Today, Steam users will receive their “Steam Replay,” which shows them an overview of the games and genres they have visited on Steam in the last year. But there’s a catch to the whole thing, because a player’s “Steam family” also has insight into what the player has been up to. Hopefully you were good or at least honest with your parents.
That’s the function: “Steam Replay” is a statistical preparation of your gaming year 2024, just as you spent it on Steam. The page-long list shows you:
A graphical representation also shows your orientation as a player, what type of games you prefer – for me these were grand strategy games and, surprisingly, JRPGs, I must have slipped up there. With the statistics you can see which phases you had as a player.
This was my JRPG slip-up this year:
Romancing SaGa 2: Release trailer for the remake of the role-playing game
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Adult members of your Steam family can view the recap
That’s the catch: Gamers are usually free to choose who they share these statistics with, as perhaps not everyone should know that they’ve spent so much time gaming or even checking out the “adult gaming” categories.
Unfortunately, the FAQ then says that all “adult members” of a Steam family have access to other players’ data – only children don’t have these privileges.
So if you were really naughty in 2024 and then spent a lot more time gaming than mom and dad think because you told them that your studies were in progress and that getting your bachelor’s degree was only a matter of time, you could get in trouble.
The now well-known influencer Reeze is said to have told his parents for years that he was studying computer science and working towards a degree, but had mentally said goodbye to his studies for a long time (via YouTube).
And maybe you don’t want to explain under the Christmas tree what the 34% playing time in “adult games” means.
Someone who once got into trouble because he showed an “adult game” on Steam live on Twitch is this young gentleman: Twitch bans xQc because he clicks things without thinking