I have a chronic inability to finish games

I have a similar issue, except in my case I never finish my

Why bother about it that much? Just enjoy every moment of the games. That's it. Your money, your time, your life, your choice!

I feel your pain OP XD

It's simple even though it might not look like it at first but you're no longer a gamer of games but a mere collector of games. Many people either just don't consciously acknowledge it or admit it.

Look on the bright side, at least you get to try a lot of games instead of being stuck trying to finish them all like a completionist and missing out on a lot of good games that way! :)

For me, it's open world rpg games where I do many side missions then get bored of the game without doing any main-story missions. Some games are an exception though

We are all on the same boat.

I used to finish more games when I was younger and had more free time to spend on them.
Now I spend more time with short-session games which is a pity 'cause I have many games I'd like to play but with more and more time passing between a play-session and another, I tend to forget what I was doing the previous time and spend most of times looking for clues, re-getting used to keys, movements etc., I barely do any step forward. :\

Have almost 700 games (not only Steam) and finished about 100 of them :\

About two months ago I tried to play as much as I could and beat 13 games in a week.
Also, you may think of join Completing the Backlog. They keep a sort of weekly and total leaderboard of players and the number of games they finish. I noticed it helps me a bit completing the games :) you know, because of that "gamification" thing..

I'm the same way...Mainly cause when im at the PC I start using forums, or getting skype calls....I complete more games on console since those distractions aren't available...Also cause laying on a couch is more comfy for games than in a computer chair, hunched over a monitor...at least to me.

Don't enter any giveaways until you finish a game.

I don't see not finishing games as a serious problem. There are quite a few games when I stopped before the end because I felt that I got my enjoyment from them, and going further would be a chore. Games are entertainment, and since most games are just "do the same thing over and over with variations", it's perfectly legitimate to say "I've done enough of that, let's do something else".

What's more of a problem is not starting games at all, just buying them and not playing them. As long as you play your games and you're enjoying them, you're using them well, even if you don't finish them.

i feel you, i am about the same, just that i have over 700

I have the same 'problem' that I have more games than I could ever complete. Just play the games you like, I always end up playing CS:GO, because it's fun with friends. I've completed alot of games in my time, but only the ones that where worth it.

"I have a chronic inability to finish games"

Sounds like early access dev diary...

Joke aside. Games are meant to entertain. You shouldn't force yourself to play them imo.

What you mean when you say "completed". For me "completed" mean finish 100% of achievements so it really looks completed. Seems that for now I completed only 217 games... :/

I know how you feel. I rarely finish games but for the reason that I just can't seem to say goodbye to really good ones. And am afraid of bad endings. My favorite (non finishing) games are RPG's, I finished Final Fantasy 10 once, but I got so disappointed with the ending, that I just told myself never to finish another game that has my heart =[ Couldn't bare to finish; Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, Fallout, Skyrim, Baldur's Gate, etc... Now I just learn to accept my flaw, and the good part is, if you ever feel like replaying the game, you can, because you never finished it :)

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Well you could join us in our attempt to conquer our backlogs...
But it does sound like you at least spent some time in each of those 500 games, so that's perfectly fine, isn't it? ... As long as you got some hours of fun out of those games, all is good. Don't feel obliged to reach the end, just accept that your attention span is shorter than most games ... that's what I did :)

I currently play a huge number of games that are open ended so there is nothing to complete. I think in the end you just have to pick realistic goals and then go for them. I don't worry about getting 100% or fully completing a game, the only metric I use is "is it fun" if the answer to that is yes then it stays on my play list, even if completed as I may want to play through it again.

I do sometimes get stuck not being able to decide on what to play though as there are so many good games on my play list.

Maybe someone else pointed this out already but I don't get this obsession with "completing" games. Play the game while it's fun and just move on if it turns out its not your cup of tea or it just stops being fun for whatever reason.

Edit: This, to me, sounds like the ultimate first world problem

Same here. But honestly if the game isn't compeling enough for you to want to finish the game, don't bother.
It's a game, not a job. If it ain't fun, don't do it.

Man, nevermind.
I have more than 500 games too and rarely make it to the end of one.

Games are made to enjoy, achievements are made to explore games.
I always drop and achievement if it's not worth the struggle. Whenever I stop having fun and frustration becomes unbearable, I carry on with the rest of the game or stop playing it entirely.

Again, you're supposed to enjoy games, to have fun.

I bought XCOM: EU more than a year ago and I started/finished the story only last week. It's not complete and I don't think it will ever be, but still, I just want to have fun.

Just like boys, yeah. Thank you, Cyndi.

Games aren't chores. They don't have to be completed. ^_^
If it's not interesting enough or fun just put it away (and get a refund?).
From the sounds of it single-player games aren't your thing anyway. So don't worry about it. :)

Why do you think a game needs to be completed anyway? :s

1. Just do it. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXsQAXx_ao0
2. Don't buy new games untill you will finish all which you have (but pick up free games, of course)

I've been playing personal computer games since the early 80s and as far as I can remember I've only ever finished 3 - Dungeon Master on the Atari ST, and Command & Conquer & the original Dungeon Seige on the PC. I'm sure there must have been more but if there were I don't remember actually finishing them. I don't worry about finishing games - I just play them until I get bored or stuck. It really does take an exceptional game to keep my interest enough to finish it.

I also didn't "finish" my second favourite game of all time, Morrowind. TBH I didn't actually know there was a main quest line until I'd been playing it for 2 months and when I discovered it I wasn't bothered. I was having way more fun just exploring and discovering stuff on my own.

Thinking about it I did finish Dinner Date the other month but that was because it was only 20 minutes long ..

I feel the pain.

After work and all family related stuff I can usually sit down at my desk at 20.00 only to ask myself "what will I play?" The main problem for me is that I remain for far too long in that state of indecisiveness.
I usually end up buying some other games- doing a run of boi and going to bed.

Don't worry though. You'll end up with a heritage of 20K unplayed games for your grand children to enjoy! Just put your steam account in your will!