Arknights: Endfield Playtime Tracker vs Steam Wrapped

Arknights: Endfield Playtime Tracker records playtime automatically by checking every five seconds whether Endfield.exe is running. Its browser dashboard at 127.0.0.1:27182 shows a live timer, session history and a NOW PLAYING banner; when the game closes, a Windows toast reports the session time and total playtime. It also creates a readable playtime.txt log, with sessions grouped by date. Data is kept locally in JSON, and interim session details are saved every 60 seconds so an incomplete session can be finalized on the next startup. The dashboard retains up to 100 sessions. Detection depends on the game executable being named Endfield.exe. The tracker requires Windows and Node.js, uses built-in Node.js modules without external dependencies, and setup uses batch files, with a VBScript launcher option. Users can set an initialOffset to account for playtime before installation; the default is zero. The local dashboard is not accessible from other machines. The tracker is free to use and modify.

Steam Wrapped is a free Millennium plugin that adds a gaming activity dashboard inside Steam for Windows. It appears in Steam’s Store navigation and requires Steam for Windows with Millennium installed. Date filters cover this month, last month, the last three months, this year, and custom ranges. Summaries show playtime, games played, achievements, and favorite genre, plus most played game, longest session, peak play time, and a 24-hour activity histogram. The plugin tracks sessions locally, displays live playtime for the current game, and links recent games and achievements to Steam Library pages. A high-resolution PNG export is available. Sessions, achievements, artwork references, and cached metadata remain in local Steam storage. Game App IDs are requested from Valve’s public app-details endpoint for artwork and genre data, without Steam credentials. Local history can be cleared; removing the plugin may not remove Steam WebUI storage.