I have the following backlog

547 games on steam to finish 90% not even loaded yet
603 games on epic that i have not even started yet
17 games on EA not started yet
12 on Ubisoft not started yet
246 on GOG not even started on yet
301 on xbox console to finish
224 on ps3 to start
187 on ps4 to start and finish
29 on switch and only started 3

and thats the official games lol

I HAVE ISSUES

nearly 50 years old so i better get cracking.

I do. Though in the past few years I've actually reduced my backlog, so that's progress.

Originally posted by Bullitt:

Any other fellow gamers out there like me?

I'd say every serious gamer on Steam ;)

This is also why it can be really useful to set up collections and dynamic collections in your Steam library... but yeah; I still have around 373 new games to check out. I'll get there someday!

LOL just focus on the current games.
I hardly goes back to the old games.....

Kinda. I just play what I feel like playing. I grew up in the 80's and 90's, so I still love to play the older games I loved back in the day. I also like newer games, when I find one I like I'll play it when I feel like playing that game.

I don't really look at it with the term of "backlog", I look at it has having a big library of games that I can choose to play when I feel like it. I also like to read physical books and it's the same idea. I have books I haven't read yet, but when I feel like reading that story, I'll take it off the shelf.

I never play a game to completion and then move on to another game to complete as a list to checkoff. I just simply play what I feel like among the library of games I have.

I don't have a backlog... I have a backlog of backlogs to play.

Everyone the answer is everyone. Some have more some have less. I estimate half my library is backlog, and about half of that is just filler. Games that I got as part of bundles. That still leaves a good thirty or so. Titles that I fully intended to play, but I'm starting to put a dent into it.

Over the past couple of months I've played Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Guardians of the Galaxy, Robocop Rogue City, Kena Bridge of Spirits. High on Life, and Squadrons. I'm finding the key to progress is to chain those shorter games, and to avoid getting sucked into playing those vast open worlds.

As I've gotten most everything I've wanted in my library now, and I'm basically looking at just getting a few new releases per year. I expect I'm going to start reigning in that backlog fairly quickly. Well until I get down to just having those hundred plus hours games left.

More like a "back-mountain".
I long ago just accepted that i will never play all the games i bought or will buy, its just a fact.
I am 47 and even if i game for another 30 years or so could barely go through the games i already own, not even talking about future releases.
I just decided to not be bothered by it anymore, i play what i want to play with no "plan".
I even replay older games or play the same game for several hundred hours even though i have hundreds and thousands of other games i have not touched.

I DID decide to slow down with buying new games though because there really is no point to create even more games i wont come around to play anytime soon.
I only buy games now if i want to play them RIGH THEN or in the very near future and try to keep to that mindset.

Originally posted by yeeck:

LOL just focus on the current games.
I hardly goes back to the old games.....

I mean... come on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYZpR51XgW0

Originally posted by Bullitt:

All these dagum sales! I have so many games on backlog to play! Where is the time! Between my job, my kids, my new girl, and FOOD! COOKING FOOD! I cannot find the time to play all these amazing games! Just picked up Mech Warrior 5 for $11. Think the last time I payed full price for a game was back in 2004 for World of Warcrack...

Any other fellow gamers out there like me?

Cheers gents and have a great day!
Semper Fi!

I have had a backlog of games to play since the 1980's.

The problem is a really great game comes along and then I end up putting hundreds of hours into it ignoring all the other games I own.

It has always been that way. I don't regret it a moment. I'd prefer to own them and not play them then to one day have the time to give it a go.

There simply isn't enough time in one's life to ever enjoy everything ... especially if you are a gamer.

Originally posted by Lunar Fang:

Originally posted by yeeck:

LOL just focus on the current games.
I hardly goes back to the old games.....

I mean... come on.

;P (read your profile)
oh well just being honest here
When you have a tons of headache of backlogs, just focus on what you can do today and move forward ya

The best games were made before the new propaganda laws Obama put into action in 2012.

I don't see a backlog as a "problem" like some people like to pretend. It's just a selection of games I can choose from whenever I've finished a game and need to decide on a new one.

If a business has a backlog on customer requests, they have am actual problem because customers are waiting. But, nobody depends on me playing a game.

It's all about prioritizing basically. Just choose the ones that you want to play the most and stick to them while ignoring the rest. This approach has helped me quite a bit when it comes to gaming.

I do.

It's easy to rack up games during sales.