.

As you’re battling hordes of monsters and advancing the plot, you’re also able to build romantic relationships with your companions.

Eventually, one will marry you and give birth to an heir, who you will then play as over the scope of several generations.

Buy it for PC, PlayStation, or Android.

$14.99 at Steam

Nintendo has dropped its latest installment in the bucolic life simulation series, and it's a really great quarantine pick for numerous reasons.

This Switch game begins with you arriving on a small island, where the shopkeeper Tom Nook gives you a house with a mortgage to go with it.

You then pay him back by fishing, gathering and selling fruit, or performing dozens of other low-stress activities. 

As your village grows, new animals move in with their own personalities and interests.

There's no "winning" Animal Crossing, and even though you won't want to binge it for many hours each day, checking in on your village not only gives you a feeling of accomplishment but also satisfies some of your social needs.

$56.92 at Amazon

Capcom's viciously hard beast-slaying series is famed for its massive content scope, and the 2018 multi-platform installment continued that proud tradition.

While some of the previous games boasted longer play times, World is available on modern platforms and will take you somewhere around 50 hours just to get through the base campaign. 

Of course, if you're dedicated to hunting down all of the bizarre beasts in the wilderness surrounding Astera, you can expect to sink somewhere around 300 hours into the game.

That's a huge chunk of change, more than enough to bring you to the end of any quarantine period with some serious trophies to show for it.

Throw in the huge Iceborne DLC and you'll be hunting until a cure is found.

Buy it for PC, PlayStation 4, or Xbox One.

$29.99 at Humble Bundle

Like Media Molecule’s previous Little Big Planet titles, Dreams for PS4 isn’t so much a game as it is a toolkit.

But while LBP was limited to mostly platforming creations, Dreams—which only just came out of Early Access—casts a much wider net. 

The creation suite here lets users build nearly anything their imagination can come up with, from abstract puzzlers to first-person shooters.

Even if you never make anything yourself, Dreams comes with access to the ever-expanding library of other people’s creations.

As long as your internet holds up, you’ll always have more to play.

$17.99 at Amazon