You can now generate a playtime-scaled Steam library collage with a simple open-source web generator
A new tool has caught the Steam community’s interest by transforming users' Steam libraries into personalized collages - where each game’s visual prominence directly reflects time played. This lets players see, at a glance, which titles have dominated their gaming hours, with long-haul favorites taking center stage in the collage while less-played games are scaled down accordingly.
The initial version of this tool was also introduced via Reddit (see below) on October 23, where users could generate similar visual posters based on their Steam playtime statistics. The creator originally developed it as a downloadable app capable of producing these collages. Most users instantly liked the ability to visualize their gaming habits stylistically, but the responses soon morphed into privacy concerns and the sharing of Steam account data - particularly around entering usernames or linking accounts to external, closed-source tools. Understandably, users were hesitant to use tools requiring access to their Steam data without full transparency. There was a lot of talk regarding an open-source, privacy-respecting solution that others could inspect or self-host, especially considering Steam's API has the capacity to provide the necessary data securely.
As a response, another user on the r/Steam developed an open-source webapp called playtime-panorama. This version, available on GitHub as well, lets anyone generate their own profile collage by fetching publicly available Steam API data. By making the source code public, the developer addressed major privacy anxieties - users can review, audit, or even run the tool locally. The web version automatically scales each game’s tile according to playtime, using dynamic CSS grids. High-playtime games dominate the collage, using a non-linear scaling curve to keep outliers from overwhelming the collage, while smaller games get some visibility.
With this one, it was a whole different story. The open-source tool is getting a lot of positive reception on Reddit as of writing, with many users engaging now that privacy concerns had been resolved - which makes sense, since users with valuable Steam inventories would rather be on the safer side. Several r/Steam members have already started sharing their generated collages online - you can check the thread out here, and the online collage generator website is linked here. Make sure your Steam profile visibility is set to public for the same.
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