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ClaireDeLuna , (edited ) in I'm mildly proud of how I categorise my games on Steam and interested to see others' methods

I tried to sort by genre too many times and failed due to how specific some games get. So now they are sorted by completion.

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I also have a huge word document that has a very detailed, color-coded checklist of every game I have sorted alphabetically & by franchise, this was made so I could include any games from my other devices.

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Rai ,

What’s in “DONE - DIDN’T LIKE”? I’m curious as to what you’ve finished despite not really digging it!

ClaireDeLuna ,

“Done” doesn’t always mean complete, generally that’s where games go that I didn’t finish, never returned, and don’t plan on ever playing again.

But to answer your question

Far Cry: horrible update, AI is broken, don’t care to fix it

Far Cry Primal: Didn’t hate it but I didn’t love it, caused major eye pain too so I couldn’t play long.

Penumbra: Requiem: Abandoned the vibes of the previous two penumbra games which were the precursors to the amnesia games, didn’t enjoy the puzzles either.

Planet Centauri: Development Hell, no interest anymore.

Sniper Elite: weird funky controls just not enjoyable for me got about midway through before tapping out.

We happy few: mostly abandoned by the devs, game suffered due to being rushed.

Out of those I beat 3, the rest I either didn’t make the return window or kept for library collection reasons.

Rai ,

Fair! I’ve tried but haven’t been able to get into Far Cry games. I intend to try 3 again. Loved the first two Penumbras, but I’ve never heard of Requiem. I hella feel you on the controls of Sniper Elite, also.

ClaireDeLuna ,

For me personally 3-5 were solid Far Cry titles! I haven’t beaten 2 yet though. They are “AAA” titles and the corporate parts show, especially in 5. But I love the sandbox environments and the stories are dumb fun imo. Great “brain off” games (stealth is fun too)

MadBob OP ,

I do like the use of square brackets to abuse the alphabetisation.

Okami_No_Rei ,
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Saving for reference. You’ve got a good thing going here. I need to steal some of your ideas for my own collection.

darkstar ,

This is amazing! May I please copy your system? :')

ClaireDeLuna ,

Of course!

eyeon , in I'm mildly proud of how I categorise my games on Steam and interested to see others' methods

before steam had the built in library categorization I used a third party tool that created categories automatically based on tags

which is to say I have way too many useless categories now and need to wipe them all and start over 🙁

fushuan , in I'm mildly proud of how I categorise my games on Steam and interested to see others' methods

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Favs, a category just for PoE, semi-favs, and then some dynamic lists to get a fake “all” list.

cypherix93 ,

I love how PoE sits between “Favorites” and “Anything I might actually like”. I think that sums up my relationship with PoE as well.

Evotech ,

A man of class

survivalmachine ,

haha, I LOVE Pillars of Eternity! I’ll have to make a category just for that one! https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/d0f0df34-3d3c-4971-8b2a-27dd22cd8f82.webp

fushuan ,

Oh, I meant path of exile, but I do have pillars 1 on the semi favs and pillars 2 on the favs lists haha.

survivalmachine ,

I was kidding, too! I’ve got a few thousand hours in Path of Exile. I just like to confuse the two when the opportunity arises 🤣

MadBob OP ,

Sorry, what in God’s name is a dynamic list?

fushuan ,

The ones that have a lighting are dynamic. You know how when you go to search in your games it lets you filter to get only the ones with the rpg tag, or multiplayer, and so on? You can create a category that has all the games with the rpg tag, which updates dynamically. When you go to create a category it gives you the option, it should be straight forward.

Nemoder , in I'm mildly proud of how I categorise my games on Steam and interested to see others' methods

Favorites - Games I’m playing very frequently
Bugged - Games I might try again if specific bugs are fixed.
Classic - Games I play less frequently but still plan to again
Couch - Games that would only be fun to play on a couch with friends. if I had a couch. or friends.
Doze - Games that require tweaks to proton to work on my Linux desktop.
Meh - Games I’m not playing again.
Old - Finished games I’d only install again if it had a massive update.
Testing - Uncategorized games I haven’t made up my mind on.

Zidane , in I'm mildly proud of how I categorise my games on Steam and interested to see others' methods

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I haven’t added anything to a category other than favorites in a while. Just can’t be bothered. I use my ‘favorites’ as an installed and/or probably will play again.

germtm_ , in I'm mildly proud of how I categorise my games on Steam and interested to see others' methods

i either group them by genres, or by series/franchises, or by developers.

with some stupid category names, of course.

DJalexTheGameDev , in I'm mildly proud of how I categorise my games on Steam and interested to see others' methods
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  • Playing
  • Finished
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LapGoat , in I'm mildly proud of how I categorise my games on Steam and interested to see others' methods
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i did this but didn’t keep up with it. ended up with a big “unsorted” folder that occasionally has gems when i look through it

USSEthernet , in I'm mildly proud of how I categorise my games on Steam and interested to see others' methods
WittyProfileName2 , in I'm mildly proud of how I categorise my games on Steam and interested to see others' methods
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  • Favourites
  • artsy (for sorting all the pretentious crap)

And then the rest are sorted via genre tag.

Kyatto , in I'm mildly proud of how I categorise my games on Steam and interested to see others' methods
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TBH tho I usually just use recent activity, but having genres, mechanics, and “vibes” helps me find the game I’m in the mood to install and play. Some of the catagories are essentially useless tho as most people who tag games have no clue what certain genre’s actually are, so I have to curate some of these I care about, I have too many games to do it without steam tags though.

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Noodle07 , in I'm mildly proud of how I categorise my games on Steam and interested to see others' methods

I have no category for games I play often, I have “played” for games I likely won’t play again. And I have “shitty trash” for well those. I also have uber trash for sacred 3 and two worlds

apotheotic , in I'm mildly proud of how I categorise my games on Steam and interested to see others' methods

I’ve got a category for the rating (/10) I give any games I’ve finished, as well as the following:

  • Dropped
  • Shelved
  • Won’t play
  • In progress
  • Backlog
  • Software

These categories don’t overlap (ie, I don’t give ratings to games I haven’t actually finished, even if this means I dropped them with no intent to play them again)

Work pretty nicely for me and it’s nice to be able to easily point to games I’d recommend to my pals

And the “wont play” category is largely just games that were in bundles, that I don’t care for, or games that I thought I’d want to play but became uninterested in them before I got around to them

AceFuzzLord , in I'm mildly proud of how I categorise my games on Steam and interested to see others' methods

I just organize them in 3 categories for me:

  1. Did I get the game for free?
  2. Did I actually purchase said game?
  3. Is it an emulator?

It’s a mess, but it’s better than no organization because it makes the list feel more organized than it actually is.

acetanilide , in I'm mildly proud of how I categorise my games on Steam and interested to see others' methods

Nice. I have favorites and uncategorized 🫠

Although this might be why I never know what to play

vox ,
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i just put everything i actually buy in favorites and categorize everything else

MadBob OP ,

Ah, don’t worry, I’m often paralysed by choice despite my system.

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