I’ve been using Playnite to manage all of my game libraries. Imports and syncs libraries from Steam, Epic, and others. Search, filter, and launch from there instead of having to check all of them...
I’ve been using Playnite to manage all of my game libraries. Imports and syncs libraries from Steam, Epic, and others. Search, filter, and launch from there instead of having to check all of them separately and deal with their unique interfaces. The search and filtering options are extensive. There’s a bunch of plugins, including one to integrate HLTB data.
To help get anyone started, here's the short list of addons I use: StartPage - Provides a streamlined, attractive start page instead of dropping straight into the full library list/grid. It's...
To help get anyone started, here's the short list of addons I use:
StartPage - Provides a streamlined, attractive start page instead of dropping straight into the full library list/grid. It's customizable, and by default has rows sorted by most-recently-played and most-recently-added. The background is a slightly blurred image relating to the most recently played game. Far from essential, I find using Playnite feel a lot more polished.
DuplicateHider - Not perfect, but does a good job consolidating entries for the same title in different libraries. With all of the bundles and Epic/Gog/Amazon/etc. free games, it's easy to accumulate games on multiple libraries, which show up as separate entries in Playnite (so they can be launched separately). This lets you consolidate down to only one displayed in listings. Also supports manual de-duplication for the things it misses in the automatic process.
HowLongToBeat - Pulls in data from HLTB for games as well as upload your playtime (I've not tried the latter)
SuccessStory - Achievement support. Integrates with Start Page
There's a bunch of others for various library support, extra metadata, themes, and functionality. It's worth browsing through the full Addon list
Hadn't heard about Playnite before. Disappointed, but not surprised that it doesn't work without having the separate services installed. (Not a knock on the software itself, I'd assume the...
Hadn't heard about Playnite before. Disappointed, but not surprised that it doesn't work without having the separate services installed. (Not a knock on the software itself, I'd assume the platforms make that extremely hard if not impossible.) I'm pretty tied to Steam, but sometimes Epic can have nice discounts.
I’m personally prepping for our upcoming Backlog Burner in November and wanted to share this slick little app for navigating your Steam library. It pulls your Steam library and pairs it with data...
I’m personally prepping for our upcoming Backlog Burner in November and wanted to share this slick little app for navigating your Steam library.
It pulls your Steam library and pairs it with data from HowLongToBeat and ProtonDB. It then lets you filter your games using a bunch of different criteria similar to Steam’s built-in smart collections.
I find the inclusion of HLTB data to be invaluable, especially for something like the Backlog Burner, where I plan to prioritize shorter games.
It also has a feature where it will pull a random game for you. So, I could filter my library down to, say, UnplayedPlatformer games that are Beatable in Under Five Hours, and then have it choose one at random for me to play. I’ve used this here and there in the past, but I plan to make extensive use of it during the Backlog Burner. I like that it can take away the choice paralysis I sometimes get.
The app is nominally about the Deck, but there’s nothing Deck-necessary about it. It works with your whole Steam library, and I’ve already used it to filter and make choices about what to play on my laptop. It really is just a Steam library app with some Deck-focused branding.
Thanks for sharing this! For the random game selection, are you able to specify all your unplayed games and some played games? I wrote a shitty web app years ago to do this for me and it's in...
Thanks for sharing this! For the random game selection, are you able to specify all your unplayed games and some played games? I wrote a shitty web app years ago to do this for me and it's in disrepair, but nothing I've looked at offers the functionality I want to build the set of games I want to pick from.
The app offers filters for Unplayed and Unfinished. I’m not sure how it qualifies “unfinished” but if I had to guess, it compares your playtime to the HLTB estimate and includes ones that don’t...
The app offers filters for Unplayed and Unfinished.
I’m not sure how it qualifies “unfinished” but if I had to guess, it compares your playtime to the HLTB estimate and includes ones that don’t have parity. Not sure if that’s what you’re looking for though.
You can manually add games to different playlists that you create, after which you can apply filters to those. Though, in creating one just now, I can’t figure out a way to bulk add something to a playlist. I can only add games one-by-one instead of, say, dumping an entire filtered list in there to start. Not too bad if you have a smaller library but doesn’t scale for larger ones.
Of course, that might actually be possible in the app but I simply can’t figure out how.
Thanks for the reply! Sounds like it might do what I need so I'll check it out. My main use case was putting games back to replay later. Useful for games like Halo where they all just appear as...
Thanks for the reply! Sounds like it might do what I need so I'll check it out. My main use case was putting games back to replay later. Useful for games like Halo where they all just appear as one game but each title is an individual DLC. Or when I start a game and decide to stop but play it again later, like when I've been playing too many of the same genre in a row.
Seems cool, I don't have an use for it in lieu of Playnite, but it seems well featured and I'm sure more than a few people will find it handy. But I'm perplexed... why make it a mobile app? The...
Seems cool, I don't have an use for it in lieu of Playnite, but it seems well featured and I'm sure more than a few people will find it handy.
But I'm perplexed... why make it a mobile app? The one platform Steam isn't on? If it's for Steam Deck convenience, why not just have it run on Linux so users can open it from desktop mode?
I think that would make it a lot less convenient to use. On the phone you could just pull it out and open the app, on the steam deck you would need to get out of the game and/or gaming mode, go to...
why not just have it run on Linux so users can open it from desktop mode?
I think that would make it a lot less convenient to use. On the phone you could just pull it out and open the app, on the steam deck you would need to get out of the game and/or gaming mode, go to desktop and open the app (and use the steam controls to navigate, if you don't have a mouse/keyboard connected)
I could see it working if it was a plugin for Decky Loader though
I’ve been using Playnite to manage all of my game libraries. Imports and syncs libraries from Steam, Epic, and others. Search, filter, and launch from there instead of having to check all of them separately and deal with their unique interfaces. The search and filtering options are extensive. There’s a bunch of plugins, including one to integrate HLTB data.
To help get anyone started, here's the short list of addons I use:
There's a bunch of others for various library support, extra metadata, themes, and functionality. It's worth browsing through the full Addon list
Hadn't heard about Playnite before. Disappointed, but not surprised that it doesn't work without having the separate services installed. (Not a knock on the software itself, I'd assume the platforms make that extremely hard if not impossible.) I'm pretty tied to Steam, but sometimes Epic can have nice discounts.
I’m personally prepping for our upcoming Backlog Burner in November and wanted to share this slick little app for navigating your Steam library.
It pulls your Steam library and pairs it with data from HowLongToBeat and ProtonDB. It then lets you filter your games using a bunch of different criteria similar to Steam’s built-in smart collections.
I find the inclusion of HLTB data to be invaluable, especially for something like the Backlog Burner, where I plan to prioritize shorter games.
It also has a feature where it will pull a random game for you. So, I could filter my library down to, say,
UnplayedPlatformergames that areBeatable in Under Five Hours, and then have it choose one at random for me to play. I’ve used this here and there in the past, but I plan to make extensive use of it during the Backlog Burner. I like that it can take away the choice paralysis I sometimes get.The app is nominally about the Deck, but there’s nothing Deck-necessary about it. It works with your whole Steam library, and I’ve already used it to filter and make choices about what to play on my laptop. It really is just a Steam library app with some Deck-focused branding.
Thanks for sharing this! For the random game selection, are you able to specify all your unplayed games and some played games? I wrote a shitty web app years ago to do this for me and it's in disrepair, but nothing I've looked at offers the functionality I want to build the set of games I want to pick from.
The app offers filters for
UnplayedandUnfinished.I’m not sure how it qualifies “unfinished” but if I had to guess, it compares your playtime to the HLTB estimate and includes ones that don’t have parity. Not sure if that’s what you’re looking for though.
You can manually add games to different playlists that you create, after which you can apply filters to those. Though, in creating one just now, I can’t figure out a way to bulk add something to a playlist. I can only add games one-by-one instead of, say, dumping an entire filtered list in there to start. Not too bad if you have a smaller library but doesn’t scale for larger ones.
Of course, that might actually be possible in the app but I simply can’t figure out how.
Thanks for the reply! Sounds like it might do what I need so I'll check it out. My main use case was putting games back to replay later. Useful for games like Halo where they all just appear as one game but each title is an individual DLC. Or when I start a game and decide to stop but play it again later, like when I've been playing too many of the same genre in a row.
Seems cool, I don't have an use for it in lieu of Playnite, but it seems well featured and I'm sure more than a few people will find it handy.
But I'm perplexed... why make it a mobile app? The one platform Steam isn't on? If it's for Steam Deck convenience, why not just have it run on Linux so users can open it from desktop mode?
I think that would make it a lot less convenient to use. On the phone you could just pull it out and open the app, on the steam deck you would need to get out of the game and/or gaming mode, go to desktop and open the app (and use the steam controls to navigate, if you don't have a mouse/keyboard connected)
I could see it working if it was a plugin for Decky Loader though