diff --git a/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceProxyModel.cpp b/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceProxyModel.cpp
index ab6bef696..ea3a2b0fd 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceProxyModel.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceProxyModel.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ bool InstanceProxyModel::subSortLessThan(const QModelIndex& left, const QModelIn
     QString sortMode = APPLICATION->settings()->get("InstSortMode").toString();
     if (sortMode == "LastLaunch") {
         return pdataLeft->lastLaunch() > pdataRight->lastLaunch();
+    } else if (sortMode == "Playtime") {
+        if (pdataLeft->totalTimePlayed() == pdataRight->totalTimePlayed()) {
+            // fallback to name sorting if playtime is equal
+            return m_naturalSort.compare(pdataLeft->name(), pdataRight->name()) < 0;
+        }
+        return pdataLeft->totalTimePlayed() > pdataRight->totalTimePlayed();
     } else {
         return m_naturalSort.compare(pdataLeft->name(), pdataRight->name()) < 0;
     }
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp
index 6276d3be6..1e1fed8f8 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ enum InstSortMode {
     // Sort alphabetically by name.
     Sort_Name,
     // Sort by which instance was launched most recently.
-    Sort_LastLaunch
+    Sort_LastLaunch,
+    // Sort by which instance has the most playtime.
+    Sort_Playtime,
 };
 
 LauncherPage::LauncherPage(QWidget* parent) : QWidget(parent), ui(new Ui::LauncherPage)
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ LauncherPage::LauncherPage(QWidget* parent) : QWidget(parent), ui(new Ui::Launch
 
     ui->sortingModeGroup->setId(ui->sortByNameBtn, Sort_Name);
     ui->sortingModeGroup->setId(ui->sortLastLaunchedBtn, Sort_LastLaunch);
+    ui->sortingModeGroup->setId(ui->sortByPlaytimeBtn, Sort_Playtime);
 
     loadSettings();
 
@@ -227,6 +230,9 @@ void LauncherPage::applySettings()
         case Sort_LastLaunch:
             s->set("InstSortMode", "LastLaunch");
             break;
+        case Sort_Playtime:
+            s->set("InstSortMode", "Playtime");
+            break;
         case Sort_Name:
         default:
             s->set("InstSortMode", "Name");
@@ -282,6 +288,8 @@ void LauncherPage::loadSettings()
     QString sortMode = s->get("InstSortMode").toString();
     if (sortMode == "LastLaunch") {
         ui->sortLastLaunchedBtn->setChecked(true);
+    } else if (sortMode == "Playtime"){
+        ui->sortByPlaytimeBtn->setChecked(true);
     } else {
         ui->sortByNameBtn->setChecked(true);
     }
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui
index 2fb2dfa26..de3b1f029 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui
@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@
             </attribute>
            </widget>
           </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QRadioButton" name="sortByPlaytimeBtn">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>By &amp;playtime</string>
+            </property>
+            <attribute name="buttonGroup">
+             <string notr="true">sortingModeGroup</string>
+            </attribute>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
           <item>
            <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
             <property name="orientation">
@@ -675,6 +685,7 @@
   <tabstop>scrollArea</tabstop>
   <tabstop>sortByNameBtn</tabstop>
   <tabstop>sortLastLaunchedBtn</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>sortByPlaytimeBtn</tabstop>
   <tabstop>askToRenameDirBtn</tabstop>
   <tabstop>alwaysRenameDirBtn</tabstop>
   <tabstop>neverRenameDirBtn</tabstop>