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Zkuq on 15 September 2026
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JEMC said:
Zkuq said:

Rookie numbers! My wishlist has over 1,800 entries. I've tried going through it a bit several times over the years, hoping to remove stuff from there, but it's just not worth the time... Almost everything has a justified place there. I might have to take a stricter stance at some point, but it seems I really want about 1,800 things, mostly games. Needless to say, I won't be able to play but a fraction of them during my lifetime.

I don't think I've bought almost anything from those sales either, it's just a wishlist thing. But it's been getting harder and harder to even find stuff to add to my wishlist, because there's so many events with so many games.

I have... 11 wishlisted games.

I only put there games I'm 100% sure I'm going to buy after either trying them thanks to a demo or a free to try weekend, or because I've searched online for reviews and gameplay videos. I rarely put games in the list without doing that and, in the few times I've done it, I've sometimes regreted it, like with Cyberpunk 2077.

I'm also following 174 titles that haven't launched yet or I still haven't done my homework (that reviews and gameplay search).

I'm always amazed with those of you with hundreds or thousand of wishlisted games.

What can I say. I'm open to a lot of different kinds of games... or maybe not all that different, but still a lot of games. I kind of wish Steam wishlist had a tier system where I could have must-buy titles in one list, maybe-buy-if-stars-align titles in another, and the other remaining titles in the last one. I don't think we're getting that, though, so manual prioritization will have to do. Even my partner has about 80 titles on her wishlist, even though she's had a gaming PC only since 2018 and has added new games to her wishlist quite sparingly. There's just so much interesting stuff on Steam.

And it's not like I add games to my wishlist just based on how they look, although that's important too. I usually go through all the screenshots, sometimes some videos/GIFs, get an idea of what gameplay is generally about, even if I don't necessarily get a good feel for it, and I definitely take a look at user reviews if the game has those.

Personally I'm amazed how someone can have only 11 wishlisted games. I guess those 174 followed titles are doing a lot of heavy lifting to keep your wishlist tidy. I don't follow a lot of games myself. I've considered doing more of that for unreleased games, but I know I'd never get around to adding them to my wishlist if they turn out good, so I just wishlist them and maybe remove them from there if they end up sucking.