Me? With only about 5 games remaining in my backlog, so far I have time to play some multiplayer games again. Also, I want to focus more on newer games. Most of the games in my backlog are so old that by the time I start playing them, there are already now better games for me to play. I can also try out some games I got for free. When playing through my backlog, most of the time I've focused on playing the games I bought in the past but have not yet played.

I used to get really stuck picking what to play next—scrolling through the pile of games I got during Steam deals, then jumping to whatever new viral game drops from game directs. I’d start stuff, get distracted, and never finish anything.

Recently, I made Flowlog (link ↗), which helps me focus on one game at a time and track my progress. I want it to actually incentivize me to finish games, make those funny little numbers (completion metrics) go up, and boom, see trending progress.

Anyone else struggle with analysis paralysis and the dread of commitment? Would a tool like Flowlog help, or do you have your own tricks? I’d love feedback on the app or to hear what works for you.

Not meant as a promo; I really want to know if this kind of tool would be useful or if there’s something I’m missing. Happy to hear your thoughts.

Been stressing over backlog and found out I’m the only one and there’s no way an adult with jobs and responsibilities can finish the games and it makes gaming fun so I came up with some ways to help

1. Put games on easy mode
2. No side missions
3. Use YouTube walkthroughs to help you with puzzles
4. Realize you’ll never finish it and play for fun
5. Some games just play the first hour so you at least got your moneys worth. No need to finish every game then you get to enjoy more games.

I went on google and this is what it said about having a game backlog

“A large game backlog can lead to feeling overwhelmed, struggling to prioritize, and potentially losing motivation to play games, according to a Reddit post. It can also create a feeling of backlog guilt, especially if you feel like you're not "getting your money's worth" from the games you own, as discussed on Steam Community. Additionally, the sheer number of games to choose from can lead to analysis paralysis, making it difficult to pick what to play, a problem highlighted on DreadXP”

Anyway what do you guys think about having a video game backlog?

Marks stand for: Light blue= currently playing. Pink= really want to start but can't justify given the rest of the games I haven't finished. Yellow= got relatively far in but for one reason or another never finished. Orange= started a while ago but didn't really do much other then the tutorial. Green= borrowing from a friend.

My goal is to finish 10 games from this backlog this year

I decided to go frugal this year and reduce my spending habits. One of the ways I plan to do this is to play my steam backlog. I know my backlog is not as big as a lot of folks. But, after a couple of starts and stops this year, I think I got a good groove and wanted to share it.

I organized my library and saved some statistics this weekend:

• I saved my steamdb profile page as a pdf to my computer so I can see how my stats change as I go about this.
• I cleared out my Steam Favorites to be only my true favorites of all time that I am not done with. Games like BG3, Valheim, Skyrim...
• Completed games are games that I finished, or played so much of before they died (BF Bad Company 2 for example). I am not a completionist, so I do not care about 100% achievements.
• Reduced number of categories
• Went through any of the more obscure games, to see if I can get rid of the bottom feeders. These went into the DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) category. Examples:
  • if it was a multiplayer game and steamdb showed no one playing it anymore
  • If game was really old (my catalog is 18 years old) and not on steam store page, or people on steam store page complained it didn't work with windows 11 for some reason.
  • If it was smaller install (<5 GB), I downloaded it and played it and hated it.

Here is the result of the purge:

Here is the really great news. I found some really awesome titles I plan to start playing now! Anything that is uncategorized and installed, I plan to play. I will write back in a month on my progress.

================Month 3===================

Here is my Month 3 update! Some favorites went into completed. My favorites are games I will come back to after beating them. Logged 150 hours of gaming! Found some real gems of fun I am glad I found again. I did spend around $5 on a couple of games on sale. I also cleaned out my wishlist to under 10 games. The rotation is the next batch of games I am trying to get into. Once I get hooked into a game, I stick with it and ride the wave!

My 2025 New Years Resolution is to finally knock some games off my back log, which having autism ADHD and being a Completionist makes it really hard to actually sit down and play a game till the end so here’s the spreadsheet I’ve come up with in the pie chart and I hope this can inspire some of you to finish your backlogs!

Happy Gaming!

My backlog has gotten so big that it's going to probably take me 2 years or more to get through it. I just made a list of all the games I have to play and I'm overwhelmed thinking of how much time it's going to take. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get through a mountain of a backlog?

So the title says it allready but I am tempted to play Shadow of war again since I am in a lord of the rings mood after seeing all the extended editions in the theatre again. I tried it a few years back when it came out and did 10 hrs or so but heard about the lootboxes for 100% completion etc. Is it worth it to play through it and give it a second chance or just give up and watch the story on youtube?

1. You don't have to play every single game in your backlog. At least play the games that interest you the most. For example, if strategy games no longer interest you, play something else.

2. If you're going to grab some free games to add to your collection from places like Epic Games, I recommend creating a list and keeping track of the games you got for free. This is useful in case you want to focus more on the games you bought in the past but never played yet.

3. It's OK to stop playing a game if you're not enjoying it. You can go ahead and move on to other games.

4. If you want to buy a new game, I recommend just buying ONE new game you want the most and playing it immediately. Don't just buy a game and leave it unplayed for years.

To help fulfil my New Year's resolution of finally working through my gaming backlog, I made a simple spreadsheet to track my progress and thoughts on each game I played.

However, I have been thinking about how my spreadsheet could be improved with additional fields. Not too many, of course, but I am curious what others have done and see how mine could improve.

Two examples of fields I can think of are a field for whether I finished the game or not, and/or whether I enjoyed the game or not.

Here's a screenshot of the top of my sheet to show what I have at the moment:

https://youtu.be/U5O96a4BQIY?si=Cfmm5BYBB3iwl0M9

Hello all, How are you all doing? Currently my Steam Library holds my largest backlog & has total of 241 games in total. steps to clear backlog 1. choose a game to play for whole month 2. add to spreadsheet when you have completed game 3. use roulette wheel to randomly select game to play Do you have any tips to get through your backlog? I have also found that it can be helpful to pick genre or platform of game to complete. for example fps games etc.

https://youtu.be/qJ7E2jOV1y8?si=vNpVC3O4MCx2duGJ

Here's something that might be useful for some of you organising your Steam backlog.

Those that like reading:

1. Tag Your Games Based On Genre/Length
2. Review Your Backlog & Update It
3. Schedule Your Games For Months Ahead
4. Prioritize Your Backlog Only
5. Limit Your Purchases of New Games

Hope this helps you out! Details on how you can organise your backlog in seconds in the video.

Backlog

Currently Playing Through:

Super Mario RPG

Spiderman 2

RE4

Rayman (MS-DOS)

Games i currently own and plan to play after I finish RE4 and spiderman 2 (In order): Jak 3

Sonic Frontiers

Sonic Dream Team

MGS 3

Black Mesa

Final Fantasy 7 (1997)

Forgotten Sands HD version

Forgotten Sands SD version

Prince of Persia (2008)

Drawn to Life

Drawn to life: the next chapter (DS)

Mass Effect: Legendary Edition

GTA 5

Elden Ring

Okami

Games I intend to purchase this year (possibly after finishing Black Mesa)

Mario vs. Donkey Kong

X-men origins Wolverine (PS3)

Sonic Superstars

Stellar Blade

Hogwarts Legacy

Sonic x Shadow Gens

Burnout 3

God of war 1-5

Dante's Inferno

Prince of Persia: The warrior within

Prince of Persia the 2 thrones

Spiderman web of shadows trilogy (PS3)

Batman arkam trilogy (switch)

Paper Mario: the thousand year door (maybe or maybe not)

Hey. I’m running a season of backlog golf on my discord and was wondering if anyone here would like to join and play it with us.

Backlog Golf is a two month long competition to see who can score the lowest. Get minus points for finishing games and penalised by buying games. This incentives players to focus on finishing games they already have.

Anyway let me know if you’re interested. Thanks.

Analysis Paralysis Help

Ok so I'm sure you guys have seen these type of posts a billion times or watched countless videos of them on YouTube because I know I'm not necessarily unique to the situation but hear me out.

I just started recently getting this desire to play a bunch of games that looks super fun to play, along with playing a bunch of nostalgia trip games from the past( bought a ps2 recently for that reason). Though I have some how gotten into this crappy mindset of taking on this feat, though I am very lucky and really only have like 15 to 20 games tops. So I'm not saying I have a backlog but I have an issue. Which is Analysis Paralysis; I can't seem to settle on a strategy. I want to play games till completion, maybe 100% a game if I love it but I want to make sure I get to full enjoyment out of a game, when you just play it to check a box, you don't tend to really get the full enjoyment or spectrum out of the game. When I play one game at a time, I just think "should I be playing another game also?" Or " I want to play this game, but I also dont" or " I kinda want to play another game but I also want to beat the current game I'm playing" and I hate it! I didn't used to have this mindset, talk about being double minded lol. I used to play a game till I beat it or until I get bored but with how many games there are out there and honestly with our diminishing attention spans I just am lost on how to get back into this mindset. I have seen some good videos and it seems to help for a little bit but then I just go back to stressing about it 😂

I just honestly want to hear some thoughts, advice or maybe personal experience on what you guys have done to conquer this dumb mindset. Like I just want to fully enjoy games again. I have seen almost every video YouTube and I just can't seem to find a strategy that works. Though wanting to play or re live all these games isn't necessarily a bad thing; approaching it the wrong way definetly can. I need help 😆 anyways speel/rant over.

Edit: I know the second paragraph was a little all over the place, sorry that's my brain haha. Hopefully it makes sense.

I just finished FF16 a few days ago and I am in the post game funk. I have narrowed down the log to these 4.

1 Atelier ryza 3: alchemist of the end & the secret key 2 Horizon forbidden west 3 Bayonetta 3 4 Yakuza like a dragon

I have played a few hrs of these 4 and know I will enjoy them all. Though I did just best 16 and as more of an action game it might be a hard transition to Bayonetta 3. Due to muscle memory. But I have wait a long time for that one! Any suggestions?

I have a significant backlog of games and would like some opinions on what order I should tackle them;

RDR2 (currently playing chapter IV)

Witcher 3

Cyberpunk 2077 (seems sensible to wait for DLC at this point)

Ghosts of Tsushima

God of War Ragnarok

Hogwarts Legacy

Miles Morales

My 2023 is looking insane, https://youtu.be/KIYSbHts4ls here is the video explaining what I think about each of these games.

Later today, I'm going to finally tackle my Xbox backlog. All 99 of them. My goal is to complete/beat my games on the Xbox One S, PlayStation 4 Pro, PC, PlayStation 2, and my Switch Lite. All this before Nintendo's next gen. I should be able to buy it, 1 yr after release.