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Ever wonder how much money you’ve blown on Steam games over the years? You might not want to really know, but you’re probably curious. And now thanks to Valve’s “External Funds Used” tracker, you can finally get a sense of the long-term damage Steam has done to your financial health. Just click on that link, originally spotted by VentureBeat.


And, no, Valve didn’t create the tool to cause you stress (or shame). Instead, it’s likely a reaction to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, which requires companies to give be a little bit more transparent about the information they collect from you. Valve has an entire new page of data you can check out for your Steam account, which includes your full purchase history, help requests, trading history, achievements, and game playtimes (to name a very few data points).




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As for the “External Funds Used” page, Your “OldSpend” numbers on the page will refer to anything you purchased before Valve implemented its Limited User Account restrictions in 2015. You can also see your “PWSpend,” which refers to money you’ve spent specifically buying games run by Perfect World Entertainment, like the MMO Star Trek Online.