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'Oh god': There's a buried Steam help page that shows how much money you've ever spent on the platform, and you may not want to know

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Ninjazzon@infosec.pub⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/steam-total-account-spend/

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  • AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    $1,100 over 15 years. I’m not a gamer, and I’m well aware I don’t own these games, so I’m glad it’s low

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    • dbtng@eviltoast.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Meh. You were late to the party. Musta got Steam to play Half Life Episode 1 or Portal.

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      • AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yeah it was portal! Good guess

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  • exixx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    21 years, $4000, 1381 games, 29% avg completion rate. I’m not unhappy with that

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    • hand@lemmy.studio ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      21 years? a veteran 🫡

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  • Protoknuckles@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Not bad, under $9000! I thought for sure it would be over 10k. I’m at 2k games, and I almost always buy on sale.

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  • pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Oh I checked. If was so much

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  • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If your account is less than about 5 years old (and you live in the US) you can also just look at the points shop. Each Steam Point corresponds to one cent spent on Steam.

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    • pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah but I spent a bunch of them

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      • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The shop has a page where it tells you how many you’ve spent as well.

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  • RandomVideos@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    €15.77 on a 5 year old account

    I own Terraria, Among Us, BTD6, Celeste and Gelatine, all bought on a discount

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  • 0485919158191@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Image

    Not too bad!

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    • Gibibit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      This is not the tally that the article is talking about though

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  • usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    $1118 over 15+ years isn’t too bad

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  • tatann@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Less than 1000€ for dozens of games I’ve played, I think the average price I payed is 15€, so I don’t feel robbed

    I mostly buy on GOG whenever possible though, even if it means I have to wait a year or two

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  • HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “May” nothing, I don’t.

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  • Hadriscus@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    TotalSpend 1433$ OldSpend 434$

    Not sure if I should add the two ? or is the second one included in the first one ? Anyway that’s not too bad for a 14yo account

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    • turmacar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      “OldSpend” is the amount of external funds applied before Friday, April 17, 2015 18:00:00 UTC.

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      • Hadriscus@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yea same, I don’t know what that last one is. So Total is the total, and Old is the part of the total that was applied before april 17th 2015. I think it makes sense. About 100$ a year, or roughly 8$ a month. I was afraid what I’d find tbh

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  • ExtantHuman@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Does total include the Old Spend?..and what is Package Only? None of these numbers seem to add up to each other. Or are they also separate.

    Also what lazy dev just posted the query column names instead of decoding them for the end user

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    • setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      From the page with the values:

      “OldSpend” is the amount of external funds applied before Friday, April 17, 2015 18:00:00 UTC.

      From Steam support regarding package only:

      This row includes the portion of the account’s total funds spent that could not be transferred. For example, a hardware purchase, gifted game, or in-game item does not count toward Package Only Spend, but a game purchase for your own library would.

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      • ExtantHuman@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yes, I read that. It did not clarify what I was asking.

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  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is the perfect counterpoint to the idea that knowledge can’t harm you.

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  • Jestzer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This site puts the lowest cost estimate at ~$400 USD. Out of curiosity, I then went through my purchase history and added everything up, which came out to ~$1,000 USD. The average was ~$14 and the median was ~$10.

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  • Tiger_Man_@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    1. I have only tf2 on steam
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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I have used a tool that could do this specifically for its other function of calculating the worth of all your steam trading cards/marketable game items, and to batch sell them when I have enough to get something with the cash.

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    • mudstickmcgee@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I have so much bullshit in my inventory that’s not worth putting up at .02¢ each. Hook a brother up with a link

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  • mavu@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I just checked and i thought it would be more.

    But I do not know and will never check the amount of time spent playing.

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  • IndieSpren@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    6 years with just over $300 with 80% played. I was expecting worse after seeing the 5 figure numbers in the comments.

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  • MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Damn, $2487.15 over 5 years. I wonder if it factors in games i got externally by guesstimating the price though

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    • slimerancher@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s about external funds added to your steam account, so it should only be actual money, and not guessing the price of games.

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      • MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That’s good too know, though, now i wish i had an accurate measurement of how much money i’ve spent across external sites too

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  • octopus_ink@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m even hiding this post after I submit this comment, so I don’t have to be reminded again that such a page exists.

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  • cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Nice 👍

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  • TwinTitans@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I only buy physical so mines like 20$ 🤣

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  • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I literally can’t see this information on mobile. It prompts me to sign in but when I input my info, email code and all, it prompts me to do it again. 🙄

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  • Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    598.34 since Dec 2010

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    • pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Not bad

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  • MagicalAbyss@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    $187 / 2 years

    Im happy with this, especially since all the games I have bought, I actually really like. So I have all the bethesda game studio games (literally), ESO, Doom, Cyberpunk, Witcher 3, Baldurs Gate, Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, Batman Arkham Night, Injustice2, and No Man’s Sky (the one I regret buying).

    I think all these games are worth those $187. I have only bought a copy of Skyrim outside of steam (GOG) otherwise it’s all on steam.

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    £1,585.73

    Not bad for 16 years I guess.

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