diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
index 682c686c7d7f..b1be94b60d4e 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -505,6 +505,8 @@ add_library(core
   SysConf.h
   System.cpp
   System.h
+  TimePlayed.cpp
+  TimePlayed.h
   TitleDatabase.cpp
   TitleDatabase.h
   WiiRoot.cpp
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Config/MainSettings.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/Config/MainSettings.cpp
index 1a7c523d6e60..b7d17bb79824 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Config/MainSettings.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Config/MainSettings.cpp
@@ -445,6 +445,8 @@ 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 546696476ff1..5b7d74ff8279 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Config/MainSettings.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Config/MainSettings.h
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ 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/HW/CPU.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/HW/CPU.cpp
index 05898b1f8cfa..8f9e33b2c422 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/HW/CPU.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/HW/CPU.cpp
@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@
 #include "AudioCommon/AudioCommon.h"
 #include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
 #include "Common/Event.h"
+#include "Common/Timer.h"
+#include "Core/ConfigManager.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
@@ -86,12 +89,34 @@ static void ExecutePendingJobs(std::unique_lock<std::mutex>& state_lock)
   }
 }
 
+static void RunTimer()
+{
+  const std::string game_id = SConfig::GetInstance().GetGameID();
+  TimePlayed time_played(game_id);
+  Common::Timer time_tracker;
+  time_tracker.Start();
+
+  while (s_state != State::PowerDown)
+  {
+    if (time_tracker.ElapsedMs() > 60000)
+    {
+      auto emulated_milliseconds = time_tracker.ElapsedMs(); 
+      time_tracker.Stop();
+      time_played.AddTime(emulated_milliseconds);
+      time_tracker.Start();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 void Run()
 {
   // Updating the host CPU's rounding mode must be done on the CPU thread.
   // We can't rely on PowerPC::Init doing it, since it's called from EmuThread.
   PowerPC::RoundingModeUpdated();
 
+  //start a separate timing thread here 
+  auto timing = std::thread(RunTimer);
+  
   std::unique_lock state_lock(s_state_change_lock);
   while (s_state != State::PowerDown)
   {
@@ -101,7 +126,7 @@ void Run()
     Common::Event gdb_step_sync_event;
     switch (s_state)
     {
-    case State::Running:
+      case State::Running:
       s_state_cpu_thread_active = true;
       state_lock.unlock();
 
@@ -183,6 +208,8 @@ void Run()
       break;
     }
   }
+
+  timing.join();
   state_lock.unlock();
   Host_UpdateDisasmDialog();
 }
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/TimePlayed.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/TimePlayed.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3ed6368a5088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/TimePlayed.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "Common/IniFile.h"
+#include "Common/FileUtil.h"
+#include "TimePlayed.h"
+
+TimePlayed::TimePlayed(std::string game_id)
+{
+  m_game_id = game_id;
+}
+
+void TimePlayed::AddTime(u64 time_emulated)
+{
+  IniFile ini;
+  std::string ini_path = File::GetUserPath(D_CONFIG_IDX) + "TimePlayed.ini";
+  ini.Load(ini_path);
+
+  auto time_list = ini.GetOrCreateSection("Time Played");
+  int previous_time = 0;
+
+  time_list->Get(m_game_id, &previous_time);
+  time_list->Set(m_game_id, previous_time + int(time_emulated)); //unlikely u64 to int conversion issue
+  ini.Save(ini_path);
+}
+
+int TimePlayed::GetTimePlayed()
+{
+  IniFile ini;
+  std::string ini_path = File::GetUserPath(D_CONFIG_IDX) + "TimePlayed.ini";
+  ini.Load(ini_path);
+
+  auto time_list = ini.GetOrCreateSection("Time Played");
+  int previous_time;
+  time_list->Get(m_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 000000000000..247b110db4b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/TimePlayed.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
+
+class TimePlayed
+{
+public:
+  TimePlayed(std::string game_id);
+
+  void AddTime(u64 time_emulated);
+
+  int GetTimePlayed();
+
+private:
+  std::string m_game_id;
+};
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinLib.props b/Source/Core/DolphinLib.props
index 7150e8d7837a..c9383df1cccf 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinLib.props
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinLib.props
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@
     <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\WiiRoot.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Core\WiiUtils.h" />
@@ -1044,6 +1045,7 @@
     <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 69afc13a74c3..0bea0b1d4751 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/GameList/GameList.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/GameList/GameList.cpp
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ 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
@@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ 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));
 }
 
@@ -981,6 +983,7 @@ 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 8eb2124a170b..3f7d4bf33473 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"
 
@@ -187,6 +188,22 @@ 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)
+    {
+      TimePlayed timer(game.GetGameID());
+
+      //milliseconds to minutes conversion
+      int game_milliseconds = timer.GetTimePlayed();
+      int game_minutes = game_milliseconds / (60000);
+      int game_hours = game_minutes / 60;
+      int remaining_game_minutes = game_minutes % 60;
+
+      // i18n: A time displayed as hours and minutes
+      QString formatted_time = tr("%0h %1m").arg(game_hours, remaining_game_minutes);
+      return formatted_time;
+    }
+    break;
   case Column::Tags:
     if (role == Qt::DisplayRole || role == SORT_ROLE)
     {
@@ -231,6 +248,8 @@ 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 b76e0a37c275..0ca28c1c4aa7 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/GameList/GameListModel.h
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/GameList/GameListModel.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ class GameListModel final : public QAbstractTableModel
     FileFormat,
     BlockSize,
     Compression,
+    TimePlayed,
     Tags,
     Count,
   };
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/MenuBar.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/MenuBar.cpp
index 0acc8a36b981..741d13e9b7ee 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/MenuBar.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/MenuBar.cpp
@@ -625,6 +625,7 @@ 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);