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So I was just messing around in the steam app and I came across steam points. Are these new? It seems to indicate I can use them for games but I don’t see any options. I have a quarter of a million of them. Are they useful in any way?

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[–] JakobFel@retrolemmy.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not new, but they're great if you enjoy profile customization, more emoticons/stickers, or Steam Deck stuff (keyboard themes and startup movies).

A lot of people are unfamiliar with a LOT of features that Steam offers. It's a very robust PC gaming social network (complete with a "status" sort of activity feed), player-run groups with Discord-like group chats and themed review curators, full market of trading cards and gems that can be sold for a few cents of credit or traded to make badges, a leveling system that unlocks more features and profiile customization options...

That's just scratching the surface. I love using those features on a daily basis and encourage my Steam friends to do the same. I've managed to build a small circle of friends where we post our activity, share content for games, chat about upcoming titles, etc. I wish more people used those features!

[–] StopSpazzing@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] JakobFel@retrolemmy.com 1 points 1 month ago

Its pretty nice to have a space where we just chat about games, I have to admit that!