LaunchBox

Before Steam came to power, some of you may remember using DOSBox as a form of a gaming library and has gone through a variety of changes and renditions as time passed by. LaunchBox is the latest incarnation of that program, and it is supposed to act as a  one-stop shop for gaming on your computer, for both modern and historical games, regardless of the supported console.

If you love your digital to look like a real-life library, this program allows you to download additional material besides the actual game, including the box art, logo, screenshots, banners, and player-made fanart automatically. If your games become numerous and hard to handle, you'll be glad to know that by using LaunchBox you gain access to arranging and filtering by genre, platform, ESRB rating, developer, publisher, and much more. LaunchBox even has custom status and source fields to use to classify your games in whatever way you see fit. all within a heavily simplified and user-friendly UI.

All the game info can be modified manually, and you can even insert new information, such as game tags that you find fit and will make it easier during searches. You can use all the materials mentioned above not just to differentiate all the games in your library, but also as a way to customize LaunchBox altogether. For example, you can use the art as backgrounds for the menu.

While most players have now migrated towards the Internet-dependant Steam client, those that still love creating their libraries the way they like it will definitely remain loyal to the forefather of digital gaming libraries. And if choosing between the two platforms is hard, you'll be happy to know that they are compatible with each other.