Do you have games in your library that you never played? I certainly do! In Steam you can create Dynamic Collection that lists Unplayed games. For me its 1248/1356 unplayed Games. Off course it can be any other platform or service too; this discussion is not limited to Steam. This thread is a reminder to us and everyone else to play these games. And actually, no. It’s just to talk about gaming stuff, that’s all. What do you think which game you own and never played would make others say “wtf, why not”?
- Ori and the Blind Forest: This game looks and sound beautiful.
- Persona 5 Royal: Everytime I want to play this game, the school theme turns me away.
- Subnautica: A friend recommend me years this game. Legends say, he still does.
- Slay the Spire: I have no excuse for this.
- Hades: I like Roguelikes. My life need more Roguelikes.
- Control: Such an interesting game. I have no idea about the story and mechanics, it looks interesting.
- Disco Elysium: A detective roleplay with a lot narrative and freedom. I think.
- Prey: Got interested into the game because some alien style thing going on. Game mechanics sounds very interesting.
- Talos Principle 2: Not sure what awaits me. I expect Portal like gameplay, but without Portals.
I am ashamed of myself. But I really have a hard time finding time to play all of them.
(BTW the attached screenshot is supposed to be blurry, that’s not a bug, it’s a feature. And I try to upload a JPEG-XL image for the first time.)
(Edit: Just some typos corrected. Nothing to see here.)
Yes. I have something like 130 games in my library I haven’t played. It’s ridiculous.
Also, Ori and the Blind Forest and it’s sequel The Will of the Wisps are absolutely incredible. It’s like playing an oil painting turned into an incredible platformer. 10/10 highly recommend if you like 2D platformers. It’s classified as a metroidvania, but if you’re like me and don’t like metroidvanias, it’s very much metroidvania-light as in it won’t make you explore endlessly for the next objective. I hate having to backtrack without a clear goal, which is why I couldn’t get into games like Hollow Knight. I’m sure they’re great games, but I got bored trying to figure out what to do or what was happening.
Also Subnautica is another incredible game. If you like base building games or survival crafting games, you’ll probably fall in love with it.
I actually like Metroidvania style games, played the original Super Metroid and Castlevania Symphony of the Night (those two games that coined the genre term Metroidvania). So from that perspective, it wouldn’t be an issue. But I also play linear games and platformer too, so I guess Ori would be a good experience for me.
Subnautica. This is a bit tricky. The premise of the game and searching the wild is very interesting, with a good atmosphere. From what my friend told me. But I’m actually not the biggest fan of survival crafting. It does not mean I wouldn’t enjoy it. I thought Breath of the Wild was terrible with the cooking and hunting (in early game) and breaking weapons. It ended up one of my favorite Zelda games. Therefore I will stay open minded about Subnautica.
You definitely can free explore and back track in Ori. I later went and nearly 100%'ed it. There are a lot of great hidden secrets and such. However, it also gives you a general “Go this direction” assistance for the main quest so you’re not endlessly wandering the void.
Subnautica reminds me of space water planet minecraft with a super cool story, if that makes sense. The “how you got there” of the planet is SUPER interesting and it’s woven into the sequels.
Plenty! Everything from BioShock that isn’t the first game ( not the remaster ), to 100% Orange Juice ( it was 100% off ) to Deus Ex GOTY ( also 100% off ). Also, a lot of indie games I haven’t played yet, like Zofia ( despite loving the demo last December ), Toree 2, Super Kiwi 64, Lunistice, Gravity Circuit, Frogun Encore ( barely played the original ), and a ton more games in general on my Steam account.
This doesn’t even account for the couple of Itch(dot)io games I have like Minami Lane or the first 2 Hitman games I have on GOG.
A lot of those games just looked good to me, when talking about the indie titles, but Minami Lane I know like nothing about besides someone I watch online did a video on it and I never watched it. Just got it from an itch(dot)io bundle. As for BioShock, I have only been replaying the first game and have like zero plans to play the remastered versions, let alone install Infinite because of a 42.47GB size thanks to DLC.
My list also includes a game I cannot actually include: BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend since I have played it for xbox360. Had zero clue what it really even was until popping it into my console in 2020.
There are also couple of games I started and tested for short time only. They are not even on my list and that list is huge. Also don’t get me started on emulation… I have set up 80 emulators (mostly in RetroArch)! Breath of the wild and Tears of the Kingdom together have about 400 hours playtime on Yuzu!
It’s too much.
That list of yours contains some of my favourite games ever. Subnautica if you love exploration and/or suffer from thalassophobia (my personal top #1), Disco Elysium is hard to describe but is the best written/voiceacted game I ever played, with a strong atmosphere, Prey (I suppose it’s Prey 2017) is a very freeform, nonlinear and lonely walk through a space station, and Ori is a very beautiful and tight platformer with metroidvania progression, much like Hollow Knight & Silksong in its various mechanics.
Some of my (86) unplayed games :
- Alan Wake’s American Nightmare (got softlocked on the 1st game and gave up years ago)
- Amnesia : A Machine for Pigs (1st one traumatized me, very unlikely to play this one)
- Baldur’s Gate : Enhanced Edition (not used to top-down games)
- Ghost of a Tale
- Deus Ex : Invisible War
Machine for Pigs really didn’t hit at all for me. It was made by a different team and the writing, pacing, and gameplay are substantially different from Dark Descent. Treat Machine for Pigs as a walking sim and I think that would be a pretty apt comparison
Oh really, I thought it was the same team. You think a poltroon like me could get through it? I did play Soma…, in peaceful mode.
Honestly, I would just watch a Let’s Play or something… you wouldn’t really be missing much
I like the idea of Subnautica and I’m definitely an exploration guy, thanks to my love to Zelda since the very first games from 80s and 90s! Its high on my priority list. The only thing I imagine is, the game is slow because its under water. Usually under water experience in games is not good. I still don’t get how Disco Elysium works or is played, but that is also exciting to find it out myself. That’s why I’m not reading much reviews or watch gameplay, because I’m already sold. Just intriguing to think about the game. Oh boy I forgot Hollow Knight. xD
Deus EX Invisible War. Hmm usually I think of the modern games in series or the very first one. The games in between often get forgotten.
Subnautica is paced remarkably well. It’s mostly slow-ish exploration, but the balancing act between your air reserves, exploring ever deeper, and the many lurking dangers means that you’re never bored
Only one, Baldur’s Gate 3, because it is so god damn heavy it would take almost a third of my HDD if I tried to install it.
Oh man I’m also a bit tight on space. But its not to a degree I couldn’t install anything. The obvious recommendation would be to buy more drive… but not in this economy. Its a shame we can’t install games partially and then download another big chunk if we reach that point in game (almost like how we used to switch multi disc CD based games back then).
I wonder how modern games play on HDD. The loading times are longer for sure, but for some games isn’t it noticeable for loading assets on the fly? If you can somehow, I really recommend you to get a cheap SSD like 256gb for your system drive.
When I got my first job I started buying games on sale left-and-right. I only realized about a year later that I was buying faster than I was finishing them. Then I set myself a hard rule that I would only buy games that I was actively anticipating, like sequels to my favorite games. Still, there are at least two dozen games I have yet to play, which I plan to do in years to come. 😁
Some notable games in my backlog are Half Life, BioShock and Mass Effect series.
Man Mass Effect is also a series I have to get into. For Half-Life, there is also this fan made Remake that is also officially approved by Valve to sell: https://store.steampowered.com/app/362890/Black_Mesa/ Game was available for 2 Euros at some point, so its probably worth it. On the other hand the original Half-Life got a few updates to address some issues too, just recently (when I say recently, I mean a few years ago for Steam Deck).
Yes, but less than most based on this thread. Been on long term sick leave for 15 years so I’ve had, have and will continue to have a ton of time to play games but not as much money as most so I only buy ones I really want and mostly play them immediately. But had humblebundle choice for some years and got some bundles outside of that so got some random games I never touched. Gave away most keys I didn’t want to friends and random people online, absolutely worth it just to make others happy.
Absolutely, most of them are games I got as part of big bundles I got for 1 or 2 games, or for charity.
I don’t buy many games to then not play them, but I am sure there are more than a couple that have slipped through where I got distracted or just never felt the mood.
I have definitely gone back and played a few of them, but it isn’t something I worry about, as there are too many amazing games and just not enough time.
Probably close to 50. Too many games, and not enough time.
About 60% of my Steam library is still unplayed. Around 10% of those games must be freebies so I’ll say that yeah 1 in 2 games are sitting there patiently waiting for the right mood.
I have played most of mine. Gold Mining Simulator is one that I recall buying but never playing. It was on my wishlist and went on sale for a good price. But generally I at least try each game.
You guys play your games?
yes, many
Yes but I’m not ashamed. They don’t even take up space.
Are you kidding?! That’s how you build a massive game collection these days.
Because it’s nice to own games—not because you actually want to play them.
/s (There is a little bit of thruth)
Its not that I dont want to play them… Just not the time :(
The list is very long and it got longer with all the weekly free games that Epic did. I’ve got games I paid for from 5 years ago still waiting to see the light of day. Even if I never added another I reckon I’ve a good few years worth of play time to go through them all.
