My Steam library is a mess of hundreds of games, many of which I've never even installed. The discovery queue and recommendations just keep adding to the pile. Has anyone found a good system for actually curating their library or deciding what to play next, instead of just buying more?
Start with four buckets for your library. Play soon maybe later passed and archive. Do a quarterly prune and move anything you never touch into archive. If a game sits in one bucket for a year its probably not worth keeping. The plan keeps the pile from taking over your life.
Add a simple scoring rubric. For each title score ease to start how much you want to play it how long you expect to play and how strong the vibe is for you. Use a 1 to 5 scale and sort by score. The top few go on the install list
Leverage Steam tools use collections to group by mood or genre and hide unplayed titles so the feed stays clean. Set a weekly curating time and move items between piles. If you keep getting tempted you can pause new buys for a month while you play the current batch
Track progress with a simple log note the date you started a game and if you finish it. Use a one in one out rule for new purchases you must remove an old unplayed game from your library unless it is in reach of play soon
Try a two end approach one side finish soon and the other for experiments keep it small and review at the end of each month. The result is a library that mirrors your actual taste not the wishlist monster. If you want I can draft a tiny template you can copy into a sheet or notebook and use right away Steam games 2025