Hidden Steam menu shows you how much money you've spent on games over the years

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Valve's Steam has been around since 2003, and my first memory of the app is installing it to play Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch. However, it wasn't until around 2008 that it became widely used as a digital storefront for purchasing games and creating a digital library - subsequently exploding in the 2010s as the go-to platform for PC gaming.

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Building that Steam library is a never-ending process.

Like many PC gamers who have been gaming for over a decade, my Steam library contains hundreds of games, with many acquired during some of the platform's legendary Steam Sales. And with my recent acquisition of the excellent Steam Deck OLED gaming handheld last year, that trend of buying new stuff to play isn't going to stop anytime soon.

As spotted by Reddit user trotski94 (via PC Gamer), there's actually a straightforward way to check how much money you've spent buying PC games on Steam. This isn't one of those tools that gives you the total value of your game library; it's a dollar sign number outlining all the money you've spent on the platform.

Like me, you might be a little afraid to look because we're talking about a decade and change of buying PC games on Steam. However, here's how you can check.

In the Steam client, go to Help > Steam support > My account > Data related to your Steam account > External funds used.

Here, you'll see how much you've spent. For me, the figure is currently $1,953.40 USD. Sharing this hidden menu with a Discord group of friends I've been gaming with since going to school, it turns out that around $2,000 is the ballpark for most of us. Naturally, people responding to the original post and news have provided images confirming that they've spent $10,000 or more on games, apps, and microtransactions. At the same time, others have shown that they're more conservative gamers, spending only a few hundred dollars.