Here are the most addictive video games according to a British study

Which video games are the most addictive?

This is the question that a study conducted by the Private Rehab Clinic, a detoxification center located in the United Kingdom, attempts to answer.

To achieve this, the researchers selected around fifty games and then analyzed the opinions concerning them on Metacritic, a rating site, reports the specialized site

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They then counted the number of times the word "addictive" appeared.

This method allowed them to establish a track record dominated by

The game published by Psyonix is, it seems, even more addictive than

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who complete the podium.

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is in the top 10, in 9th place.

endless games

Martin Preston, general manager of the clinic, sees a commonality among the most addictive games.

“Many of them have no predefined end (…).

This means that the player does not get to a point where they have 'completed' each challenge or task, which brings the game to a natural end and allows them to move on,” he explains in 25entertainment.ie .

In 2019, the WHO officially recognized excessive gaming as a disease characterized by "loss of control over gaming and an increased priority given to gaming."

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