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.)
Yes. I have something like 130 games in my library I haven’t played. It’s ridiculous.
Also, Ori and the Blind Forest and it’s sequel The Will of the Wisps are absolutely incredible. It’s like playing an oil painting turned into an incredible platformer. 10/10 highly recommend if you like 2D platformers. It’s classified as a metroidvania, but if you’re like me and don’t like metroidvanias, it’s very much metroidvania-light as in it won’t make you explore endlessly for the next objective. I hate having to backtrack without a clear goal, which is why I couldn’t get into games like Hollow Knight. I’m sure they’re great games, but I got bored trying to figure out what to do or what was happening.
Also Subnautica is another incredible game. If you like base building games or survival crafting games, you’ll probably fall in love with it.
I actually like Metroidvania style games, played the original Super Metroid and Castlevania Symphony of the Night (those two games that coined the genre term Metroidvania). So from that perspective, it wouldn’t be an issue. But I also play linear games and platformer too, so I guess Ori would be a good experience for me.
Subnautica. This is a bit tricky. The premise of the game and searching the wild is very interesting, with a good atmosphere. From what my friend told me. But I’m actually not the biggest fan of survival crafting. It does not mean I wouldn’t enjoy it. I thought Breath of the Wild was terrible with the cooking and hunting (in early game) and breaking weapons. It ended up one of my favorite Zelda games. Therefore I will stay open minded about Subnautica.
You definitely can free explore and back track in Ori. I later went and nearly 100%'ed it. There are a lot of great hidden secrets and such. However, it also gives you a general “Go this direction” assistance for the main quest so you’re not endlessly wandering the void.
Subnautica reminds me of space water planet minecraft with a super cool story, if that makes sense. The “how you got there” of the planet is SUPER interesting and it’s woven into the sequels.
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.
Oh man I’m also a bit tight on space. But its not to a degree I couldn’t install anything. The obvious recommendation would be to buy more drive… but not in this economy. Its a shame we can’t install games partially and then download another big chunk if we reach that point in game (almost like how we used to switch multi disc CD based games back then).
I wonder how modern games play on HDD. The loading times are longer for sure, but for some games isn’t it noticeable for loading assets on the fly? If you can somehow, I really recommend you to get a cheap SSD like 256gb for your system drive.
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.
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.
Man Mass Effect is also a series I have to get into. For Half-Life, there is also this fan made Remake that is also officially approved by Valve to sell: https://store.steampowered.com/app/362890/Black_Mesa/ Game was available for 2 Euros at some point, so its probably worth it. On the other hand the original Half-Life got a few updates to address some issues too, just recently (when I say recently, I mean a few years ago for Steam Deck).
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.
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.
Yes but I’m not ashamed. They don’t even take up space.
Only about a bajillion
yes, many
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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.
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/
