💵 Game Collection Value Tracker
Add each game in your collection with its purchase price to see your total collection value and average price per game.
Total and average, recalculated as you type
Each row is one game and one price. The card lists them all, then adds the two summary lines:
total = sum of every price
average per game = total / number of gamesThe three starting rows - Catan at $45, Wingspan at $60, Codenames at $20 - make $125.00 total and $41.67 average. Add Game drops in a $40 placeholder, so the total becomes $165.00 and the average falls to $41.25: anything below your current average pulls it down. A blank price is read as zero and still counts as a game in the average.
Which price to type
Decide once, per pass. What you paid answers how much you have sunk into the hobby; today's market price answers what a clear-out would raise. Running the list twice gives you both, and the gap between them.
- An asking price is not a sale price. Price guides and live listings show what sellers want; an optimistic one sits unsold for months. Completed sales are the only figure with a buyer attached.
- Condition and completeness dominate. A punched copy with a water-marked box, a missing insert or three lost meeples goes for a fraction of a shrink-wrapped one.
- Selling costs come off the top. Postage on a big-box game plus the marketplace's cut is real: trim 30% from that $125 and $87.50 lands.
Frequently asked questions
How much is my board game collection worth?
Total what complete, played copies are actually selling for, not what they are listed at, then take off fees and postage. What you net is always below the guide figure.
Should I enter what I paid or the current value?
Either, but never a mix of the two in one list. Purchase prices tell you what the hobby has cost you; current prices tell you what the shelf would raise if it all went tomorrow.
Do out-of-print board games go up in value?
A few do, and only when complete and in good condition. Most hold steady until a reprint is announced and the premium collapses, so treat a collection as a shelf of games first and an asset a distant second.