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Infinite Backlog | A Video Game Collection Tracker

Infinite Backlog gives you one place for your entire gaming collection and encourages you to play your games and get your backlogs under control. It provides a visual breakdown of your cross-platform collection, tracks gaming achievements and statistics and lets you connect with other gamers with the same games.

They are also in fediverse: @infinitebacklog@mstdn.games

Sibbo @sopuli.xyz 2周前
Interesting concept. Could be a useful service to people, could also just a means to analyse player habits for marketing and game design purposes.
Is anyone using this, and has it had any positive impact for you?
- ErableEreinte @lemmy.ca 2周前
  I can't speak to this backlogging website specifically, it's one among a fair number of somewhat similar offerings, but I've been using Backloggd for a couple years now.
  What these apps/sites ultimately help with is getting your gaming library in check, if you also end up buying far too many games every time there's a sale or if you want to keep track of your physical collection (although there are better sites for that).
  Depending on the site's focus, you might also get average completion times per game or user reviews.
  I've actually found myself more interested in the "social" aspect of backloggd, eg user reviews (and making my own), ratings, user-made lists, because they've helped me discover games I wouldn't have otherwise given a chance to or even heard about.
- YellaLeber @sh.itjust.works 2周前
  I've used it for a while. It's good enough but you can tell it's still early days for the site. It'll sync your achievements and playtime with steam and gog so that's cool but then it'll lag a bit maneuvering around the site and remind you that the products not fully done. They also offer a premium subscription where you can get early access to features and other promotions but I haven't ever really felt the need to get that. Honestly my biggest hangup is that they're just newer; if the site dies then I'm concerned with all of my tracking just going poof one day since I write little journal entries for them to remind me how I felt about certain games. Overall it's fine, but maybe check out some others first.
  
  mohab @piefed.social 2周前
  Does it actually help you find others with similar taste? I'm yet to find any app that actually does this well.
nutsack @lemmy.dbzer0.com 2周前
I don't want to know anything about my habits
PrivateNoob @sopuli.xyz 2周前
Seems cool, but isn't this a bit similar to backloggd?
Mikelius @lemmy.ml 2周前
Anyone know of an open source self hosted alternative for apps like this?
- filcuk @lemmy.zip 2周前
  Ryot https://github.com/IgnisDa/ryot
  It's an attempt for an everything tracker.
  
  Mikelius @lemmy.ml 2周前
  Ooo thank you, gonna have to check this one out!
  
  Wawe @lemmy.world 1周前
  This looks interesting! Thanks for sharing!
- Sibbo @sopuli.xyz 2周前
  /c/selfhosting
biofaust @lemmy.world 2周前
I have only 200something titles across my GOG and Steam libraries and I have played all of them and finished 90% at least.
I may be from another generation (I am in my 40s), but I don't get the point of spending money on a title I don't know if I will have ever time or interest to play.
Also, this feeds stale mechanics, since most titles are bought in bulk during sales that are usually centered around game categories.
I built a small python app to use howlongtobeat, steam data and isthereanydeal to select the best next title for me to play in terms of price per hour and (steamdb-style) rating.
- Flamekebab @piefed.social 2周前
  I may be from another generation (I am in my 40s), but I don't get the point of spending money on a title I don't know if I will have ever time or interest to play.
  The price isn't static. If one buys during a sale then it's available whenever one feels like playing. Much like stocking up on shirts during a sale at a clothes shop - clothing options are then available at home. Of course buying games one isn't interested in would be strange behaviour but I don't think anyone else is suggesting that's normal behaviour.
  Also, this feeds stale mechanics, since most titles are bought in bulk during sales that are usually centered around game categories.
  Aren't most sales seasonal?
  
  biofaust @lemmy.world 2周前
  On Steam there are category sales much more often (right now TPS Fest).
  I buy at historical lows via Isthereanydeal any time of the year anyway.
  And just like weight and fashion changes for shirts, I may change my schedule and interests not to fit games I bought years ago.
- Flagstaff @programming.dev 2周前
  I built a small python app
  Cool! Wanna share?
  
  biofaust @lemmy.world 2周前
  I am trying to give it a publicly acceptable form in Streamlit before sharing it. Bare with me, it is my first ever programming endeavour and I remained without a mentor half-way into it.
- Coelacanth @feddit.nu 2周前
  I definitely am a victim of over purchasing during deep sales and building an insurmountable backlog, but there is also something kind of nice about having a library waiting to browse after each game just waiting to install.
  Regardless though, what I really wanted to say was: I'm seconding interest in your Python app, that sounds very useful actually!
  
  biofaust @lemmy.world 2周前
  To me, it is. Just shy to share something definitely only half-done, when it is my first ever programming project.
figjam @midwest.social 2周前
I have no desire to catalog all of the games I don't play. "Here is my pile of shame"
Flamekebab @piefed.social 2周前
get your backlogs under control
Why would I want to deplete my entertainment options?
That's like attempting to watch everything on a streaming service. The goal would be to run out of novel entertainment, which seems antithetical to the point of the product.
- redhorsejacket @lemmy.world 2周前
  That's not really what's implied in that statement. A better comparison, using your streaming service analogy, would be that you subscribed to Apple TV because you heard Severance was really good. However, one thing led to another, and now it's months later, and you still haven't watched Severance. So, instead of starting a new series (say, Ted Lasso) you queue up Severance instead.
  It's still not a great analogy, because the streaming service implies a real, ongoing cost to maintaining access to the service, which is not the case with most people's game libraries. That being said, with Gamepass and GeForce Now etc, it's not necessarily out of the question.
  The purpose isn't to "deplete entertainment options", it's to utilize the options you already have financial investment in before sinking more money into more options simply for their novelty.
  The "point of the product" isn't to provide theoretical novel entertainment value by sitting, unplayed, on my digital shelves. Bold take here, but I'd suggest the point of a video game is to be played.
  
  Flamekebab @piefed.social 2周前
  The "point of the product" isn't to provide theoretical novel entertainment value by sitting, unplayed, on my digital shelves. Bold take here, but I'd suggest the point of a video game is to be played.
  I see it as its job is to provide an option for entertainment. To use another flawed analogy, whilst ideally I'd like to wear everything in my wardrobe at least once I don't feel bad that my jeans see much more use than my tuxedo. I don't avoid buying a pair of shorts because I already have plenty of shirts. My goal is to have a good selection of options available in the hope that I'll never find myself short of something suitable.
  I grew up playing games in the '90s. I remember running out of new things to play. It was miserable!
  So I make a point of having a large library so there's always things hiding in there that I might enjoy. The last thing I want is to have played everything in my collection. The very notion of a "backlog" is strange to me. It's a library or a collection, not an obligation. Trying to min/max it doesn't feel particularly healthy framing to me.

Infinite Backlog | A Video Game Collection Tracker

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