Is gaming a hobby or a hold on you? A private 6-question self-assessment.
Gaming is a legitimate hobby until it starts choosing your schedule. This check-in looks at the tell-tale signs: play time that expands to fill everything, sleep that loses, real-life plans that get skipped.
The result tiers are deliberately soft — 'hobby', 'watch it', 'time to reset' — because for most people the answer is a game-free reset (see the quit gaming tracker), not a forever goodbye.
No. It means gaming currently takes more than it gives. The clinical definition of gaming disorder is a matter for professionals — this test is a mirror, not a diagnosis.
A 30-day game-free reset tracked on this site. Most people find the loop loosens within two weeks and the question answers itself.