diff --git a/src/Requests/GetRecentlyPlayedGamesRequest.php b/src/Requests/GetRecentlyPlayedGamesRequest.php
index 678bc55..9f80639 100644
--- a/src/Requests/GetRecentlyPlayedGamesRequest.php
+++ b/src/Requests/GetRecentlyPlayedGamesRequest.php
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ public function defaultQuery(): array
 
     public function createDtoFromResponse(Response $response): Collection
     {
-        return new Collection(RecentlyPlayedApp::collect($response->json('response.games')));
+        $games = $response->json('response.games');
+        if ($games !== null) {
+            return new Collection(RecentlyPlayedApp::collect($games));
+        } else {
+            return new Collection;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Datasets/users.php b/tests/Datasets/users.php
index 3abfb15..669f19a 100644
--- a/tests/Datasets/users.php
+++ b/tests/Datasets/users.php
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@
 dataset('userids', function (): iterable {
     yield 'Gummibeer' => 76561198061912622;
 });
+
+dataset('privateuserids', function (): iterable {
+    yield 'Rabscuttle' => 76561197960287930;
+});
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Requests/GetRecentlyPlayedGamesRequestTest.php b/tests/Feature/Requests/GetRecentlyPlayedGamesRequestTest.php
index b62e37b..9db9263 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Requests/GetRecentlyPlayedGamesRequestTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Requests/GetRecentlyPlayedGamesRequestTest.php
@@ -10,3 +10,10 @@
     Assert::assertContainsOnlyInstancesOf(RecentlyPlayedApp::class, $apps);
 
 })->with('userids');
+
+it('returns an empty collection', function (string $steamid): void {
+    $apps = app(SteamConnector::class)->getRecentlyPlayedGames(steamid: $steamid);
+
+    Assert::assertEmpty($apps);
+
+})->with('privateuserids');
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/Saloon/api.steampowered.com/GET/IPlayerService/GetRecentlyPlayedGames/v1/steamid=76561197960287930.json b/tests/Fixtures/Saloon/api.steampowered.com/GET/IPlayerService/GetRecentlyPlayedGames/v1/steamid=76561197960287930.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bca6ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/Saloon/api.steampowered.com/GET/IPlayerService/GetRecentlyPlayedGames/v1/steamid=76561197960287930.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+    "statusCode": 200,
+    "headers": {
+        "Server": "nginx",
+        "Content-Type": "application\/json; charset=UTF-8",
+        "X-eresult": "15",
+        "Expires": "Sat, 07 Feb 2026 23:24:13 GMT",
+        "Date": "Sat, 07 Feb 2026 23:24:13 GMT",
+        "Content-Length": "15",
+        "Connection": "keep-alive"
+    },
+    "data": "{\"response\":{}}",
+    "context": []
+}
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