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so much to organize, damn you humble bundle

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I actually like that... Mostly I have categories for genres, publishers, and planning for playing (not like I actually follow it...) but I like some of yours and will probably adopt them

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

my dad's garage is like this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm onto his antics.. it's a mix of strategic time waste projects, shit being worked on that continually needs more, and the far off dreams of a man with more free time

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I think this describes all garages

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

I tried, but dynamic filters were not good enough, so i gave up.

Only have "Ready To Play", "All Played" and "Uncategorized" now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

No I already have a full time job.

I just have a finished one where I move them after I finish the story or I'm done with a game.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

I am in awe of your organization.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I categorize them based on their franchise. But if they're not part of any franchise or they're the only game I have they'd just be uncategorized.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Mine is pretty similar, except I just throw my backlog into a big category called "Haven't Touched". Been meaning to make a separate folder for Early Access games I've temporarily dropped until they release.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ooh, emojis? The possibilities!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not Steam emoticons though, unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

What a miss by steam! I might finally have something to use them for

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I just sort by recent and that's it 🤷‍♂️ if it falls off and I forget about it, I guess it's gone

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I was playing this game too much, with complex system which never actually encouraged me to play any of the games I have categorized (and I had similar system as OP). Please dear fellow gamers - don't fall into same trap =)

Now I have only 4:

  • WTP - want to play games, be them new or on repeat.
  • VR - same as WTP, but for VR.
  • Done - for games which are finished, but I have a feeling that I would like to recall them several years later.
  • Done-done - for games which I'm not going to ever play again. Either bad games, or which have fully fulfilled their purpose and there is nothing to do anymore.

I use recent sorting, which help a lot to mitigate any kind of lock on what to play today. It's more like recommendation

I am trying to free myself from finishing games 100% and avoid all side/boring activities, also now I'm free to pick whichever game I want, instead of planned (like work) consumption with previous system.

It has really brighten my playtime, now it feels more like joy than before.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

I'm not organizing 1200 games. Nor will I ever play them all lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Goals. Holy, I know what I'm doing tomorrow instead of gaming.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago
  • To Play
  • Finished
  • Unfinished (games I gave up on)
  • Time Sink (unending games, roguelikes, etc)
  • Multiplayer
  • Multiplayer (5+)
  • Local Multiplayer
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

It would be cool to see an export of that game list by category.

Dunno if steam has any way of doing that

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I have an "immediate backlog" of 5 games, about 30 in my "primary backlog," and about 60 in my "backlog." I promote or demote based on vibe and try to play 1 game at a time. I also have a tight curation of favorites and Steam Deck bangers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago
  • Favorites
  • Backlog
  • Completed
  • Uncategorized
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

I only have 3: -TO PLAY -BANGERS -Uncategorized

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I dont have this many lists. I keep mine as finished, currently playing, broken and then some dynamic lists based on category such as rougelike, horror etc

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I think I must use them wrong.

My categories are mostly used to organise by where they're installed - so Desktop, Laptop, Steam Deck Internal, Steam Deck SD Card 1, SD Card 2 etc. If I want to play that game, where's it already installed?

The only category that relates to the games content is "wheel games" which is driving games that work well with wheel/pedals/gearstick.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Poor VR, all the way at the bottom below shovelware.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Very much intentional since I don't own a headset at the moment. If I ever get one again, I'll give the category an emoji to push it back towards the top lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I am somewhat bad about organizing on Steam. All I have for categories are pretty much games I got for free, paid for indie titles, paid for non-indie titles, and emulators. Would be better if I better organized them, but I wouldn't know where to start and would most likely procrastinate on it indefinitely because of the number of things I have in library.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I just sort my library by rating to see what I'll play next.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I feel you bundley pain. I have: favourites, check in future/ early access, completed, currently paying, deck games, escape rooms, games for my wife to try, horror, humble games to try, local multiplayer, multiplayer, new need to try, played kinda sucked, puzzle, RPG, RTS, shooter, sofa games, VR games.

New need to try is for the humble bundle games I'm actually interested in and the humble games to try is for the ones which are just extras.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I just have unplayed, installed locally, and good games.

I often forget to update the good games folder so it's iffy as to whether or not all of my good games are in there yet at any given time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Why would you sort the ones you're uninterested in?

I sort mine by genre, plus a couple categories that overlap with others like "Space" or "No Killing" because sometimes I get in the mood for a particular quality. I don't have an active category, instead I uninstall games that I don't see myself playing in the near future and then use the "Ready to Play" button to see the active ones. Installing games encourages me to do something else, and the limit on how long it'll be helps, "Do chores for an hour while your game installs" is a lot easier for me than just "Do chores." Ideally, I try to limit my installed games to 10 so that I think more about what I actually want to play, I'm not always disciplined about it.

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