LOL. I’ve been collecting video games for nearly 40 years—almost the entirety I’ve been alive—starting with Atari 2600 carts.

So the answer is, I don’t know.

But it’s a lot. And I’m thankful Steam and GOG exists because I’m glad most of it is digital, not physical.

It motivates me to look through my backlog instead of get all hung ho about games I immediately buy.

I may have bought 226 games this month, but there’s also many others that deserve to be played.

Does it count as collecting for digital renting?

I don’t get this, though. Less than 200 games in your life? How? Are you a baby? Do you play games for thousands of hours on a regular basis?

Huh? Is calling them a baby supposed to be an insult? 200 games in 30 years would be a lot of games. It’s not like one buy a new game everyday. 6-10 games a year would already be a lot. Most find the handful they like and continually play them.

I own thousands of games and my most played games are in the thousands of hours, but if I boot up a game and play an hour of or two it I’m more than happy with that purchase, especially at a discount price. I spent twenty bucks last time I went to the movies and I didn’t even enjoy any part of what I watched.

I’ve never seen the phrase “touch grass” be more appropriate

It gives me motivation to play through more of my backlog.

A simpler and cheaper way to achieve this is to only buy games you want to and will pay right now. You spend less money on just increasing the ever growing back log. Maybe even reduce it eventually. And if you do want a game and you want to play it right now, it doesn’t really matter what it costs in comparison, as they is probably a game or two per month. The backlog becomes the focus.

I’ve played 22% of my Steam library and 25% of my GOG library.

Most of the time, I don’t finish the games. But I’ve got maybe 1 hour of enjoyment out of most of them—sometimes more. And I typically pay less than C$1.00 per game.

Meanwhile, at my local arcade, I sometimes pay $1.00 for a mere minutes of play.

Is it unfettered consumerism? Maybe it’s consumerism. If so, it’s certainly fettered.

I place hard limits on what I spend, and each game must be regarded as worth playing.

If there’s one regret I have it’s that I don’t talk about the many hidden gems I experience as much as I wish I did.

This month, I bought 226 PC games for C$185.82 ($134.58)

Now are those a lot of games? Yes, it’s a silly amount of games. Perhaps I’m addicted to good deals that deliver fun.

We all have a vice, and this is mine. I don’t drink, or smoke, or gamble – but I buy lots and lots of video games.

Though back when I was a console gamer, I’d might get eight games for that price – if I were lucky.

Maybe it’s consumerism. If so, it’s certainly fettered.

Statements of the utterly deranged lol. You admit to buying stuff knowing there’s an 80% chance you never touch it. That’s indulgent no matter what budget you set.

I’m not one to shame steam libraries, mine is certainly lopsided in playtime, but if you’re in it for collecting and preserving hidden gems just pirate. You’ll no longer be locked in to Steam and if you like a game you can still buy it at full price and give the devs more than pennies.

My Steam account is worth something like 30,000 dollars. I buy games constantly. Never play them. As long as you’re not sacrificing you or your loved ones well being. Who cares. Turn that money into something you want. That’s what it’s for.

All right, so on Steam, it’s 7,123 collected over 12 years. This includes some free games though. Officially, Steam says I have 5,342—so I assume that’s what I’ve paid for.

On GOG, it says I have 401 games. But a large chunk of that are free games—though not a majority.

On Epic, it says I have 97 games. I have not paid for a single one.

On Xbox Game Store, it says I have seven games. I only paid for one.

On Amazon, I have three games, all free.

And on itch.io, I have three games currently installed—nothing I paid for. But I have my eye on one specific game that I might pay for.

EDIT: I guess this doesn’t count collections that exist on Steam. For example, I recently got a Castlevania Collection that’s contains nine Castlevania games.

Hmm, looking at the 6 games I have in my steam library since 2017

Bundles and sales.

Fanatical had a lot of killer sales this month.

Also, SteamDB helps you target games based on discount and price.

Sure, but… a dollar on average? Man, that’s some filter-feeding purchase pattern, hardcore. Even setting the bar on 90% discount keeps the full price fare at five bucks apiece, and that low in the stack it’s really hard to get enough games for fifty cents that you offset that spend. Unless you really don’t mind getting shovelware for that much, and I get the impulse… it’s a lot. Especially since Humble started putting a minimum spend on getting full packages it’s really hard to get there. Their twelve dollar subscription bundle works out at 1.50 per game or so these days.

I’d be curious to see that game list, because I’m guessing it’s quite obscure and unexpected.

Hey, that’s fine. It’s fine to not be into games or anything else.

Weirder to not be into games and hang around a forum called “PC games”, but who am I to judge.

You admit to buying stuff knowing there’s an 80% chance you never touch it.

Nope, you failed to read what I wrote.

I said I’ve played 22% of my Steam library and 25% of my GOG library.

I also said, at various points, that I’m deliberately pacing myself through my backlog. I have already played around 2,000 titles, and I will be playing more.

Will I be playing all titles I own? Yes, at my own pace, with my own methodology.

I’m not one to shame steam libraries, mine is certainly lopsided in playtime, but if you’re in it for collecting and preserving hidden gems just pirate.

Nope, I’m in it for the collecting and the playing.

You’ll no longer be locked in to Steam and if you like a game you can still buy it at full price and give the devs more than pennies.

I’ve never had a Steam game removed from my account due to DRM. And should that ever happen, I have games on GOG that are DRM-free.

But also, I have downloaded and installed several abandonware titles in the past. I find piracy an inconvenient hassle. Both Steam and GOG give me the convenience of cloud storage, which I’m happy to pay less than a dollar for.

Basically, your entire comment boils down to you disapproving of how I enjoy games.

I paid an average price of $0.58 for 226 games—which is the price of a dinner at a restaurant.

Holy shit what restaurant are you going to that charges C$185 for a meal

I’m a game lover, I just play ones that have a lot of replay value so I don’t have to buy so many LOL. I migrated from old C64 to Super Nintendo, Wii and XBOX, XBOX360 but moved to PC gaming and Linux PC gaming around 2017.