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    Trying to get my Steam Library under control!

    How do you organize yours?

    • Do you use Collections or Dynamic Collections more?
    • What filters/search tricks do you rely on the most?
    • Any underrated “hidden gem” Library features you’d recommend?

    Drop your best setup tips (backlog management especially).

    Posted by Killyose

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    29 Comments

    5. Fiedor on

      I only have 175 games. I focused hard on my backlog last year. Here are my categories: multiplayer, DNR (for games that don’t run on modern pcs), Not my cup of tea (games that I have tried but cannot get into but might visit again), completed-2025, completed-2026, completed (?-2024), Rotation (games I am working on now – limit 3) and then all uncategorized (this is my backlog)

    6. The_Siffer on

      filter,
      -installed locally

      that’s it.

      also group together your most played / frequently played and mods separately.

    7. csabinho on

      On PC: dynamic collections 

      On Steam Deck: filtering 

      Well, maybe I’ll switch to Big Picture Mode and filtering on PC as well. It feels much better.

    9. steven_cornthrob on

      I have a dynamic list that’s basically just “games that are installed”. That way they’re at the top of the list.

    10. GreenCardiologist795 on

      i have: favorites, games I wanna play, games I’ve 100%, games I wanna 100%, and games native for apple silicon (I have a Mac alongside my gaming pc)

    13. Gecons on

      put them on collections based on game categories:

      RPG, Adventure, Action, Horror, Simulation, Sports & Racing, Doodles, Visual Novel, Strategy, Puzzle, Other, Non-Game

    15. l33tb4c0n on

      At the moment, I only have one category and that’s “100%” for games where I’ve earned every achievement.

    17. darklinkrulesHyrule on

      I’ve messed with various setups for my library, such as doing my own genre tags, but where I’ve been settled for the past few years is like so;

      > Achievements Complete
      > Story Complete
      > Unfinished
      > Never Launched
      > Singleplayer
      > Multiplayer
      > Outdated (games that I own updated versions of, for instance skyrim vs. Skyrim ultimate edition)

      I’m not much of an achievement hunter, so my achievements complete tag doesn’t get a whole lot of use, but I’m happy with this. I might add a tag for “Current priority backlog,” just for a little more order.

    18. Antique_Door_Knob on

      Enable the installed and sort by last played buttons. Whenever I’m looking for something different, I just use the search for tags.

      Only collections I have are `To Play`, where I put games I’m interested in playing whenever I finish my current one, and `100%`, where I put games I have all achievements in and mostly use to monitor for games that have added new achievements since my completion of them.

      Works fine with my 1600+ games.

    19. tipjam on

      I have collections based on genre/theme. I have a souls one, horror, historical, 40k, Final Fantasy, and a finished and a wtf (want to finish)

    20. laflex on

      I have many many many categories but my 3 favorites are:
      1st person
      2d platformers
      3rd person.

      Covers 90% of my library, jives well with mood. I like the numerology too

    22. billystein25 on

      Installed, installed and unplayed, unplayed, and all the rest (ie played and not installed)

    26. Doci007 on

      Completed / Finished / In Progress / In Queue / Multiplayer / Others

      In Queue and Multiplayer are dynamic, but I have to move my games to In Progress / Finished / Completed.

    29. AnotherPCGamer173 on

      I have one category for games without Steam Cloud.
      Besides that, installed or not installed