[Requires Steam Points] Points Shop Seasonal Badge - Winter 2023 Badge is Now Live

In order to get the level 40 badge you should have spent $400 on the store.

Funny thing: if you bought a Steam Deck you should have enough points to buy the level 40 badge that features... A Steam Deck!

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I totally agree on that. When I saw the truncated title at the bottom of the web page I thought it was a special event... Then I clicked and saw the requires Steam Points. That's not free, it's not IRL money, but Steam points are still some sort of a currency. The items we got for 0 Steam Points for the Steam 20th Anniversary or the current long name fest are good examples of free.

Thank you. i thought about this, and I've changed the title. I also added a disclaimer in the description.

On the one hand, It is free in that it doesn't require spending wallet funds or using your credit card to purchase the badge. However, as you said, you have to have previously spent money on steam to have a points credit. I had 13,000 unused points in my account. Nothing huge, but i've never run out. I also almost never buy higher than the level 1-5 badge.

What else you can do better with your points?

I've edited the title; it wasn't my intent to mislead, and I apologize.

Edited; thank you. I've not been out of points since about the time that the points shop opened, so I had forgotten and not considered that some people might not have points.

Sincere apologies.

Looks nice indeed!

Clickbaiting might not be OP's intent, but yeah, seems like everyone's agreeing it's not free, lol.

Apologies; that wasn't my intent. I realize how people took what I wrote, and have changed the title.

Nothing. If you don't already have Steam Points, you need to spend money to get points. IIRC, $1 = 100 points. So yeah, that makes $10 per level.
Of course, you're not directly purchasing the badge with money, but you still need to spend money at some point in order to be able to get those badges.
Or, somehow get enough points from rewards...

Apologies. It wasn't my intent to mislead, but I see how people are interpreting what I now recognize and fully acknowledge was my poor choice of words.

I didn't even know they sold startup movies for Steam Deck, thanks, there are some really cool looking ones.

Thanks for the heads up! I didn't know either that they sell these animations.

I like this one. :kappa:

Apologies; it wasn't my intent to mislead people, But i realize my word choice was very poor and led to people getting the wrong idea.

I had 13,000 extra points and almost never purchase anything other than the level one badge. I honestly hadn't thought about people having no steam points. I was trying to do people a service, and didn't fully think though the wording before going off to work.

you can buy it all at 1 time

Also, if you purchase the level one badge, and later purchase the level two badge, you only pay the difference between the level that you have and the level you are purchasing.
The level 40 badge requires 40,000 points. If you already have the level 10 badge, you only pay 30,000 additional points for a total of 40,000 points.

I...did not remember that. I searched discussions for a topic listing/keeping track of seasonal badges. I had the idea, due to when i learned about it, and misreading reddit post dates (posted =/= updated date!!!) that this badge started after the winter sale ended. Cece corrected me on this.

So, this topic might hopefully morph into keeping track of seasonal badges over the next several years, or i might just close it. I'm undecided right now, and very tired.

You are but I can start a fight in the thread for you if that helps.
Edit: Done. Hope that helps

Upgrade this badge by using your points. Badges are shown on your profile page and contribute towards profile XP. Check back during the Summer and Winter sales for an all new seasonal badge.

So, yes, having at least level 1 counts towards your steam level. SteamCardExchange says that each level gives you 100 additional XP

😂 🧐 o7