Do you buy Steam games that you know you won't ever play? [new Master Spy gib]

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What, no. I intend to play all of my thousands of backlogged games some day.

At least you guys can't see my other backlogs, consoles add a few thousand more. -_-

I know I won't manage to play all my games, but I intend to play as many as I feel like, instead of worrying about leaving behind an unfinished backlog I rather own anything I might want to play so I can if want to.
Game's are things to be enjoyed, if they instead are causing me stress I just take a break or something. I'm currently taking a bit of a shotgun approach to my library, just installing anything that catches my attention while scrolling down the list and playing for as long as I feel like doing so, only returning if I really liked it and trying not to worry too much about finishing it.

I can try to calm myself that it's just a hobby. But to be honest I'm just trying to fill the emptiness of my soul with +1, backgrounds, smiles and other digital items...

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Let's call it "not anymore"... ^^ Back then I just redeemed every single bundle game of an indiegala / bundlestars bundle even if I just intended to play one or two of them.
Most of the games I redeemed on my Steam account are games that I actually wanna play at some point.
Sometimes I just buy games 'cause I have good memories from back when I owned hardcopies of them (basically to support those companies) or just to be able to access them any time I feel like it.
There are some exceptions tho. I got some games that I just purchased for the sake of achievements (which required me to play it even if I didn't like the game. ... although I'm aware of the possibility to unlock achievements with external tools) and sometimes I still might end up redeeming all of my bundle games just so the keys don't get revoked before they got redeemed.

In regards of Steamgifts I just enter raffles for games I wanna play :)

Buy Steam games that you know you won't ever play.

YES. Always. This is Steam motto. "Pay, not play."

It is more like a trading card game collector mentality imo. Of course it is nearly impossible to collect "all the games" unlike a tcg's cards, since several games get released everyday while a tcg releases a pre-determined amount of cards every few months. But unlike collecting tcg cards, mentality behind getting more and more games isn't about being a completionist and it is more about owning more than the rest of the "hobbyists".

Wait, you guys are playing the games you buy on steam?

It became a bit more of a mental problem for me over a year ago when I would regularly buy mystery bundles.

I stopped doing mystery bundles last year and am being a somewhat more choosy with the bundles and the very few individual games or DLC I buy, though that meant getting 200 games that year instead of the 400 per year pace when I joined BLAEO mid year.

I'm gonna feel a bit more mental when I cross the 1000 game mark though, which I'm just a few bundles away from reaching, but that'll dissipate with time. :)

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I do plan to play them when I buy them, problem is getting around to actually do it xD

Well, I'm very aware that I have too much games, so instead of buying for me... I buy for SG XD
I try to finish all my games but it's hard XD
Tho I'm proud I finished some since the beggining of the year.

But I know that at least half of my library was gift from friends (bundles they didn't want mostly) and it adds to the list games I will probably never play.

I think I maybe buy so much games, because it's my only hobby, it's very cheap too when it's on sale. But maybe buying that much is a problem, tho, it doesn't feel like one, it's just that I have bought so much bundles it adds to the backlog, but I actually play daily.

I was thinking that. I have enough games to last me a decade, but I still buy new games. For some of them, I know I will play them, for others, not so sure :/ When I finally get them, I'm not as impatient to play them..

I crossed the 2,000 mark on my Steam library and have no intension of playing all the games.
I buy quite a number of bundled games on sale (Steam, Humble, etc) looking for good-value trading cards that are dumped from these games for cheap.
Once I sell those trading cards, I use that Steam wallet funds to buy the games that I do want to play.

It's a combination of factors. For me a tendency to hoard (the natural human instinct to keep things) is definitely one. Also retail therapy at times.

I have a significant backlog, but really wish I'd play more of my games. Due to some problems (and studying), my PC has stood defunct for a while (~2,5y) now, so I can't just boot it and start a game. However, I really want to play most of what I own.
And once I get myself to starting it, I will start categorizing my games, both on Steam and other platforms, into bins like "will play" "won't play" "won't finish" "finished enough" "100% done" "POS". Maybe I'll even join some backlog group, who knows.
So yeah... existential dread,

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Steam Stats 2017
Average games per user: 10.81

Steam Stats 2021
Average games per user: 55.9

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Never. I only buy a game if I know I'll play it very soon. Mood swings might change my gaming plans but everything gets played eventually.

if its a good deal i buy em. yes, even when i know i wont play em. mental disease aye.

mmmm buy games make serotonin makes monke brain feel good

Im slowly getting through the games that I have in my library, but I am quite specific on what I activate and what I dont. If I buy bundles, I only activate the ones I want and gift away the rest. I do think its a hobby as long as it doesnt affect your life in a negative way. If you start using money, that you should be using on food, towards bundles, you have a problem lol.

thanks for the giveaways friend :)