Everyone Beat Elden Ring? 20 Steam Libraries Cleared Out

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According to GameSky, a Reddit user recently posted that they had beaten every game in their Steam library: 20 games in total, including long-form titles such as Elden Ring and Baldur's Gate 3. The number is modest by Steam standards, but the post stood out because the library also includes Titanfall 2, Disco Elysium, and Metro Exodus.

The point is not that 20 is an enormous backlog. If anything, it is the opposite. At a time when many Steam libraries have turned into shopping lists, this player appears to have actually worked through theirs. Twenty games sounds manageable until you look at the names. Elden Ring and Baldur's Gate 3 are not weekend clears, and even for players who gravitate toward indie games or story-driven releases, "finished" does not always mean "done with everything." Some games do their best work behind a second, third, or fourth choice.

The replies were blunt. One user said it would probably take them 10 years of continuous play to clear their own library. That is more than self-deprecation. It speaks to how Steam has made buying games easier than actually playing them. Discounts, bundles, and free giveaways keep swelling libraries, while plenty of accounts start to look more like collections than backlogs.

Another player joked that you have to complete every romance route 100%. The joke is clearly aimed at games like Baldur's Gate 3, where one playthrough can finish the main story without scratching the surface of character relationships, faction choices, or branching paths. In games built around that kind of structure, clearing the story is only step one. The real time sink is deciding whether you care enough to see every outcome.

The practical takeaway is simple: a Steam library is not a scoreboard. A better pace might be one long game and two shorter ones a month. A monster like Elden Ring deserves dedicated time, while something tighter like Titanfall 2 works better as a breather between bigger releases. Buying less and finishing more keeps the focus on actually playing, instead of chasing a pile of numbers that never really shrinks.

The post resonated because it taps into one of PC gaming's most familiar contradictions. Players love building a library on the cheap, but they also know the pressure of "buy now, play later." Finishing all 20 games is not a model everyone can follow, especially for fans of indie games and long-form RPGs. Even so, it is a good reminder to sort the queue by what you actually want to play, what you will realistically open, and what is worth your time. The real scarce resource was attention.

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