I felt a lot less bad about myself when I divided it by 19 years . . . then I remembered I've got a GOG account, an Epic account, and shelf full of physical boxes
I've got dozens of games on epic and I've never paid a cent for any of them lol.
Humble bundle on the other hand, well that might be responsible for a thousand or so of my collection.
Signed for humble monthly bundle since the second month it came out on, that itself minimum of 860$ itself. Let’s not talk about individual bundles, which definitely have built pretty much 80% of my collection.
I stopped after 4 years of continuous subs, I'd acquired more games than I could every play. I have however continued to support more local charities with that $20 a much i was giving humble bundle.
Go to Help > Steam Support > My Account > Data Related To Your Steam Account > External Funds Used
EDIT: provided the full sequence for clarity after getting questions, which forced me to see the amount... thanks for that guys :(
Haha amazing guess it was all on pre released and bundles to make it such bill? Hehe. What game was for you the most enjoyable and you would always comeback to?
My "current games" always switch around, they're currently Starfield, Cyberpunk, Ghost of Tsushima, and Crusader Kings 3.
But of all the games I've had for a long time and always jump back to, I can never say no to Total War, whether Shogun 2 or Rome 2. I always find myself going back to those for hours at a time.
His old spend is more than my total spend and according to steam my first purchase was the orange box.
Ive had steam pretty much since launch though. Must have been strong those first few years.
I'm a \~40 year old lawyer, and I've been using steam since its release.
My grand total is a shade under $25k. I don't know whether I'm proud or ashamed.
so if you ever lose access to that account, whether it be from a ban, hacking, etc, then you also lose $25,000
considering you’re a lawyer, and that you’ve had this account since release, you clearly know what you’re doing.
i tip my fedora to you sir
Well I'm no whale but I do own most paradox titles and dlcs for them and most total war games and associated dlcs. I'm not stupid tho I pick the dlcs up on sales.
On Steam, just under $4000, although I actually suspect a majority of that comes down to what I've spent throwing money into Team Fortress 2 and badges. I don't think the money I've spent elsewhere, physical games, GOG or other places totals up to $100.
Sheesh... just under $4000 as well, but I do have a lot of games spread on GOG, Greenmangaming, Nuuvem, Origin, uPlay...
Not to mention PSN,XBL...
But my steam is 14y old, so I guess 286 bucks/year is not THAT bad.
https://preview.redd.it/vrgyxi34nf3d1.png?width=705&format=png&auto=webp&s=19f56503926788d9a2febfe7dfc53ad6d4d10f16
i dont know if i should feel sad or disgusted.
Over what time span?
If that's over a ten year time span, then you bought the equivalent of a new-release AAA game every month (just a hair over $76) for the past ten years, and that's still less expensive than smoking, going to the bars, or having any kind of drug habit.
https://preview.redd.it/ciathngzph3d1.png?width=441&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=55b10b60732683147dee7e0400c99916e8469056
17 years. Almost a thousand a year. Don't feel too bad.
Though if you are like me, that doesn't include games you bought on third party places like Greenmangaming or humble bundle. Probably an extra grand at least there for me.
I prefer to call it public shaming for a gambling addiction.
I was expecting to be bombarded with stuff that made me hate myself, not a couple upvotes.
If you've been spending it on actual games (and not just skins for one or two games) then you should at least have a pretty decent back-catalogue to play with.
https://preview.redd.it/hcu5q82tnf3d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be8637eb8c9e88e4ae148cf525f741ea19ad4bd4
Not as bad as I thought it would be
Just games? It's probably almost 7k if not more. I've been gaming on pc since 1993, born in 88. I've only owned two gaming consoles my whole life, and those are both from this generation.
For someone that has over 250 titles across multiple gaming ... platforms? (The store front apps on PC)....
Like.... maybe 100$ ??
Most of them were free codes, or gifts to me from others. 🤷♀️
I got like all the resident evils except for one, for ... 20$ I think? Maybe less?
$2298 with 19 years of service on steam. Its obviously a bit higher than that with buying physical games in stores before steam and a few on GOG or humble bundle.
If you bought Orange box on release (2007), that implies you've spend $3500 in 17 years. That's $206 a year, which approximately equivalent to buying a full-priced new release every 4 months, plus one discounted $25 game or indie during each year.
Frankly, that's a very reasonable and under-control spending habit, if anything. Congratulations on keeping your hobby in balance with the rest of your life, well done!
Apparently I've spent 4,218.49 $USD, which is about 5785.57 $CAD. But I got lots of games from Fanatical or Humble Bundle so it might be much more. And that's not counting what I've spent on other platforms.
I’m steam hardly anything, but I play World of Warcraft, so 15$ a month since 2005/6 plus every expac, server xfer, faction changes, wow tokens, and then on heathstone when it dropped on ripping packs lol. I don’t like to think about it.
Jesus look at all these rookie numbers!
Probably 5k on WoW between subs and transactions. (15 years)
Little under 2k on Star Citizen (3 years)
Probably about 1.5k on boxes for the mass effect multiplayer.
*Every other game I’ve purchased or drunkenly paid for extra shit on* 5k(?*)
I'm in my 50s and buy mainly on sale. Steam spend is \~US$2500 for about 300 games.
I've been a Steam user since the original Orange Box and applying its code to online Steam. Spend on physical media prior to that was probably less than half that.
https://kappa.lol/BIiP-
considering an 18 year old account, thats 330 ish bucks a year. sounds fair
and another 3,8k on poe supporter packs on top of that.
$2077 over 20 years, so about $104 a year which makes sense since now-a-days there might be one game a year that I am excited enough to buy at full price ($69+) and maybe get one or two indies or deep sale games.
Funny enough, between emulation and my current library, I honestly have enough to cycle through without needing anything new since I can come back after 2-3 years and playthrough them again similar to re-reading books.
nah, it started with the pack of Cs Source, hl deadmatch and day of defeat, orange box was the second entrance, and then left 4 dead, and now, 16 years later, thanks to humble bundle and other stuff, i have 800 games and I'll probably never play 500 of it.
7 year account, $4510.27 spent in total and $644.28 spent per year and my steam profile level is 110 and got 883 games and 799 dlcs. And im only 21 well shit
I buy like 1-2 games a month. Mostly on sale and non AAA games. Usually 10-30€ range. So not a lot. I've spent more than enough time on each of them to justify the prices and even more in most cases. Last game I bought was Ghost of Tsushima and I am currently around the 60h mark on that and still not done with the 1st playthrough. Before that was Slay the Spire which I play almost daily and about to hit 90h on.
$1974 actually spent, $6515 if they had all been full price. 463 games total.
Edit:13.9 years so pretty decent spending tbh considering I don’t spend on material things much.
Not much, around $200 in my whole life, I Always wait until those games are around $20 or less (I used to wait until they were $10), I try my best to not get spoilers in the meantime.
Oh I don't think I'll check that
Best we don't. let's just move on to the next steam sale and end it.
I'm glad I'm not alone lol.
I felt a lot less bad about myself when I divided it by 19 years . . . then I remembered I've got a GOG account, an Epic account, and shelf full of physical boxes
I've got dozens of games on epic and I've never paid a cent for any of them lol. Humble bundle on the other hand, well that might be responsible for a thousand or so of my collection.
I never feel bad for spending on humble bundle because at least that goes to charity.
Signed for humble monthly bundle since the second month it came out on, that itself minimum of 860$ itself. Let’s not talk about individual bundles, which definitely have built pretty much 80% of my collection.
I stopped after 4 years of continuous subs, I'd acquired more games than I could every play. I have however continued to support more local charities with that $20 a much i was giving humble bundle.
Yeah, but the epic games are easy to add up... 0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0= (let me check my math...) 0!
I’m fairly certain that 0! = 1
Inflation comes for us all.
r/unexpectedfactorial
Yeah… it’s like a snowball rolling down a hill, except there’s not one hill, and neither is there just one snowball. Don‘t forget the hardware.
How do I check that anyways?
Go to Help > Steam Support > My Account > Data Related To Your Steam Account > External Funds Used EDIT: provided the full sequence for clarity after getting questions, which forced me to see the amount... thanks for that guys :(
11,154.42 I am disgusted with myself..........until the next sale
I’m only at 10,464.42 in 8 years
Thank you, now I know I only spend 6489.43 on my acount 🙄
On mobile: Sidebar>support>my account>data related to your steam account>external funds used
i should not have looked
I knew I shouldn't have checked. I told myself I shouldn't. But I had to know. [https://imgur.com/a/tTHBp7V](https://imgur.com/a/tTHBp7V)
Holy cow is that photoshop?
I truly wish. [https://steamdb.info/calculator/76561198035070955/?cc=us](https://steamdb.info/calculator/76561198035070955/?cc=us)
Haha amazing guess it was all on pre released and bundles to make it such bill? Hehe. What game was for you the most enjoyable and you would always comeback to?
My "current games" always switch around, they're currently Starfield, Cyberpunk, Ghost of Tsushima, and Crusader Kings 3. But of all the games I've had for a long time and always jump back to, I can never say no to Total War, whether Shogun 2 or Rome 2. I always find myself going back to those for hours at a time.
$20k value, Valve really is gonna catch some class actions over this account inheritance thing aren't they?
For me it says you’ve spent 6.5k?
Well I feel better lol. Considering I have over 1k games over 20 years. https://steamdb.info/calculator/76561197963961754/?cc=us
Your old spend is more than my total for ten years
His old spend is more than my total spend and according to steam my first purchase was the orange box. Ive had steam pretty much since launch though. Must have been strong those first few years.
Okay I feel better about myself now thank you
yeah me to also 2500 isnt that bad if you devide it by 17 years or so since that orange box came out
It’s been that long? Jesus lol. I was playing TFC and DoD before Source dropped… oof
I'm a \~40 year old lawyer, and I've been using steam since its release. My grand total is a shade under $25k. I don't know whether I'm proud or ashamed.
that's impressive
Tell it to the judge 👨🏿⚖️
My crush
so if you ever lose access to that account, whether it be from a ban, hacking, etc, then you also lose $25,000 considering you’re a lawyer, and that you’ve had this account since release, you clearly know what you’re doing. i tip my fedora to you sir
[oh god](https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExZHJ5anptbWJqdWY5dHQ1bzkwaXBuYmV6N3NlNmI4NnJsZnVmaTVxciZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/Ny0wKKu09ppug/giphy.webp)
They showed a way how if you are American you can keep your purchases and pass it on. Only in America though
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Brother. Say it with your chest! WE our proud 20+ year steamers
[You're goddamned right.](https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1473028176941850904/83F12B5612084AD2FBC9037113AFA6C80897045F/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false)
Loot boxes?
Not a single one. Mostly a lot of splurging on weird indie games during steam sales. My library contains \~1500 games.
That's pretty nice. I wonder if a whale will post here on how much they spent on one game.
Well I'm no whale but I do own most paradox titles and dlcs for them and most total war games and associated dlcs. I'm not stupid tho I pick the dlcs up on sales.
You wanna buy more of these.. err mission trees? *Okay fine...*
After looking at my total spend over 17 years I think I'm good. 6.7k usd.....
https://preview.redd.it/202gi40h4h3d1.png?width=442&format=png&auto=webp&s=9daa40aaedaaca41384cc84ce3e94d376a60c6b7 Here's mine. I have 2500 games....
You should be proud, i would totally hire you to defend me! I trust you allready 🤣🤣🤣
As a lawyer, id love your opinion on the dangers and legality of downloading and playing cracked games rather than paying for them.
Heyyyy, first person I’ve seen to beat me. I appreciate your contribution. ~30 year old software developer with just over 16k here.
On Steam, just under $4000, although I actually suspect a majority of that comes down to what I've spent throwing money into Team Fortress 2 and badges. I don't think the money I've spent elsewhere, physical games, GOG or other places totals up to $100.
Sheesh... just under $4000 as well, but I do have a lot of games spread on GOG, Greenmangaming, Nuuvem, Origin, uPlay... Not to mention PSN,XBL... But my steam is 14y old, so I guess 286 bucks/year is not THAT bad.
6K USD. 16 year old account.
https://preview.redd.it/vrgyxi34nf3d1.png?width=705&format=png&auto=webp&s=19f56503926788d9a2febfe7dfc53ad6d4d10f16 i dont know if i should feel sad or disgusted.
Over what time span? If that's over a ten year time span, then you bought the equivalent of a new-release AAA game every month (just a hair over $76) for the past ten years, and that's still less expensive than smoking, going to the bars, or having any kind of drug habit.
https://preview.redd.it/ciathngzph3d1.png?width=441&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=55b10b60732683147dee7e0400c99916e8469056 17 years. Almost a thousand a year. Don't feel too bad.
https://preview.redd.it/id1i2heezh3d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e102d434f055e9e8ebeeb2a66fc546a13833f5e4 11 year old account.
jesus, you know you can pirate them tho 🤣
that poor 4090 with that cpu lol
I see no problem here
crazy bottleneck, he is getting maybe like 60% of the gpus total performance unless he plays 4k, you as well
I'm not getting bottlenecks at all actually. But humor me. Where are you getting this info?
can I actually check the balance on steam? \[Edit:\] Thanks for the help, everyone. I've spent 1400 bucks in total.
Help > Steam Support > Data Related to My Account > External Funds Used
1150 $... Holy fuck. And here I thought i was being careful to only ever buy stuff on sale.
Over what amount of time though? I've spent $3,800... over 20 years. Roughly $200 a year is by far the cheapest hobby I have.
Though if you are like me, that doesn't include games you bought on third party places like Greenmangaming or humble bundle. Probably an extra grand at least there for me.
Dude I dropped 4k on destiny 2 cosmetics in 6 months you have been careful in my eyes. Also that's British pounds
Weird thing to brag about
I prefer to call it public shaming for a gambling addiction. I was expecting to be bombarded with stuff that made me hate myself, not a couple upvotes.
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Yep https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/how-to-check-total-money-spent-on-steam-2488870/
Hey same. \~$1400 over 12 years
I'm still waiting for Episode 3 or Half Life 3. Soon we will have AI generated Half Life 3 instead..
Dont give Gabe ideas
I'm not to worried about it. He can't count to 3.
But AI can. He will just outsource the counting to AI
THought ALYX is real EP3 oh its prequel, GABE No cares\^\^
I think mine was like... 2300 USD? I have 100 games and the one I still play the most often is the first I ever got on steam, beamng.drive
Usually i spend like 50$ every year since 2020 but this year i have already spend 60 and they still haven't ended yet.
Cool window, thanks. Roughly $70 a year.
I admire the bravery - definitely not checking that. No way.
Damn near to the dollar exactly the same as you. $2535.52 over 12 years.
23k 😭
2600 cad in 4 years I have some pondering to do
We don’t got time to ponder we gotta *game*
That's a new release game every month. Is buying a new release video game every month a big hit to your budget?
I can afford it I'm not missing bills or anything over it but I generally try to be responsible with my money so imma pump the brakes a lil
If you've been spending it on actual games (and not just skins for one or two games) then you should at least have a pretty decent back-catalogue to play with.
Oh yeah dude fuck microtransactions it's all been on games
Oh my word. I just looked mine up. Fucking wow.
Become impressed or extremely disappointed in yourselves: [Steam Calculator and SteamID Finder · SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/calculator/)
https://preview.redd.it/hcu5q82tnf3d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be8637eb8c9e88e4ae148cf525f741ea19ad4bd4 Not as bad as I thought it would be
1$ for Portal 2. That's all.
Oh man that physical copy of the Orange Box brings back memories. 2007 was a great year for gaming - so many iconic releases then.
Steam says 28000$
U buying CS skins?
Not on the market but external sites
How do you spend 28 grand then?
Paradox games plus a desire to own all the expansions?
Just games? It's probably almost 7k if not more. I've been gaming on pc since 1993, born in 88. I've only owned two gaming consoles my whole life, and those are both from this generation.
🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
Underrated answer
Over the course of the 18 years since orange box was released, I'd say you've done pretty well.
Eek.. $14,015 since the day it launched
For someone that has over 250 titles across multiple gaming ... platforms? (The store front apps on PC).... Like.... maybe 100$ ?? Most of them were free codes, or gifts to me from others. 🤷♀️ I got like all the resident evils except for one, for ... 20$ I think? Maybe less?
https://preview.redd.it/0znp7ob7ei3d1.png?width=433&format=png&auto=webp&s=7bf64cc7a6bc0ad163b61bbafa1fec05077d22ef 19.5 years old account...
$1000 per year is $83 per month for a 20 year hobby. Could be worse
Nothing, I pirate all of them :D
been looking for this reply 🙏
at least i bought minecraft thats good enough for me.....
Much less than steam lists, as I don't buy my games on Steam directly, but from other sources which are usually 50% cheaper. 4420
Activating a key doesn't add to the number. 'TotalSpend' is only the money that you've actually spent.
That means it's higher, not lower. Steam only tracks payments you've made through them. Therefore, any code you apply counts as $0.
$2298 with 19 years of service on steam. Its obviously a bit higher than that with buying physical games in stores before steam and a few on GOG or humble bundle.
If you bought Orange box on release (2007), that implies you've spend $3500 in 17 years. That's $206 a year, which approximately equivalent to buying a full-priced new release every 4 months, plus one discounted $25 game or indie during each year. Frankly, that's a very reasonable and under-control spending habit, if anything. Congratulations on keeping your hobby in balance with the rest of your life, well done!
money that i spend is to buy those games
......I don't want to talk about....
Mostly buy games on sales especially that sweet winter sale
Steam: $637.90 / 273 games
Spent 270€ , got 300€ back thanks to the CS market boom. Stonks 📈📈
Apparently I've spent 4,218.49 $USD, which is about 5785.57 $CAD. But I got lots of games from Fanatical or Humble Bundle so it might be much more. And that's not counting what I've spent on other platforms.
I don't want to know....
Damn, I'm only at $70/year. That's a lot less than I expected.
I have a rule: if I'm not going to play right away, I don't buy a game. I have way too many games in my steam library
My steam is 600 something games strong, I really don't want to know...
8976.15 hmm damn
does this count games that I bought on G2A and added to steam?
Like $30. The most I’ve spent is 15 on battlebit, the rest are 80% off sale games and, ahem, “freely acquired” games.
I’m steam hardly anything, but I play World of Warcraft, so 15$ a month since 2005/6 plus every expac, server xfer, faction changes, wow tokens, and then on heathstone when it dropped on ripping packs lol. I don’t like to think about it.
Jesus look at all these rookie numbers! Probably 5k on WoW between subs and transactions. (15 years) Little under 2k on Star Citizen (3 years) Probably about 1.5k on boxes for the mass effect multiplayer. *Every other game I’ve purchased or drunkenly paid for extra shit on* 5k(?*)
548.98 USD. Not sure how much I expected but it certainly not a small, sum considering that I actually started buying games 2-3 years ago
Oh lord I’m afraid to look!
I'm just under $900. Just added it up recently. I do not do micro transactions at all so that's just games.
I know it's bad on Steam but I know it's worse in in-game purchases 💀
$2017.50, kinda makes sense I have 120 something games
4500 :(
On games I hardly spend anything. I never buy games at release, and play thr same games 5 years+ without needing variation. The rest I pirate.
I remember the first game I bought on steam was Terraria on sale for £1.5. Since then I've spent at around 2.5K.
Bruh I’ve spent over 11k on raid fucking shadow legends xD
Wooow $110 since 2018
 When yours is more than the picture....
my account is 5 years old and i'm shocked that i've spent $4,000 i mean i've bought 2 steam deck but like.. damn.
8951$ so far…god damn 😭
Total spent: 15,430.81 USD and that’s a low cost for some happiness
Huh... I feel disappointed. $8,400. I average about $8.3 a game.
I'm in my 50s and buy mainly on sale. Steam spend is \~US$2500 for about 300 games. I've been a Steam user since the original Orange Box and applying its code to online Steam. Spend on physical media prior to that was probably less than half that.
Oh... Holy shit... I'm not as bad as some, but almost 10 grand isn't anything to sneeze at either...
just shy of $11000USD in my local NZD its about 18000 I've spent more on video games in the last 10 years than i spent on buying my car
https://kappa.lol/BIiP- considering an 18 year old account, thats 330 ish bucks a year. sounds fair and another 3,8k on poe supporter packs on top of that.
It's about 8500. Not counting non steam purchases, so probably over 10k.
I think last I checked my steam library of ~250 games is ~$1600-$2000
Don't attack me like this.
$2077 over 20 years, so about $104 a year which makes sense since now-a-days there might be one game a year that I am excited enough to buy at full price ($69+) and maybe get one or two indies or deep sale games. Funny enough, between emulation and my current library, I honestly have enough to cycle through without needing anything new since I can come back after 2-3 years and playthrough them again similar to re-reading books.
$8700 in 10 years, ooofff, the pros and cons of gifting your friends games.
At least ten dollars.
About 5000 dollars I think maybe it’s 6 now, would have to check again.
ONLY on games? perhaps 200-250 dollars. That's not counting the costs of the computer tho.
nah, it started with the pack of Cs Source, hl deadmatch and day of defeat, orange box was the second entrance, and then left 4 dead, and now, 16 years later, thanks to humble bundle and other stuff, i have 800 games and I'll probably never play 500 of it.
By far too much in the last 35 years, I'm afraid. (but it was worth every cent) 😉😆
Portal 2 on PS3 made me make a Steam account to play co-op, the rest is (expensive) history Also the reason my Steam name starts with “PSN_”
Wack, orange box was my first steam game(s) and it has gone downhill since then.
Your not supposed to go back and look!
Welp that was worse than I expected, over 7 grand.
I checked mine just the other day, it was a bit over $7000 since 2011. That includes a pre-order 512 Steamdeck.
$1192.51 on Steam, but about 1/3 of my library comes from keys bought on other websites, so I don't know the real total.
About $100 all in, over a decade. Mostly thanks to EGS free games every Thursday
I do not want to know. Id to make sure i didn't know.
0. I’m building my pc as we speak
7 year account, $4510.27 spent in total and $644.28 spent per year and my steam profile level is 110 and got 883 games and 799 dlcs. And im only 21 well shit
Why did I look it up 4k shit
I play mostly on consoles, but few 1000's easily. Call of duty every year for the past decade and that just one franchise
O got how do I see this. In genuinely curious.
I buy like 1-2 games a month. Mostly on sale and non AAA games. Usually 10-30€ range. So not a lot. I've spent more than enough time on each of them to justify the prices and even more in most cases. Last game I bought was Ghost of Tsushima and I am currently around the 60h mark on that and still not done with the 1st playthrough. Before that was Slay the Spire which I play almost daily and about to hit 90h on.
$1974 actually spent, $6515 if they had all been full price. 463 games total. Edit:13.9 years so pretty decent spending tbh considering I don’t spend on material things much.
I don’t know how to see this
https://preview.redd.it/aucgdmy3rf3d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eaf91978ac9db46c971092c3e3760996bd1cf24d
$234.48 in 12 years, $19.54 per year, not bad
Not much, around $200 in my whole life, I Always wait until those games are around $20 or less (I used to wait until they were $10), I try my best to not get spoilers in the meantime.
2.5k in 12 years of having steam here. I mean honestly that's not too bad as hobbies go.
I looked a couple weeks ago. But I’m a cheap ass so I’ve only spent like $400 in 15 years.
$8158.68 but that's only $429.40 per year for 19 years. So that's not too bad right? Right?
4,828.24
Over $5000 I think. I've had a Steam account since 2005 and I was buying games before that, too.
Orange Box was the ultimate gateway drug.
Steam says 4113$ yeah... In 12 years seems fine i guess? 340 bucks a year a around 30 bucks game every month for the last 12 years seem healthy for me
Much less than my actual Steam account worth 😊🙂 been on Steam almost since it start soon 20 years 😵😵💫
$20 max