I apparently have over $500 of unplayed games. However, looking at my library there’s a lot that I’ve played through that it shows zero hours, whether I used a script loader because of mods or for some reason it just doesn’t show that I’ve played the game (Bioshock series for some reason. I’ve played them all through).
I’ve also never payed full price for a game. Patient gamers unite! Just not right away.
A lot, probably most, of my hours on steam are from before they tracked it. I had 3,000 hours in CS:S and it shows 0 because I stopped playing long ago. Steams been around for a long time, much longer than its ability to track games, so I imagine there’s a lot of people with “unplayed” games that they’ve played, plus people like you that don’t show their hours for whatever reason.
Most of my Steam library is shit I have no intention of ever playing. I’ve bought a TON of bundles that contain one game I actually want that justifies the entire purchase; one or two that look like they have some potential, so I’ll bookmark them for a rainy day; and like 15 digital turds that I now have the key to, so… why not, might as well activate.
The ‘unplayed math’ is comically bad in my case.
Fanatical, or whatever they used to be called had rediculous bundles and is the reason why have have almost 1000 games on my account. There were times that I would be interested in one game, and it was cheaper to buy the bundle from them than the one game on it’s own from Steam.
Yeah. That napkin math looked way off to me.
Like I cared. Or anyone actually.
I haven’t played quite a few games I’ve paid for but a large part of that goes to small indie devs. I may not play their game but I support them and the work that they do.
Math: not even once.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
For starters, SteamIDFinder is using the current sale price of every game in your unplayed library, as confirmed by looking at a half-dozen “Pile of Shame” profiles.
Steam and I disagree on whether I’ve launched and played Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition (I definitely did and was definitely overwhelmed), Mountain, and SteamWorld Dig.
Even if they’re not dedicated tools, Steam libraries sometimes end up with little bits of game that you didn’t ask for and might never play, like Half-Life Deathmatch: Source.
So nobody I could easily poll had fewer than 25 percent of their games unplayed, and those with higher numbers tended to have bought into bundles, sales, add-ons, and other entry generators.
If you’ve looked up your own stats and feel surprised, you can keep your unplayed games as a dedicated collection in Steam, and it might inspire you to check out the most intriguing left-behinds.
Play what interests you when you have the time, and if your unplayed count helps you stave off your worst sale impulse buys or rediscover lost gems, so be it.
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I mean, it’s good to know the publicly published numbers are exaggerated but I know my Steam library and I am absolutely part of the problem. Even factoring sales I’m probably at $500 easy
