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For me the answer is 847 USD over 14 years …

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[–] Agrivar@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

$1219.04 since 2011 (I didn't bother with Steam until Skyrim released and I was living somewhere without a local game store)

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days 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?

[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days 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

[–] aamram@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago

Like 20$ i guess.

[–] dangrousperson@feddit.org 3 points 5 days ago

according to steamDB 1000€ at lowest prices 1700€ at today's prices over 16 years

kind of expected more

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I don't wanna set my library to public so SteamDB can figure it out, but it's over $1000 just going by what I can get to in my purchase history (which does not go all the way back to 2003 when I first made my account and had gotten HL2 and Ragdoll KungFu as my first two purchases on Steam). Not sure how accurate SteamDB is anyway, since it wouldn't necessarily know if what I bought was on sale when I bought it 🤷‍♂️

[–] huey_m@reddthat.com 2 points 5 days ago

Can you not check directly if your account is private? I went through Help > Support > My Account> Data Related to Account > External Funds Used for totals. Does that rely on a public profile?

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[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

More than $6815.18, because my account is older than 2015 and purchases only go back to 2015.

But in reality, I will just reacquire the games if my library gets taken. Barnes & Noble isn't breaking into my home to take books out of my bookshelf, it is not unreasonable to demand digital products are treated the same. So I treat them the same, regardless of what moron politicians say.

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

If they take Arc Raiders away from me, I'm going to lose my mind.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

Idk probably about $250

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago
[–] Beth@piefed.social 3 points 5 days ago

Maybe $300 in total.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 3 points 5 days 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.

[–] Hairyfishnuts@feddit.online 3 points 5 days ago

A whole $00.00

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I have FTL and Into The Breach installed so even if the rest of my library vanishes I think I'll be alright.

[–] GerardsGuitar@retrolemmy.com 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

$1320.15 USD or like £988 GBP over the last 7 years damn-

That's like £150 a year-

Bet most are unplayed too because I rack up hundreds of hours on a couple of games then forget about the rest oops. I gotta start going through my backlog.

Edit: according to https://help.steampowered.com/en/accountdata/AccountSpend

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago

Over 12 years, apparently only ~$1255.33USD over the past 12 years. Also realized I have a huge gap in my purchase history from 2015 to 2020. And it looks like the majority of my spending has been from 2020 onward.

Gonna have a presume at least a little over a quarter of my spending is due to me buying an officially refurbished LCD model deck when they were in stock a couple years ago. IDK actual price because it's lumped in with like 3-4 games I bought at the same time, roughing out to $403.something-cents before tax.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Probably over 10k CAD. Not sure how old the account Is but it's quite old.

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Apparently about $1000, which feels like a lot until I see some of the bananas-ass responses here.

[–] essell@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

If it helps, my total spend is listed at 7964 USD

So, that's fun!

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