Game Time Manager vs Steam Wrapped

Game Time Manager is a free Windows PC app that tracks gaming time and play history, with the stated aim of helping users balance gaming with the rest of life. When it detects a full-screen game, it periodically displays how long the user has been playing. The default overlay stays visible for 10 seconds every 10 minutes, and its settings can be changed in config.toml without restarting the app. It records what was played and when. The maker describes it as compatible with most PC games. After installation it runs in the background and starts when the user logs in. Installation requires downloading a release, unzipping it, and running install.ps1 with PowerShell. The project is published under the Apache License 2.0. Listed releases are pre-release alpha versions, with v0.0.1-alpha.3 the newest shown. Play-over-time metrics and game-specific rules are TODO items rather than available features. Its free plan is free and lists Windows 10 and 11 as tested.

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.