Valve may be planning to add a 30 day price history to Steam games

Valve seems to be hard at work improving Steam's general user experience. Over the past month or so, we have covered several leaks and rumors about upcoming quality-of-life features. One of the key ones is that Valve seems to be adding estimated FPS data to games so that users can get a more accurate idea of the performance levels they can expect. Valve also released a new and improved home page for the Steam PC client.

Now, it seems like another key feature is coming to Steam, this time revolving around price. According to @SigaTbh on SteamDB, it appears Valve is planning to add a 30-day price history to all games on the platform. This would likely involve a graphic showing price changes over time and whether the title has received any sales over the past month.

This would be an extremely efficient tool for gamers eyeing the next game on their wishlist. It would help them decide whether to just pull the trigger right now or wait for a sale to get a better deal. Tracking the price history of games was also possible before, but gamers had to use third-party tools like SteamDB to access that information. Steam adding that price history directly to their store pages will be a big quality-of-life improvement.

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This information comes courtesy of user @SigaTbh on SteamDB, who found new lines in the Steam Client code that provide clues about this feature. The code contains lines such as "discount based on lowest price in previous 30 days" and "This game was previously on discount", etc. This probably means that not only will Steam provide price history data directly, but they will also likely tag games with one-liners such as "30-day low" to increase sales.

We currently have no concrete information on when Valve plans to roll out these changes. We do, however, know that Valve is under pressure to maintain Steam as the #1 platform for PC gaming. The incoming wave of features such as this one, along with the estimated FPS data, might just entice users to stick with Steam for the foreseeable future.