Steam Account Value poll
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 - 2:29pm
I was hoping everyone would indulge me in regards to a bit of research. Could all those willing and able please visit:
http://www.steamcalculator.com/
and calculate the value of their account and come back here and post the value, along with the estimated year of their first purchase?
For example, using the calculator I get:
Account value: $189.91
And I know my first purchase was HL2, so my year is 2004.
I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
Keith
$554.72 and 2006.
Can't say it's very accurate though as I didn't pay full price for any of these games. Almost everything was bought in a sale on steam or, in the case of orange box, a sale on the physical copy.
The only thing I think I paid full price for was Plants vs. Zombies but even that came with a free copy of Heavy Weapon Deluxe which doubles the value on my account.
For some reason it says my profile is private, even though it is clearly not. Any suggestions on getting it to work? My profile is in my signature.
Twitter | Steam | PSN | Facebook
Account value: $399.8
$604.55 without packages
Member since January 2004.
By the way, looking at the list, I doubt this is an reflection of actual dollars spent. For example, L4D shows a cost of $40, but I know I bought it half off at $25. I also bought Reaxxion for $1 during the Christmas sale, and this values it at $10 in my collection. There are several other examples of this since I rarely pay full-price for anything on Steam.
Steam: EvoSiNz | PSN: Evo_47
I'm having the same problem.
"Don't take life too seriously, nobody gets out alive anyways!"
xbox live = breander
steamid = breander
Yup, still broken.
Certis wrote:
Fedaykin98 wrote:
Doesn't work. Says account is "private" like the above posts.
Twitter: @legion
jonnypolite wrote:
Here's mine,
Account value: $1743.63
$2404.78 without packages
2006 is the date I joined Steam.
Xbox 360 Live Tag: Lothar71 PSN - Lothars
"With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility"
Mex refering to Actresses:
Make no mistake, I'd hit them all so hard that my pelvis would have to be classified as a deadly weapon, I just don't think they're all
Broken for me too.
But I too almost never pay full price on steam.
Mine is also "private."
Lothar wins the thread. Please direct all dictionary attack based hacks at that guy.
muttonchop wrote:
Mine is also marked as private, but adding up the numbers from my account page gives me $23.98.
trueheart78 wrote:
Instead of typing your username as the profile id, you have to type your user number. I think it has to do with the fact that people's names are able to change freely within Steam.
Fashion -> L4D2
stupidhaiku wrote: SteamYonder wrote:
The calculator FAQ says you can use either your profile ID or your custom URL. And Steam makes it rather difficult for someone with a custom URL to even get their profile ID.
Certis wrote:
Fedaykin98 wrote:
I was able to access it by typing in my name in the search, So maybe it's intermittent.
I don't know though.
Xbox 360 Live Tag: Lothar71 PSN - Lothars
"With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility"
Mex refering to Actresses:
Make no mistake, I'd hit them all so hard that my pelvis would have to be classified as a deadly weapon, I just don't think they're all
I got mine to work by using the number instead as someone suggested and I got $359.83.
"Don't take life too seriously, nobody gets out alive anyways!"
xbox live = breander
steamid = breander
Account value: $514.78
($649.59 w/o packages)
Member since May 2004, although I'd estimate it wasn't until a couple year after that that I actually bought anything through Steam. The initial account was just used to launch HL2 and such purchased at retail.
I managed to get my Steam number in the url by pressing the home icon under my Steam community tab.
Steam: Gunner [GWJ] | GFWL: GunnerSertorius
How does one find their Steam account number? I can only find a setting to adjust my custom URL which is also showing up as private.
"We're taught from a young age how to dodge rock hard objects moving at incredible rates of speed while simultaneously beating folks half to death with sticks. We do this for fun." -kung fu grip
http://blog.digital-lifeline.ca
Account value: $174.94
Certis wrote:
Fedaykin98 wrote:
Account value: $289.88
$339.77 without packages
Yonder's Girlfriend wrote:
NathanialG wrote:
Sept. 4 2004
Mine is $239 with packs $394 without... though these aren't necessarily what i payed since it seems to take the current values of each item. For some items i payed a lot more (living in the UK) and for others i payed less.... not sure if it all balances out or not, let's check.
There is a way to check how much you really paid though (for some games - not sure if you can browse your complete history without going to your stored email confirmations [assuming you keep them]). Open up steam and go to the store then in the top right hand corner of the page you see "my account". Open that and you have the prices of items you 'recently' bought.
For example my list is:
Game..............................Paid value.................calculator value
Bioshock................................$64.57.........................$19.99
Portal.....................................$23.44.........................$19.99
Wolf Pack...............................$23.44.........................$19.99
HL2 episode pack....................$23.49.......................~$24.98
X-com pack............................$15.85.........................$14.99
L4D.......................................$52.86.........................$39.99
Sam and Max Season 1...........$17.61..........................$29.99
Penumbra pack.......................£4.50~$7.40.................$24.98
Totals...............................$228.66........................$194.49
But that misses out: i only have the calculator prices for these games but i know what i approximately payed for the retail versions so i'll list best price for them:
HL+Blue Shift........................£20~$33.......................$14.98
HL2.....................................£25~$41........................$19.99
Sin Episode 1.......................Unknown........................$9.99
Dark Messiah.......................£25~$41.........................$9.99
Heretic Hexen pack...............Unknown........................$9.99
Estimated totals................$343.66........................$259.43
Things like including the valve ultimate collectors pack really cuts the price payed on a lot of valve HL items which overly reduces the cost.
I guess, in summary: It's not terribly accurate.
[edit] Added my join date of steam.
My and Tboon's podcast: The Easy Button
IRC Pearls of Wisdom:
Bacon is a goodjer in your pants.
Steam member since: December 18, 2003
Account value: $194.93
$344.73 without packages
It's going to be tough to top Lothar.
Xbox Live: CrankyBaby
Steam: Podunk
Steam Member since April 7, 2007 (Skipped the crap stage, whoo!)
Account value: 569.75
649.65 without packages
More than I thought, tbh. That's a lot of scratch.
Clemenstation wrote:
XBLA / Steam: Dysplastic
number can be found by clicking "community" then copying the number at the end of the URL and pasting it into the calculator. $479.82 for me. I was honestly expecting it to be more, so yay me!
892 condescending Certis quotes out of a possible infinity - Elysium scores Torchlight lower than expected.
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Xfire/Xbox Live: StylezXP
What kind of research? As to whose Steam account you need to steal? If so, mine should be a contender.
* Steam member since: September 28, 2007
* Last calculation: June 24, 2009
Account value: $1108.42
$1258.19 without packages
If you click on the "Community" tag in Steam, the URL contains your account number.
I would think the first rule of PR is to ignore forum people, because they vacillate between crazy and liar. - Elysium
73 games
Account value: $879.61
$1119.31 without packages
Steam member since: August 20, 2004
Steam ID: tboon Twitter: tboon
2008 GWJFFL2 Champion
Steam member since: October 12, 2007
Account value: $49.98
$59.97 without packages
All aboard the USS Failboat!
ColdForged wrote:
private
Music | Blog
Quintin_Stone wrote:
Member since November 03, 2004.
32 Games
$229.91
$369.72 without packages.
An interesting web toy, but not capable of being remotely accurate as to the actual dollar amount invested. Some things were obtained on sale cheaper, and some things like Half Life for $50 in 1998 predate Steam's very existence.
Steam | Impulse | Xbox Live | EVE Online - Elycion
Member since October 18, 2004
Account value: $723.68
$943.37 without packages