How to See The Total Cost Of Your Steam Library
Steam is a digital video game distribution service and storefront that was originally launched by Valve in 2003. It currently hosts more than 60,000 games and averages 69 million daily active users at any given time. It’s arguably one of the most successful gaming platforms in the industry today. If you’re a PC gamer, chances are you have an active Steam account right this minute.
It shouldn’t come as a shock that a great deal of money is being generated by the sale and distribution of these PC games, especially since the beginning of the pandemic. In fact, based on Steam’s “2021 Year in Review,” the platform saw a 27% increase in spending compared to the previous year.
Valve has a simple way to check the amount of cash you’ve spent purchasing games from Steam over the years, broken down into a few simple categories in a system called “External Funds Used.” This information portal is very basic, which is unfortunate for those that wish to get a good idea of when they’ve spent their money, or exactly how they’ve spent their money on the platform. For example, Valve does not include any data on how many Steam Sale events you’ve participated in over the past decade.
Instead, this system displays the cash you’ve spent on Steam in very basic terms — which can still be surprising, if not simply intriguing. And even if you’re not all that interested, your spouse or significant other might be — in which case you may want to avoid this priceless bit of information altogether, and let sleeping dogs lie.
How to check your Steam spending totals
To find out just how much you’ve contributed to Valve’s coffers, use your browser of choice to log into Steam’s website (have your login info handy) and head to the platform’s External Funds Used page. If you’d rather use Steam’s desktop app, take the following steps:
Move your cursor to the upper left corner and click on Help.
Click on Steam Support.
Go to My Account.
Click on Data Related to your Steam Account.
Scroll down and click on External Funds Used.
Both pages show the same information, including TotalSpend, OldSpend, PWSpend, and ChinaSpend. The TotalSpend figure shows the total amount of external funds linked to your account, while OldSpend shows money spent before Friday, April 17, 2015. If your account was ever linked to the “Perfect World” system attached to “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” or “Dota2,” you’ll see an amount registered to PWSpend. The ChinaSpend figure refers to all money connected to Steam China.
You’ll need a Steam account with at least a few games purchased with what Steam refers to as “external funds” in order to see totals on this page. You’ll only see figures in this system if you made purchases directly through Steam using credit or debit cards or with funds from your Steam Wallet. Games obtained with codes from outside sources or purchased through other portals (i.e., Humble Bundles, Kickstarter, etc.) do not contribute to the cash amounts shown.
http://Steam’s “2021 Year in Review,”
The Best Games Of 2021
As we prepare to close out 2021, it’s time to look back on the games that defined the year. The COVID-19 pandemic claimed release date through release date as we moved through 2021, but the games industry kept chugging away. Despite the fact that the year’s release schedule was in a constant state of flux, we still received a number of great titles in 2021. In this list, we’ll recap the Best Games of 2021 and tell you what made each one so special.
Note: While I’ve handled most of these year-end gaming wrap-ups on my own in the past, this year I have some help from one of SlashGear’s newest writers, Josh Hawkins. I’ll note who’s responsible for each entry with our initials (EA and JH) at the end so it’s clear who wrote what. Welcome to the team, Josh! Let’s get into the games.
Hitman 3
IO Interactive took the Hitman series to a new level with its World of Assassination Trilogy, and Hitman 3 was a perfect ending to the latest saga of everyone’s favorite bald assassin. In the third game, IO builds off the interactive environments that it has become known for, and ups the ante even more by adding in new ways to take out targets, as well as new ways to traverse the world.
Perhaps one of the most exciting things about Hitman 3, though, was that it brought all of the missions from the previous two entries of the trilogy to the latest engine. This included new performance enhancements, new features, weapons, and tools. With so many options at your fingertips, Hitman 3 made playing as Agent 47 one of the best sandbox experiences you can find in gaming right now.
Few games managed to hold my attention as well as Hitman 3 did, and despite releasing at the start of the year, I consistently find myself revisiting Agent 47’s universe to try my hand at pulling off more daring and spectacular assassinations. – JH
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