Steam Hardware

Half-life 2

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Skyrim. I was forced to download Steam to play it. I was on dial up and had just explicitly purchased a single player game not dependent on the internet, and yet..

Then it forced me download the game through Steam even though I had the physical disk right there. I couldn't complete the download, it was too large.

Cod mw3, which is why i made my account. I think. Maybe it was for that time when l4d2 was free on christmas, whichever came first.

Edit: I checked with the link, mw3 came first. Though it doesn't show up in the list because, being a teenager with not a lot of money, I got it from a keystore. The first one in the list is l4d2, which as mentioned was free, then the first one I actually bought through steam was audiosurf.

Purchased myself or redeemed a code for?

I was gifted the orange box for Christmas and that's when I registered my account. First actual purchase through steam was audiosurf but had redeemed Left 4 Dead and CS:S before that.

Arma 2, to play the Day Z Mod.

The first game that shows up on my purchase history is Fallout 3, but the first game I remember actually getting was Altitude, which was a 2d dog fighting game.

It was 2004 and I couldn't find a physical disc for HL2 ... Didn't really trust the store but for just one game.

Saints Row 2. Bought a physical disc and it installed Steam for me.

Gary's Mod + Counter Strike: Source! In 2013 for £3.74

I remember messing around in gmod a lot at the time, and although I was never great competitively in CSS I did really enjoy playing in a gun game server with a few people.

I might have played TF2 before then but I'm not sure if it shows up, being a free game

Transistor from Supergiant.

Back then Steam didn't even support my local currency, but that changed the same year.

Half-Life 2. steam was mandatory to play it and the shitstorm around it was something else. But I learned quickly, that youbcpuld just switch languages to not only download the original version but also the uncut one. Loved steam ever since.

I think that page only tracks 2008 and newer

Because my "first" purchace aparently was in 2009, and by that point my steam account was already in active use for 6 years.

The first game that I used steam for was CS 1.6 - about a week after steam launched.

And I think the first new game I paid money for and added to steam was HL2

Yeah link is definitely wrong. Mine is saying Dow 2 in 09, but I remember being pissed because I had to get an account and spend 3 days downloading updates on 56k just to play hl2 which came on 6 cds in the first place. And why did I have to use this stupid store just to play a single player game that I bought and installed physically.... Then I actually played the game and was amazed with the seewsaw section with bricks. So y'know, worth it.

Oh god! Now I need to check my purchase history from maybe 12-13 years ago and hope it isn't a cringy game! BRB!

Edit:

Good new! It isn't completely cringe, but it's Garry's Mod, with the next game being Goat Simulator. So I wasn't a complete cringe lord... just halfway cringe!

Jan 16, 2010 The Orange Box

Half life compendium because I wanted to play CS 1.6. First game I bought non-pirated with my own money.

Ragdoll Kung-Fu

It was pretty fun back in the day. It was one of the first games even sold on the platform, too.

Now, I did own Half-Life and the stand alone Team Fortress Classic and Counter-Strike releases that switched over to being on Steam and needing Steam to play online after the WON servers were shut down. But I bought those in a store, before Steam was even announced.

For Me it shows only until end of 2011 🤷, but had games earlier than that for sure.

First one is counter strike source which I adore to this day 😊

Knights of the Old Republic 1 & 2

CS condition zero

Half-life 2 ofc :)

27 of June 2010

Left 4 Dead 2 and Audiosurf

At a 69% discount, nice.

First game was Portal, but I got it free when Portal 2 came out. First games I spent money on and got on Steam were a couple of Humble Bundles (Introversion, Egosoft, EA). My first purchase actually from Steam was Goat Simulator.

Borderlands 2 to play with my friend.

My first Steam purchase was Football Manager 2009, in June 2009. Full price, £19.99. But my first activation was The Orange Box, January 2009.

Assassin's Creed Revelations - Gold Edition

L4D2.

$0.

Christmas of 2013.

Yes, I am the Ghost of Christmas Present...

2007 Garry's Mod $10. Judging by the three gift copies I made shortly thereafter, seems like it was a good purchase.

Also had several games on Steam before that, because physical copies had steam keys. But technically not Steam purchases.

Just Cause 2

80% off and well worth it!

I didn’t have to look it up to see what game it was, but I didn’t remember the price. I bought Portal for $19.95 almost 19 years ago. Played it on a Windows PC that was not focused on gaming. I guess I’ve also played it on every computer I’ve had since then, including my new-to-me refurb Steam Deck a couple days ago.