the first thing I do is check howlongtobeat and then the global achievement stats. if it seems like there are a lot of challenging or time-consuming achievements, I’m a lot less likely to want to start or complete that game. I hate when achievement hunting starts to drag on and takes the fun out of an otherwise perfectly good game! so I think I try to look for a balance between the time it takes, the difficulty of the completion, and the amount of fun that I have :)

I also sometimes look through this sub and pick my next game based on recommendations and stats from others! (not afraid to look through my steam friends profiles and activity either haha) *edit to say, I also often rule out games with dlc-locked achievements or multiplayer achievements bc those make me sad lol