Wondering how much the budle deals effect this number. I’ve got a lot of games from bundles and a lot of them I didn’t really want but they came with the bundle, so they’re added to my library.
Just want to add, not only is it a ridiculous number because of sales, there’s also free games that wreck the numbers.
Glancing at my unplayed library, sure there’s a bunch of leftovers from Humble Bundles I got ages ago for what amounted to a fraction of retail, but there’s also things like BioShock 1&2 Remastered - games that were given out FOR FREE to owners of the original. I’ve PLAYED the originals, but I assume the powers that be would tell you I have $60 worth of unplayed games sitting there since I haven’t opened the remasters.
The problem is that you pay $20-30 for a game that ends up sucking when you finally get to play it 2 months later which is past Steam’s refund date. If you never play it, it may still be a fun game and not a bad decision. Schrodinger’s game.
I have absolutely bought games and played them for less than 2 hours and never played them again. I’m a lot more discriminating now, but as recently as last month I bought a game because I thought I would like it. I played a couple of times but can’t get into it. I would love to have a new, fun MMO to play but there are so many that look interesting and then… bleh.
I don’t really use steam and I have this problem too. I buy discs used, and I don’t always look up gameplay videos… so yeah, often not my cup of tea turns out. But resellable if I want down the line, at least.
Just the other day I bought a Wii super monkeyball game that uses the balance board. I have everything I need to play it, but the chances of actually doing that are pretty slim, tbh. A lot of the older games (anything under $10 for consoles more than a decade old, really) I buy are like that. “Might be fun, might never get played, but in an emergency, can be sold”.
I miss playing mmos, but none of them have hit like vanilla wow on a pve server, and now I hate people too much to bother. If I could spin up a server of my own and just play by myself or with a few people I know, sure, but most games don’t allow that. So single player it is.
Prior to WoW a much better MMO, EverQuest, was already out. There’s a reboot server that’s about to launch the second expansion on the 1st that’s free to play run by enthusiasts. It’s called Project Quarm and it’s easy to get going.
I really never got into EverQuest. Maybe I’ll try again, but honestly at this point I’m sort of over social games. I played a lot of neverwinter when I was transitioning off wow, and it did the job, but I’ve not found any sort of mmo since that really makes me want to play… because all I want to do most of the time is solo play and pug dungeons (always a disappointment).
I used to be a raid leader and main healer for the guilds’ clan (we had a group of iirc 6 casual guilds that shared forums and a vent server and would do stuff together like a super guild) and I miss doing that but… not enough to try to find it again I guess.
I desperately want to be into games like helldivers or other “major hit” social play games, but they are without fail not my style of game. So… eh. I think that time in my life is just gone. Maybe when immersive VR is a major thing and there are mmos for it (ideally that don’t give me horrible motion sickness), that sounds pretty cool. But I won’t wait around with bated breath.
I just did that with the Manor Lords the city builder. Looked super cool, was way way too steep of a learning curve and very slow for me, so I never went back. If I don’t see a game getting more fun or accessible after ten hours, I’ll never touch it again. Basically did this for Rust, Ark, Pal World, and Zomboid most recently.
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1700 games
I don’t have anything to play!
I’m part of the problem.
The games I haven’t played yet are also the games I never paid full price for, or got in a bundle, heavily discounted.
Wondering how much the budle deals effect this number. I’ve got a lot of games from bundles and a lot of them I didn’t really want but they came with the bundle, so they’re added to my library.
This is it. I have a ton from humble bundle and free keys. Very few I’ve paid for and never played.
It’s me, hi! I’m the problem, it’s me!
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero
Steam Summer Sale starts in 2 days. You know what to do!
I think about 18 billion of that was me
I’ll play them when I get the time. I never get any time :(
Yeah, and?
So does that compensate for all those pirated games that people actually do play?
this is what i have been saying all along
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/06/is-the-total-value-of-unplayed-steam-games-really-19-billion-probably-not/
Just want to add, not only is it a ridiculous number because of sales, there’s also free games that wreck the numbers.
Glancing at my unplayed library, sure there’s a bunch of leftovers from Humble Bundles I got ages ago for what amounted to a fraction of retail, but there’s also things like BioShock 1&2 Remastered - games that were given out FOR FREE to owners of the original. I’ve PLAYED the originals, but I assume the powers that be would tell you I have $60 worth of unplayed games sitting there since I haven’t opened the remasters.
Also depending on how theyre counted some games have beta servers and shit listed separately also mod kits and the like can be included in this.
The problem is that you pay $20-30 for a game that ends up sucking when you finally get to play it 2 months later which is past Steam’s refund date. If you never play it, it may still be a fun game and not a bad decision. Schrodinger’s game.
I have absolutely bought games and played them for less than 2 hours and never played them again. I’m a lot more discriminating now, but as recently as last month I bought a game because I thought I would like it. I played a couple of times but can’t get into it. I would love to have a new, fun MMO to play but there are so many that look interesting and then… bleh.
I don’t really use steam and I have this problem too. I buy discs used, and I don’t always look up gameplay videos… so yeah, often not my cup of tea turns out. But resellable if I want down the line, at least.
Just the other day I bought a Wii super monkeyball game that uses the balance board. I have everything I need to play it, but the chances of actually doing that are pretty slim, tbh. A lot of the older games (anything under $10 for consoles more than a decade old, really) I buy are like that. “Might be fun, might never get played, but in an emergency, can be sold”.
I miss playing mmos, but none of them have hit like vanilla wow on a pve server, and now I hate people too much to bother. If I could spin up a server of my own and just play by myself or with a few people I know, sure, but most games don’t allow that. So single player it is.
Prior to WoW a much better MMO, EverQuest, was already out. There’s a reboot server that’s about to launch the second expansion on the 1st that’s free to play run by enthusiasts. It’s called Project Quarm and it’s easy to get going.
I really never got into EverQuest. Maybe I’ll try again, but honestly at this point I’m sort of over social games. I played a lot of neverwinter when I was transitioning off wow, and it did the job, but I’ve not found any sort of mmo since that really makes me want to play… because all I want to do most of the time is solo play and pug dungeons (always a disappointment).
I used to be a raid leader and main healer for the guilds’ clan (we had a group of iirc 6 casual guilds that shared forums and a vent server and would do stuff together like a super guild) and I miss doing that but… not enough to try to find it again I guess.
I desperately want to be into games like helldivers or other “major hit” social play games, but they are without fail not my style of game. So… eh. I think that time in my life is just gone. Maybe when immersive VR is a major thing and there are mmos for it (ideally that don’t give me horrible motion sickness), that sounds pretty cool. But I won’t wait around with bated breath.
I just did that with the Manor Lords the city builder. Looked super cool, was way way too steep of a learning curve and very slow for me, so I never went back. If I don’t see a game getting more fun or accessible after ten hours, I’ll never touch it again. Basically did this for Rust, Ark, Pal World, and Zomboid most recently.
I have 1048 games in my dynamic wall of shame list which is games I have never started.
Why do they have to personally attack me like that?