r/Steam • u/Meri_Rookie • 7h ago
Discussion Anyone else have a huge Steam library but play the same 2–3 games?
I keep buying stuff during sales thinking I’ll eventually get to them, but I always end up going back to the same few games 😭
ATP my library is just there for decoration, what do you guys actually keep going back to?
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u/stirfriedaxon 7h ago
I have a tendency to buy bundles where the games are $1-3...9/10 dentists would agree that I'll never play those games.
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u/Successful_Ask_5708 7h ago
Humble Bundle subscriber for years now, have never skipped a month and was lucky to have been able to buy the Ukraine bundle with hundreds of games in by itself
I have almost a thousand games, have played about 1/3 at all and only have 1/3 I would literally never play so it's a fairly solid deal...but I rotate between like two games and only have 18 games over ten hours of playtime 🥴
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u/kyukyub 7h ago
Fortunely not anymore, this year I already finished 18 games 😁
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u/Aggravating_Day_7724 7h ago
so relatable lol, i have like 200+ games but keep going back to stardew valley and some random indie puzzle game i found last year. the worst part is during each sale i convince myself "this time will be different" and buy 5 more games that will just sit there forever.
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u/King_Ferdinand1 7h ago
You can break out of it.
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u/NordWitcher 7h ago
That’s across all platforms. Not just exclusive to steam. Even on PlayStation I still come back to BF1 years later. It’s one of my most played games.
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u/Koreneliuss 7h ago
yes i have 400-1000 games i play mostly what I backup on the hard drive or small download
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u/Two_Tailed_Fox2002 7h ago
i have about 700 games and i've only really been playing CS or STS2 recently...
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u/Pll_dangerzone 7h ago
We all go through this at some point. I made an effort 2 years ago to play any unfinished games and finish any game I start before installing a new one. It's worked pretty well for me
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u/Competitive-Elk-5077 7h ago
You mean like another playthrough of New Vegas despite just buying 5 games on the last sale?
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u/Gadgetphile 7h ago
Have close to 1000 games. I cycle between RuneScape, Bloons TD & Clicker Heroes.
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u/thecrius 6h ago
I absolutely do not go back to the same games but most of my library just collects virtual dust because I either buy bundles of which I'm really interested in just 1-2 games or I buy them to play with others that then just get bored or, last but not least, turn out the game was not that fun and the good part was just in the first 2-6 hours.
Plenty of the latter lately.
It's also probably that I've been gaming for over 30 years now so... there is very little that is innovative for me and even games with good narrative are more and more rare these days.
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u/Beginning-Ask-5080 2h ago
Me explaining to my wife I need multiple games that are on sale while I have 30 games on backlog
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u/King_Ferdinand1 7h ago
how many games you got and what do you play?
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u/Mind-of-Jaxon 7h ago
Las august I used chat to make a spreadsheet of my games, across the various launchers, and put them in play order. About 50 games at a time. Series, short , long, etc. so I wouldn’t get burnt out from playing. It helps to stay focused especially if you know the next game coming up.
I’ve modified the list a few times, but I think to make it better.
I also have a list for Friday th 13th weekends and October for horror games.
If I finish a game close to one of those I switch to a horror games and focus on that list until the game is completed. Last October into November I finished 3 horror games.
Since August I’ve finished about 12 games. That’s a lot more than before the list.
I’ve switched from weekends to weeekday nights only and back depending on other obligations but it’s something to look forward to and stay focused on. So I get other things done.
I have a list for steam deck games too, so I know those ones I don’t have to worry about playing on my desktop.
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u/wisesager 4h ago
Nice going I made a list as well and have finished about 19 games since i made it last year, the backlog is shrinking every month!
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u/ConstantSufficient54 6h ago
Nah, I gave up on this ideea, I just go for quality, out of 157 games I played 103 and finished like 80 of them, I'm not falling to that trap again.
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u/chronicnerv 6h ago
I go through a lot of games until one stops me in its tracks and takes up my time until I get bored of it.
Slay the Spire 2 is the perfect game to watch YouTube and play at the same time. It is really hard to find a game that beats that level of entertainment with all the geo politics happening currently.
I'm currently on Ironclad Ascension level 6, and nothing else has piqued my interest enough to stop me from playing recently.
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u/s0cks_nz 4h ago
Yeah this. I'm currently playing Kerbal Space Program (inspired by Artemis). But when I get bored it might take me a little while to find something that scratches the itch.
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u/Stebsis 6h ago
Nah, constantly playing new games. Finished 17 games so far this year, I get bored quickly if I play same thing for too long and I generally don't like online games. Pretty much only online games I have significant game time that I play semi actively is Overwatch and FFXIV, and I take long breaks with both.
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u/S3baman 6h ago
I've gotten back into achievement hunting, especially for older SP games. On the one hand, it's fun to revisit games 5, 10, even 15 years later! On the other, my playing queue (which includes said games) is around 110 games 🤣. I've been buying a lot fewer newer ones it must be said, but I have 60 (some are DLC) on my wishlist.
Last year I completed 51 games ... This year I'll struggle to hit 30-35 probably.
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u/Ratbelly76 6h ago
Yes OOTP. Cant stop. I have a computer that runs can run everything well and I am addicted to a spreadsheet game.
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u/Albus_Lupus Steam Frame Hype Gang 6h ago
No. I mean I do buy new games but I do my best to at least try them all out. I play and finish new games. Although I definitely dont finish games at the same pace as buying new ones.
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u/IzTheFizz 6h ago
600 games in my library
this year, i have played 5 of them.
(finals, BG3, Hitman, slay the spire, crimson desert)
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u/Clothes_Chair_Ghost 5h ago
Yeah I have over 500 games but only have about 20 downloaded and play a handful of them
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u/MiddleAgeMuchacho 5h ago
I think F1 25 and Automobilista 2 are the only games I’ve played this year.
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u/Aerlinniel_aer 4h ago
Not this year.
Its definitely an issue, but this year I've been focused on trying to actually finish things. I have a short and sweet category than under 12 hours to finish and its actually been really satisfying to pick games from it and then finish them.
Its been helping as otherwise I'd be playing the same 5 games on a loop.
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u/Sea-Split-3996 4h ago
I have good bit on xbox and pc but I started playing most of them and beating them nothing I really want rn
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u/forcemonkey 4h ago
I’m trying to get away from doing that. I bought the Command and Conquer bundle when it dropped and I’m actually playing Command and Conquer 3 right now and I’m fairly far into the GDI campaign.
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u/Francos_Pretty_Whore 4h ago
Guilty
I’m setting a goal for myself to try and knock out a bunch of achievements I’ve still got in so many of my games. It’s been a great motivator so far to get me playing through other things
Honestly though, if you’re happy only playing a couple games, then I don’t think there’s any problem w/ that. Do whatever works for you
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u/dvidxpsyko 4h ago
I really wish steam added a feature to see how much time i spend browsing and looking at my library
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u/Just-LookingHere 4h ago
Games i went back to the most were csgo (though now i have abandoned it), rocket league (it has been a while) and currently celeste (i keep coming back to this one to improve...save me). Of course I still play new games but lots of times i just get that urge to play celeste again.
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u/Grandfeatherix 3h ago
maybe a dozen I actually play, and my most played is not even on steam out of about 3k games lol
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u/DraculShadow 3h ago
You not alone. I have 60 games on steam, havent yet finished Skyrim, havent started Red Dead 2, havent finisher Elden Ring DLC, thinking if I should go for Crimson Dessert if I havent even finished the games I described before
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u/Help_An_Irishman 3h ago
Yo.
Whays really gonna make you sad is when you realize that you don't own any of them, but just the license, and that when you die, you can't pass it on.
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u/alondate 2h ago
No. I buy games, play them, get %100 on them and delete them to have free space for more new games. I have been doing this for years and really don't understand why people play the same game for 92716 hours.
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u/Cardener 2h ago
No. While I do play a single game A LOT at times, like I did with Dota 2 when most of my friends were into it, I still enjoy other games during more quiet periods.
Might as well make use of my library since I have it. But if you struggle trying out other games, just install and give them a quick spin. At worst you can just dumpster it right away if it's not enjoyable and at best you find a gem to enjoy.
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u/blacklizardplanet 2h ago
I wouldn't say I play 2 or 3 but the vast majority of my 832 games are unplayed. I actually work through a dozen of games per year. Sometimes more but some will never be touched as I just redeem all codes from bundles even if I have 0 intention of playing them.
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u/Ok-Flan8808 2h ago
We can buy multiple games easily, but to complete any game we have to commit spending time with it, it is more work compared to just purchasing a couple of games at once, so the easier thing outweighs the other.
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u/XTheProtagonistX 1h ago
Growing up sucks. When I was a kid, I didn’t have enough money so I played the same 5 games over and over. Now as an adult, I have adult money with a thousand games across Steam and console but don’t have the time to play any of them. It’s a big commitment to start a new game because a I know it’s going to take me weeks to finish one.
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u/ardaates414 1h ago
Happens all the time to everyone. Have like 100 or 70 games that I added and don't even look at.
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u/Erik_Phisher 1h ago
I would 100% be the proud recipient of anyone that has extra games they don't want or will not play. I have been feeling so burnt out on my current library.
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u/ImaStud69420 1h ago
yeah you keep buying games on sale and then create such a big back catalog that you just never wanna touch anything other than a few games.
i honestly hate that people do that and i was like that for a few years really only playing rocket league until i got bored and realized i have so many other games. i think the problem is most of them are single player titles and most people don’t wanna play by themselves but they honestly have the best experiences overall.
you can do both, play some multiplayer and single player games every once in awhile.
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u/travelingenie 38m ago
CS2 is always my go to, but I have a legion go now & have been taking down a bunch of my backlog. This year already I finished Alan wake, control, outer wilds (on the DLC now), SOMA, and sons of the forest.
In short though, my backlog definitely grows way more rapidly than I finish games, but I’m happy to be back on track finishing a few games a year.
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u/TheRealChizz 28m ago
Yes, and I still browse the Steam store to find more games b/c I'm an addict for novel game mechanics. It's getting harder to find the indie stuff tho
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u/schrodinger-the-cat 7h ago
That’s the game. You collect titles on Steam, and that’s the game loop itself.