How do you get there without having the link in the actual app?

Originally posted by PrOxAnto:

How do you get there without having the link in the actual app?

It's under the New & Noteworthy tab in the Store page.

Hey, thanks! Cheers!

Oh cool thanks for showing this

I'm always up for a free badge.
Thanks!

Nice, good to know.

Thank you !

Nice feature! Many thanks for sharing

So much for "privacy". Valve even knows how much time I spent using a controller.

I find this kinda predatory and anti player.
The reason is because its sole purpose is to compare stats with other players, making you feel less of a player than others by default, which incites someone to play more often.
Its a bad feature.

Even on private mode, it by default says "Look how well you did compared to others this year"
as if 'well' even matters. Games are supposed to be about fun, not about competing who spends to most money on a platform.


Edit: Its purely there for manipulating the player's psychology to do better. We have seen these practises before in MMORPGs and other online games.
Its the same reasons this platform has achievements you can show off basically.

Also yes I want to opt out of this type of data collecting.
Like collecting anonymously how long I use a controller is fine, but you're liking it to me directly for no reason; other than advertisements I assume.


Edit 2: if you don't get what I mean, look closely at the stats.
There are bars... that show how much you played compared to how you did when you achieved the highest score there.
and they also go from green to red over a color gradient. This is a 'heat bar' design, designed to make you feel as if you did something lacking this year. It will show an empty bar mostly if it is very low compared to your max, which maybe true due to you quitting using VideoGames to escape from psychological issues (and this playing Hikkikomori for example.)
Improving your live means a low black bar ... which makes you feel like you're lacking and less worth or that you need to correct something next time.

Similarly your scores are compared to the global scores, meaning compared to them, you are lacking and need to do better. That is the kind of feel they try to push on you. Which is toxic, for their profit.

Originally posted by Elucidator:

I find this kinda predatory and anti player.
The reason is because its sole purpose is to compare stats with other players, making you feel less of a player than others by default, which incites someone to play more often.
Its a bad feature.

Even on private mode, it by default says "Look how well you did compared to others this year"
as if 'well' even matters. Games are supposed to be about fun, not about competing who spends to most money on a platform.

Man, you need to control your insecurities.

Originally posted by Lazy Dog:

Man, you need to control your insecurities.

They don't i mplement this for people, they implement this for wallets.
This isn't about insecurities. Its about abuse.
and I am in control, but I don't like that people generally are blind to these things.
I added a number of explanations.

but here are a few videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g16heGLKlTA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxkrdLI6e6M

Inflated numbers, again.

Replay says I've played 59 games, IIRC. In reality, I've played 21 games in 2022 (unless I miscounted; I'm keeping the list in a forum post, not in a database...)

So, where do these additional games come from? There are two sources:

a) according to the Replay page, I've played 10 demos. I guess there was an event this year where you had to "play" 10 demos?

b) in addition to such events, giving trading cards for gametime was one of the worst ideas Valve ever had -- it completely dilutes play data.

On the positive side, the games they actually picked for showing some details are games that I have actually played. They do seem to ignore review results, though -- I'd have liked a preference for games that I've thumbed-up, as I don't particularly care about thumb-down games.

Originally posted by Elucidator:

I find this kinda predatory and anti player.

Even on private mode, it by default says "Look how well you did compared to others this year"
as if 'well' even matters. Games are supposed to be about fun, not about competing who spends to most money on a platform.

Also yes I want to opt out of this type of data collecting

The FAQ says: "No, Steam Replay does not include any playtime played in offline mode or when disconnected from internet."

So that's how you can opt-out. Or only play between December 15th and December 31st, lol


Has anyone managed to share their Steam Replay to their Steam Friends Activity, using the Share link on the page? It keeps saying I'm not logged in to gtm.you1.cn. Guess I'll try again later

i like it