A dedicated Cities: Skylines player has stunned the gaming community by posting a scathing Steam review after clocking nearly 30,000 hours in the title, labeling it the “most frustrating, enraging game” of their life.
A Lifetime of City Building
It is rare to see a player sink 30,000 hours into a single video game, an act usually reserved for titles that players absolutely adore. However, a recent discovery on Steam proves that sometimes, extreme dedication stems from a completely different emotion. Records confirm the user had 29,926.3 hours logged in Cities: Skylines at the time of the review. While it is likely that a significant portion of this time was spent with the game client idling, the sheer volume of hours remains staggering for a single-player experience.
The Math Behind the Madness
If we assume the 30,000-hour figure is accurate, the user has spent the equivalent of over seven hours every single day playing—or at least having the game open—since its release 11 years ago. This commitment rivals a full-time career. Steam’s own data indicates the player remains active, with 68.3 hours logged in just the last two weeks, proving that their relationship with the game is as consistent as it is volatile.
“The Most Enraging Game of My Life”
Despite the thousands of hours invested, the player’s review, posted on April 11, 2026, is anything but complimentary. They wrote: “Constant updates break the entire game if it’s modded. And it MUST be modded because the vanilla version is so lame it’s unbearable. Paradox seems fixated on pastel cartoonish colors and buildings that look absurdly ridiculous. The constant breaking with updates has made this the BY FAR most frustrating, enraging game of my entire life.”
The Irony of Long-Term Play
This review highlights a peculiar phenomenon in gaming: the paradox of playing a title so intensely that you eventually develop a deep-seated resentment toward it. While many players might reach a breaking point after a few hundred hours, this user has pushed that threshold to an unprecedented extreme. It is particularly ironic given that Cities: Skylines is widely considered the gold standard of the genre, often outperforming its own 2023 sequel in terms of player satisfaction and stability.
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