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Filters, groups & collections

The chips above the Library and Apps tabs are filters. Each one can also be a row on the Home tab. LT / RT switches between them, tapping a chip selects it.

Filters & groups

Manage them

Settings → Filters & groups lists the filters of the Games and the Apps side:

  • the eye shows or hides a chip,
  • the handle changes the order (drag it, or A then up / down),
  • New filter, New group and Restore defaults.

The default filters (Continue playing, All, Favorites, Platforms, Recently added, Hidden …) are ordinary filters: edit, hide or delete them like your own.

Smart filters

A smart filter shows everything that matches its conditions.

Filter editor

  • Name, Show in library and Show as row on the Home tab
  • Conditions – an entry is shown when all conditions apply. Add one with Add condition:

Add condition

Condition Example
Name Entries whose name contains a text
Platform PC, GameCube, PlayStation 2 …
Source Android, host, ROM, a PC store
Library Installed or not
Genre, developer, release year, rating From the metadata
Played / favourite / hidden Your own data
Playnite categories Categories of host games from Playnite

Within a condition, choose values to include (entries with one of them) or exclude (entries without them); Match all requires every chosen value.

Split by

Split by turns one filter into one chip – and one Home row – per value, for example one chip per platform. The default Platforms filter works like that: it creates the GameCube, PC, Switch … chips.

Split by platform

Further options: whether the chip and the Home row show the filter's name ("Platforms: PC") or only the value, the order (name, last played, play time, rating, release year, time to beat …) and a maximum number of entries – useful for Home rows like "Recently added".

Groups (collections)

A group is a hand-picked list. Create one with New group, then add games with X → Groups… on any tile – a game can be in several groups. Groups show as chips and Home rows like filters; with a GameLodge host they are shared with your other devices.

Game options

Hidden entries

X → Hide removes an entry from all filters; it only shows under the Hidden chip. For host games you choose whether hiding applies only on this device or on all your devices.

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