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Game Library Value Calculator

Calculate the total value of your game collection across platforms including subscriptions.

About this calculator

This calculator adds up four separate spending streams — Steam/PC games, console games, mobile games and in-app purchases, and subscription services like Game Pass or PS Plus — by multiplying each platform's game count by its average price and summing the results, then layering on total subscription cost (months paid times monthly fee). The result is a single Total Library Value figure that treats a subscription month the same as a one-time purchase dollar, even though the two buy very different things: owned copies you keep forever versus rotating access you lose the moment you stop paying. Total Games only counts actual purchased titles across the three platform categories — subscription time isn't converted into a game count, since there's no reliable way to know how many subscription-only titles you actually played. To estimate value per hour of enjoyment, the calculator assumes a flat 20 hours of play per owned game, an average that will wildly overstate value for a 300-hour RPG and understate it for a game you bounced off after an hour.

Because of that fixed assumption, Est. Cost per Hour is best read as a rough conversation-starter rather than a precise metric. The most common mixup is forgetting to include the cost of games acquired via subscription-included libraries in your "purchases" tally, which double-counts nothing but can make the platform breakdown look lower than your actual total time invested would suggest.

Inputs

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months
$/mo

Results

Total Library Value

$1,760.00

≈ 14 pairs of sneakers

Total Games80
Avg Cost per Game$22.00
Est. Cost per Hour$1.10
PC Library Value$750.00
Console Library Value$600.00
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter the number of Steam/PC Games and their Average Price paid.
  2. Enter Console Games count and average price, plus Mobile Game Purchases.
  3. Enter Subscription Months and the Monthly Subscription Cost for services like Game Pass.
  4. Review Total Library Value to understand the full investment in your game collection.
  5. Use the breakdown to decide whether a subscription replaces purchasing games outright.

How the result changes with Steam/PC Games

Steam/PC GamesTotal Library Value
25$1,385.00
38$1,580.00
75$2,135.00
125$2,885.00

What each input means

Steam/PC Games
Number of games on Steam or other PC platforms.
Avg PC Game Price
Average price paid per PC game (including sales).
Console Games
Physical and digital console games.
Avg Console Game Price
Average price paid per console game.
Mobile Game Purchases
Paid mobile apps and in-app purchases.
Avg Mobile Spend
Average spent per mobile game/IAP.
Subscription Months
Total months of gaming subscriptions (Game Pass, PS Plus, etc.).
Monthly Subscription
Combined monthly subscription cost.

How this is calculated

Worked example, using the default values

  1. Identify Input Parameters
    4 parameters
    Steam/PC Games = 50, Avg PC Game Price = 15, Console Games = 20, Avg Console Game Price = 30 = 8 input(s) provided
  2. Calculate Total Library Value
    Total Library Value
    1760 = $1,760
  3. Calculate Total Games
    Total Games
    80 = 80
  4. Calculate Avg Cost per Game
    Avg Cost per Game
    22 = $22

Engine last updated . Checked against 1 independently-derived test — how we verify calculators. Built by Paul Gunder, a software engineer, not a licensed financial, medical, or legal professional.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does the calculator use a flat 20 hours per game instead of tracking actual playtime?

It has no way to know how long you actually played each title, so it applies a single average across every owned game to produce a rough Est. Cost per Hour figure. If you finished a 60-hour campaign and dropped a $60 game after 30 minutes, both are counted as 20 hours here, so the per-hour number for your specific library could be off by an order of magnitude in either direction. Treat it as a starting estimate, not a substitute for pulling real hours from Steam or a console's playtime tracker.

Should I count subscription-included games in my Steam or console game counts?

No — Total Games only sums the games you entered in the Steam/PC, Console, and Mobile fields, and those are meant to represent titles you paid for individually. Games you only accessed through Game Pass or PS Plus without buying them separately shouldn't be added to those counts, because subscription access is already captured through the separate Subscription Months × Monthly Subscription inputs. Double-entering them would inflate both Total Games and Total Library Value for the same access.

Why does Total Library Value combine one-time purchases with ongoing subscription fees?

The calculator simply adds subscriptionMonths × subscriptionCost to the sum of the three platform totals, so it reports total money spent rather than a value of owned assets. That means a canceled Game Pass subscription still counts fully toward the total even though you no longer have access to any of that library, while a purchased game keeps counting even years after you've stopped playing it. If you want a figure that reflects only owned, permanent assets, exclude the subscription inputs or zero them out.

How is Avg Cost per Game different from Est. Cost per Hour?

Avg Cost per Game divides Total Library Value by Total Games, so it includes subscription spending spread across only your purchased titles — it does not represent what you paid per individual game. Est. Cost per Hour instead divides Total Library Value by an estimated total hours figure (Total Games × 20), so it's a rougher, time-based view of the same spending. Both numbers move together, but Avg Cost per Game is sensitive to subscription cost inflating the numerator without adding to the game count.

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