Poll of the Day > I just noticed I've been using Steam for almost 10 years

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Got free Portal 22nd May 2010, and then bought myself a Steam game for the first time at on the 12th of November 2012, a copy of Sonic Generations (a retail key, since I couldn't buy online until some time later). I got a few gifts from PotD members between those two. :P

Hard to believe I once had a PC that could barely run Portal, never mind anything else I've gotten since then. Now I have a much better PC, that is due to be replaced soon anyway. Current hardware is a few years old now.

So what was the first game you guys got? You can find it at the bottom of this page.
https://store.steampowered.com/account/licenses/
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heres my first few:

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on 24 Jul, 2012. I bought it from EB Games a few days before my birthday because there wasn't an EB Games where I lived. Honestly, I was really opposed to the idea to have to run Steam just to play one game. Now, I can't see myself without it.

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10 years of being a slave to the virus

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Yellow posted...

10 years of being a slave to the virus

Are you on the wrong account?
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DeltaBladeX posted...

Are you on the wrong account?

Steam "borrowed" my copy of American Wasteland and never gave it back 12 years ago.

They said they would give it back, but every time I brought it up they told me they lost it or never took it in the first place. True story.

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Free Portal is why I have my steam account too. Account recently turned 10.

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dragon504 posted...

Free Portal is why I have my steam account too.

This. Even though I never play Pc games

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Dota 2 is why I made my Steam account. I actually just got done playing a game.

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My first purchase was 23 Oct 2007 according to steam but I have an even older invoice for 3rd Jan 2007, so not sure when my account was created.

ahh, membersince 1st May 2006

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account created on 4 Sep 2009, and first purchase was Assassin's Creed on 22 Oct 2009

i would've been 13

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Dunno, I'd check if that licenses thing was on steam. My account was made in 2008. I still have the pc I used when I made that account. It was a Diablo 2 pc.

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AllstarSniper32 posted...

Dunno, I'd check if that licenses thing was on steam

Top right of client, click username where your wallet is, then Account Details. From there, click "View licenses and product key activations" in the Store & Purchase History box.
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It says my first game was a complimentary Left 4 Dead 2 in 2013. It's weird to look at this list and see games that still have content coming out. after 6 years. I got Terraria in 2014 and I think I just saw that it's final update was recent.

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your computer must be infected with malware.

right?
@DPsx7
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Here are my first few.

Oct 17, 2012Dungeon Defneders Anniversary PackComplimentary
Oct 17, 2012Dungeon Defenders Collection (Summer-Winter 2012)Steam Store
Oct 13, 2012Cthulhu Saves the World & Breath of Death VII Double PackSteam Store
Oct 13, 2012Penny Arcade's On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness 3Steam Store
Oct 13, 2012SanctumSteam Store
May 17, 2009Left 4 Dead RetailRetail
Feb 8, 2005Half-Life 2 SilverComplimentary

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Half-Life 2 was my first Steam game becuase you were forced to install Steam in order to play it. It was many years before i started actually using it as a shop though.

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Started mine only recently since I'm always Mobile and don't wanna drag a Console (PS3/4) around with me...

I think I got Strider 2014 for like $2.99...

wolfy42 posted...

Here are my first few.

Oct 17, 2012Dungeon Defneders Anniversary PackComplimentary
Oct 17, 2012Dungeon Defenders Collection (Summer-Winter 2012)Steam Store
Oct 13, 2012Cthulhu Saves the World & Breath of Death VII Double PackSteam Store
Oct 13, 2012Penny Arcade's On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness 3Steam Store
Oct 13, 2012SanctumSteam Store
May 17, 2009Left 4 Dead RetailRetail
Feb 8, 2005Half-Life 2 SilverComplimentary

Beat you by a month. January 9th 2005 is when I opened my steam account.

Damn I was 13 years old at that time.

My first purchase was Team Fortress 2, in 2007.

But I may've been using it to launch games like Team Fortress Classic and Half-Life 2 for a few years before that.

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KJ StErOiDs posted...

But I may've been using it to launch games like Team Fortress Classic and Half-Life 2 for a few years before that.

All games on your account will show on that page, even CD key ones and free ones. Maybe you played those on another account?
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Jan 3, 2010 STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl Steam Store
Dec 25, 2009 Crayon Physics Deluxe Gift/Guest Pass
Dec 25, 2009 Torchligh tGift/Guest Pass
Dec 25, 2009 Trine Gift/Guest Pass
Dec 24, 2009 Plants vs. Zombies Gift/Guest Pass
Nov 27, 2009 Left 4 Dead 2 Retail Retail
Sep 6, 2009 Star Wars: KOTOR Steam Store
Aug 4, 2009 The Orange Box Retail Retail
Jan 11, 2008 NVIDIA Portal: The First Slice Complimentary
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I think I got Steam for a free Portal (or Portal 2?) offer at some point, but then never used it and, at most, I might have played some other free stuff I got. The first time I bought a game on it (unless I'm forgetting a Humble Bundle) was last year and since then I've bought 3-5 games. Still haven't used it a ton, although I put in some time after getting UMvC3.

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Says I got HL2 game of the year complimentary back in 2006

When Half-Life 2 came out, I bought the Valve collection through Steam. That was 2004. Sometime after that I bought the first non-Valve game on Steam, Rag Doll Kung Fu. It was fun for maybe five minutes and then I had buyer's remorse that was so strong I remember the game title after all these years. I can't remember what my next purchase was, probably another Valve game, I think it took a while before they added anymore non-Valve titles to Steam.

Checking the license page:

Nov 6, 2008 Left 4 Dead Steam Store
Jan 2, 2008 Zen of Sudoku Steam Store
Sep 12, 2007 The Orange Box Complimentary
Jun 3, 2007 Red Orchestra Complimentary
Apr 5, 2007 Dark Messiah Might and Magic Limited Retail Complimentary
May 2, 2006 Half-Life 2: Episode One Complimentary
Oct 7, 2005 Rag Doll Kung Fu Complimentary
Nov 16, 2004 Half-Life 2 Silver Complimentary

It says Half-life 2 Silver, I don't know what was in the Gold edition that I didn't get. I'm pretty sure it added all Valve games that existed on Steam as of November 2004 to my collection. Maybe the gold edition sent you physical copies. I think these early complimentary entries are before the system recorded the source of your purchase. I bought all of these in the Steam Store except Dark Messiah.

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Energy Surge posted...

Nov 16, 2004 Half-Life 2 Silver Complimentary

dang you beat me by 2 months

Yeah I had my first legit Steam account in about 2009 when I bought the first Torchlight I think I might have installed it earlier to play Half-Life 2 or something back in 2004ish. Steam was so rough back in 2004 the thing was a real pain to work with, gave it a chance again about 4 years later and it was much better.

For those that want a rough estimate on value of a steam library and total hours played you can go to https://steamdb.info/calculator/ pretty interesting site uses the public info from your steam account to value it based on current prices and lowest prices ever offered for games.

August, 2009: Dawn of War 2 was my first game. Though it was the physical disk that I used to install it with.

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Strange, my purchase history only goes back to July 9th 2008 when I bought Bioshock. I guess it doesn't count Orange Box or HL2 I bought physical.

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My Steam account is my second one. Got the Source MP Pack in Aug 16, 2007. Orange Box Oct 9, 2007. But both of those are 'complimentary' my first store purchase was Mar 3, 2008 for Battlestations: Midway. My original account was made in 2004.

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DANTE20XX posted...

Strange, my purchase history only goes back to July 9th 2008 when I bought Bioshock. I guess it doesn't count Orange Box or HL2 I bought physical.

There is two sections on their purchase history one area for putting in codes like 7TKY-245K-10NN and then you get the game and another section where you gave them money and then Steam gives you the game.

Sep 18, 2011Magicka Complete Pack (June 2011)Steam Store
Sep 17, 2011Learning with PortalsComplimentary

I knew what Steam was around 2007 but never made an account until free Portal.
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Feb 5, 2010 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

Monopoman posted...

There is two sections on their purchase history one area for putting in codes like 7TKY-245K-10NN and then you get the game and another section where you gave them money and then Steam gives you the game.

Nope, the second I sent people to is all redeemed games on your account, the other section is all purchases (both for yourself and others).

Maybe the earliest stuff just don't show if your account is old enough.
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My first purchase was in November 2009 but the first comment on my profile was May 2009 so apparently I had my Steam account for at least several months before I made my first purchase

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DeltaBladeX posted...

Nope, the second I sent people to is all redeemed games on your account, the other section is all purchases (both for yourself and others).

Maybe the earliest stuff just don't show if your account is old enough.

I have two sections in my steam account the 100s of games I have redeemed from places like Humble Bundle or other sites where I bought it. Then I have another section where Steam details every dollar I have spent on their store directly and what I bought since 2009.

Looks like my first game was Audiosurf too, in late 2009.

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My first is Mount&Blade Warband in 2011, a game I still go back to and play all the time.

Me and my brothers shared an account when we were much younger though and it just had a bunch of Half-Life games on it.

Monopoman posted...

There is two sections on their purchase history one area for putting in codes like 7TKY-245K-10NN and then you get the game and another section where you gave them money and then Steam gives you the game.

Ahh yes I didn't click TC's link.

https://gyazo.com/b8a77cb390627a8c518d349fca6cf200

There, more accurate.

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Monopoman posted...

DeltaBladeX posted...

Nope, the second I sent people to is all redeemed games on your account, the other section is all purchases (both for yourself and others).

Maybe the earliest stuff just don't show if your account is old enough.

I have two sections in my steam account the 100s of games I have redeemed from places like Humble Bundle or other sites where I bought it. Then I have another section where Steam details every dollar I have spent on their store directly and what I bought since 2009.

View purchase history - All purchases, no matter who for
View licenses and product key activations - All items redeemed on your account, no matter where they were purchased

They aren't splitting your redemptions between store and keys
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DeltaBladeX posted...

View purchase history - All purchases, no matter who for
View licenses and product key activations - All items redeemed on your account, no matter where they were purchased

They aren't splitting your redemptions between store and keys

I never said they were I said they were in two sections instead of all listed on one. I never said they split them dude, I said that if you look at just purchase history you have to look at both to see ALL games you bought and somehow got on Steam.

I was letting people know if they were curious why they weren't seeing all the games they somehow got on Steam using whatever method.

October 17, 2007. It was The Orange Box IIRC.

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Monopoman posted...

I never said they were I said they were in two sections instead of all listed on one.

I took this as saying that.

Monopoman posted...

There is two sections on their purchase history one area for putting in codes like 7TKY-245K-10NN and then you get the game and another section where you gave them money and then Steam gives you the game.

But what you posted later helps clarify it. Yeah, that could help if the oldest games are missing. Depends how much they need to click through. Redemptions is just one big list, store purchases can require a lot of Load More to get that far.
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14 Mar, 2006 Red Orchestra

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