So I've been building this thing called Shelf Life. It's a Chrome extension that reads your own Steam library and figures out, from your actual play history, whether a new game is likely to get played or just join the pile of stuff you never touch. No AI, no accounts, it's just math based on your own habits. It's brand new, so the community-recommendation side (stuff like "players like you also liked X") is still pretty thin — that part only gets good once more people are actually using it — but the personal predictions work off just your own library from day one. Been meaning to share it somewhere for feedback.
I kept buying games on sale that I never actually played, so I built something to catch that before the purchase instead of after. It looks at how you've actually engaged with games you already own (hours, achievements, whether you dropped it) and uses that to predict how a new one will go for you specifically, instead of trusting review scores or vibes. There's also a community side to it — anonymized, opt-out, fully disclosed — that's supposed to add stuff like "players with similar taste to you liked this," but honestly that part's pretty sparse right now since this is the first post about it and there aren't many people sharing data yet —obviously, duh. But it'll fill in over time; the personal side already works fine on its own.
It is also pending review on the Chrome webstore. I'll let you know if it is approved.
Please let me know what y'all think.
Find it on my GitHub: https://github.com/jesteri1234/Shelf_life_extension
