Question Steam Discovery Queue - Do you use it?

[Slasken]

Do you use the Discovery Queue on Steam to find games you haven't been following, searched for, or seen anywhere else?

Personally, I use it a lot, and have found some games I wouldn't have searched for otherwise.

 

[Pifanjr]

Never, but then I don't really buy games any more, my backlog is big enough to last for quite a while. Anything I would still consider buying I wouldn't discover through the Discovery Queue.

 

[Brian Boru]

Tried it a few times, didn't seem valuable. I echo ^ @Pifanjr ^, and have these resources bookmarked if I ever feel the need:

Recommendation Engine
Steam Recommender
Games Finder

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

I don't use it a lot, but when I do go through it I often do a few queues in a row to see if there's anything interesting to wish list. Usually I don't find very much, but I like the fact that it's there.

 

[Slasken]

I find a lot of newly released games through there, especially indy games, and sometimes early access games. I don't buy them right away, but I do follow them, or put them on my wishlist.

 

[mainer]

I have, but it's very rare. The few times I can remember using the Discovery Queue they were all games that I really had no interest in. I've found more games that I didn't know about by reading about them in the PCG magazine or an article on the web site, then looking up the game itself on Steam. I think it's a nice feature of Steam, and probably useful to gamers who play varied types of games, I've just got a pretty narrow focus of what games I like.

 

[Zloth]

I use it to get cards in the season sales, then try to get the badge for each sale. I think I've gotten almost all of them so far.

It's really rare to find a game I'm interested in the queue, though. I end up using it more to put games on my ignore list - which is also useful.

P.S. The current Steam sale's queue message is broken. It always says the queue has been done for the day.

 

[ZedClampet]

I used to go through it once or twice a day, but I quit and probably haven't done it in a couple of years. My gaming tastes have really gotten much more narrow, so the discovery queue is mostly a waste of time now. I can use other Steam tools to find games more specific to my interests.

 

[technomadic_rony]

I only use it for free Steam Trading Cards XD. Those free badges aren't going to made by themselves.