isn't that how it's supposed to work

After all these years, I never noticed this option.  🙃

Yep 👍

well ya you have not played it yet, if you scroll all the way down it shows 0 hours played but will show in order installed on the list

Originally posted by potato:

isn't that how it's supposed to work

Originally posted by REALiNSaNgAMingGODPrODIgY:

well ya you have not played it yet, if you scroll all the way down it shows 0 hours played but will show in order installed on the list

And yet games I buy show up as the most recent, regardless if I install them or not. Nice try.

Originally posted by Wynters:

After all these years, I never noticed this option.  🙃

It's relatively new.

Originally posted by Gr3atsaga:

And yet games I buy show up as the most recent, regardless if I install them or not. Nice try.

again, isn't that how it's supposed to work? free games don't count towards your total game count so they don't count as activity

it wasn't a try

Initiate the download and cancel out of it. Then it will show up.

I never use the Add to Library option on the store page. I always use the Download button and cancel out of it instead.

Originally posted by potato:

Originally posted by Gr3atsaga:

And yet games I buy show up as the most recent, regardless if I install them or not. Nice try.

again, isn't that how it's supposed to work? free games don't count towards your total game count so they don't count as activity

it wasn't a try

Not sure about game count, but they definitely show up when I search my profile's games. And regardless if they don't count toward game total, what does that have to do with activity? If I launch the game, it will become the most recent "activity" in my library... so what's your point exactly? This is inconsistent behavior in the library.

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Initiate the download and cancel out of it. Then it will show up.

I never use the Add to Library option on the store page. I always use the Download button and cancel out of it instead.

:qr:

Right, that is a work-around, which actually used to be the only way at all to get free games to show up in your library, the button to add them to your library is relatively new. But a work-around is not a solution to the problem.

Originally posted by Gr3atsaga:

Not sure about game count, but they definitely show up when I search my profile's games.

they show in your profile but they don't count towards the total game count in profile

adding free-to-play games don't count towards activity until you launch them, unlike purchased games that count on purchase

you can easily check this by making a new account, adding a bunch of f2p games, and seeing that it still shows you have zero games on the main profile page

Originally posted by potato:

Originally posted by Gr3atsaga:

Not sure about game count, but they definitely show up when I search my profile's games.

they show in your profile but they don't count towards the total game count in profile

adding free-to-play games don't count towards activity until you launch them, unlike purchased games that count on purchase

Yeah... that would be the inconsistent behavior I am talking about. :)

Originally posted by Gr3atsaga:

Yeah... that would be the inconsistent behavior I am talking about. :)

it's intended behaviour

Originally posted by potato:

Originally posted by Gr3atsaga:

Yeah... that would be the inconsistent behavior I am talking about. :)

it's intended behaviour

Why? Why should I not be able to see that I just recently added a game to my library? Regardless of its purchase price.

Originally posted by Gr3atsaga:

Why? Why should I not be able to see that I just recently added a game to my library? Regardless of its purchase price.

the purchase price doesn't matter, even a $0.01 game would count, just not free

that's how valve programmed it

Originally posted by potato:

Originally posted by Gr3atsaga:

Why? Why should I not be able to see that I just recently added a game to my library? Regardless of its purchase price.

the purchase price doesn't matter, even a $0.05 game would count, just not free

that's how valve programmed it

Huh... yeah? That's the way they programmed it? Hmm... is that why it behaves in an inconsistent way? Duh. And that's my point, that the way it is programmed is inconsistent. That's literally the point of the thread.