Will you ever clear your game backlog?
Tell us what is sitting in the pile and how you actually play. BacklogBurn works out whether you are beating the backlog — or feeding it.
Build your backlog profile
Four quick answers are enough for a useful estimate. Fine-tune the maths under Advanced settings if you want.
Advanced settingsOptional accuracy tweaks ⌄
Your backlog is shrinking.
You are finishing games faster than you add them.
Three ways your future changes
Small changes in buying or playtime can move the finish line by years.
No-buy challenge
—How long the current pile takes if you stop adding games.
Your current habits
—Your forecast if nothing about your gaming or buying changes.
Five extra hours/week
—What happens if you find five more gaming hours each week.
Your backlog has a burn rate
Finishing games removes hours from the pile. Buying games adds hours back. BacklogBurn compares those two flows instead of pretending your library stays still.
Count the pile
Estimate how many games and hours you genuinely want to finish.
Measure your pace
Turn your weekly gaming time into a realistic monthly completion rate.
Subtract new games
Your finish line moves every time another game joins the backlog.
Attack the backlog from another angle
Each tool answers a different gaming question rather than repeating the same calculator with a new title.
Game backlog calculator questions
How do I calculate how long my gaming backlog will take?
Estimate the remaining hours in your backlog, then divide that by the number of hours per month you actually spend progressing unfinished games. BacklogBurn also subtracts the hours represented by new games you keep adding.
Why can the calculator say my backlog will never clear?
If the estimated playtime of the games you add each month is greater than the backlog hours you clear each month, the pile grows faster than you can finish it. In that case there is no mathematical clear date unless one of those habits changes.
What should I use for average game length?
Use your own library if you know it. Otherwise pick the preset closest to the kinds of games you normally finish. A backlog of short indie games behaves very differently from one dominated by RPGs.
Does this connect to Steam?
Not in the current version. The calculator intentionally works without an account or API connection, so you can use it immediately and without sharing a gaming profile.