Do you have games in your library that you never played? I certainly do! In Steam you can create Dynamic Collection that lists Unplayed games. For me its 1248/1356 unplayed Games. Off course it can be any other platform or service too; this discussion is not limited to Steam. This thread is a reminder to us and everyone else to play these games. And actually, no. It’s just to talk about gaming stuff, that’s all. What do you think which game you own and never played would make others say “wtf, why not”?
- Ori and the Blind Forest: This game looks and sound beautiful.
- Persona 5 Royal: Everytime I want to play this game, the school theme turns me away.
- Subnautica: A friend recommend me years this game. Legends say, he still does.
- Slay the Spire: I have no excuse for this.
- Hades: I like Roguelikes. My life need more Roguelikes.
- Control: Such an interesting game. I have no idea about the story and mechanics, it looks interesting.
- Disco Elysium: A detective roleplay with a lot narrative and freedom. I think.
- Prey: Got interested into the game because some alien style thing going on. Game mechanics sounds very interesting.
- Talos Principle 2: Not sure what awaits me. I expect Portal like gameplay, but without Portals.
I am ashamed of myself. But I really have a hard time finding time to play all of them.
(BTW the attached screenshot is supposed to be blurry, that’s not a bug, it’s a feature. And I try to upload a JPEG-XL image for the first time.)
(Edit: Just some typos corrected. Nothing to see here.)
When I got my first job I started buying games on sale left-and-right. I only realized about a year later that I was buying faster than I was finishing them. Then I set myself a hard rule that I would only buy games that I was actively anticipating, like sequels to my favorite games. Still, there are at least two dozen games I have yet to play, which I plan to do in years to come. 😁
Some notable games in my backlog are Half Life, BioShock and Mass Effect series.
Only one, Baldur’s Gate 3, because it is so god damn heavy it would take almost a third of my HDD if I tried to install it.
Absolutely, most of them are games I got as part of big bundles I got for 1 or 2 games, or for charity.
I don’t buy many games to then not play them, but I am sure there are more than a couple that have slipped through where I got distracted or just never felt the mood.
I have definitely gone back and played a few of them, but it isn’t something I worry about, as there are too many amazing games and just not enough time.
Probably close to 50. Too many games, and not enough time.
I have played most of mine. Gold Mining Simulator is one that I recall buying but never playing. It was on my wishlist and went on sale for a good price. But generally I at least try each game.
About 60% of my Steam library is still unplayed. Around 10% of those games must be freebies so I’ll say that yeah 1 in 2 games are sitting there patiently waiting for the right mood.
yes, many
No
Yes but I’m not ashamed. They don’t even take up space.
The list is very long and it got longer with all the weekly free games that Epic did. I’ve got games I paid for from 5 years ago still waiting to see the light of day. Even if I never added another I reckon I’ve a good few years worth of play time to go through them all.
Mostly the stuff I never played is games that is (or was) free.
Only about a bajillion
Subnautica is one of the few games I’ve actually played all the way through. It was great!
I have tons of unplayed games. Many of them are ones I’ve heard a lot of good stuff about, and then bought on a sale. Still, I mostly end up playing the ones that have the lowest threshold, i.e., don’t feel like they require many hours of uninterrupted gameplay.
That’s the thing, I also pass on games because of the playtime it takes. But then I play also Free to Play games with multiplayer too. I make no sense!
I think I’d probably have a good time with Red Dead 2 but the commitment is so daunting, so many times I’ve passed it up for smaller indie games
Hexologic in your screenshot is great and not too long.
I use a meticulous and obscenely overengineered spreadsheet, myself.
What would you use a spreadsheet for? I thought about creating a spreadsheet with important games to play. And then force myself to play something at least once a week, if not every day something new. Maybe for 30 days or so, kind of a 30 day trial and error challenge. Because the hardest part for myself is, to finally choose and try something out.
Ultimately I decided against it, because it sounded more like work than fun.
I used to buy bundles and then trade the keys I already had or didn’t want. Ever since the site I used stopped facilitating trades (Barter.vg) I have basically all but stopped buying bundles. You’d think that translates into less stupid spending but it actually means I’m buying more games at sale prices rather than bundle prices. It was a fun little subculture, and it still exists on a few smaller platforms.
The mega spreadsheet grew especially during the pandemic, I started tracking each bundle I have to spit out statistics on how much I’ve paid and how many of them I’ve played, dollars per hour, added developer and publisher info so I can search, a stat that tells me how long each game sat idle in my library before I played it. Thing’s huge and unwieldy. But it’s cool to maintain.
I can test one or two new games every day for a good year and yet I usually play 5-10 shorter indies and 2-4 long sandbox games per year. It’s whatever. Maybe when the bubble pops and I lose my job I can churn through a lot of the backlog.
Yeah me and my mate used to use Barter, a little while after we stumbled on another trading site that has a decent system for tracking bundles. Not sure how the size of userbase compares but if you ever fancy taking another dive into trading I’d check out https://lestrades.com/
Almost all of these I think were probably in a bundle at some point and not really intentional purchases, but here we go
Amnesia (both A Machine for Pigs and The Dark Descent, but I’m not into horror games)
Bioshock 2 (barely played 1, it went into the backlog and never made it out)
Dishonored
Fallout 3
GTA III / San Andreas / Vice City
Half Life / Half Life 2
Ori and the Will of the Wisps (got turned off by the intro/tutorial of The Blind Forest, never finished it, so never played WotW)
Saints Row 3 / 4
Tomb Raider (2013)
Wolfenstein The New Order / The Old Blood / YoungbloodPlenty more on Playstation I’m sure, but no convenient way to look that up afaik
I have most of them in my library too. Humble Bundle early days were amazing, and it kick started this mindless buying habit after I stopped using Humble. Just as the other commenter, out of these games Tomb Raider (2013) is the only one I completed. Man you remembered me, Dishonored and Half-Life 2 are also hot ones. Oh another pair I totally forgot in my above list, with very high priority:
- Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2
I have the original versions that are delisted from Steam. Thought of purchasing the Remasters, but those require an additional online account and launcher and have additional DRM; all those crap are not in the original games, so I won’t even purchase the Remaster Collection for 4 Euros!
Out of these I have played Tomb Raider (2013), which was fun (if a bit gory) and Dishonored, which is one of my favorite games ever (and its sequel is even better). I also have The New Order and The Old Blood in my backlog, they seem fun so I intend to play them eventually and I own Bioshock 2 but having played the original I don’t feel the need to return to Rapture.
I also played Tomb Raider (2013), and even its sequel. Finished both and started even the third game! liked the first game, because it was surprisingly more fun than expected. As for Dishonored, do you think ignoring the first game would miss me much? I only purchased the second one someday, somewhere deep on discount, with the hope of one day starting it up.
