Was this game only on sale? Steam may show price changes over the past 30 days

Steam is the largest video game platform Over 129,000 games and counting. With so many games and recurring sales offered by the company, it’s difficult to track if a game has hit its lowest price or if it has been discounted more heavily in the past, but that may change.

Lines of code on Steam appear to indicate the game’s recent pricing history, according to a Wednesday post from Steam. X account For Half-Life Lambda Generation fan site. The code was discovered by a data miner Sega TVwhich he found on SteamDB, a gaming platform database and tracking site. While price history is already a feature on Steam in the EU, this update may be the first sign that it will become the standard for the platform in the US.

In the image posted by Lambda Generation, there are six lines of code that say “Price_History” and each line reflects a specific detail that could appear on the game page to give some context about its price. The price history will show the regular price of the game, the current price, and whether the current price is a 30-day low or if the game cost less at some point in the past 30 days.

Valve did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation about the new feature.

Again in 2023, Valve has added a price history feature to Steam In the European Union as part of the Comprehensive Directive. The Directive is a series of rules established by the European Union that focus on consumer protection. Businesses with digital storefronts were asked to create a price tracker on their platforms to display the lowest price of an item in the past 30 days. Although the Comprehensive Directive is in full force, it is not available in every EU Member State, as individual countries must adopt the Directive.

Some rules in the European Union that require certain changes to a product or service eventually find their way to the United States, and Apple has been forced to add USB-C to iPhone 15 lineup because of European Union legislation Requires standardization of charging ports.

It’s not clear why Valve made the move to add a price tracker to Steam in the US. The company is reportedly working on an AI bot for the platform dubbed “STEAM GPT” Price history can be part of its features.