GOG Dormant Game Cleanup

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:

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

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:

{
  "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:

# 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.