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The Steam Points Shop or simply Points Shop is a points-based profile decoration store that allows users to purchase various aesthetical elements for their public profiles, this gives users another way to get Avatars, Profile Backgrounds, Emoticons, Animated Stickers and more without the need to buy directly from the Steam Market or from crafting game Badges, Accrued points cannot be used to purchase video games, software, DLC or Steam Trading Cards.
Description[]
The Steam Points Shop offers the following profile decorations to users; Animated Stickers, Avatars, Animated Avatars, Chat Effects, Emoticons, Frames, Animated Frames, Steam Deck Keyboards, Profile Backgrounds, Animated Profile Backgrounds, Steam Deck Startup Movies and Showcases which is a main reason why the Points Shop exists.
These cosmetics can be purchased by using points that are awarded to users for purchasing any game, DLC, hardware, application, soundtrack, or any in-game item. 100 points are given for every $1.00 the user spends.[1] The main difference between purchasing any cosmetic from the Points Shop instead of the Steam Marketplace or through crafting Badges with Steam Trading Cards is that you will not have the ability to Market or Trade any Points Shop items.
The Points Shop brought along with it the Community Awards feature, artists, workshop creators and more can receive a Community Award on their profile, art or workshop creations from users, the recipient of an award will receive Points for the Points Shop once given. Alongside the introduction of Community Awards, the Points Shop came with The Points Badge which could be leveled up for thousands of points at a time until it reached its max level, this badge was shortly thereafter renamed as Seasonal Badges at the end of December 2020, the Points Shop Badge was introduced with the Debug Collection with a max level of 20, followed afterwards the first Seasonal Badge with the Winter Collection - 2020 and so forth.
History[]
The Steam Points Shop was officially released on 25 June 2020[2] through Steam's Summer Road Trip Sale during the Summer of 2020, however the initial offerings available were limited to only a few cosmetic types and cosmetics from a few select video games alongisde the Steam cosmetics like Avatars, Profile Backgrounds, Animated Stickers, Emoticons and Chat Effects.
The initial system that was utilised by the Points Shop was initially created for Steam's Lunar New Year 2020 Night Market which had similar features and offerings.[3]
The Points Shop[]
The Steamn Points Shop offers various cosmetics, features and badges that users can collect over the lifetime of the Points Shop, Badges, cosmetic Bundles and Game Profiles will be listed below.
Bundles[]
(38) 35,600 Points
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Steam Points Shop. Steam.
- ↑ Steam launches a permanent Points Shop | PC Gamer. PC Gamer (25 June 2020). Archived from the original on June 29, 2020.
- ↑ Steam Lunar New Year Sale :: Market. Steam. Archived from the original on February 1, 2020.