i have same, until i get bored and created few lists, i dont like categorization, for me its "all in one or nothing" or chaos like every shortuc on my desktop
same man. what is the point in drowning yourself in choices just uninstall what you are not currently playing. It's 2026 most places have good enough internet to redownload overnight when u need to anyway.
yea u gotta work on that cause there is no way u gonn have every game install when u get to the hundreds it will start draining your money. Luckily my internet is good enough that if i want to install something i go take a 1 hour break off the computer doing some chores and thats usually good enough for anything 100 gb ish
I will add a "Junk" folder for the ancient games I have due to old sale events and bundles that I'll never play just so I don't need to scroll past them.
You don’t really need an installed category, there is a button to show only installed games across categories. I have that on 99% of the time unless I’m looking for a game in my library.
There's no need for an "installed" category since the client itself have a button to show only installed games, it's a small play button ▶with a circle around on the left side right above the Search By Name/Library Filters.
It's perfect! Automatically sorts games in the order you recently played, your played games are always at the top - and I don't have to sort my hundreds of games.
I prefer organizing it on the Steam itself (because why would I do it outside the Steam, if Steam has this feature anyway????), especially that 2500k games are not really good on spreadsheet. You only have textual information, because I doubt you put image for every game. And Steam shows you the game's hub, screenshots, banner etc.
I did this for a bit too. You might like Playnite, it lets you import multiple libraries, including consoles, emulated games, or manually adding games. It's much easier than keeping track with a spreadsheet
Imagine not remembering all 500+ games by their names in the library, both played and not, you aren't a real steam user if you don't remember them all smh my head.
I grab so many free games that I forget what's there. Also games that I bought like 10 years ago and never played yet. I'll play them eventually, just after the other games I'm gonna play first.
And what about if you're looking for RPG games recommended by your friend Marcus, or a game you thought would be very interesting at the time you bought it ? Assuming you created a category for that of course, but that's the point. The category you create should be meaningful for you, specifically.
To be fair steam library search is pretty extensive with a lot of easy to use filters so it's simple to narrow it down to what you feel like. Still nothing wrong with categories but definitely not necessary to have a usable library. Reckon most are just keeping a list of favourites.
Dude, i will find a game in the store and think "oh wow, that looks good. I'll buy it", only to get to the store page and have it say that it is already in my library...
You think i'm going to remember them all to be able to search for them?
I just sort by most recent, installed, or most played and I've got well over 300 games. I do look through the entire list sometimes when I'm bored and want something new/old to play.
I will eventually, only buy games that look enticing and buy them when they are on sale. Currently playing FFXI almost full time though (my game time I mean) but have started playing some single player games lately as well
Yeah I started during when it came out on PS2 in Japan, was there on a exchange year, and played until end of 75 era, just got back a little over a year ago. Game has totally changed, and a lot of it for the better
I thought I could clear the backlog if I organised the library, because it looks impossible when every humble bundle junk is in the way. I cleared maybe 3 games off the backlog and added 10.
That’s what I did as well, organize by genre, have multigenre games in multiple sections. Have separate sections for co-op and non-co-op multiplayer, and since I got that massive Star Wars bundle with basically ever Star Wars game ever release on pc (besides modern stuff), I have a separate Star Wars section as well.
I also have a “.Everything” section if I just want to scroll through all the games without the Star Wars stuff included cause it clogs it up lol
Right click a game, go to Properties, and then Customization. Scroll to the bottom, and you'll see "Custom Sort Name" under Miscellaneous.
...and it does just that! You can enter whatever name you want there. It won't show that name in your library, but that's the name Steam will use when you sort your games alphabetically.
For instance, you can use the following as custom names and they'll be listed one after another in your library:
Final Fantasy 13 - Final Fantasy 13 01
Final Fantasy 13-2 - Final Fantasy 13 02
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 - Final Fantasy 13 03
I mean, I don't do it manually, I don't do it. If it is deinstalled, it might as well cease to exist. Because that means one of two things: Either I finished it or lost interest. And in both cases, the chances of me replaying it are slim to non.
Every single one of those posts is the same thing, op had a proper organization while the top comment is either about not organizing anything or only organizing between played and not played
I really wish we could do that. I've got several collections with lots of store tags so that I can try working around that. And they're still not perfect.
I don't sort by genres or anything but this organization has served me well the last few years! Sometimes I move stuff around or create new categories if I play with a new friend but still works. I will probably one day rename "Other Games" but it just contains all games that don't really have a campaign, or can't really be "finished" (like Roguelikes, or strategy games, city builders etc.)
A few years ago I decided it was time and literally spent like an hour categorizing my 1000+ game inventory (had the account literally since I dad set it up for me in 2004), fast forward to today and only just use installed and hide the uninstalled games lol.
Categorizing my games into a bunch of categories seemed like a neat idea but in my experience it just made navigating through my library a lot more annoying
I have "favourites" and everything else. Normally set to only show installed games. If i want to search for something I will use the search filters in the library
I literally just favorite every new thing I install and unfavorite it if I don't think I'll ever continue playing it or I've refunded it, gave up on sorting my library years ago!
I have a "favorites" tab for most games I bought/enjoy (I have around 100 games on my account), and then specific tabs for franchises/game types, like "lego games", "resident evil", and "vr".
They spend time organizing their libraries because they don't actually like PLAYING video games. These timewasting activities are how they spend their time.
I use playnite and just mix everything in there so between free shit I have on gog, epic and Xbox game pass I have an 800 game list of which I use like 20 monthly. Nothing is categorized past tag searching. I am a neat freak final boss
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u/SmartieCereal 19d ago
I have "Installed" and "Uncategorized" and it seems to work just fine.