Hidden feature helps Steam players know how much money they've 'burned' on games

According to TechSpot , if you are a gamer with a massive Steam library with countless titles purchased during sales but sometimes not yet installed, you must have wondered at some point how much money you have 'burned' on this giant game distribution platform of Valve. Now, the exact answer down to the penny is waiting for you to discover , thanks to a spending statistics tool hidden quite well right in Steam itself.

Steam has a hidden tool that helps you keep track of how much money you've spent on your game account.

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Steam has a hidden tool that shows how much money you've spent on games

Unlike third-party websites like 'Steam Calculator' that can only estimate the current value of your game collection, Steam's official tool tells you the total amount of money you've actually spent from external sources (like credit cards, PayPal e-wallets, etc.) to buy games directly or top up your Steam Wallet since the first day you created your account.

According to the instructions shared by the gaming community on Reddit, you can easily find your total spending by following these steps on the Steam application installed on your computer. Here's how to do it:

• Open Steam, select the Help menu in the upper left corner.
• Select Steam Support.
• Select My account.
• Select Data related to your Steam account.
• Finally, select External funds used.

The number displayed in the TotalSpend section is the total amount spent on Steam. The result can make many people 'shiver'.

Steam details the times players 'burn' money on this platform

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For example, one Steam account from 2009 shared on TechSpot spent around $3,700, but that’s nothing compared to other gamers on Reddit who have spent $14,000, $26,000, or more over the years on Steam. Some players are even said to have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars just collecting games and upgrading their accounts.

Of course, the numbers that Steam shows only reflect a portion of the total costs that many gamers have spent on their passion. Before the digital gaming era, many people spent money on physical game discs, consoles, or games from other online stores such as Epic Games Store, GOG, etc.

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