If Steam were to shut down tomorrow how much money would you have lost in total on games / DLC ??

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨64bithero@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

For me the answer is 847 USD over 14 years …

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9point6@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
…erm

£12,898 according to SteamDB at today’s prices

In my defense I’ve had my account for 20 years and had humble bundle monthly/choice for like a third of that time, so the real number is hopefully not quite that

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- chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  You can check your actual spend in the steam support --> Data about my account section.
  
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  - FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Even that won’t be perfectly accurate, as it doesn’t include money spent on secondary stores for steam codes. So things like humble bundles aren’t included.
    
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- SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Oh, I didn’t know that was a thing. Only $1,746 for me. Pretty sure my wife’s is much more, but she’s hidden her games.
  
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acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
the money is already lost. if that happened i would pirate whatever i want to download again.

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TORFdot0@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
$0 because if steam deletes my library I’m going to pirate it back with 0 remorse

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Casuls_Die_Thrice@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Nothing I couldn’t pirate right back, given time.

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Agent_Karyo@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Many steam games are DRM free and would work even if Steam shuts down. It’s been like this at least since 2011 or so (that’s when I discovered this, it could be earlier).

I guess the impact would depend on the types of game which one buys on Steam.

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- 64bithero@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  If you had them downloaded yes. But if you didn’t and they disappeared?
  
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  - Agent_Karyo@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I would just a get pirated copy.
    
    I haven’t pirated games in a very long time, but this seems like a fair thing to do in such a situation. If the game is cheap and/or I like the studio, I would probably just rebuy on GOG.
    
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  - agentTeiko@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Steam has a back up feature I have my steam games backed up on my NAS
    
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  - bigbangdangler@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    And, friendly nudge:
    
    It’s not hard to back up games from Steam. Especially those with no DRM. Just keep them on a drive somewhere.
    
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- chunes@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Only about 15%. It’s not as many as people think
  
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  - missingno@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    It looks like this list is manually curated, so there's probably more that just aren't documented as such.
    
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  - AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Probably depends on your definition of drm free. You could start steam in offline mode and the vast majority of games would work forever. Their drm is also a known quantity and easily bypassed.
    
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  - Agent_Karyo@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Didn’t know it was that low, I knew it was smaller share, but I thought it would be double digit percentages.
    
    That being said, many critically acclaimed games are indeed DRM free on Steam.
    
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- piskertariot@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Steam Offline mode is your best friend for archiving games forever.
  
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  - huey_m@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah, I suspect not only would we see a bunch of cracks released for games that now have no way to update to try to kill the cracks, but we’d probably see something like emulation of steam to get around it.
    
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huey_m@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
FYI, you can get total spent by going to Help > Steam Support > My Account > Data Related to Your Steam Account > External Funds Used.

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- tb_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Or by visiting this link: help.steampowered.com/en/…/AccountSpend
  
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radix@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
1,205 games. $6,516 as of today. 19 year account.

The depressing part is that of the 1,205 games, 986 (81.8%) are showing as unplayed.

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Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
6554€, starting with HL2.

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- 64bithero@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Now I have to ask , was it in 2004 ? Was anything else on Steam when you bought it? I remember how mad everyone was that the disc in store just provided a steam installer
  
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  - Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    At least Counterstrike was also available - i know because i installed steam after buying HL2 for a LAN party i was going to, and we also played CS at that point. 2004 sounds about right - must have been about 23 at that point.
    
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chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Apparently $3135 is what I’ve spent on Steam games.

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- GolfFoxtrotLima@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yeah, I have spent a similar amount on video games on steam
  
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KazuShuSora@social.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
@64bithero
4771 € according to SteamDB
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snerkbleat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
$0.00.

I never buy games on Steam. If you buy it, and can’t keep it, you don’t own it.

I have Steam for a handful of free titles. The rest I buy from GOG.

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- Dyskolos@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  That is wise. I wish they had more than the old games and the handful newer ones. Their moment will come when gaben signs off and steam will enshittify
  
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  - snerkbleat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeup, it’s probably an inevitability. I’m big on GOG and pirating, any sort of digital preservation.
    
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- tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I get the sentiment but not owning it does not equal not enjoying it. You never play any games with friends that only come out on steam? For some single player games I can understand waiting until they release on GOG but many (or like, most) never do.
  
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  - snerkbleat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I only play a few single player games.
    
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MayaSin@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
SteamDB puts my account at $2400 “at lowest prices”, but I’ve definitely spent way more than that, and I own dark souls prepare to die, which a new key for that is up on cdk4g and g2a for $400-$500 alone.

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cobysev@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
According to SteamDB, $18,181 over 18.6 years. I’m sure that number will be much higher when the Steam sale is over, since it pulls data from current game prices.

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- TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  That’s jaw dropping
  
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- KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Hah, I have you beat by $200. …
  
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  - cobysev@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Nice! Glad to know I’m not the only person sinking ridiculous money into my gaming habits. 😅
    
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Magnum@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Steam reports my total spend to be $4,077.17 Steam Calculator reports $4,503 when bought at lowest prices and $7,250 in today’s prices. The calculator says I have 1,463 games, steam says 1,345 and my steam profile lists 1,349

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BiscuityCat@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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Every insteresting game I “bought” on Steam is backed up (including a crack if required).

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DevDave@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
7228.16 USD with 2026 prices but don’t forget inflation over the years.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/accountdata/AccountSpend this is a high security page so if you know how to open it in the steam client, that will be easier.

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- 007ace@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Great link. I really appreciate the savings too. $3400 total spend $3200 savings Bought my first game in 2017. Tough part is I was on humble choice for 2 years so that’s all savings throwing off my numbers. But not bad for 9 years of fun.
  
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daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I keep a copy of the generic steam crack on my computer. It’s very well tested. So as long as I had the files on my computer I would only lost access to the very few games I have that use a different drm.

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- Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Many games on Steam are DRM free, included older Valve games.
  
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remon@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I don’t even have a steam account …

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- Flamekebab@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Is this thread really for you then?
  
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  - remon@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I don’t see why not.
    
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zikzak025@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
About $3000 over 20 years. Not as much as I thought, to be honest. I wait for sales and try not to buy things unless I’m sure I’ll play it.

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NONE_dc@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Like… 5 bucks or so? For Hollow Knight. The rest of the games are either free, demos or gift.

The vast majority of my library is on GOG

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Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Total spend says 12k, not bad for 15 years

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Dyskolos@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
100k I guess. I boycotted steam until left4dead2. Then I caved in.

But it Wouldn’t be really lost. At least not the games I already downloaded. Steam’s DRM is trivial, so I would have at least those left.

Also, nothing to worry until gaben signs off. I predict it will then be turned into the usual us-american enshittification-craphole everything else is.

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BradleyUffner@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
696 games at $4142 over 22.5 years

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Flamekebab@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I’ve had an account for nineteen years. I think some of the stuff I’ve got is irreplaceable due to its obscurity.

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huey_m@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Less than I thought! About 1,900, can’t tell if that’s USD or EUR I’ve used both. Saved over 3,000, supposedly. For over 17 years, 112 bucks a year for a hobby shared nearly the entire time between 2 - later 3 people - that’s pretty good I’d say. Not a lot of hobbies come in that cheap.

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- HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yeah, that’s about what we used to spend on board games
  
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- Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yeah same, less than I thought : 1445, but I’m pretty sure that includes my OLED steam deck. Savings a little over 2k.
  
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snooggums@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
While I have spent a large amount on games on steam, I have easily gotten my money’s worth and would not regret it if it disappeared tomorrow. I would be disappointed of course, but would see it like an old console breaking and not feeling like replacing it.

This is mainly because I don’t frequently replay games after I have had my fill of them.

Would probably just buy games I didn’t already play on some other site like GoG.

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IronKrill@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Aah, that’s a bit hard to calculate due to Steam keys from bundles and other websites. Running some rough numbers it looks to be about $2600 CAD over 15 years, so… not too bad?

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Crozekiel@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I’ve had and been using steam since 2003… I really don’t want to know what that number is. And I am also convinced someone is collecting this data point for nefarious purposes, because its 2026 and everything is being used for nefarious purposes. Including this comment.

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- 64bithero@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Outside of my mom being an nefarious purpose there isn’t one here.
  
  Rather to get a gauge of how bad and expensive it be if Steam just ceased to exist. Sounds like some people already had accounted for that
  
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richardwallass@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Shut down or not it’s already lost.

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thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Your Steam purchase history can be found under: store.steampowered.com/account/history/

I think purchases from other shops are not included (such as Humble Bundle), which makes sense. I have no total spent money calculated yet, so don’t know.

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