Meet the first person to own over 40,000 paid Steam games

"With those games excluded, SonixLegend's collection actually encompasses the vast majority of the 45,000 or so "full profile" paid games tracked by SteamDB. But with thousands of new games being released on Steam every year, it might not be long until a badge for 50,000 owned games becomes a real possibility. So what's good? It's hard to gauge just how much of SonixLegend's massive Steam collection officially counts as a "backlog" since their private account doesn't offer a public breakdown of playtime for most individual titles."

"That said, there are only 261 games for which SonixLegend has earned at least one achievement and only 16 that were good enough to merit a user review (they all ended up as "Recommended"). The implications of SonixLegend trying to actually work through their Steam backlog can be more than a little intimidating, though. HowLongToBeat data suggests that finishing just the "top 2,500" games in SonixLegend's Steam collection would take over 2,463 days, or nearly seven years of 24/7 gameplay."

"Ironically, SonixLegend's favorite game isn't even one that counts toward their record-setting badge. The user's Steam profile page lists 551 hours spent playing Valve's 2010 free-to-play overhead shooter Alien Swarm. In a way, it's nice to know that, even with access to nearly every paid modern PC game in existence, the one game this user keeps coming back to is a 15-year-old title that doesn't cost a penny."

SonixLegend's Steam library covers the vast majority of roughly 45,000 paid 'full profile' games tracked by SteamDB and could reach a 50,000-owned badge as new releases continue. The account is private enough to obscure playtime breakdown, so backlog size is unclear. Only 261 games have at least one achievement and just 16 received user reviews, all recommended. HowLongToBeat estimates show finishing the top 2,500 games would require over 2,463 days — nearly seven years of nonstop play. The user's most-played title is Valve's 2010 free-to-play Alien Swarm, with 551 recorded hours, which does not count toward the badge.

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