Are you hunkering down for a long gaming session? Ensure your eyes are protected from harmful blue light with these stylish glasses.

We work, we game, and repeat.

Our eyes are under constant exposure to harmful blue light from prolonged screen time. The negative effects of blue light can include fatigue, headaches, migraines, dry eyes, and even sleep deprivation.

Screen time at work is one thing, but with so many of our leisure pursuits such as gaming taking up even more time these days, it’s more important than ever to do what you can to protect your eyesight.

Here are the best blue light blocking glasses for gamers.

Resembling the kind of eyewear you’d expect to see adorning tough guy NPCs in videogames everywhere, these orange lensed gamer glasses are a smart choice from Uvex. However, their slightly cartoony appearance belies some impressive built-in technology.

Those orange lenses are made with Spectrum Control Technology (SCT) that can absorb up to 98 percent of blue light from your PC, laptop, smartphone, and laptop. The lenses also have side shields that block any peripheral blue light, making them extra effective.

Fully adjustable, these can be custom fit for your comfort, and their three-position lens inclination means that multi-angle viewing can also be accommodated. Cushioning is provided against the temples, and extra support for the bridge of the nose ensures that you can wear these glasses for hours on end; whether at work or play.

Super absorption against harmful blue light should therefore result in a significant reduction in eye fatigue, with improved focus, allowing for longer screen exposure. Uvex even claims that vision impairments such as cataracts can be aided by wearing these Skyper Blue Light Glasses.

These blue light-blocking glasses are perfect for long-haul gaming sessions, or for those occasions where you have to work late into the night, pushing to meet those all-important deadlines. They’re lightweight and comfortable and will prevent those headache-inducing eyestrains that we all know and dread.

It seems very apt for an eyewear brand to take their name from the Egyptian God of the Sky, and these Horus X Blue Light Blocking Glasses are the real deal when it comes to protecting your eyes from ultraviolet light and blue light.

These gaming glasses are made from UV-treated polycarbonate, and the lenses are both anti-reflective and anti-scratch. They filter out up to 100 percent of harmful blue light and can filter out up to 86 percent of other harmful rays.

Specifically designed for gamers, they are even fitted with thinner, rounded temples so that they sit comfortably alongside your headphones.

Boost your screentime without suffering the usual fatigue associated with long periods of exposure to the glare of a monitor. And enjoy restful sleep afterward, having filtered out all that pesky, sleep-depriving blue light!

Whether you’re a professional or recreational gamer, we know just how absorbing your gaming experiences can be. You’ll never have to bow out of a campaign early ever again with these Horus X gaming glasses.

Like Al Pacino in “Heat”, these glasses will keep you sharp, and keep you on the edge. Where you gotta be!

Favoring both style and substance, these Blue Cut blue light blocking glasses are a great choice for anybody still working in a busy office, who wants the benefits of blue light glasses while still looking and feeling professional.

They have a lightweight and comfortable frame so can be worn from sunrise to sundown, and have anti-scratch lenses. Most importantly these glasses will filter out 99 percent of harmful blue light, so you will really feel the difference from wearing them.

Blue Cut’s blue light glasses offer effective protection from eye strain, headaches, blurred vision, and long-term retina damage. And as if that wasn’t recommendation enough, they are also a very affordable option.

Aesthetically, these glasses are arguably the most like regular glasses. So, anyone concerned about looking conspicuous in the office while wearing them needn’t worry. They look just like a stylish pair of everyday reading glasses. But you’ll have the peace of mind that you’re safeguarding your eyes from prolonged harmful influences.

Available in different degrees of magnification strength (from 0.0 to 1.5 x magnification), you can pick the pair that suits you best, to ensure that your vision remains sharp.

Naturally, these Blue Cut blue light blocking glasses are equally as effective as gaming glasses. Although, if you’re going to look this stylish in your frames, it would be a shame if nobody else got to see them on you!

Minimalist in their design, these budget-priced alternatives still offer effective protection from harmful ultraviolet and blue light. Designed for all-day, everyday use, these stylish frames come in a variety of colors and have an integrated nose pad to ensure user comfort. They offer 100 percent UV400 protection and will filter out 35 percent of your devices’ blue light emissions.

Granted, this is a lower percentage than some of the other blue light-blocking glasses, but they have been designed to allow a certain amount of ‘beneficial’ blue light to pass through the lenses. They are also 92 percent high transmittance lenses and are optimized to provide greater clarity of vision than some other blue light glasses.

These ‘geek chic’ glasses are effective and affordable, and well worth a purchase for anybody who spends a lot of their day working or playing in front of a screen. And particularly for anybody who is looking to reintroduce some moisture into their eyes!

The award for the “comes with the best quality carry case” category goes to these gunmetal glasses from ANYLUV. A sturdy prism-shaped hard shell case is provided to protect your glasses whenever they’re not being worn to protect you instead.

And the glasses themselves? Well, they are anti-reflective, anti-scratch, anti-oil (from fingerprints, etc.), offer 100 percent UV protection, and filter up to 45 percent of all blue light. That percentage means that you’ll receive as much protection as possible from these lenses without tinting to orange, the most effective color for blocking blue light.

Lack of tinting is an important consideration for gamers, who will naturally want to explore fantastic new worlds without any dampening of their color palette. These ANYLUV glasses will give you a decent amount of protection from blue light without compromising graphical quality. After all, maximum protection often comes with an orange hue, which might be a turn-off for some.

ANYLUV has crafted a fine-looking pair of blue light glasses here. Great for gamers, with a really neat Stark Industries vibe to them. You may well ‘marvel’ at how effective they are!

Blue light glasses (sometimes called blue light blocking glasses) are glasses that contain lenses specifically designed to reduce the amount of blue light that reaches the eye. These lenses filter blue light rays to help prevent them from entering your eye and causing potential damage.

Usually, blue light lenses have a slight yellow tint (to counterbalance the blue light), but you can't usually notice this.

Yes, it is okay to wear blue light glasses all day, and doing so will not negatively affect you or your eyes.

In fact, wearing blue light glasses all day will actually help protect your eyes and ensure that you are keeping them safe from harmful blue light exposure.

Look for blue light blockers that filter out both blue light and harmful UV rays. They're anti-glare and anti-reflective.

These features help ease the eye strain that comes from logging so much time in front of computers and other screens.

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Rob is a freelance writer with a BA Hons Degree in English and Media Studies and a Diploma in Proofreading and Editing. After several years working in the Financial sector, Rob decided to pursue his passion for writing and joined MUO as a freelance writer for their Buyers Guide section earlier this year. Rob is passionate about music, movies, gaming and martial arts, and of course...tech.

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