Phase 1: Prioritize! Categorize!

Categorizing your games will help you prioritize your time.

Lost

Looking through my list, it is clear that I have bought several games that having had a taste of them, I am unlikely to play again - I’m looking at you, Robin Hood. I bought you in a sepia-tinted haze of Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines nostalgia, but time has not been kind to you. And you, Sniper: Ghost Warrior - writing your title just makes me feel like I woke up in bed next to a toothless old hag with a cigarette in her mouth. So let’s move these kind of games into a category of their own - “Forsaken”, say.

Done

Let’s do the same for the games you’ve completed: Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Far Cry 3, Knight of the Old Republic II. I’ve completed them, tasted most of what they have to offer and maybe I’ll play them again, but for now we have bigger fish to fry.

Never-ending

I am sure, like me, you have games you can drop in and out of, games like Counterstrike, Kerbal Space Program and FTL. They are kind of games I play in short bursts, with short stories or no stories at all.

Multiplayer, single-player, it doesn’t really matter. Let’s face it, there is no way I’m going to spend hours grinding Surgeon Simulator 2013 - that will only end in tears. For me, this category should also include epic strategy games such as Civilization V and Crusader Kings II because there is no story to complete so I play them casually.

Untouched

Here is where our real crimes against gaming must be moved to. Any game in which you haven’t logged any hours should sit in this character, a nagging reminder of your shame.