Collecting games

Collect games on your profile#

Your profile is your personal place to organize and share the games that matter to you.

You can save any game directly from its game page. Select Add to collection, then choose one of your existing collections or create a new one.

Start with the essentials:

• Want to play for games on your wishlist or backlog.
• Playing for games you are spending time with now.
• Favorites for the games you most want to recommend.

Credit a recommendation with Discovered via#

When adding a game to a collection, use Discovered via to credit the curator or publication that helped you find it. Search by name and select a result, then select Add to collection to save the game and credit together. A note and source link are optional.

If you followed a recommendation or a curator’s shared game link, the credit may already be filled in. Check it before saving: it can reflect the most recent curator or publication recommendation you followed in that browser tab. Use the remove button beside the credit to clear it, then search again if you want to credit someone else.

To change a saved credit, open the collection editor and select Edit note on the game. Add, remove, or replace Discovered via, then save your changes. The credit appears with your collection pick and links to the credited curator or publication, even when you have not added a note.

Add source is a separate field for a specific article, video, stream, or other URL. You can keep both a source link and a discovery credit on the same pick. See Curating collections for notes and sources.

Share a game you found#

Select Share on a game page to open its sharing options. On supported touch devices, this opens your device’s share menu.

When you are signed in with a profile, the share link includes your handle. Someone following that link can have you prefilled under Discovered via when they add the game to a collection. They can change or remove the credit before saving.

Create your own collections#

You can also group games around any theme you care about, from cozy games for a quiet weekend to the best co-op games for a regular group.

Collections appear on your profile, where you can keep updating them and share them with other players. You can have up to 6 personal collections, or an unlimited number with curation rights.

Choose how games count#

Personal collections can contribute to the game totals shown in your profile sidebar. When creating a collection—or later in Collection settings—use Games in this collection count as to choose:

• No status keeps the collection separate from your game totals.
• Want to play adds its games to your Want to play total.
• Playing adds its games to your Playing total.
• Played adds its games to your Played total.

In Add to collection, status collections appear first with their status icon, in this order: Want to play, Playing, Played. Other personal collections and publication collections follow.

Only totals greater than zero appear in the sidebar.

Statuses are available only for collections owned by your personal profile. Collections owned by a publication use No status and do not contribute to these totals.

Choose a layout#

Every collection can use the layout that best suits its games:

Layout	Best for
Grid	A compact, wrapping overview of many games.
Shelf	Portrait covers that wrap onto multiple rows.
Track	Rich game cards in a horizontal row.
Reel	A visual carousel led by game trailers.

You can change a collection’s layout later without rebuilding it.

Add games with Steam#

If your Steam account is connected and its game details are public, player.gg can suggest games from your library and wishlist.

• Top surfaces the games you have played most.
• Recent shows games you have played lately.
• Wishlisted suggests games from your Steam wishlist.

Make your Steam profile public#

Steam keeps your overall profile and game details as separate privacy settings. Both need to be public for player.gg to see your library, playtime, and wishlist.

1. Open your Steam profile and select Edit Profile.
2. Select Privacy Settings.
3. Set My Profile to Public.
4. Set Game details to Public. Steam saves privacy changes automatically.

You can also open your Steam Profile Privacy Settings directly while signed in. Games you have individually marked as private will remain hidden and will not appear in suggestions.

Add a suggestion immediately, or search for any game manually. You can reorder games after adding them.

Keep a collection in sync with Steam#

Collection sync automatically adds games from your Steam activity. Open Collection settings, turn on Automatically sync this collection, select Steam, then choose a source:

• Last 2 weeks uses games played recently.
• Played uses games played across all time.
• Wishlist uses your Steam wishlist.
• Owned uses every game in your library.
• Unplayed uses library games you have not played yet.

Choose whether new games appear at the beginning or end of the collection. You can also filter the source by genres and Steam tags found in the owner’s library. The sync preview updates to show the games that match the current configuration before you save it.

Steam must be connected to the collection owner’s player.gg account. The owner’s Steam profile and Game details must both be public. If sync cannot read the library, check the Steam status under Account settings, then review the privacy steps above.

Profiles with curation rights can also combine multiple collections into themed Pages and add notes and sources to their picks. Learn more in Curating collections.

Keep a collection in sync with PlayStation#

Connect PlayStation in your account settings. In Collection settings, turn on Automatically sync this collection, select PlayStation, and choose Played or Last 2 weeks.

Played includes games with at least 10 minutes of total playtime. Last 2 weeks includes games last played within the previous 14 days. Only games recognized in the player.gg catalog appear. You can use the same genre filters, tag filters, and insertion position as Steam collections.

PlayStation history imports run every three hours; collections sync every twelve hours. Your game history must be accessible. If an import fails or history becomes unavailable, existing collection entries stay in place until a successful sync.

Combine Steam and PlayStation in one collection#

Enable both platforms under Sync from in Collection settings. Choose a rule for each—for example, Steam Owned and PlayStation Played, or Last 2 weeks on both.

A game appears once when it matches either platform. Genre and tag filters apply to the combined results, and the preview shows the unique matching games. Games you add manually and games you have dismissed keep their existing behavior.

If one platform’s history is unavailable, games from the available platform can still be added. Automatic removals pause until all selected platforms are available. A game stays in the collection while it matches at least one selected rule.