discussion How do you organize games on your computer?

[android999]

I have a problem that there are too many downloaded games.
And I can't understand how to sort them.

Or should I go and touch the grass?

 

[BadFox1]

I have a downloaded section that I unzip all my new updates into, then in that folder I have another folder called played. Once I play the new update I move it to played and delete the last release in the played folder. I keep the previous version because it has saved me countless times needing to rollback or copy saves. If the game is complete I put (Final) before the name which moves it to the top of played. It's a fairly easy system and just how I do it.

 

[El Buho]

I have a problem that there are too many downloaded games.
And I can't understand how to sort them.

Or should I go and touch the grass?

This is easy, Make a folder in your PC called "games" and then put all of your games (+new ones) alphabetically in that folder.

 

[HuevosAzules]

External HD
In alphabetical order and last played date...

 

[MidniteLyfe]

I've got a couple notepads for games if I liked them, meh, and avoid. When I'm finished with a game, the liked and meh games get a current version and small description to help me remember them.

 

[PapaQ]

I've got a five folder system.

1. Downloads (I don't always get around to playing a downloaded game at once, but ideally this folder should be as close to empty as possible)
2. Playing (when I start playing a game, it moves to this folder - sometimes they kind of get stuck here, if I don't find them particularly interesting)
3. Awaiting Updates (any game I have played to the end of the most recent update goes here)
4. Finished
5. Top Tier (reserved for my very favourite finished games)

 

[User_80256]

In over five years, I've only kept 48 games, the ones I really enjoyed. Otherwise, the principle is simple: I download something that interests me, 45 minutes to 1 hour is enough to conclude whether it's “my” game or not. If I didn't like the game (regardless of whether I abandoned it or still forced myself to go through it to the end), I ruthlessly delete it, I don't like when the hard disk accumulates all sorts of garbage.

 

[xNikron]

Well I don't. I have a folder for games with like 250 games in total. I just checked and I'm in shock.
From time to time I lunch some of them and replay if I like it. If don't then I simply delete.

 

[Monokuma]

All these ideas sound like so much work... I have a folder, games go into it, that's about it... When I need to clear space, I delete some I haven't played in ages/didn't enjoy/etc.

 

[skynertia]

Literally just a folder. Games go in and when they are finished they go out.

 

[viktrulius]

Just a folder with the games on it. But i think i'll start doing as Papaq said and create a subfolder for games that i'm waiting for to be updated.

 

[patinhas]

I create folders for each letter initial (A, B and so on). No real advantage than minimizing the number of files/folders to load at the folder level... The OS should take care of it, but often if you have hundreds of files, it does not work as well.

 

[Uncle Loco]

I used to organize them better. I had a completed games folder, favorite games folder, new games folder, members + games folder, and a few others. Now I see no point to organizing them so they all go in a general games folder for new downloads then move into a VN folder once I have played the updates or the trash if I didn't enjoy it.

 

[resolver_]

<Drive> -> <Main Games Folder> -> <Platform Folder (Origin, Steam)> -> <Game Folder>

 

[floydrowx77]

I just keep everything in a folder.

 

[NumNeg]

Normal and adult games similar, but separate. Normal games usually only plays maximum 2 or 3 any given times, so they stay in their install directories, and after finishing they go to an external drirve. Adult games, there is a dedicated folder, where I install/put them, then go to an other external drive. There is 2 folders there: the completed games, and the unfinised (pending updates, abandoned, etc.).

 

[Crpapjda]

AAAALL of them in one big folder with no tags of any kind. Just a mess. Chaos embodied . No hope

 

[kurgan]

Just 2 folders: the one where I download and play the game and the storage folder. As soon as I unzip the game I move the zip to the storage folder. Once I finish to play it I delete the uncompressed folder. In that way I know what I have downloaded but not played. If I dislike the game I just delete it from the storage folder. To keep track of what I want to actively follow I have a document.

 

[setzer]

Ye Olde Folder of Shame

 

[tealsteam]

i gots me a ready folder for the new ones, then they get moved to a folder called ones to watch for if there updates