Steam Users Request Useful Quality Of Life Feature

In a thread posted to the Steam subReddit yesterday, a user who goes by the handle SuxMenner is asking whether Valve would be able to implement a feature in the software that would enable people to organize their library how they want. Others commenting on the post seem in agreement, with a couple of people wondering whether it would ever be possible to sort their games out in a different order to the ones on offer, with some suggesting a way to sort chronologically by franchise. One user even said that the interface for Steam is “inferior” to other clients, such as GOG Galaxy.

The way the current Steam Library works is, games can be arranged through shelves. Selecting a “shelf” from the drop-down menu will allow users to choose whether their games are ordered by most recent played, the categories that each game has been customized into, or by all games with additional options to choose alphabetic ordering, release date order, etc. However, it seems that the community would like more ways to organize their games in their own custom way. Whatever it is people are hoping for, many seem to be in agreement with SuxMenner’s original plea.

Recently, Steam had a huge update which overhauled the way the client manages downloads and storage. Since the changes, the download page seems to have become more clear, whereas in the previous iteration it could have been a bit frustrating, with download progress being unclear. It also allows for better customization in choosing which games and patches get downloaded first in the queue.

While there have been some improvements to the platform, it seems as though there is work to be done. Valve did recently file a “quality of life” patent, which suggests that some new features may be coming to Steam at some point. The new ideas suggest a reduction in latency, as well as the ability to play games before they’ve finished downloading, similar to Xbox One’s “FastPlay.” Whether Valve will implement the feature suggested in the above Reddit thread remains to be seen.

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