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There are plenty of reasons why someone's account might rack up hours in a game they don't particularly enjoy.
Being driven by a completionist streak, letting someone else play on their machine, needing a distraction from an unhappy life, supporting a friend who wants to play together, being bored of all their other games, leaving the game at a menu screen while they're doing other things... the possibilities are endless.
I won't discount a review for having a high hours count, but I might for being especially rude.
I think my curiosity is complaining about it for 40 hours, then playing it nonstop for two weeks for another 80.
I wonder if they were quick to review and will return with a more insightful opinion?
My steam review for rinworld would say I have some 6000 hours in game, but I've only played maybe 300. I have a habit of leaving games open while I go to bed, or make meals, or go to work. I'll leave a game running for days just so I don't have to launch it again when I want to start. I only put so much stock into playtime because of that.