Steam Points: Know what this is? Ever use it? How many do you have?

[ZedClampet]

• The Steam Points program awards gamers with 100 points for every $1 that they spend.
• Points can be used to customize your profile/avatar/chat, etc. or to reward other users for good reviews or comments in the forums.
• Publishers/developers who want to participate make art available in their point shop, which can be accessed from various places such as the Library page once you have clicked on a game.
• The benefit to publishers is goodwill and free advertising.

I have given a number of people awards for reviews that I found particularly helpful, and I occasionally look in various games' point shops to check out what is available. I just got a Raft background for my profile this morning. I currently have about 566,000 points.

 

[Colif]

Helps if you know where to see them - too late, I found it now.
Shows how little I spend on Steam - 4066 points

looks at items... walks away

 

[Barukanen]

Helps if you know where to see them - too late, I found it now.
Shows how little I spend on Steam - 4066 points

looks at items... walks away

If it was Diablo related, you'd be knee deep in emotes.

I have around 3,400ish. I don't tend to use them that often and mostly forget about it until I'm at the checkout stage. They're a nice feature and something a little extra I guess.

 

[FreezerBurn]

Umm, only 300k.

 

[Colif]

If it was Diablo related, you'd be knee deep in emotes.

what is the point of emotes if you play a single player game
I would only play with other people in that game if I had no choice.

And if they made Diablo multi player only, I would have to consider if I would buy it.

 

[ZedClampet]

what is the point of emotes if you play a single player game
I would only play with other people in that game if I had no choice.

And if they made Diablo multi player only, I would have to consider if I would buy it.

What about the backgrounds and such? Decorations aren't just for other people.

 

[Colif]

I am sure they are useful but well, I don't use steam a lot (obvious based on my points total) so the usefulness of it to me isn't high.
I might look at them again, but maybe once i get more points... not sure when next game would be I want. I never know until it happens.

 

[Johnway]

the pointshop is personally pointless as no one will ever look at my profile besides myself and i don't even do that often.

That said, if i had more points i wouldn't mind splashing around and making a nice profile. Atm i only have 11000 points. not enough to complete it. The problem i have with most of the profile backgrounds is that they don't fit properly and most of the good stuff is lost and leaves a lot to be desired.

 

[ZedClampet]

the pointshop is personally pointless as no one will ever look at my profile besides myself and i don't even do that often.

That said, if i had more points i wouldn't mind splashing around and making a nice profile. Atm i only have 11000 points. not enough to complete it. The problem i have with most of the profile backgrounds is that they don't fit properly and most of the good stuff is lost and leaves a lot to be desired.

I was really surprised. The one I got this morning for Raft only had images on the left and right and fit almost perfectly.

 

[McStabStab]

66,000 points. I usually use them to get emoticons for chatting in the forums or on my friend's activity feeds. I also like the mini profile and avatar frame items you can get. Awards are also nice to give away as you had mentioned.

I'm not SUPER active most of the time (cause of work and family stuff most of the time), but when I am I try to comment and give feedback on posts and reviews. If anyone cares to see my 18+ year old profile, here it is: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197965067948

 

[ZedClampet]

66,000 points. I usually use them to get emoticons for chatting in the forums or on my friend's activity feeds. I also like the mini profile and avatar frame items you can get. Awards are also nice to give away as you had mentioned.

I'm not SUPER active most of the time (cause of work and family stuff most of the time), but when I am I try to comment and give feedback on posts and reviews. If anyone cares to see my 18+ year old profile, here it is: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197965067948

Very nice. You're good at screenshots, too. Here's mine if you are interested.

Steam Community :: ZedClampet

steamcommunity.com

 

[McStabStab]

Very nice. You're good at screenshots, too. Here's mine if you are interested.

Steam Community :: ZedClampet

steamcommunity.com

Thanks! Shot you an invite

 

[Zloth]

I can't see Zed's, his profile is private!

Rewards can't be used in-game, as far as I know. They are strictly for making your profile nicer, chatting on Steam forums, chatting with friends, and so on.

There seems to be a bad inflation problem, too. People are getting a lot more points than they know how to spend.

 

[ZedClampet]

I can't see Zed's, his profile is private!

Rewards can't be used in-game, as far as I know. They are strictly for making your profile nicer, chatting on Steam forums, chatting with friends, and so on.

There seems to be a bad inflation problem, too. People are getting a lot more points than they know how to spend.

I changed my profile to public.

There's no inflation. Prices are fixed. No money actually ever changes hands, anyway. It's just something for developers and players to goof around with.

 

[Zloth]

You're right, the prices aren't changing, but people have a LOT more points than they did early on. They've thrown in more and more awards that are worth more and more points over the past few years. I don't know what they'll do after 10 years. (Points never expire!)

 

[ZedClampet]

You're right, the prices aren't changing, but people have a LOT more points than they did early on. They've thrown in more and more awards that are worth more and more points over the past few years. I don't know what they'll do after 10 years. (Points never expire!)

I'm waiting till they offer a full refund for my $5600

As long as the rewards get better for more points, that's okay. I didn't even realize they had animated profile backgrounds until just now. Changed mine.

 

[Brian Boru]

I have given a number of people awards for reviews that I found particularly helpful

That's all I've done with 'em.

Helps if you know where to see them

Indeed. Quick scan didn't locate mine—Help!

 

[Shodan_]

Thanks for this thread I had no idea how people had these custom profiles and stuff.

 

[ZedClampet]

Indeed. Quick scan didn't locate mine—Help!

The ways I know of are:
1) Hover over "Store" on the top left and select "Points Shop"
2) From any game's store page, look at the bar of the top.
3) To check the shop for a specific game, go to "Home" (Library) and click on the game. If this game has a points shop, the link will be underneath the picture. That said, it could be that the library page isn't the same for everyone, maybe, if there are optional set-ups. Not sure.

 

[Brian Boru]

1) Hover over "Store" on the top left and select "Points Shop"

👍

2) From any game's store page, look at the bar of the top.

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I have a grand total of 2,371!
I guess these must be fairly recent, my 679 games there should be worth more than $23 + the awards I've given reviews.

 

[DXCHASE]

And here i thought i had a lot at 78,724 which is about 1/4 of the pionts ive had total since theyve introduced it. Ive spent it mainly on backgrounds, avatar borders and badge rankups. Ive only spent points on helpful reviews 1 time and that was to a friend lol.

 

[WoodenSaucer]

You guys are crazy! I didn't even know about them, so I've never spent any. And I only have a little under 13,000. It's because I spend too much time talking in forums instead of gaming.

 

[Barukanen]

You guys are crazy! I didn't even know about them, so I've never spent any. And I only have a little under 13,000. It's because I spend too much time talking in forums instead of gaming.

I actually came across you on another forum with the same Avatar, VGR forums maybe? Or something similar along those lines. I thought what was the chances 😂

 

[Pifanjr]

You guys are crazy! I didn't even know about them, so I've never spent any. And I only have a little under 13,000. It's because I spend too much time talking in forums instead of gaming.

Same, hadn't even heard about this before as far as I remember. I only have 7,198, purely from game purchases.

 

[McStabStab]

Wow folks, ya'll have some nice screenshots yourselves! Love the profiles. @Zloth , real impressive collection of guides you've put together. And @ZedClampet 1000+ games owned, holy crap! Happy to have you guys on the friends list!