Are you like me and have a huge collection of games but still haven't played with them after all these years? With great Steam deals and bundles available on sites like Fanatical, , it's easy to grow your collection without spending too much money. There are a lot of games in Steam's library that I haven't touched yet, so I think I should at least try them out and see what these titles are like. There may be hidden gems to discover here.
The hard part here is where to start. Facing a huge collection can be daunting. It's easy to become paralyzed by choice. I know this is a big problem for me, so I'm trying to find a way to get past it. You can run them alphabetically from the beginning of your Steam library, but I think it's more fun to choose them randomly. I found a free random selector online where you can enter all the different titles you're trying to select. If you can't decide between the titles on Steam, the Steam Library Randomizer will randomly select a game from all the games you own. You don't even have to install the game yourself, which saves you a lot of work. Once you select a game, you will also be assigned a random achievement for completing that game. If your backlog is on the console, this random picker can support up to 10,000 options, and you can also choose how many to select. I didn't have to choose between two games, so I only played one. Because it defeats this purpose. There are many other sites that can do this, so finding one that works is easy. As another option, my fellow writer Artura Dawn writes about how to use PlayTracker to deal with backlogs. Please check this out as well.
Please note that once a game is selected to play, it is not necessary to win that game. I think this way of thinking is part of the problem. Gamers believe that once they start a game, they have to complete it. I think if you try it long enough to decide if you like it and want to continue, that's all you need at this stage. If you really don't like it, don't continue playing. If you don't enjoy it at all, move on to another title. If you find it a pain to play, that's not a good thing. At least you tried. Personally, I spend at least 30 minutes trying out a game, similar to my “So I Tried It…” article series. That time is usually long enough to know what to expect with that title.
Since there are so many games that I can't remember what each one is like, I've also started a Google Sheet where I mark each game's genre and bits of information about the game. Let's look at the title again and imagine for a moment what it is like. So if you know you're not in the mood to play something like a precision platformer, you know you should pick another random game when one like that comes along. This also allows you to mark things you've already tried to remind you if you enjoyed them or not. When you have a lot of games, it's hard to remember what each one was like.
I'm looking forward to using this technique to make some impact on my own game library. It will take a long time, but I will at least try some of these titles. There may be some games here that you absolutely love, but you won't know until you try them. For me, Mutant Penguin Attack This will be the first game I play from my backlog as I try to work through the hundreds of titles I have in my library that I don't have time to play. Actually, I don't really know how to operate this game, so I'll move on to the next option. legend of kingdom rush. I'll be writing based on these randomly selected games, so keep an eye out for articles I've tried.
I hope this article gives you some ideas on how to tackle your backlog and overcome the feeling of choice paralysis. If you have any other methods you use, please leave a message in the comments section below.
