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.)
Just cause 2. Bought a physical copy and was confused why I needed an internet connection.
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
Zeno Clash (ツ)
Half life compendium because I wanted to play CS 1.6. First game I bought non-pirated with my own money.
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.
Technically my question is about when you decided yourself to buy a game on the Steam platform itself, to spent money on it. But I didn’t think everything through. Therefore, we are here to have fun, so the question can be understood a bit more loosely too.
First game I activated was a retail copy of Half-Life Platinum Pack, in August 2004. I had made by account few months earlier just for fun right after Steam originally launched.
The first games I bought from Steam specifically was the Orange Box, and AudioSurf in 2007.
The orange box was $61, which inflation adjusted means it cost $99 :)
You’re one of the OGs!
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
It was 2004 and I couldn’t find a physical disc for HL2 … Didn’t really trust the store but for just one game.
That’s how they get you addicted. :-p
Saints Row 2. Bought a physical disc and it installed Steam for me.
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.
27 of June 2010
Left 4 Dead 2 and Audiosurf
At a 69% discount, nice.
Half Life 2 retail standard. August 18, 2005.
I didn’t even know that this list was available. There’s a ton of games on there that I’ve never played because I bought them to play after I upgraded my computer and forgot about them. I have a steam deck now and really should go back and try them out.
Pretty sure mine was the same. My history doesn’t go back that far though, only to 2020 which was my first purchase through steam online.
Found the date: 16th November 2004!
