How to check my playtime in GoT?

[Topeira]

I have been playing about 3-6 hours on the 16th, 17th and 18th, but steam is saying 25 hours. Completely unreliable, unless it also counts the time when it's paused and im AFK.

Any better way to knowing playtime?

[Professor Pigeon]

Well steam just records the amount of time youve had the game open. If you actually closed the game when you arnt playing it that would make it more accurate.

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Originally posted by Topeira:

I have been playing about 3-6 hours on the 16th, 17th and 18th, but steam is saying 25 hours. Completely unreliable, unless it also counts the time when it's paused and im AFK.

Any better way to knowing playtime?

steam counts how long the exe has been open that's it.

so if you get a crash, the game still isnt closed because of the 'report a crash' screen.
so if you got a crash then the game would still be open then.
and if you are afk in game it will still count your playtime.

this is the same for ALL steam games.

[Topeira]

Ah. thats good to know that Steam is really inaccurate about how it measures playtime.

[Parboleum Loyce]

Originally posted by Topeira:

Ah. thats good to know that Steam is really inaccurate about how it measures playtime.

It's as accurate as it needs to be. You have the game open, one would assume you're playing it. It works for the vast majority of people and situations. Why leave the game paused and AFK so much anyway? You can save and quit basically anytime?

[Caged Nicolas]

Originally posted by Topeira:

Ah. thats good to know that Steam is really inaccurate about how it measures playtime.

Most games that count playtime on their own also include paused time.

[Willow Rivers]

Originally posted by Topeira:

Ah. thats good to know that Steam is really inaccurate about how it measures playtime.

Exactly how is a game timer suppose to know you are AFK and not actually playing? Even if the game has a play counter itself it would count your AFK time as playing as well, it has no idea you are not actually playing.