My Steam Collection is out of control

I now have over 157 games on Steam and that number has been creeping upwards for months now. At this point I am beginning to think that even if I don’t ever buy another single game from now until the time I die, I won’t be able to finish all of my games.

I guess I owe all my wasted time playing MMOs to blame. They are addicting and basically don’t have an ending. That’s how they are designed and for that I have completely failed the Skinner test.

When I finish a game that has an ending I feel sad. I swore for years I would not ever finish Skyrim; I didn’t want it to end. I wanted to live in that world forever and take my walk in the later afternoon heading west from Whiterun, with that beautiful, open view. I suppose I can still do that now but I finished the game. It will feel pointless…until I find that other game that scratches my itch. 

So every now and then I take a break from World of Warcraft or Elder Scrolls Online. I get excited because this is my chance to dig into my Steam games, get some hours played, and get some completed games under my belt.

The logo that haunts
my dreams

And after all of this I still look forward to the large Steam sales that arrive annually during the summer and winter. By this time I always have my account armed with cash, and a Steam wish list full of a couple dozen games. And of course new game purchases mean that you have to play them right away otherwise buying them would feel pointless.  

It is an endless circle that shows no signs up stopping. The problem is there are just TOO MANY games out there period. There is so much crap to sift through. But with all of this crap, at any given time there are quite a few good PC games to play. When I was younger in my Commodore 64 days it never felt overwhelming. Is there such thing as too much of a good thing? Absolutely. 

I tried creating an Excel spreadsheet to track all of my games and tackle them systematically. That did not work. After a week or so I found myself playing what I REALLY wanted to play. And that is the point of this isn’t it? If you are playing what you really want to play don’t make some schedule in your mind. Just play. You only live once, sit down and play whatever you feel like playing. 

Just think first before making ANOTHER Steam game purchase or you will end up like me. Don’t be like me, please.