Steam Adding Game-Changing New Feature That Could Save You Money

Despite Steam already having plenty of favor among fans for its consistent customer service and new features to look forward to, it seems there’s yet another on the horizon, with the sole benefit of helping you save money. Combined with the rumors surrounding an upcoming Steam feature that lets you estimate FPS in games based on your system’s hardware, it’s easy to see why Steam is such a powerhouse in the PC gaming community.

Fans have pointed out that Steam is far from the first digital retailer to include this new feature in response to Reddit user Solid-Entertainer-39 sharing the supposed SteamDB leak, but it’s still an excellent addition to the wide range of features currently provided by the digital retailer.

Steam Leak Hints At Price History Feature

A New Way To Keep Track Of Steam Sales

According to the code discovered in the SteamDB files, Valve is planning on adding a price history tracker for Steam, which will let you know the lowest price of the game over the past 30 days, compared to its standard and current sale prices. Interestingly enough, this feature was already implemented years ago in accordance with an EU mandate for some European countries, with Steam now voluntarily rolling out the system globally for all regions.

Other users have commented that Steam is a bit late to the party, given that other storefronts like PSN, Epic, and GOG already incorporate the 30-day feature. All the same, the preview of Steam’s version seems to offer a bit more information when it comes to previous discounts available, and whether the game in question is currently at its lowest price across the past 30 days.

While use of official or third-party price tracking sites like SteamDB and Deku Deals has been growing in popularity for players who want to get the most bang for their buck, having the feature built into Steam could be a great time saver or help avoid impulse purchases, especially given how expensive games and exciting new hardware releases are these days.

How About Extending That To 60 Days?

Taking An Already Helpful Feature To Even Greater Heights

Given that some of Steam’s biggest seasonal sales only happen a handful of times periodically throughout the year, some players have brought up the concern that 30 days is far too short to see any reasonable difference between sales, especially when other sites already have records going back years all the way up to release.

The simple number also doesn’t do much to help when it comes to estimating when the next sale for a game might occur, as sites like SteamDB show a clear graph that can be used to guess when a title might get its next discount, which a 60-day or more counter could somewhat help with, even if Valve doesn’t incorporate a similar visual aid.

While many older titles go on sale on practically a bi-weekly basis, it’s normal for a vast majority of more popular Steam games to receive far less frequent sales that the 30-day window wouldn’t be able to cover, making players rely once again on third-party trackers if they want to pay the lowest possible price, especially if it means only waiting a few more weeks for the next big Steam sale.