At the moment I'm going through all my bundle purchases to finally add the games to steam (hadn't the time until now).
And I just noticed that there are a lot of crap games in these bundles (especially from Indie Gala), for example:

Air Forte
Alien Shooter
Alien Shooter 2
Aura: Fate of the Ages
Death Track: Resurrection
Death to Spies - Gold Edition
Dream Pinnball 3D
Fireburst
Garshasp: The Monster Slayer
Gettysburg: Armored Warfare
Iron Grip: Warlord
Ironclads Collection
Memento Mori
Naval War: Arctic Circle
Naval Warfare
Pacific Storm Allies
Razor 2: Hidden Skies
RIP - Trilogy
Reign: Conflict of Nations
Sacraboar
Trapped Dead
Vegas Make It Big
Yumsters 2: Around the World
Zombie Bowl-O-Rama
Zombie Pirates

How do you handle that? Do you just activate every steam key you get in your hands or do you try to keep your library "clean"?
I mean I have paid for these game after all (not much, but I paid something). And adding these games to the library does not force me to actually play them and it increases my game count (to brag about it *yeah*...).
But I will definitly never ever play these games (I won't even have enough time for the good games) and it just clutters the whole games list.

What are your opinions on that topic?

And before I forget: Take that, for your efforts.'


EDIT:
The giveaway is over now. Thanks to all of you for your input :) !
I was very surprised that you guys find a lot of my "crappy" games quite good as it seems. I think I will go through the list again and activate some of them (Death to Spies for example was mentioned twice and seems to be not that bad actually). There will be always games that turn out to be bad after activation (even if they look good at a first glance), so it is impossible to keep a "clean" library anyway. And as some of you suggested I can just make a "junk" category to filter them out. However, for some of the games I'm pretty sure I will never play them, so there might be a giveaway or two here later ;) But this won't happen before I have finished looking through my bundles and finally activated the games I want (just for my own record: 125 steam games before).

1 decade ago*

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i activate them as i do not wish to waste my money + i wanna earn levels on steam :3

1 decade ago
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How does activating steam keys earn you levels? Crafting badges of the trading cards for that game? Or do I miss something here?

1 decade ago
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Amount of games is a badge.

1 decade ago
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ahhh thanks, did not think of that

1 decade ago
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Plus you possibly could trade cards from the crappy games for cards for the good games. :P

1 decade ago
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yep

1 decade ago
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one mans crap is other mans treasure

1 decade ago
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true true, also u can give it to some kid, it will be very very happy

1 decade ago
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Not true.. I gave games to my little cousins (they are 10 and 12), their reaction was: These games are lame, we want Minecraft and CoD...

Ungrateful brats D: I gave them lots of games! BUT I WILL GIVE THEM GAMES NO MOAR!

1 decade ago
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+1

1 decade ago
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I would usually activate, trade, or create giveaways. These days I find myself not even bothering with bundles, however.

1 decade ago
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Every steam key xD Even though i will never play them, it will earn you levels.

1 decade ago
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i'd trade with you,

1 decade ago
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I would activate Alien shooter and Alien shooter 2 Game from my childhood I was playing it 29127490128141241 times with my sister!

1 decade ago
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Some of those games in your list looks actually good - I activated some of them and still want to try them out (sooner than later...)

1 decade ago
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Not all of those look crappy.
But personally, I either keep them until I find someone who actually wants them or try to give/trade them away straight away.
It even happends that I realise I want it myself and register it then.
In the beginning of bundles, I registered them all in case I would play them some day, but I have now realised that's not the best way to do it ^^,

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Memento Mori isnt bad mate btw

1 decade ago
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I gave up on a clean steam long ago, if something looks ok I jut activate it.

1 decade ago
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All depends on taste. Plus, it's good to demo games before dismissing them completely.

1 decade ago
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wtf.. zombie bowl-o-rama is awesome. same for air forte!

1 decade ago
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Send a ticket to the Steam Support to remove these games from your account, that's what I do even if I paid $10 for a game... I REALLY don't want to have crappy games :)

1 decade ago
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you can make your own categories in the steam library. why bother support every time?

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+1

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I always just put them in my inventory. My account is 10 years old, it's already a cluttered mess. All accounts trend that way eventually. What do you do with games you've completed 100% and will never play again? There's no "Hide" button, as far as I know. So accept your fate and activate.

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Accept your fate!

Activate!

1 decade ago
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You could always make a category for those games you never want to play again. I've categorized the majority of my games including an "uninstalled" category.

1 decade ago
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Naval War: Arctic Circle looks rather cool, I think. Maybe you should keep that one :)

1 decade ago
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I activate every game. I like to try different things, even bad games. I guess it all depends on what kind of person you are. Are you curious about bad games? If so then you may play them one day, might as well activate them.

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Is Death to Spies bad?

1 decade ago
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If you like Hitman series - try it. At least it's not as bad as Hitman: Absolution :3

1 decade ago
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Take them to PlayBlink. You're actually encouraged to drop bundle keys there instead of punished like you are here.

1 decade ago
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Punished ? Who's punishing you..

1 decade ago
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I heard on occasion staff comes to your house,prints out the steam key and makes you eat it.

But thats just rumor, that and the CG poltergeist that flows through the Ethernet cables....

1 decade ago
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I've never seen anyone being punished for giving away bundle keys.

1 decade ago
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give away them

1 decade ago
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Don't like a game? Review it on youtube. Cathartic.

1 decade ago
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Start a stealth trading thread containing a list of your wares, and see if you can swap them for something you'll enjoy?

1 decade ago
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Sorry, this was really not meant to be a stealth trading thread. This is only a part of the games I'm not sure whether to keep them or not. These are the ones, that are especially "not so good" (in my opinion) and I wanted to hear some other opinions on them. If I decide to trade them, I will make a thread on steamtrades of course.

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I'd ask my steam or real life friends if any of them would be interested in them... Otherwise Idk what Idk what I'd do with ones I know I'd never play.

1 decade ago
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thanks for skyrim lol

1 decade ago
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Game collector here.

If I could have my way, I'd own every game on Steam.

1 decade ago
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+1

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Closed 1 decade ago by Kedyn.