Is The Total Value Of Unplayed Steam Games Really $19 Billion? Probably Not.

Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica
Tue, 06/25/2024 - 11:06am

Enlarge / Blast away all the guilt you want in PowerWash Simulator, but there's no need to feel dirty in the real world about your backlog. (credit: Getty Images) Gaming news site PCGamesN has a web tool, SteamIDFinder, that can do a neat trick. If you buy PC games on Steam and have your user profile set to make your gaming details public, you can enter your numeric user ID into it and see a bunch of stats.

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