Too....many....games....not....enough....time..

[Scorpiuscat]

I got so many games over the holiday sale specials that I am overwhelmed with games.

I find myself looking at my Steam library and getting stuck trying to decide what to play first.

Its a heck of problem to have. :D

[guitarwiz1]

I'll take a few off your hands. If that will help you out. ;)

[alchemistlord]

I would like that too lol

[dragonrage251]

please.. I have games from the summer sale that I still haven't even download yet..

[Newlemming]

I have more trouble deciding what to buy without wasting money. Sometimes you buy games just to throw money around (at least, if you have my mindset.)

I haven't even played some of the games I've bought. :eek:

[AlexanderVH]

I got so many games over the holiday sale specials that I am overwhelemd with games.

I find myself looking at my Steam library and getting stuck trying to decide what to play first.

Its a heck of problem to have. :D


That happened once to me, but after a couple of days, i realized that all that i bought was rubbish!!!... and then looking in my steam library turned to shame...

Thanks Valve for selling games and not giving patches for games!!!

[Spujika]

111 games and proud. Still haven't played half of them lol. xD

[OnLive]

Most members are in your position. They see deals they can't resist so they just buy games just to buy games. :D

[pl1149]

I have the same problem, but my goal is to play all of them during Christmas break and beat most of them by Summer.

[Scorpiuscat]

Wow....I thought I was the only person who managed to buy games that I never get around to playing.

Its almost a collection mindset and I have often wondered about it because collecting video games it not really something that is going to mean anything.

[Kydar]

But...They were so cheap! >.< :(

[cwbys21]

I was like that from the summer sale but now the only game I haven't played is Dead Space. Still working my way through a couple, but that is the only I haven't played.

[Silicon Vampire]

I have so many games collected over the years, both Steam and pre-Steam, I doubt I'll ever play all of them through to the end... and I have 110 just on Steam.

[Freeman45]

111 games and proud. Still haven't played half of them lol. xD

Wow what a waste... just think of all the starving african children that could have played those games that you ignore :mad:


I got a few half-beaten titles on my hard drive, I just lost the will to finish them...

[Freeman45]

I was like that from the summer sale but now the only game I haven't played is Dead Space. Still working my way through a couple, but that is the only I haven't played.


Thats one of the very few titles I also havent finished... deadspace for pc. I dont think I got past the 2 hour mark before loosing interest.

[Koraboros]

I still have games from last Christmas sale that I haven't touched.
266 games and counting it's only going to get worse.

[nipuna777]

The indi packs really didn't help either.

[kblo]

I have 61 games, about 45 never played. ^^

[mouton]

As long as this hoarding problem does not interfere with your life, it is okay, even if pointless.

[Spujika]

Wow what a waste... just think of all the starving african children that could have played those games that you ignore :mad:


I got a few half-beaten titles on my hard drive, I just lost the will to finish them...

Well it's not that I don't want to play them. I just dont have the HDD space. lol. So i'll be buying myself one for christmas.

[wazups 2x]

I have the same problem. I own about 80 games and I haven't finished half of them.

I decided that I will only buy one new game every time I complete 4 older games. Sadly I was gifted 6 new games over this sale. My life sure is hard.

[pl1149]

I find it amazing how many people buy games knowing they won't play them. That is when it becomes a waste of money.

I only buy games I know I will play. I try and complete every game I buy. I'm far from my goal for Steam right now (I've been using other consoles) but I know I'm not one of those saying "I have x amount of games untouched in my account and I'll probably never play them"

[GirlPower23]

80 something games on steam and I've played everyone of them and probably beat 90% of them. Why buy what you arent going to use? I am not a penny pincher but if you are going to buy a game, then play it.

[HobbitStomper]

I have 246 games. I started buying complete collections/packs in 2008 and since then I buy them during each sale, hoping one day I have time to play them all.

Problem is, when I have time, I spend more time deciding on the game to play, than rather playing a game.

[Snickersnack]

80 something games on steam and I've played everyone of them and probably beat 90% of them. Why buy what you arent going to use? I am not a penny pincher but if you are going to buy a game, then play it.

I've also noticed some people don't eat all the food on their plates at dinner. Such decadence! ;)

[aaa12585]

I don't buy games unless I know I want them and will play them till the end.
46 games (combining Steam and Non-Steam Game) and I've completed each one to the fullest extent ^_^ Unless they were multiplayer purposed only... Even then, I try to gain the max level/All Items.

All while having immense and strategic fun at the same time :D I love my games.

[B33 ENN]

I don't buy games unless I know I want them and will play them till the end....

That's how I try to be also. I read around a lot and get opinions before I buy. I bought an awful lot over this sale but that's because I don't buy at other times of the year and instead just add ones I'm interested in to the Wishlist now.

However, it will likely take me the whole of next year to get through evn half of them LOL, and I think that's being generous!

[bamhm182]

I've got the same problem, haha. I've got a few games I haven't even had the chance to play yet. Then I've got a few that I've had the chance to play, but not really to PLAY. I don't know where to begin, haha.

[Kazedarkwind]

mmmm ill stick with my 318 games :D Steam calculator makes me sad sometimes... so much money spent >_<

[frankvdg]

I don't buy games unless I know I want them and will play them till the end.
46 games (combining Steam and Non-Steam Game) and I've completed each one to the fullest extent ^_^ Unless they were multiplayer purposed only... Even then, I try to gain the max level/All Items.

All while having immense and strategic fun at the same time :D I love my games.

So it has never happened to you that you bought a game and didn't like it??

[BaSeBallDuDeR]

111 games and proud. Still haven't played half of them lol. xD
Over 500 games and have played more then half of them, I beat a couple games a week!! :D

[Deques]

500 games!! woot. Pretty impressive number of games you got.

As for me I got around 70 games, and still counting. I guess I will get 20 more games during the winter sale

[dragonrage251]

Over 500 games and have played more then half of them, I beat a couple games a week!! :D

wtf // add me on steam .. dragonrage25 ... I got see this shiz for myself..

https://steamcommunity.com/id/Dragonrage25/

[puffader]

I got so many games over the holiday sale specials that I am overwhelmed with games.

I find myself looking at my Steam library and getting stuck trying to decide what to play first.

Its a heck of problem to have. :D

Dude I have over 300 games, I'm a gamerion addict lol!

[BaSeBallDuDeR]

wtf // add me on steam .. dragonrage25 ... I got see this shiz for myself..

https://steamcommunity.com/id/Dragonrage25/
K bro i added you.

[Dalek22]

"So many games... So little time."

[manicminer]

I'd guess I have 50+ games I've never even installed yet. There's something about that Purchase button during sales...

[vango]

I dont have a lot of games,but i love and play all of them,mostly alien swarm,for it is not only awesome,but free aswell xD
if anyone doesnt have it yet,get it!Its worth the time.

[Χάρης]

I only get games i am going to play,i wouldn't waste money like that.

Btw which games do you have?

[MaxDA]

I'm the same I still have games from previous sales I haven't touched yet. I think they should start a new reality show called "Steam Hoarders" :D

[HobbitStomper]

I buy over 20 games during each sale and always end up playing just one for a few weeks.
Right now it's Mount & Blade: Warband, love the multiplayer with 200 people on one server.

[dune297]

111 games and proud. Still haven't played half of them lol. xD
Same amount of games and same story. (Minus 1)
http://steamcommunity.com/id/DUNEB/

[Skinker]

I've been trying to hold on to my gamer days the best I can, but with a wife, child and career taking all my time I think I spend most of my free time buying games. And just a little bit of time actually playing games.

Someday my daughter will be a gamer though and I'll have plenty of games for her to play! Right?

[Wertoret]

same... here!

[manicminer]

Same amount of games and same story. (Minus 1)
http://steamcommunity.com/id/DUNEB/

I see you've still Raising Hell to look forward to. I got countless hours out of that one! Not started on OL2 yet though.

[dune297]

I see you've still Raising Hell to look forward to. I got countless hours out of that one! Not started on OL2 yet though.
I haven't spent any time on any of the Overlords really past the starting zone of the second. Been too busy with other games :D!

[held]

I got so many games over the holiday sale specials that I am overwhelmed with games.

I find myself looking at my Steam library and getting stuck trying to decide what to play first.

Its a heck of problem to have. :D

I would go then from A to Z. :p

[real4xor]

I always boot up games once when I get them...

I just install, configure, play, it works-ok, next.
And then dump it in a category and see when I`ll actually play it.

^^ Although I did suddenly waste 3 hours on altitude before I got to the other games... :D that one should go in favorites.
Beat hazzard`s trippy effects also did the trick.

[dragonrage251]

We all might be back logged in to oblivion.. but let's agree on this.. we all have at least one warm up game.. where you play like 30 minute on it like everyday before moving on and play some of the other games on ur list..

For me it is KF.. everyday.. no matter what I play KF always end up getting played for at least an hour.

[Tomwelcome]

I had this problem before. And I just found a solution recently. It works fine for me.

Go make a wishlist of games that you are really interested in. And force yourself not to buy anything that's not on the list, no matter how cheap it is.

If you are a gamer with wide interests of games, the list won't be short. You will have an idea that there is always enough games to play, thus you lose the motivation to buy every games that's on sale.

[Quatrix]

Even if I didn't buy anything else, my backlog would last 3 - 4 years. And that's even when I restrict myself to "great" games with critic/user scores above 8.

[antiver]

I have the same problem, but my goal is to play all of them during Christmas break and beat most of them by Summer.

The flaw in your logic is that you likely have 2 or 3 more major sales between now and the end of your goal.

The cycle will repeat!

[antiver]

I had this problem before. And I just found a solution recently. It works fine for me.

Go make a wishlist of games that you are really interested in. And force yourself not to buy anything that's not on the list, no matter how cheap it is.

If you are a gamer with wide interests of games, the list won't be short. You will have an idea that there is always enough games to play, thus you lose the motivation to buy every games that's on sale.

I take this approach one step further - I assign a value to every item in my Wishlist that I would be willing to pay, and don't buy unless it's available for less than that.

[syclick]

I just wish I had time to play any games at all... :(

[Evil_Warhead]

youre so right,I also got 142 atm only on steam and dont know what to play first,got over 20 games , most of them gifted, past the last sale and also have WOW and this also takes time to play and areal-life.. uhh gawd. XD

[Grim Tuesday]

I just got around to Crysis, and I got it for 5$ last year...

[Raefzm]

same here. I've got alot and can't really decide. Some i haven't even started on, others i've begun and a few i've played half way through. today i started playing an old favorite again.

guess wich one that is?

[Scorpiuscat]

I buy games with the intent on playing them all.

I only but full priced games that I know i will play to the end no matter what. But these Steam sales let me pick up games that I had mild interest in and some I try for a few minutes and dont play again or I have not gotten to them yet.

I try to imagine that if I ever get laid off and am out of work, I have games galor ot play becuse I have gotten so many.....silly I know.

[Broken89]

Is valve going to have a Christmas sale? I just got paid on the 1st and was wondering if I should put some money aside.

[Ytsejam]

please.. I have games from the summer sale that I still haven't even download yet..

You're not that bad. I have games from the summer sale and from the 2009 xmas sale I haven´t downloaded yet :eek:

[dragonrage251]

I remember pre-buying the ball with the intention of playing it.. then I realize I was shallow and just wanted the player skin :|

Same with Poker Nights.. I hate you steam and your marketing tactics>.>

[alexanderswang]

I've downloaded every single one of the total 99 games on my Steam account, played almost every one of them for 10mins up to 200hrs long...

[Scorpiuscat]

Is valve going to have a Christmas sale? I just got paid on the 1st and was wondering if I should put some money aside.

I think you can bet there will be Christmas specials, so save your $$$ and be ready for the madness. :D

[Tipsy359]

lolololol how many is too many??? :P

[BaSeBallDuDeR]

lolololol how many is too many??? :P
I think it gets to many if your just wasting money and not at least trying the games you bought for at least a hour.

[Tipsy359]

I think it gets to many if your just wasting money and not at least trying the games you bought for at least a hour.

u sure? i have few games i havent tried that i bought months ago.

[Broken89]

Is valve going to have a Christmas sale? I just got paid on the 1st and was wondering if I should put some money aside.

Well looks like all my Steam spending money is going to a new Nexus S.

[SpiritSharD]

If I'm honest, I go through games quite quickly. Sometimes I don't even finish them.

I can never have too many games. xD

[Mulux]

The only one on my list I haven't got around to installing & playing yet is Mirrors edge. I got it on sale earlier this year as the price was so low, am still definitely intending to try it

[snake47508]

i have over a 100 games most which i bought through the last holiday sales and i still havnt had time to play through them :(

[chokke]

close to 130 games, not played to many of'em. And to many was missbuy, didn't enjoy them at all. But it was sooo cheap! :(

A couple of them is even from christmas-sale two years ago.