10 Video Games That Will Consume Your Life

10. XCOM Series

If you're the type of person who plays video games as a way of combating the stresses of every day life, then XCOM may not be for you.

However, if you're a masochist who loves a good challenge, then jump right in.

A perfect example of the 'just one more mission' approach to gameplay, XCOM provides an immersive, challenging and deeply rewarding experience that keeps the tension high throughout to ensure you keep playing.

As the Commander of XCOM, you must lead your hired soldiers into high-stakes turn-based skirmishes with the constant threat of perma-death looming over you. You begin to care about your soldiers, coming up with their backstories, loves, kinks and desires. So much so that you'll dread every order you give them, knowing full-well that you could be sending them to an early grave.

Alongside all the turn-based action, there's also base and resource management, research projects and weapon upgrades that keep you hammering away until the next UFO sighting drags you back onto the battlefield. It's so easy to find the hours slipping away as you plan ahead for future missions and uncover new and exciting ways of combating your enemies.

It's genuinely intoxicating stuff, but not for the fainthearted.