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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Oh I checked. If was so much

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

$130 over 14 years. 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago
  1. I have only tf2 on steam
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

This site puts my 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

"May" nothing, I don't.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

€15.77 on a 5 year old account

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

Outside of steam i own minecraft and the mobile version of BTD6 and have only once pirated a game that i actually played

Why play other games when you have modded minecraft and terraria

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Well not how much you've spent, how much it values your collection. But what's that number based on? I've only bought one full price game in my entire life on Steam. And it was one of my biggest regrets so I'm not doing that again. So right there all the sale prices I'm paying aren't being calculated right? Then there's the case of free games and humble bundles, back when they were awesome. Hell probably a third to half of the games I have in my Steam account either came from Humble bundles or free giveaways.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

SteamDB gives you a valuation based on full price. The article describes an entry on Steam's Help page that gives you an accurate number of how much money you paid to Valve, including micro-transactions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

That's very unlikely, I couldn't have spent so much money on steam. I've bought like 5 games on steam and not even at full price. The rest comes from grey zone shops/HB

Edit: Just added up the numbers in my purchase history, it's about 1/4 of the sum there

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Well not how much you’ve spent, how much it values your collection. But what’s that number based on?

Please re-read the article. The values are on Steam itself, based on your interactions with it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I have used a tool (not this one specifically) 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks 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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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