diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
index 4704b340b2..1e4e6f403c 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -541,6 +541,8 @@ add_library(core
   SysConf.h
   System.cpp
   System.h
+  TimePlayed.cpp
+  TimePlayed.h
   TitleDatabase.cpp
   TitleDatabase.h
   WC24PatchEngine.cpp
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Config/MainSettings.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/Config/MainSettings.cpp
index 0442347fdd..663df65d8e 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Config/MainSettings.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Config/MainSettings.cpp
@@ -459,6 +459,8 @@ const Info<bool> MAIN_GAMELIST_COLUMN_BLOCK_SIZE{{System::Main, "GameList", "Col
                                                  false};
 const Info<bool> MAIN_GAMELIST_COLUMN_COMPRESSION{{System::Main, "GameList", "ColumnCompression"},
                                                   false};
+const Info<bool> MAIN_GAMELIST_COLUMN_TIME_PLAYED{{System::Main, "GameList", "ColumnTimePlayed"},
+                                                  true};
 const Info<bool> MAIN_GAMELIST_COLUMN_TAGS{{System::Main, "GameList", "ColumnTags"}, false};
 
 // Main.FifoPlayer
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Config/MainSettings.h b/Source/Core/Core/Config/MainSettings.h
index b6e8f966c7..2dc4d29987 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Config/MainSettings.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Config/MainSettings.h
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ extern const Info<bool> MAIN_GAMELIST_COLUMN_FILE_SIZE;
 extern const Info<bool> MAIN_GAMELIST_COLUMN_FILE_FORMAT;
 extern const Info<bool> MAIN_GAMELIST_COLUMN_BLOCK_SIZE;
 extern const Info<bool> MAIN_GAMELIST_COLUMN_COMPRESSION;
+extern const Info<bool> MAIN_GAMELIST_COLUMN_TIME_PLAYED;
 extern const Info<bool> MAIN_GAMELIST_COLUMN_TAGS;
 
 // Main.FifoPlayer
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
index 21d722290e..495071cff4 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <climits>
 #include <memory>
+#include <mutex>
 #include <optional>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
@@ -98,6 +99,42 @@ void SConfig::LoadSettings()
   Config::Load();
 }
 
+const std::string& SConfig::GetGameID() const
+{
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_metadata_lock);
+  return m_game_id;
+}
+
+const std::string& SConfig::GetGameTDBID() const
+{
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_metadata_lock);
+  return m_gametdb_id;
+}
+
+const std::string& SConfig::GetTitleName() const
+{
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_metadata_lock);
+  return m_title_name;
+}
+
+const std::string& SConfig::GetTitleDescription() const
+{
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_metadata_lock);
+  return m_title_description;
+}
+
+u64 SConfig::GetTitleID() const
+{
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_metadata_lock);
+  return m_title_id;
+}
+
+u16 SConfig::GetRevision() const
+{
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_metadata_lock);
+  return m_revision;
+}
+
 void SConfig::ResetRunningGameMetadata()
 {
   SetRunningGameMetadata("00000000", "", 0, 0, DiscIO::Region::Unknown);
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.h b/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.h
index 999cc9f86c..9dfc331232 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <limits>
+#include <mutex>
 #include <optional>
 #include <set>
 #include <string>
@@ -58,15 +59,16 @@ struct SConfig
   std::string m_strSRAM;
 
   std::string m_debugger_game_id;
+
   // TODO: remove this as soon as the ticket view hack in IOS/ES/Views is dropped.
   bool m_disc_booted_from_game_list = false;
 
-  const std::string& GetGameID() const { return m_game_id; }
-  const std::string& GetGameTDBID() const { return m_gametdb_id; }
-  const std::string& GetTitleName() const { return m_title_name; }
-  const std::string& GetTitleDescription() const { return m_title_description; }
-  u64 GetTitleID() const { return m_title_id; }
-  u16 GetRevision() const { return m_revision; }
+  const std::string& GetGameID() const;
+  const std::string& GetGameTDBID() const;
+  const std::string& GetTitleName() const;
+  const std::string& GetTitleDescription() const;
+  u64 GetTitleID() const;
+  u16 GetRevision() const;
   void ResetRunningGameMetadata();
   void SetRunningGameMetadata(const DiscIO::Volume& volume, const DiscIO::Partition& partition);
   void SetRunningGameMetadata(const IOS::ES::TMDReader& tmd, DiscIO::Platform platform);
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ private:
                               u64 title_id, u16 revision, DiscIO::Region region);
 
   static SConfig* m_Instance;
+  mutable std::mutex m_metadata_lock;
 
   std::string m_game_id;
   std::string m_gametdb_id;
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/HW/CPU.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/HW/CPU.cpp
index 1eae912476..785a172ca7 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/HW/CPU.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/HW/CPU.cpp
@@ -10,16 +10,20 @@
 #include "AudioCommon/AudioCommon.h"
 #include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
 #include "Common/Event.h"
+#include "Common/Timer.h"
+#include "Core/ConfigManager.h"
 #include "Core/CPUThreadConfigCallback.h"
 #include "Core/Core.h"
 #include "Core/Host.h"
 #include "Core/PowerPC/GDBStub.h"
 #include "Core/PowerPC/PowerPC.h"
 #include "Core/System.h"
+#include "Core/TimePlayed.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/Fifo.h"
 
 namespace CPU
 {
+
 CPUManager::CPUManager(Core::System& system) : m_system(system)
 {
 }
@@ -63,6 +67,34 @@ void CPUManager::ExecutePendingJobs(std::unique_lock<std::mutex>& state_lock)
   }
 }
 
+void CPUManager::StartTimePlayedTimer()
+{
+  // Steady clock for greater accuracy of timing
+  std::chrono::steady_clock timer;
+  auto prev_time = timer.now();
+
+  while (true)
+  {
+    const std::string game_id = SConfig::GetInstance().GetGameID();
+    TimePlayed time_played(game_id);
+    auto curr_time = timer.now();
+
+    // Check that emulation is not paused
+    if (m_state == State::Running)
+    {
+      auto diff_time = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(curr_time - prev_time);
+      time_played.AddTime(diff_time);
+    }
+
+    prev_time = curr_time;
+
+    if (m_state == State::PowerDown)
+      return;
+
+    m_time_played_finish_sync.WaitFor(std::chrono::seconds(30));
+  }
+}
+
 void CPUManager::Run()
 {
   auto& power_pc = m_system.GetPowerPC();
@@ -71,6 +103,9 @@ void CPUManager::Run()
   // We can't rely on PowerPC::Init doing it, since it's called from EmuThread.
   PowerPC::RoundingModeUpdated(power_pc.GetPPCState());
 
+  // Start a separate time tracker thread
+  auto timing = std::thread(&CPUManager::StartTimePlayedTimer, this);
+
   std::unique_lock state_lock(m_state_change_lock);
   while (m_state != State::PowerDown)
   {
@@ -165,6 +200,11 @@ void CPUManager::Run()
       break;
     }
   }
+
+  // m_timer_finish.notify_one();
+  m_time_played_finish_sync.Set();
+  timing.join();
+
   state_lock.unlock();
   Host_UpdateDisasmDialog();
 }
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/HW/CPU.h b/Source/Core/Core/HW/CPU.h
index 57e8a31a29..9550e016df 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/HW/CPU.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/HW/CPU.h
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <Common/Event.h>
 #include <condition_variable>
 #include <functional>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <queue>
 
 namespace Common
+
 {
 class Event;
 }
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ public:
 private:
   void FlushStepSyncEventLocked();
   void ExecutePendingJobs(std::unique_lock<std::mutex>& state_lock);
+  void StartTimePlayedTimer();
   void RunAdjacentSystems(bool running);
   bool SetStateLocked(State s);
 
@@ -133,6 +136,7 @@ private:
   bool m_state_cpu_step_instruction = false;
   Common::Event* m_state_cpu_step_instruction_sync = nullptr;
   std::queue<std::function<void()>> m_pending_jobs;
+  Common::Event m_time_played_finish_sync;
 
   Core::System& m_system;
 };
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/TimePlayed.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/TimePlayed.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a006fdce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/TimePlayed.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "Common/FileUtil.h"
+#include "Common/IniFile.h"
+#include "TimePlayed.h"
+
+// used for QT interface - general access to time played for games
+TimePlayed::TimePlayed()
+{
+  m_game_id = "None";
+  ini_path = File::GetUserPath(D_CONFIG_IDX) + "TimePlayed.ini";
+  ini.Load(ini_path);
+  time_list = ini.GetOrCreateSection("Time Played");
+}
+
+void FilterUnsafeCharacters(std::string& game_id)
+{
+  const std::string forbiddenChars = "\\/:?\"<>|";
+  for (auto& chr : game_id)
+  {
+    if (forbiddenChars.find(chr) != std::string::npos)
+    {
+      chr = '_';
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+TimePlayed::TimePlayed(std::string game_id)
+{
+  // filter for unsafe characters
+  FilterUnsafeCharacters(game_id);
+
+  m_game_id = game_id;
+  ini_path = File::GetUserPath(D_CONFIG_IDX) + "TimePlayed.ini";
+  ini.Load(ini_path);
+  time_list = ini.GetOrCreateSection("Time Played");
+}
+
+void TimePlayed::AddTime(std::chrono::milliseconds time_emulated)
+{
+  if (m_game_id == "None")
+  {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  u64 previous_time;
+  time_list->Get(m_game_id, &previous_time);
+  time_list->Set(m_game_id, previous_time + u64(time_emulated.count()));
+  ini.Save(ini_path);
+}
+
+u64 TimePlayed::GetTimePlayed()
+{
+  if (m_game_id == "None")
+  {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  u64 previous_time;
+  time_list->Get(m_game_id, &previous_time);
+  return previous_time;
+}
+
+u64 TimePlayed::GetTimePlayed(std::string game_id)
+{
+  FilterUnsafeCharacters(game_id);
+  u64 previous_time;
+  time_list->Get(game_id, &previous_time);
+  return previous_time;
+}
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/TimePlayed.h b/Source/Core/Core/TimePlayed.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71f631cd4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/TimePlayed.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
+#include "Common/IniFile.h"
+
+class TimePlayed
+{
+public:
+  TimePlayed();
+  TimePlayed(std::string game_id);
+
+  void AddTime(std::chrono::milliseconds time_emulated);
+
+  u64 GetTimePlayed();
+  u64 GetTimePlayed(std::string game_id);
+
+private:
+  std::string m_game_id;
+  Common::IniFile ini;
+  std::string ini_path;
+
+  Common::IniFile::Section* time_list;
+};
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinLib.props b/Source/Core/DolphinLib.props
index e41e9fc26a..367c347213 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinLib.props
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinLib.props
@@ -459,6 +459,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="Core\SyncIdentifier.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Core\SysConf.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Core\System.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="Core\TimePlayed.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Core\TitleDatabase.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Core\WC24PatchEngine.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Core\WiiRoot.h" />
@@ -1125,6 +1126,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="Core\State.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Core\SysConf.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Core\System.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="Core\TimePlayed.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Core\TitleDatabase.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Core\WiiRoot.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Core\WiiUtils.cpp" />
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/GameList/GameList.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/GameList/GameList.cpp
index 7824925396..a4514a0449 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/GameList/GameList.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/GameList/GameList.cpp
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ void GameList::MakeListView()
     SetResizeMode(Column::FileFormat, Mode::Fixed);
     SetResizeMode(Column::BlockSize, Mode::Fixed);
     SetResizeMode(Column::Compression, Mode::Fixed);
+    SetResizeMode(Column::TimePlayed, Mode::Interactive);
     SetResizeMode(Column::Tags, Mode::Interactive);
 
     // Cells have 3 pixels of padding, so the width of these needs to be image width + 6. Banners
@@ -273,6 +274,7 @@ void GameList::UpdateColumnVisibility()
   SetVisiblity(Column::FileFormat, Config::Get(Config::MAIN_GAMELIST_COLUMN_FILE_FORMAT));
   SetVisiblity(Column::BlockSize, Config::Get(Config::MAIN_GAMELIST_COLUMN_BLOCK_SIZE));
   SetVisiblity(Column::Compression, Config::Get(Config::MAIN_GAMELIST_COLUMN_COMPRESSION));
+  SetVisiblity(Column::TimePlayed, Config::Get(Config::MAIN_GAMELIST_COLUMN_TIME_PLAYED));
   SetVisiblity(Column::Tags, Config::Get(Config::MAIN_GAMELIST_COLUMN_TAGS));
 }
 
@@ -1005,6 +1007,7 @@ void GameList::OnColumnVisibilityToggled(const QString& row, bool visible)
       {tr("File Format"), Column::FileFormat},
       {tr("Block Size"), Column::BlockSize},
       {tr("Compression"), Column::Compression},
+      {tr("Time Played"), Column::TimePlayed},
       {tr("Tags"), Column::Tags},
   };
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/GameList/GameListModel.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/GameList/GameListModel.cpp
index c70a870c23..28ab518425 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/GameList/GameListModel.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/GameList/GameListModel.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <QRegularExpression>
 
 #include "Core/Config/MainSettings.h"
+#include "Core/TimePlayed.h"
 
 #include "DiscIO/Enums.h"
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ QVariant GameListModel::data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const
     return QVariant();
 
   const UICommon::GameFile& game = *m_games[index.row()];
+  TimePlayed timer;
 
   switch (static_cast<Column>(index.column()))
   {
@@ -187,6 +189,22 @@ QVariant GameListModel::data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const
       return compression.isEmpty() ? tr("No Compression") : compression;
     }
     break;
+  case Column::TimePlayed:
+    if (role == Qt::DisplayRole || role == SORT_ROLE)
+    {
+      std::string game_id = game.GetGameID();
+      std::chrono::milliseconds total_time(timer.GetTimePlayed(game_id));
+      std::chrono::minutes total_minutes =
+          std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::minutes>(total_time);
+      std::chrono::hours total_hours = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::hours>(total_time);
+
+      // i18n: A time displayed as hours and minutes
+      QString formatted_time = tr("%1h %2m")
+                                   .arg(total_hours.count())
+                                   .arg(total_minutes.count() - total_hours.count() * 60);
+      return formatted_time;
+    }
+    break;
   case Column::Tags:
     if (role == Qt::DisplayRole || role == SORT_ROLE)
     {
@@ -232,6 +250,8 @@ QVariant GameListModel::headerData(int section, Qt::Orientation orientation, int
     return tr("Block Size");
   case Column::Compression:
     return tr("Compression");
+  case Column::TimePlayed:
+    return tr("Time Played");
   case Column::Tags:
     return tr("Tags");
   default:
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/GameList/GameListModel.h b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/GameList/GameListModel.h
index b76e0a37c2..0ca28c1c4a 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/GameList/GameListModel.h
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/GameList/GameListModel.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public:
     FileFormat,
     BlockSize,
     Compression,
+    TimePlayed,
     Tags,
     Count,
   };
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/MenuBar.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/MenuBar.cpp
index fef441c062..24c6cc2d04 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/MenuBar.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/MenuBar.cpp
@@ -701,6 +701,7 @@ void MenuBar::AddListColumnsMenu(QMenu* view_menu)
       {tr("File Format"), &Config::MAIN_GAMELIST_COLUMN_FILE_FORMAT},
       {tr("Block Size"), &Config::MAIN_GAMELIST_COLUMN_BLOCK_SIZE},
       {tr("Compression"), &Config::MAIN_GAMELIST_COLUMN_COMPRESSION},
+      {tr("Time Played"), &Config::MAIN_GAMELIST_COLUMN_TIME_PLAYED},
       {tr("Tags"), &Config::MAIN_GAMELIST_COLUMN_TAGS}};
 
   QActionGroup* column_group = new QActionGroup(this);