## Steam User Reaches Milestone: First to Own Over 40,000 Paid Games
A Steam user known as SonixLegend has become the first to amass a collection of over 40,000 paid games on the platform. Their library represents the vast majority of the approximately 45,000 “full profile” paid games currently tracked by SteamDB. with thousands of new titles released on Steam annually, according to SteamSpy data, a badge for 50,000 owned games may soon be within reach.
So what’s good?
Determining the size of SonixLegend’s actual “backlog” is difficult, as their private account doesn’t publicly display playtime for individual games. However, they’ve earned at least one achievement in 261 games and have provided “Recommended” reviews for only 16 titles on their Steam profile.
The task of completing even a portion of this collection is daunting. Data from HowLongToBeat estimates that finishing the “top 2,500” games in SonixLegend’s library would require over 2,463 days-nearly seven years-of continuous gameplay.
Interestingly, SonixLegend’s most-played game isn’t included in their record-setting achievement.Their Steam profile shows 551 hours spent playing Valve’s 2010 free-to-play overhead shooter, Alien Swarm. Despite access to a vast catalog of modern PC games, this user consistently returns to a 15-year-old, free title.
