Digging Deeper Into The Data

I ran a few data mining jobs in order to see how my gaming changed over time.
Numbers/charts are automatically updated and reflect the latest standings (May 29, 2026).

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Completion Percentage

Before I got my first platinum trophy in September 2018, the total completion percentage was in a narrow band between 30 and 35%.
Then a steady climb (look at the deltas) started and I'm currently sitting at an all-time high of 75.9%.

Milestones

Quite rapidly the total completion ratio crossed the 60% mark.
I don't replay games from older systems (such as PS3 / PS4) so all trophies I missed on these platforms will be forever lost.

Right now I have to collect about 410 trophies to move my total completion ratio just 1% higher.

Month	Percentage (cumulative)
July 2019	40%
January 2020	45%
May 2020	50%
November 2020	55%
June 2021	60%
June 2022	65%
September 2022	66%
October 2022	67%
March 2023	68%
May 2023	69%
July 2023	70%
December 2023	71%
May 2024	72%
January 2025	73%
May 2025	74%
November 2025	75%

My final completion percentage of PS3 games is 34% (April 2011 - April 2011, 1 games).
My final completion percentage of PS4 games is 89% (November 2016 - March 2023, 145 games).
My current completion percentage of PS5 games is 100% (since April 2023, 71 games).

Years

Time tracking didn't exist in the days of the PS3, therefore no data is available pre-2017.
During COVID, I spent quite a few hours playing games on my PS4.
Numbers plummeted afterwards and even the arrival of my PS5 didn't revert that trend.

The value of the current year (2026) is an estimation based on the first 149 days.

Months

When it's cold, dark and silent outside then it's the perfect time to start up a warm, shiny and loud Playstation ...
As expected, in the winter months I spent more time gaming.

February's numbers are skewed due to two major effects: less days than other months and I often go on vacation during that time.

Weekdays

There is a surprisingly even distribution of trophies over all weekdays.
However, most active day is Sunday by a small margin and least active day is Thursday.

Best Hours

Gaming sessions preferably take place in the late evening.
On weekends or public holidays (or the very rare sick days) I might play during the day, too.

My “gaming clock” looks like this:

Point of Sale

The vast majority of games is bought online - almost always as part of a sale.
25.6% were included in my PS Plus subscription.
Usually I sell physical games after finishing them, so they don't occupy precious space on my shelves.

Note: I have no records of my PS3 games' point of sales. Pretty sure I purchased far more games in a store back then.

Trophy Distribution

When I got my first Playstation (a PS3) in 2008, it sparked some interest in gaming.
Two years later I had a peak and then it somehow became boring.

In 2016 I bought a PS4 Pro on release day. There were a few good games but nothing outstanding.
Two years later I made a shift from shooters to slower-paced and more story-centered adventures.
And the numbers exploded due to the abundance of spare time during the Covid pandemic (2020/2021/2022).

Let's see how the arrival of my PS5 (April 2023) will change my playing behavior ...

Longest Games

The Top 25 are more or less a list of my favorite games.
The epic Witcher 3 dominates by a wide margin - because it's just that great !

All these games have a platinum trophy, however,
I missed that platinum in 2 of them (Borderlands 3, Just Cause 3).
Borderlands 3 is the longest game I didn't finish.

Note: I don't like multiplayer / online games.

Trophies Per Game

Game developers have two obvious sweet spots when it comes to the total number of trophies:
short indie games like to award 12 trophies while bigger titles strive for 51 trophies (50 bronze/silver/gold plus one platinum).

Due to DLCs, there are even more trophies for a few games: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt gave me 79 trophies.
On the other hand, completing Alba: A Wildlife Adventure and What Remains of Edith Finch gave me just 9 each.

Time Per Trophy

There is no obvious correlation between the number of trophies and the time spent to achieve a trophy.
However, the majority of games tries to award you at least one trophy per hour.

A notable exception is Subnautica which took me about 3.75 hours per trophy.

When aggregating yearly data, the average time needed to get the next trophy remains pretty stable between 35 and 50 minutes.

Sessions

I rarely play multiple games at the same time. But when I really enjoy a game, I try to play it a few hours on consecutive days.
These are the ten longest sessions:

Consistency

In the past years, almost every month I got at least one platinum trophy.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2018									2	1	X	X
2019	1	X	1	2	X	1	1	X	1	X	X	2
2020	3	3	2	1	4	2	2	2	1	4	4	5
2021	3	1	2	1	4	2	1	3	2	1	4	3
2022	2	2	X	1	1	4	3	2	3	2	1	1
2023	5	X	1	3	2	5	3	1	1	3	1	1
2024	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2025	2	3	3	1	3	1	2	1	2	1	1	2
2026	1	2	1	1	1

Playstation Levels

Sony's level system feels weird and most people - including me - more or less ignore it.
Nevertheless, here's the data:

Level	Day
1	November 2008
50	August 2009
100	April 2010
150	August 2010
200	November 2011
250	March 2019
300	February 2020
350	March 2021
400	June 2022
450	June 2024

My current level is 484 (May 29, 2026).

Genres

My focus shifted dramatically from shooters to adventures.
The left chart shows the genres I played before 2020, while the right chart displays the distribution thereafter:
(labels of niche genres hidden)

Games' Age

Every week great games are released for Sony's consoles.
During my PS3 days, most games were less than a year old when I played them.
Nowadays, they are 2 to 3 years old (on average).

PEGI Rating

Not only the genres changed over time - the games' PEGI age rating did, too.
Before 2020 most games were intended for mature audiences.
As I grew older, the age rating dropped considerably (right chart: since 2020).