GOG Dormant Game Cleanup

Find installed GOG games not played in 30+ days, email a summary report, and add each game to Apple Reminders as a cleanup nudge. Use when: user wants to clean up their GOG library, find dormant/unused games, get reminded about unplayed games, or automate a gaming cleanup workflow. Triggers: 'dormant games', 'GOG cleanup', 'unplayed games', 'game cleanup reminder', 'clean up my library'.

Automated workflow to surface idle installed GOG games and nudge the user to consider uninstalling.

Workflow

1. Scan the GOG library JSON for installed games whose last_played is older than the cutoff (default 30 days).
2. Email a formatted summary to the user's personal himalaya account.
3. Remind by adding each dormant game to Apple Reminders under the Gaming list.

Script

Run scripts/gog_dormant_cleanup.sh:

bash

scripts/gog_dormant_cleanup.sh <cutoff_days> <library_json> [himalaya_account] [reminders_list]

Parameter	Default	Description
cutoff_days	30	Days of inactivity to qualify as dormant
library_json	(required)	Path to GOG library JSON (see config format below)
himalaya_account	personal	Himalaya account name for sending email
reminders_list	Gaming	Apple Reminders list name

Environment Variables

• DRY_RUN=1 — print actions without sending email or creating reminders.

GOG Library JSON Format

The script expects a JSON file with this structure:

json

{
  "games": [
    {
      "name": "Game Title",
      "installed": true,
      "last_played": "2026-03-28T19:45:00",
      "install_path": "/path/to/game"
    }
  ]
}

Games with installed: false are skipped. last_played may be null (never played).

Prerequisites

• jq — JSON parsing
• himalaya — email delivery (optional; skips email if absent)
• remindctl — Apple Reminders (optional; skips reminders if absent)

Scheduling

To run weekly via cron:

bash

# Every Monday at 9 AM
0 9 * * 1 /path/to/gog_dormant_cleanup.sh 30 /path/to/gog_library.json

Or use OpenClaw's cron tool for managed scheduling.