I can't be the only one...

I feel exactly the same. I'm in highschool and got loads of work from AP classes. I always buy games from sales and don't think I'll ever have time to play it. Gonna get a Summer job too so I don't have the entire summer for myself.

Same here. Except... My number of games... x_x

My solution: play more games anyway.

It honestly depends on what your priorities in life are. There can still be plenty of time for games in "real life". I still personally play games a lot and I'm 28, have a good job and a wife. I fully expect that if I have kids my free time will be significantly less. That's part of the reason I don't really want kids.

Same here. I get every cheap game or bundle + have more free time than most people here (basically all thats not sleep is my free time right now) and i'm trying to finish every single game since june this year...without success. My major problems are:

1. Overchoice a.k.a. "i don't know wtf i'll play right now". Sometimes i'm trying to decide what to play and i just can't; random doesn't help me
2. Some games are just too bad (Ironclads Collection for example. I've tried it many times and just can't play it) or have problems on my pc (GTA Vice City and San Andreas work both too fast even with vsync on, Commandos 3 at forced 800x600 looks like crap on a 40" screen)
3. Some long games (Skyrim for example) i just don't dare to start because i know i'll spend 50+ hours in them
4. Co-op games i can't play because most of my friends are pirates

Things i'll try to do for fixing it: I'll stop buying cheap games except if they're on my wishlist and i'll try to finish everything (even Ironclads lol) till new year 2014.

I have the same problem.
College, maintaining social relationships....almost no time for gaming.
I made a schedule for myself.
1 evening of gaming, 1 for friends, 1 for gaming, 1 for friends etc.

I watch some of the walkthrough vids on youtube. And then read some reviews. And then I wait until few hours before the sale ends and try to make my mind. Finally I buy the game and put it in inventory. Sometimes I buy games just because I wanted to spend some money or I plan to gift it later. I do really hope my friends play more games other than Dota2.

Join Steam Addicts Anonymous ;)

I think alot of SG community does have this problem, steaming from various reasons.
Myself, I think its from the stresses of everyday life. I feel Im getting too old for games. I enjoy them the same, but responsibilities from real-life are many. So I 'want' to play these games, but I don't have the time anymore. Not like I did 10 years ago. So ends up with increasing backlog. Same with my XBLA collection.
Digital downloads is both a blessing and a curse. Steam is both Pure Good and Pure Evil :) .. The good being, its a great client, neat and tidy, all in one nice place. The Evil being the crazy sales (either through steam or other places).
My wife said to me when she seen the credit card bill .. $40 (yes this is very small compared to others I know) - "$40? Thats enough to buy a new Xbox game". My response was, "Well that $40 got me 20 steam games" ..
For me its not a huge money sink - cause I spend my time looking at sales/bundles/trades etc.
But its a HUGE time sink. One that I should be spending real life things...
I keep thinking .. When Im on my deathbed - What memories will I not have because of time wasted on 'collecting/playing/reading about/watching' video games....

I only buy a game that i really want to play. Then i stop buying games.

I had that problem, I have been getting better though, only buying games which I know for sure I am going to play.

My first Summer Sale I did the exact same thing as you. I bought tons of games I "might play" but never really played them, and if I did it was probably only for about 1 hour or even less.

This is how I handled my situation. "Would you REALLY play it?"

I've been contemplating Torchlight II every time it is on sale, but I think this always "I probably won't like it, and if I'm even thinking about thinking about playing it then that means I obviously have second thoughts about it so I shouldn't buy it". I've only bought the Bethesda Collection + BL2 (My collection was refunded... not BL2 yet), I have gotten Mass Effect, and I bought some gifts for friends. So technically I only got Mass Effect this whole sale. I'd say that's good ^_^

Currently experiencing the same thing. And now I'm gonna attempt to do the "Don't buy a game until next winter sale" thing.

You just have to realise that you're not going to play them in the near future and they will be on sale again soon.

dont have a credit card yet and im using the money to get a new computer, so no buying much games htis year, i only sold some tf2 stuff for money, thats how i got some.

I have pretty the same situation.... though I was pirate once, but now i play only legal games :D And yes, i have too much of them in my library and too little time to play (yes, i'm a student, i have a BF, i have a job and frieds outside PC :D). So i found a group that tries not to buy any games till 2014, I joined them :)

well atleast you have games for your kids after 15-20-30years :D If steam will exist!

I've found that life for a gamer is always going to be one of two things:

1. Enough money to buy the games you are interested in, not enough time to play them all.
2. Plenty of time to play the games you are interested in, not enough money to buy them all.

Don't worry - when you will have wife and kids all your money will be away (this is actually my situation right now) :)

Same problem, over 10games bought not played :S

Same problem. Over a $3k steam acct.
Real job. married. house payments, etc etc etc.
I tend to play the really REALLY cheap games, or free games most, haha.

If I'm not totally positive I'm going to play it or install it right away, I buy it as a gift. This way, if it sits there for ever, or if I win the game somewhere, I can do a give away with it. Otherwise, I can just "Add to my library" and give it a shot when the time comes.

The things I ask myself before buying games:

1. Is this game still releasing DLCs? If yes - wait to buy GOTY or Complete Edition.
2. Will I play this game before the next Steam Sale? If unsure - wait until next Steam sale.
3. Is it more than 50% off?
4. How are reviews? Etc.

I got assassins creed 3 and hitman absolution for Christmas and haven't had the time to play them, what with being loaded with homework, exams and YouTube videos to watch. I just don't have time to play my games anymore. :(

I have fable 3 and assasins creed 2 on the xbox, they were christmas presents from 2011, they are still in their plastic. no likely to open them anytime soon.

I know I will get to everything I buy/win eventually, honestly a lot of my games are from bundles and well they just add games you would not have bought originally, like I bought bundles that had like 1-2 games I wanted and it added those and 5 more I was meh about, glad Humble is doing separate keys nowadays.

Also if I ever do have kids, how cool will it be to pass my account down to them when this games are ancient and I barely use the account, I think it would be pretty damn cool.