What is the ideal number of PC games to own?

[Okjoek]

This is my collection of PC games on my desktop system:

Planetside 2

Minecraft

Rocket League

Counter Strike GO

Shovel Knight

Roller Coaster Tycoon Deluxe

Bit Blaster XL

Stardew Valley

Garry's Mod

World of Tanks

Runescape

 

The way I have set myself up is so that Planetside 2 is my go-to MMO game. I love this game ever since I joined it in January 2015. In the past Runescape and World of Tanks filled that role, but I've stopped playing them significantly and I almost consider removing them if not for the memories. Runescape isn't as nice as it used to be IMO. The devs kept trying to make the wonderfully simple systems the game had and kept trying to make them complex for no reason. As for World of Tanks I got sick of what they were doing to the game's Meta where they would keep nerfing my favorite tanks, then they added these supid unrealistic Japanese tanks to the game and that's when I found Planetside 2 which I've stuck with ever since.

 

I haven't added any multiplayer games from this year, only single player games like Stardew Valley and Bit Blaster XL. Along with PS2, Minecraft and Rocket league make up most of my multiplayer game time. A little bit of CSGO every once in a while, but I'm not very good at it and don't care for the smaller scale compared to Planetside.  I'm considering some other single player titles from this year as well such as The Witness. I would also like to find a good version of Tetris that I can download and play without having to be connected to the internet on my browser.

 

So For me atleast the ideal game library seems to be around a dozen. I can't see myself ever putting more than 20 games onto a system. What about you guys though? Do you feel the need to have many terabytes of gaming content? How many games do you need to be happy?

[Clanscorpia]

1-3 from all the genres for me so 25 ish? I still like trying new games out though, even if they are the same genre. I think I'll probably have 100 games before I find the perfect games for me

[ShadowCaptain]

5 minutes ago, Okjoek said:

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What? there is no "ideal number", I dont even understand your concept

I want to own every game, and have as many differnet experiences as possible, hence having 660 steam games so far, (lets not count console, origin, gog, handheld, ios etc)

[GarnetDevil]

23 on my Steam Library, most of them are AAA tiles with RPG genre

[SnowyMus]

For me, the only ideal number of PC games to own are the number of games that I'll play. I usually have about 200 GB of games on a secondary hard drive at most, and if I stop playing, they get removed. I'll keep a small number of games that actually benefit from flash storage like Fallout 4 (or any Bethesda game) on the SSD.

[theninja35]

Whatever suits your needs, really. If you constantly like different games, you'd likely have more than someone like me who plays the same few games.

 

However, once you reach 3700 games you should really stop.

[johnt]

Just now, ShadowCaptain said:

What? there is no "ideal number", I dont even understand your concept

I agree the Op's question makes no sense at all. Does he mean installed games or games that we are playing simultaneously??

[AresKrieger]

9 minutes ago, Okjoek said:

How many games do you need to be happy?

It's not really about number, to me it's what has come out that I might find fun overall I have hundreds of games but less than 25 PC titles if I'm recalling correctly

 

Just counted and it's 17

[ShadowCaptain]

Just now, JohnT said:

I agree the Op's question makes no sense at all. Does he mean installed games or games that we are playing simultaneously??

I have all of them installed tbh (well 90%)

[adm0n]

I usually only play one or two games at a time.

But it doesn't really matter for you. You should just do whatever makes you feel comfortable, and if you want terabytes on terabytes of 

games on your system just for bragging rights, go for it : D but in my opinion the experience is far more important than any kind of number.

[afyeung]

Over 9000. 

[themaniac]

as many games as you like so you won't get bored

[johnt]

4 minutes ago, themaniac said:

as many games as you like so you won't get bored

It would be wise to spend some of your time with a mate (like a female) instead of looking to video games to keep you occupied though

Just saying... then you can teach your kids how to play video games

[themaniac]

Just now, JohnT said:

It would be wise to spend some of your time with a mate (like a female) instead of looking to video games to keep you occupied though

Just saying... then you can teach your kids how to play video games

well when you are bored or have nothing to do, I never said he should stay inside playing games

[typographie]

9 minutes ago, ShadowCaptain said:

What? there is no "ideal number", I dont even understand your concept

Because I'm at work and I have to seek amusement where I can, I choose to believe he meant it scientifically.

 

In which case, the answer is 19. Science has determined that the objective best number of video games to own is 19. 

[Okjoek]

18 minutes ago, JohnT said:

I agree the Op's question makes no sense at all. Does he mean installed games or games that we are playing simultaneously??

I apologize if I wasn't straight forward enough. I just mean to ask how many games you like to have installed on your PC. What makes you happy? Shadow Captain was right in the ideal sense that it would be nice to own all of them, but storage and price/play time ratios of the games come into account as limiting factors. When answering my question take into account:

1. How much storage space do you usually have access to to put games on?

2. How to spend your money in a way that you will have a number of games that see you playing them reasonably often?

 

Or am I still sounding too vague?

[Bananasplit_00]

all the games OFC, why not? i have bought like 15 humble bundles(no i dont cheap out like some ashole, i do pay a decent amount) and im up to around 100 games now, most of which i havent played even lol. the games i play are Civ V, CS:GO, MC and some BeamNG.Drive but thats not all i have installed, i have TF2, Scraps and some other games too if i want to mix it up some. altho TF2 just killed itself...  

[Bananasplit_00]

2 minutes ago, Okjoek said:

I apologize if I wasn't straight forward enough. I just mean to ask how many games you like to have installed on your PC. What makes you happy? Shadow Captain was right in the ideal sense that it would be nice to own all of them, but storage and price/play time ratios of the games come into account as limiting factors. When answering my question take into account:

1. How much storage space do you usually have access to to put games on?

2. How to spend your money in a way that you will have a number of games that see you playing them reasonably often?

 

Or am I still sounding too vague?

i have like 8 or so games installed, and then  200GB of random software i used once or twice lol, just get a 1TB HDD if you are worried about space, its not expensive and on my laptop(the one thats magical lol) i only have CS:GO becuase its litteraly all it can handle

[plsno]

I think the ideal number is however many you can install. I have a couple dozen installed at the moment.

[johnt]

I have about 7 installed, but I own probably 3 dozen or so.

 

Some I just can't seem to get through no matter how many times I try to play it (Assassin's Creed), and then other games are lifers... like Rocket League. NEVER leaving my HDD for the foreseeable future.

[Praesi]

I own ~400 Games and have installed 3..so 3 is my ideal Number atm.

[WereCat]

What kind of question its this?

Just try to have as much games as you are able to play at a time and don't overspend money for more games when you haven't finished the ones you already have unless those you want to buy are multiplayer games which you can play with your friends.

[ShadowCaptain]

6 hours ago, JohnT said:

It would be wise to spend some of your time with a mate (like a female) instead of looking to video games to keep you occupied though

Just saying... then you can teach your kids how to play video games

Bullshit, been to 35 countries, have a car and motorbike, go airsofting sundays, have a girlfriend, see my mates, hang out with family, have a full time job and have 660 steam games

Just because somebody has lots of games and plays lots doenst mean they are neglecting their life
 

[FmPhenom]

All of them.

 

 

The ideal number is all of them.

 

 

 

[FmPhenom]

6 hours ago, JohnT said:

It would be wise to spend some of your time with a mate (like a female) instead of looking to video games to keep you occupied though

Just saying... then you can teach your kids how to play video games

What kind of higher and mightier response is this?

 

Looking at your list of games maybe you should take your own advice.

 

Spend time with real chicks or dudes, not twitter or twitch cam whores.