10 Biggest Video Game Time Sinks
5. Grand Theft Auto V
Grand Theft Auto games have always been easy to lose yourself in. From the wacky world of GTA: San Andreas to the more grounded and gritty Liberty City of GTA IV, stealing vehicles, killing your rivals and just exploring the lush open world are rewarding experiences.
2013's Grand Theft Auto V is the series' undeniable peak, as evidenced by the fact that it broke seven Guinness World Records upon release and is the best-selling game of all time in the UK. Its world of Los Santos and Blaine County is unparalleled, rich and beautiful, with thousands of unique inhabitants and hundreds of things to do.
The main story is epic, with several heists that are incredibly fun to plan and execute. But there's so much more to the game. Side missions include races, assassinations, collecting items, hunting animals and snapping photos. You can have a game of darts, do yoga and play eighteen holes on the fully-realised golf course. You can dive to the bottom of the ocean and climb to the top of Mount Chilead. You can search for pages to solve a murder mystery, hunt for the parts of a crashed alien spaceship or try to find an elusive ghost.
There is so much to see and do in GTA V that you could literally play for days on end and still find new things.