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Lemminary, do games w '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

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. 🙄

hark, do games w '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
@hark@lemmy.world avatar

Seems some are confusing the third party estimator with the official page. This is the official page: help.steampowered.com/en/…/AccountSpend

Nalivai,

The official page shows the money you’ve spent, the estimator shows the current price of the games on your account, adjusted to everything. For me the difference is X4

timestatic,

No, the article specifically mentions on how to get to this site from the steam client.

Kazumara,

Yeah but the article links the steamdb calulator twice and the actual steam page not at all. Freaking weird.

Waraugh, do games w '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

598.34 since Dec 2010

pineapplelover,

Not bad

JTskulk, do games w '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

Woo $6k!

pineapplelover,

Holy balls

pineapplelover, do games w '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

Oh I checked. If was so much

ExtantHuman, do games w '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

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

setsneedtofeed,
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

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.

ExtantHuman,

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

setsneedtofeed,
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

You asked what package only means, and I found an answer.

Total is total, with old spend being the cutoff of old spending.

None of the numbers are guaranteed to add up to each other.

I don’t know what’s missing from the reply.

wisely,

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  • setsneedtofeed,
    @setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

    From the steam page:

    “TotalSpend” is the total amount of external funds applied to your account.

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

    Hadriscus, do games w '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

    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

    turmacar,

    It’s formatted weird on the Steam page but I have this text at the top.

    “TotalSpend” is the total amount of external funds applied to your account. This value is used to determine if an account is a “Limited User Account”.

    “OldSpend” is the amount of external funds applied before Friday, April 17, 2015 18:00:00 UTC. If your account was linked to Perfect World for CS:GO or Dota 2,

    “PWSpend” will be the approximate USD value of funds applied from Perfect World, otherwise that value will be zero. If your account has applied external funds in Steam China,

    “ChinaSpend” will report that total, in RMB.

    Weirdly I also have a row for “PackageOnlySpend” that doesn’t have a definition.

    Hadriscus,

    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

    njm1314, do games w '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

    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.

    Anarch157a,

    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.

    BuboScandiacus,
    @BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz avatar

    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

    Gibibit,
    @Gibibit@lemmy.world avatar

    Maybe it also counts transactions from the Steam Market? I also found my TotalSpend hard to believe, but it’s also not like I’ve traded hundreds of dollars worth of items in the market.

    The description of the support page notes that these values are used to determine some sort of limited user account status. It might not be intended to keep an accurate tally. I wouldn’t be surprised if these values are only available due to gdpr and accuracy of the description was not a priority when they set it up. I’m implying that the employee who wrote the description might not have understood the value precisely enough.

    But who knows. I could just be huffing copium about my game expenses 😅

    BuboScandiacus,
    @BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz avatar

    I’ve maybe sold an item or two for a few cents, nothing more

    setsneedtofeed, (edited )
    @setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

    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.

    0485919158191, do games w '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
    @0485919158191@lemmy.world avatar
    Gibibit,
    @Gibibit@lemmy.world avatar

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

    HighFructoseLowStand, do games w '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

    “May” nothing, I don’t.

    Daggity, do games w '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

    21 years on Steam was terrifying to see.

    Razzazzika,

    Yep. I’ve known about this feature for a while. I always think my numbers are insane and someone always comes along and one ups me so while I’m near the right end of the bell curve, I’m by no means at the end.

    zer0squar3d, do games w '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

    $3643.42 USD

    I have 1139 games. Had the account for 20+ years. Most of the games are from humblebundle and according to anothet website that goes off of retail prices, total would be over $15k.

    AllHailTheSheep,

    what’s that other site? I’m in the same boat and very curious what the retail value of my steam library would be

    edit: nvm, it would help if I read the article :)

    46_and_2, (edited )

    Wow, I’m at ~$3800 and have 535 games on a 15-ish year account, you’ve done good for yourself. I’ve also brought in some games from humble bundles, but if I have to guess these total 20% of my purchases at most.

    zer0squar3d,

    Thanks. I rarely buy full price. My first purchase which isnt included was the Half-Life Orange box so i could play Natural Selection, a Half-life mod at the time.

    46_and_2,

    Lol, the Orange box was my first purchase that installed Steam too. Technically should’ve done that with HL2, but I played it way after release, and sadly all I could afford at the time was the pirated version. But having sinked in so much dough through Steam afterwards, I doubt Valve would care.

    zer0squar3d,

    I play casually and love supporting Indie games. PM me if you want to game sometime.

    faythofdragons, do games w '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

    Oh, it’s not too bad. Rounds up to $60 a year and averages out to about $15 per game.

    caut_R, do games w '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

    I‘ve basically spent 17 bucks a month for 650 games and countless hours of fun, it‘s alright. I‘d be way more disappointed with myself if I looked at my League spending

    Tattorack,
    @Tattorack@lemmy.world avatar

    Humble Monthly is awesome.

    MyNameIsAtticus, do games w '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
    @MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world avatar

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

    slimerancher,
    @slimerancher@lemmy.world avatar

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

    MyNameIsAtticus,
    @MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world avatar

    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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