How many games did you buy in the last 12 months??

[Lazy sweeper]

Any kind of videogame.
How many did you buy (and played) in the last 12 months???

Are we all Too poor to justify 100$ Videogames or is it something else at play?

Also, The second I make Videogame, AND I play them but I don't buy them...
is a typo... I mean it should read like this...

I don't know how to correct the Pool..

PS: If you want to comment and say which kind of games you have bought in the last year (not just played)....
I "bought" base HK on a kind of free offert, plus a couple of other completely FREE games...
but I haven't even installed them... I just let them on my account...
So in theory I should have said something like 1-5... but in reality I didn't really buy them...

So Zero, plus my usual FREE-to-play subscription Once every Blue Moon...

 

[disjointaccount]

My count is a little foggy but there are 6 I bought AND played this year:

• Please Fix the Road
• Civ 7
• Silksong
• A Little to the Left
• The Roottrees are Dead
• Pokemon Legends Z-A

Bought last year (Steam winter sale) but played this year:

• Return of the Obra Dinn
• Chants of Sennar

Bought this year but haven't got around to playing yet (the backlog grows ever larger):

• NUTS
• Heaven's Vault
• Guacamelee

The only ones I paid >$20 for were Civ 7 and Pokemon, both of which I felt confident with paying more for because I was happy enough with the series' track records personally. I definitely don't buy games at launch/for full price often; for the most part, big sales and cheap indies are the way to go for me.

 

[tedhebert]

Changed vote from 1 to 2/5 since I just bought myself Clair Obscur... the other one is Obviously civ 7

 

[Berrern]

Only bought one - Civ VII!

Not buying more games has nothing to do with money, but rather time. I've played 1400 hours of Civ since I bought it in April, that comes to almost 6 hours a day on average...

Even if I had more time to game, I wouldn't buy more games, I'd just play more Civilization!

The addiction is real

 

[Boris Gudenuf]

My total is a little peculiar.

I bought outright 5 games this year:

Galactic Civ IV
Memoriapolis
Europa Universalis V
Anno 117
Civilization VII

But in previous years I also bought/obtained pre-release versions of Farthest Frontier and Celestial Kingdom, which both were officially released this year, so 'technically' I obtained their real releases this year - even though I have already played over 800 hours of Farthest Frontier since 2023!

Much as I anticipated the releases this year, I have to say the majority have disappointed:

We all are familiar with the problems of Civ VII, which still needs, IMHO, a lot of work to be as enjoyable as even Civ VI was.

EU V, even though I have thrown almost 100 hours into it, still also needs a lot of work to iron out a mass of bugs and weird things that happen in every game. They are working very hard on it, but frankly - and like Civ VII - it should never have been released in the form it was.

Memoriapolis looked fascinating at first glance, but just never caught my interest. I may go back to it for a bit after the first of the year.

In Galactic Civ IV (Full Disclosure: I played GC II to death back in the day but never played III at all, not having a PC to play it on for years) is an amazing game. Amazing in that they managed to produce a science fiction game that is Dull. A Tech Tree full of dozens and dozens of techs that each provide a miniscule advance - like, 2 - 4% of something trivial. They couldn't even be bothered to provide individual graphics for them all. A galactic 'map' that seems to have ignored everything we've learned about ExoPlanets and systems in the past 10 years. Where are the inhabitable moons, planets without stars, Gas Giants that could be mined for exotic materials, multiple-sun systems with planets with strange orbits? Sorry to rant, but this game was one of the biggest disappointments of the year to someone who has been reading science fiction since the 1950s and still goes back to re-read Poul Anderson's Nicolas van Rijn stories or C. J. Cherryh's Chanur saga every year or so.

And, while I am looking forward to putting much of my free time in 2026 into Anno 117, I haven't actually played it post-release: I started a game of Anno 1800, it's predeccessor, and all of my trade-routing , island-settling and city-building time is going into that, interspaced by (so far) over-optimistic attempts to find some fun in Civ VI . . .

 

[Evolena]

10 more games in 2025, played all in bold (7 out of the 10) and 100% completed achievements for 6:

1. Agatha Christie – Murder on the Orient Express
2. Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 3
3. Magical Greenhouse
4. Pale Beyond (The)
5. Paper Trail
6. Selfloss
7. Shadows of Doubt
8. Sid Meier’s Civilization VII
9. Strange Antiquities
10. Tchia

I've also played and finished the main campaign (but not the extension) for Solasta Crown of the Magister.

I'm always tempted to buy more games, but I also try to at least play them and if possible "finish" them, so I restrain myself. Currently 55% of my Steam library is "finished" (I'm done with them, or for a handful I'll never play them - most strategy games are hard to put in that category, I call them "chronicle games" ). That's not a bad score honestly, but it's also why I tend to play small games instead of the big RPG that sit in my library for some time now.

 

[VGT]

Are we all Too poor to justify 100$ Videogames or is it something else at play?

Since civ community is a bit on the older side compared to Roblox or Fortnite, I would say it's not about being to poor. We'll easily find money to spend on 1000+ hour games. It's more about spending it on games you consider good.

Checked my Steam purchase history and got more than 10 easily, not counting some coop games to play with friend and bunch of DLC to already owned games.

My list chronologically starting from the civ 7 release date:
- Old World
- Oxygen Not Included
- Clair Obscur
- Len's Island
- Ara: History Untold
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- shapez 2
- Dyson Sphere Program
- Captain of Industry
- Kingdom Come Deliverance 1 + 2
- Endless Legend 2
- Dead Space Remake
- Arc Raiders
- Enshrouded
- Europa Universalis V
- Necesse

KCD2 and Dead Space not played yet.

All can be put into boxes of my few favorite genres: strategies, factory games, survival/crafting, good story/worldbuilding.

Before Civ7 wasn't buying much in 4X genre, because I always had in mind, that I have time for one 1000+h game. Disappointment with C7 sort of opened floodgate of other 4X games. Started with Old World and extended to games like Ara, EL2. Best purchase so far seems to be EU5, although it's not strictly 4X. Itches the same vibe for me though. If not this one, probably I would have Ara and Old World on rotation.

 

[Lazy sweeper]

I think I got Endless Legend Free also some couple years ago, and played just a bit...
I just saw EL2 is out but I don't know really if the new features makes it up for the
lack of interest i got on the first Ep.

Anno 117 looks nice also but it's on the steep side for me...
I'm not on the younger side but I'm not wealthy by any mean...
29.99 for Early Access is a good offer, just not sure about its unfolding...
It's a bit like Civ BE but even more extreme, and I don't think there is a Map Editor...

I posted some images in the C7 speculation thread, so I won't double post them here.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Zero. I haven't bought a game since Civ 6 (I bought it at launch, but I only played two games).

 

[reddishrecue]

I bought a couple, literally.
Octopath Traveler 0
Sid Meier's Civilization 4 the complete edition

 

[Chefofrats]

I don't keep track of it, really, but I probably bought 6-10 games this year. Money is not the problem - I'm just picky about my games, and I like very few of them. Some popular genres I can't stomach, like roguelikes, soulslikes, and online shooters. Of the games I bought I finished the ones I bought for my console: AC Shadows, Ghost of Yotei, Dragon Age The Veilguard. I also sort of finished Civ VII (100% achievements). Several other games I played but haven't finish - yet? (mostly cheap games bought on Steam sales).

 

[Berrern]

Changed my vote to TWO-FIVE, as I just remembered I actually bought Civilization VI this summer. Haven't played it, the reason I bough it was that it's the only way unlock the second Napoleon persona.
It was only 4.99€, so just 1€ more than I had to pay for each of Himiko and Ashoka.

 

[Siptah]

Civ 7, KCD 2, Anno 117, Two Point Museum, EUV, Silksong, Mario Kart World afaik. It's not like all of these cost €100... and it's not like I had time to play them all as much as I would have like to.

 

[UWHabs]

I think the ones I actually bought are civ 7, and then in September I got an urger to try out cities skylines 2, but only played it a little bit since I couldn't keep the 60gb or whatever disk space it needed clear without impacting my work.

 

[Smegger213]

Stand by. This is a longish list lol.

Games bought directly on Steam this year so far:

Talisman: Digital 5th Edition complete
Titan Quest 2
Path of Exile 2
Spellforce 3 Fallen God
Helldorado
Desperados 1
Desperados 2
Desperados 3 complete
Warhammer 40k Dawn of War Definitive Edition
Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon
Tainted Grail Sanctuary of Sarras DLC
Hexarchy

Games bought from CD Keys or elsewhere:

Civilization 7
Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous Season Pass 2
V Rising
Crysis Remastered Trilogy
Age of Wonders Planetfall Premium Edition
Endless Legend 2
MS Flight Simulator 2024
Endzone 1
Diablo IV Vessel of Hatred.


I may have bought more from other key seller sites.
Plus I used to play a few games on Xbox Game Pass for Windows, but recently they changed their prices to be a right rip off. So, I cancelled it.

Games on my Steam Wishlist

Classified France '44
Star Trek Resurgence
Endzone 2
Dragons Dogma 2
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Echoes of the End: Enhanced Edition
Battlefield 6
Tempest Rising
Hades II
Silent Depth 2: Pacific
Stellar Blade
Arc Raiders
Elemental Reforged
Silica
Broken Arrow
Europa Universallis V
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Finest Hour
Nuclear Option
Cleared Hot
Modern navel Warfare
Global Conflagration
Rise of Piracy
Menace
Exodus

I have a ton of games on Steam lol.

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

This year was a little light as I only bought Pokémon Legends: Z-A, at least that I can remember.

 

[MutilationWave]

@Smegger213
The XCOM games are awesome.

 

[vorlon_mi]

Yes, I bought Civ7. Yes, I bought a few others on sale during the year. I voted "2-5", but I need to check if it was perhaps 6.
I did buy the alternate personas for Himiko and Ashoka, when they were on sale.

EDIT: In 2025, I bought Millenia (on sale), CK3 (on sale), and X4 Foundations (on sale). According to Steam, I bought Civ7 in Dec 2024.
Galactic Civilizations 4 is on sale; might get that before 2025 ends.

 

[Smegger213]

@Smegger213
The XCOM games are awesome.

Aye they are. Its high time we had a sequel to XCOM 2.
I run it with the Star Trek DS9 and Voyager mods that give you those characters with voices lol.
Plus a few other good mods.

 

[Lazy sweeper]

Civ 7, KCD 2, Anno 117, Two Point Museum, EUV, Silksong, Mario Kart World afaik. It's not like all of these cost €100... and it's not like I had time to play them all as much as I would have like to.

If I was 20 years old, I would have bought probably also Super Mario Kart World, and other 20 games... it's not a gimmick to say I had more money (and time) to spend on games back then...
The Last game I bought, other than Civ VI, was the Last Tomb Raider... I'm probably gonna buy the new one 100% day one if it's not like 80$...
I have bought all Mario Karts since the SuperNes up to 7 for the 3DS, which I yet have to finish 100%... Is it good the new one???
I refused to buy the Switch... too ugly to me... I couldn't swallow the Smartphone-like form-factor... and Open World Zelda... Idk... I still have Ocarina for the N64 and I loved it, but I thought it was huge already... If they released at least an old school Zelda... needless to say I prefer smaller, pixel-Art games to the new 1080p...
And the Original GB came with SuperMario for like 99$ new... Zelda for GB was like 29$... I had more than 100 GB games before I sold them to get the GameGear..
I was young... today those games would be worth a fortune... but my parents when I did bad at school usually took everything from me and gifted to the poors...
They didn't care AT ALL... today youngsters don't know how lucky they are to have everything digital in some ways...
Even if I hate them, and would love paparback Manuals, stickers, hardbox etc, what I endured was North Korean punishment style...
Amiga saved me bc disks could be copied... and I could always swap to a Word program and show them I was studying....
One more turn in Civ 1 for Amiga to me was a legit war to try and save before my main would be switched off after 9PM...