i did this but didn't keep up with it. ended up with a big "unsorted" folder that occasionally has gems when i look through it

I've got a category for the rating (/10) I give any games I've finished, as well as the following:

• Dropped
• Shelved
• Won't play
• In progress
• Backlog
• Software

These categories don't overlap (ie, I don't give ratings to games I haven't actually finished, even if this means I dropped them with no intent to play them again)

Work pretty nicely for me and it's nice to be able to easily point to games I'd recommend to my pals

And the "wont play" category is largely just games that were in bundles, that I don't care for, or games that I thought I'd want to play but became uninterested in them before I got around to them

i either group them by genres, or by series/franchises, or by developers.

with some stupid category names, of course.

I just have Favorites (all games installed, steam or non-steam), playlist (games I want to play but haven't installed yet), and finished games.

Everything else is mixed together to search through when I'm looking for something specific (coop, etc).

• Favorites
• Playing
• Finished
• Valve complete pack
• Uncategorized

I put the games I care about into genres. There's a lot in my library I don't really bother with though and I just lump that in its own category.

I group them by general type. Shooters, Rts, Turn-based, rpg, platformers, puzzle etc. And then there's a separate category for games that suck. Like a category of shame, to always remember the lows of humanity.

I have:

• favorites
• want to play
• multiplayer
• beaten
• all achievements
• uncategorized

Something similar.

• play soon
• done but revisit
• Done and meh
• Done and complete

For example - "done and complete" is Portal 2. Great experience, but no reason to just replay it. "Done and meh" could be games where I gave up trying.

Then it's

• Steam Deck only
• Play with wife
• Play with kids
• Pc only

Finally it's specific categories about how it makes me "feel".

• Chill-like - vampire survivors, or farm games, or Satisfactory
• Action-like - fps, action games. Doom or Horizon Zero Dawn
• Story - strong narrative. Like Nier automata, or Witcher 3

The valve tags are better if i want granular.

1 - currently playing 2 - favorites (contains games that I often replay, even if I finished them) 3 - next up 4 - finished (games that I finished, I.e. i saw the credits of) 5 - completed (games that I finished and have 100% achievements on) 6 - abandoned (tried the game, didnt click with it, unlikely to be picked up in the future)

I don't really need more than that.

I just organize them in 3 categories for me:

1. Did I get the game for free?

2. Did I actually purchase said game?

3. Is it an emulator?

It's a mess, but it's better than no organization because it makes the list feel more organized than it actually is.