I’ve been an elementary OS user for something like 7 years. And I’ve been running Linux as my only OS since 1999. Previously I had been running Ubuntu since warty warthog, but switched to elementary when Ubuntu introduced their horrible unity desktop.
elementary is a great Linux distribution, and is a great user experience. The ONLY 2 negatives that I can think of are that it lags other distros because it’s based on Ubuntu LTS releases, and it has no upgrade mechanism so you have to wipe and reinstall with each release.
I use it for work, gaming, and all my various side projects and haven’t had any issues with any of those. Give it a go and see if it feels right for you.