Why the f-word do you have 900 games?

Ah, the game of collecting!

Try installing just one of them.. but I suffer from the same thing hahaha. I keep buying it all :P

I'm beginning to feel a bit of the same, can especially relate to the gaming ADD. Not sure when the flip happened, I used to be able to play a single game day-in-day-out for months. I'm starting to think a "gaming calendar" of some sort is in order. Otherwise, you're right, they will simply never get played.

How about stop posting topics and start playing?

Sales have turned us into people who collect games, not ones who play them anymore.

You can look, but you can't touch.

The Backlog is a furious beast. To tame it you have to... uh... I dunno. I'm in the same boat. (Except for the exact opposite reason- always play everything to 100% to the point that there isn't enough time in the world for all the games.) So I guess you can't defeat it? XD

Maybe try this group if you haven't already? :P

Look at your library then laugh at yourself

Anyway, that also happens to me with my huge library that contains 60 games sarcasm

I always want to buy new games and collect them all.

Just stop yourself from buying things you dont need. There is nothing else left to do instead of playing your backlog one by one or just leave them.

Just do one at a time. Finish one and then only move on to the next. Also, spend less time on the only multiplayer, never ending games as they eat your already limited time gaming on something that leaves you with nothing finished.
Even if you're only spending 30mins a session, if you focus that to one game at a time you will finish them quicker and it will feel like you're accomplishing something.

Also maybe think about buying games that you will actually play, if your 'fix' right now is collecting you might find it difficult to even enjoy some of the games you are purchasing..
Either way, too many games is a better problem to have than too few..

Best solution I've had so far is having three main categories...
Focused for 1-3 games you're actively trying to beat.
Completing for 1-3 games you're actively trying to get all endings/achievements, etc.
And Random for everything you play occasionally because you want to play a variety of games.

I rarely hit the Completing category much, since those are usually grinds, but it's a small category so it doesn't feel overwhelming. Don't feel bad about pulling a game out of the category if you find you don't really want to Complete it anymore.
I hit the Focused category quite a bit, and have been finishing more games as a result of it also being small (and thus, unintimidating).
I've got 16 games in my Random category... I don't hit all of them, and games cycle in or out occasionally, but it's nice to have another relatively small selection apart from the gigantic library when you don't feel like playing one of the Focused or Completing games. I also keep a couple of "on-deck" games in Random, ready to be moved into Focused when I finish a game.

I have that issue with my backlog in general (including consoles). I try attacking short games, so I can knock them out, but then I feel like I'm spending time play decent games instead of playing some of the awesome games in my library. Then I play some of those, but they always seem to end up being really long games. And during those long games, I seem to add a few more games to my backlog.

Usually, I'll triage out some console games when my shelf gets full. That's how I know I hit my limit for fringe-interest games. Unfortunately, it doesn't really work that way for Steam. I do have Trash and Completed categories in Steam, though. Triaging some of the smaller/fringe games can help there, too.

I have pretty much the same situation. I try not to force myself into playing games as that makes things worse. I don't want to feel like I have to play or stress about it. I think it's a good idea to do something else and take a break.

Learn grammar and cure the pony cancer that you have. Then you'll defeat the backlog.

i have less games (around 700) but more finished games and more achievements as well, does that means i defeated your backlog?

Backlog Attack!

Go to steam support and ask them to remove the ones you do not wish to play.

Just start knocking them out. Also, might help to only buy games that you really, really want.

Steam user/Bundle fan story of life >.<

Install a few games at a time. Don't install more until you've beaten the previous ones. I've beaten quite a number of games over the last month doing that.

Put 20 mins into each to see which you find best. Keep a list of the ones you most enjoyed and go back to them and it should decrease some backlog. Perhaps try another 20 mins after this with your remaining backlog again to see if you want to play them more.

Grab a pumpgun and shoot the tower =)

I´ve got around 300+ games on my account, most of them unplayed. Most of the time I sit here and watching bored at my library^^ I think the problem is that we´ve got to much games! As I was young I played games on my C64....most of them were hard and challenging, but yesterdays there were so less stuff and games..that you finished them =)

As soon as you find a way to defeat this backlog, you must share it with all and make an indie game on how you did this great feat! Seriously, I don't know what to do with it either.

With Fire & Sword, of course.

Haha I know that feeling! There is just something fun about getting games at great deals :) Game collecting is it's own meta-game!

I made a group to help me focus on my backlog. Sometimes chatting with others about what you're playing, or setting goals helps you stay on target :) Good luck!