Simply downloading AGS library goes over 4000.

Of course, it's freeware and many games are 5-15 minutes long amateur efforts, but it's very easy to get many games.
There are some surprising gems there too, so it's not even all bad.

Those itch.io charity bundles can bring hundreds of new games with few clicks as well, although some of that stuff is actually amateur freeware too.

I'm very surprised that some people have less than 1000 games, but perhaps not everyone is interested in all that freeware stuff and all. I guess if someone plays only commercial AAA games, it's possible to keep the backlog very small.

I agree with this. I think the main thing is that you are enjoying the game you are playing at the moment. Doing something just to check boxes off a list rarely leads to fun.

Nobody is forcing me to play all games I purchased but having many games in my library offers me a greater bunch to chose from so that I will always have a game I really WANT to play when I find the time. The problem of having "too many" games in my opinion is a problem that's only in our head. I am quite sure that I won't be able to finish all games or watching all my movies before I die but ... who cares as long as I enjoy my time?

There are many reasons to have an ever growing game library.

It's not size that matters, certainly not to me, it is about choice and freedom.

So long as you aren't breaking your bank balance or making your family starve or suffer, what does number of games matter, unless they become too hard to manage.

And it's not just about playing games either. Collecting games is a legitimate hobby like any other hobby, and far less expensive than many. If you can collect and also play, then you are in front of many other hobbies, that are only collected and looked at etc.

Life after all, is ultimately about enjoyment, and is unavoidably made up of many aspects that are not enjoyable, so make the best of it when and while you still can.

I'm not going to feel bad about all the various leftovers in my life when I die, so why should I feel the same about games in my collection I will never get around to. Just enjoy what you do get around to, appreciate variety, etc, etc.

Don't over-analyse, just enjoy.

But I LIKE checking boxes!

It's not the size, but the quality that counts, apparently...

Although, saying that, mine's quite large and I'm not bothered at all by its size...

And yes, I'm still talking about my game library.

As a kid a played a lot of games through the floppy interchange. In return bought them legally later on.Digital distribution made it easier as they are patched for modern systems.

Due to backlog and classics keeping their charm, I'll only get new games if I'll be playing them in the near future.

Having a lot of fun with posts talking about "mine is large but I am not bothered by it" and "it is not quantity, it is quality" Please do not bring them out of context XD

Seriously, or not. The drawback of having many games available for is this: that you are playing an enjoyable game, but then go for something new and shiny. Then, if you get back to the other game, you forgot how you played it, or where you were in the plot, and you feel like you would have to restart, maybe. And maybe you do not want to restart. So there is the risk that you miss a good game because you went for something else.

So what I do is trying to have installed just one game of each kind at once: One turn-based strategy, one fps, and so on. Not two games that are of similar characteristics.

Also I try to give each game a chance, if it falls flat for me, I might give it a chance in the future if the right time comes.

Apparently it increases the sales even after the sale ended. It can be that some people who missed the discount (possibly by being on the fence, considering) end up getting the game anyway.

I used to get lured in to buying a lot of games based on flashy sales and the like but after years of not playing them, I've begun seriously considering if I plan to play them anytime soon before i purchase. The only issue with my current approach is games getting delisted between a sale and me deciding I would like to play them, but what can you do.

Question, since I'm probably out of the loop here.
What's the AGS Library?
What's AGS stand for?

Only problems, aside from the cost, with a large library are that it is not so easy to remember what you already have and finding something in there is a chore unless we are given tools to search better.

https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/

Have a look! They are awesome.

There's nothing modest about that. You don't need video games, consumer.

As Themken already answered, it's Adventure Game Studio, a (relatively) easy-to-use engine for traditional adventure games.

If you download everything on AGS site, you will get thousands of games. They used to be available as a torrent too, not sure if it's still available.

You can also find many games on Archive.org Adventure Game Studio Depository, but it's far from complete, it has only a little over 2000 games at the moment.
http://archive.org/details/adventuregamestudio

There are many commercial games using AGS too, like most Wadjet Eye games and such.
Other commercial games you can also get from GOG are Detective Gallo, Zniw Adventure, and about a week ago added Sumatra: Fate of Yandi, to name a few.

The best freeware stuff is quite as good as those commercial games, and there's plenty of games which are very good but might be lacking some polish that those commercial releases have.

Some people have used that engine to create non-adventure games too. For instance, Red Hot Overdrive that I played a while ago, is quite a good classic OutRun clone.
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/1832-red-hot-overdrive/

The best part is that you can run many AGS games with ScummVM, although oldest games are not supported, and newest ones may run too slowly, but there are hundreds of games that run flawlessly.