Which site or software do you use for managing your backlog ?

BLAEO — Backlog Assassins Extraordinaire
https://www.backlog-assassins.net/

Blaeo
https://www.backlog-assassins.net/

But honestly i just use steam and move my played games to a collection. Blaeo is just there for me as an excuse to do stuff instead of finishing my backlog (and it is mandatory for pop)

Hey Great question!
I manage my tiny backlog with BLAEO with an additional userscript added called BLAEO+

Check this recent post out for nice suggestions. I think Playnite will be useful for you. Maybe you will get fresher ones to add to them in this post :)

Edit: The power of BLAEO!!! 3 comments in a minute!😆

Wow guys 3 comment on a few minute for the same site, with such a high regard on BLAEO I have to check it lol, Thanks for the suggestion :)

The only issue is that it seems really steam focus and for my anbernic it's a bit of an issue, like specifically for it I want to be able to create my own rows like if I skraped the game for exemple, I made that on notion for exemple
https://preview.redd.it/same-database-but-separate-from-each-other-v0-eoyywe43edde1.jpg?width=1612&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b1fe68cafa480522f8ceac57013479c24315841

I just put wins in their own "Wins" category in Steam and randomly pick a couple occasionally. Does anyone know if BLAEO imports library categories you created on Steam?

I use a text file that I keep on my desktop and a copy of it on my pendrive and on google disk.

I just wrote all the games that I own that I also own all DLCs for and are no longer being worked on so there will be no new DLCs and patches and updates and I pick something from my list depending on what type of game I wish to play at that time.

I can recommend Backloggd, using it a lot myself but I'm also gonna join BLAEO now.
You can create lists and tag your games on Backloggd and it has games from all platforms, so it might be fitting for what you are looking for.

I use my brain to think about what I most want to play. I also sort games by completion time.

I use backloggery to keep mine, but it's enter your own data. Not sure if it has an import.

howlongtobeat

I have this ENORMOUS Excel spreadsheet (43K lines and counting) with:

• Every PC game launched on Steam (in my region) up to 2020 (stopped keeping track of all the trash after that);
• Many others games never released on Steam (including many old games from the 90s);
• Many games released after 2020 (including everything with a Metacritic score or a PC Gamer UK review).

I mostly update it manually, because I am a crazy bastard -- have been doing this for nearly 20 years now. The sheet contains things like Developer, Genre, Date of Release, Review Scores from a few sources; then I include some columns with my personal data: if I own it (nearly 4K of them), at what Library, where and when I got it, if I finished it, my personal score. I also have a few other sheets for a few games I owned in other platforms, but PC is really my platform.

Anyway, if your library is already huge, I don't expect you to to something like that. Well, I could send you a copy of my sheet if you want to adapt it to your data, but you would probably hate it?

So, unless you want to go my crazy route, I am going to +1 the Playnite idea. It does nearly everything my spreadsheet does, it displays all the games beautifully, I highly recommend it.

Cheers!

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Mostly Playnite, but BLAEO helps

Yep, Playnite.

Hm, while I can understand people worrying about their backlog I don't agree in the slightest. Gaming isn't a job for me where I've to keep track of chores to fulfill. It's a magical, very special moment when you find a game which clicks with you and this doesn't happen following a schedule.

I use HowLongToBeat to catalog all my owned games and Playnite to launch them.

HLTB is cool

The cool stuff about HLTB is that you can create or subscribe to collections, which right off the bat tell you how long it would take to clear everything in there. Very useful when you want to get through a big franchise. Whole 3 rating systems you can choose from - 1 to 5, 1 to 10, and 5 to 100 with step of 5. Custom tabs are cool too, you can put selected games on your profile and it will look like a steam showcase (i have my fav games there), also you can name it whatever you want and that tab will appear alongside backlog, beaten games, retired, on hold, etc

I wouldn't be as platform agnostic as I am without Playnite because of how easy (and customizable) it is to streamline how I handle my games. The filters are a godsend.

Thanks a lot everyone for your kind and extensive recommendation, for now :

• Blaeo seems good but it's not clicking for me, I don't search to be push to finish my backlog and the community focus is not my vibe
• Playnite seems promising, but for now I feel like it make double with gog galaxy in a way, I'll have to dig further
• Backloggd is the closest of what I need especially for my retro game and anbernic despite a little lack of customization
• HLTB seems really complete but like BLAEO a little too backlog end focus and I fear it will create anxiety for me in the long run, need digging

I've been using Backloggery for over a decade. The site recently got a massive update in its look and it's still in the midst of this update process, so things are changing and shifting in terms of customization and features, but the core of listing your games is functioning normally. For anyone with a ton of games it might be too much work, since you add games manually, but I prefer this over other alternatives since it lets me list all of my games regardless of platform and doesn't require downloading anything.

You probably heard many already saying, but BLAEO. What I like about it is that I can make as many lists as possible and I get to learn a bit of coding in the process to make it however I like.

Here's my profile.

Also, you can list based on HLTB lists your lists of games using extensions like BLAEO+ made by kubikill which helps you sort and list games in seconds in your backlog based on length, completion, beaten or unfinished.

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