There is not much to specify for the question, its really simple: Which title is the first game you have purchased on Steam? Was it a good decision? How much did you pay? When was it and what device? You don’t have to answer all questions, this is just a fun discussion to have.

You can check your history: https://store.steampowered.com/account/history/ Edit: Some in the comments pointed out that the purchase history doesn’t go back all to the beginnings of Steam. So if you purchased something earlier, it won’t be listed on your account.

(I reply with my game too.)

  • CaptainBasculin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    Race: the WTCC Game was my first Steam game, I’ve bought a CD of the game and it came with a Steam key. I’ve pretty much forgotten about it until I heard of this new game called Portal 2 and it needs a Steam account to buy. Tried registering and whoops, you already have an account on this email.

    The game itself currently cannot be purchased on its own , the bundle the game’s included costs 40$ which i don’t think is worth just for that game.

    Currently I have 250 games bought and 700ish more with Family Share.

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    the og sierra retail box of counter-strike is my steam originator code.

    my purchase history wouldn’t go back far enough for the few steam sales items i have on it. the only other retail box added was hl2 the week it came out.

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    The Talos Principle. That was in 2016, when I created my Steam account. It was also the first game I bought legally. I will now proceed to install it on my Steam Deck.

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      Great game, I never finished it. Got stuck on some puzzle after completing 50-100+.

      I really loved the narrator and minimal storytelling in that game. It had a strange sense of religion, math, technology, and mystery.

      Like portal, but with absolute severity and no jokes.

      I may try it again myself. I had a fun time.

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      Yup. First Steam account created 24th of December (guess why) 2007 for Orange Box.

      Back then, it was possible to play Team Fortress 2 on one account on two PCs at the same time, but not on the same server. So my brother and I sat beside each other playing TF2 “together”, but each on a different server.

      We did this until we gathered enough money to buy a second copy of Team Fortress 2 in April of 2008. We were finally able to play both in the same match and it was glorious.

      We both have and use these accounts to this day.

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        Wow, that sounds amazing able to play on two PCs with a single license. I didn’t know this was possible. Also being able play against or together must have felt like heaven. :D Sounds like Steam was very worth it back then even.

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    Call of Duty Black Ops 1. It needed something called a “steam qccount” to work? Couldn’t just install and play it straight from the disk?

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    The oldest game on my account is Torchlight 2, but first purchased game was Ascension, the deckbuilding game. Or the Crucible DLC for Grim Dawn if that counts.