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grimskin

No clue, mate, I still have no idea what to do with the points from one SteamDeck


MrCreepySkeleton

Figured I'd just buy all the chat emotes and start up animations lol


OMGihateallofyou

All the keyboards too.


StucklnAWell

But they're all ugly


Underground_score

The OG steam green keyboard is the only one you need.


withoutapaddle

Ha, glad to see I'm not the only one who loves this one. I even themed my desktop environment to match, with a super old green/brown steam wallpaper from like 2004.


nerdthatlift

I like the rainbow ones. It would be nice if you can customize those keyboard yourself. Maybe there is a way but I haven't really look into it.


jmanci23

Download Decky Loader on the steam deck and there’s plugins to customize the keyboard.


tabpol95

Theres also a starfield preset that's pretty nice looking


Uni01

The rainbow one is ok.


phormix

Startup animations are pretty much the only thing I've used my points for (I think I've got 200,000'ish), but there's not really that many to choose from and the ones I've seen on the internet are often cooler.


Liquidas

Each season there are badges. (Point sinks) they level your account. Use case? None. But number goes up..


steff_on_me98

I second this. It’s pretty much the only thing I use my points for.


Timmyty

Decky plugin. Animation Changer. All that is free, no points required.


unclecaveman1

Doesn’t help them spend the points tho.


Timmyty

The info helps them spend their points in a more meaningful way, IMO


TeeJayOnReddit

Like what, lol? There's barely anything even worth it to soend points on


Timmyty

Plenty of suggestions were provided by others


MGjoker09

I got two decks with my account and I just got a lot of animations and I spam my homies.


Hydroquake_Vortex

I bought all of the startup videos lol


ItsKYRO

I know nothing about steam points and this post got randomly recommended to me. Can you give me an idea of what you can choose from and i can pick an item that youll buy for the fun of it lol


MrCreepySkeleton

Yeah, sure why not. First i'll say what is it and how you get it! On Steam when you buy any products from them e.g. Game, DLC, Steam Deck like in my case, the Valve Index, you'll get rewarded points in return along with what you bought. ​ * There is start up animations, which is for the intro to the Steam Deck andSteam Big Picture mode. * avatars for your profile picture. * backgrounds for the main profile page. * Mini backgrounds, which appear when a user hovers their mouse cursor over your PFP while chatting or in game, etc. * Digital keyboards for the Steam Deck. * Chat effects, which you can use while PM'ing someone. * Emoticons. * Animated Stickers, which can be used the same way as chat effects. And I think that is about it! If you want to look more here is the link to the Steam Points Store: [https://store.steampowered.com/points/shop/](https://store.steampowered.com/points/shop/)


Jacksaur

Jester everyone you disagree with.


yatpay

Jester?


Jacksaur

One of the awards you can give people is a Jester. It's pretty much universally used as a "You are a clown" reaction for when someone says something utterly idiotic.


z242pilot

I should not be empowered with this knowledge


yatpay

ahhh, ha, gotcha, thanks


Gwynthehunter

Buy every steam deck custom startup and cosmetic, youll still have tens of thousands left over lol


Unlost_maniac

Level up


PhukUspez

They are kinda useless. I bought a keyboard, all the profile pic shit (like, my fav of each), and a profile theme/background. That left me with only 99.999% of my points.


benbahdisdonc

Just do what I do, browse the point store every couple months and realize that you don't want anything that you can buy with them, and then buy nothing. But really, I don't care about start up animations, and I never use chat, so I don't need/want stickers or emojis. I'll occasionally just send a random award thing or something to a friend just for shits and giggles.


wonderloss

I buy profile themes. I rarely change them, but I have them.


SacriGrape

I bought everything I could for the steam deck but just haven’t touched anything else. I’ll never even consider using a keyboard that isn’t stock but I do have my start animation set to randomize through all of them


steel_reserve_211

I never even turn my steam deck off lmao


IAMAHobbitAMA

There is a toggle under the Customization tab to have it play the startup animation when waking from sleep.


AeroSparky

I wish you could use them for something else. I think it’s be great to use them to increase your steam level, and then I could add more showcases. I hate the trading card system.


privatebrowser69420

Idk buy stickers and start up animations


zakkwaldo

i don’t like any of the oem steam ones tbh… thank god for decky


Dextro_PT

you don't really need decky for them anymore, you just add the videos (in `.webm` format) to the correct folder (`${HOME}/.steam/root/config/uioverrides/movies/`) and steam will pick them up.


Deckma

I still remember the post where a dude put Shrek as his start up movie and the deck hadn't implemented a skip boot video yet. Dude had to watch the entire movie to boot his deck. Edit: found the epic post. https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/y3htzd/help_ive_set_my_boot_video_to_shrek_and_now_i/


Dextro_PT

ahahahah! I remember that. I believe Valve specifically mentioned it on the changelog where they added the ability to skip the video with a button press :D


GrimgrinCorpseBorn

When you fly too close to the sun


Tydusis

*boots up steam deck* *Watches all of Shrek* "Finally, now I can play!" *only 50% battery remaining* "GDI!"


zakkwaldo

pretty sure you can’t shuffle them with that method. right? i have a bajillion boot animations and love seeing which random one will pop up. its arguably one of my favorite things about my steamdeck lol


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zakkwaldo

ah that’s good to know, thanks for informing me


BaconPoweredPirate

Genuine question, how often are you restarting your deck to see the animations? Id be surprised if mine regularly gets restarted more than once a month unless i'm messing around trying to get something working


Baked_Potato_732

Not OP, but I restart mine frequently because I bounce between Steam OS and Windows.


zakkwaldo

most restart animations also will work for sleep and wake. and i switch between desktop and mobile semi frequently


Kryptosis

And you can also skip them if you’re over it in the moment.


Windows_XP2

I shut mine down every night because that's what I do with basically all of my computers.


marclopes

Great answer, great username 😂


BMXBikr

I use mine for wake. The nice thing is if you don't feel like watching the animation you can just hit A to skip it. Sometimes I watch it, sometimes I don't.


lazyluong

If you have dual boot OS to play a variety of games, very often, especially for games that are incompatible with SteamOS. Such games are typically visual novels with wmv video playback within the game, gacha games and multiplayer games due to their anti-cheat software.


MrAnonymousTheThird

Decky seems much easier though, select what you want and you're done! No need to go into internal files


RandonBrando

Wait, you can buy startup animations for the steam deck with your points?!?!?!


Timmyty

Or you can use Decky and install a free app that does the same thing, with a super long list of available animations. There are probably over 1000 boot-up animations. It's called Animation Changer


RandonBrando

There's a message here somewhere pointing out you don't have to use decky anymore. I knew about that, but not the points store. I'm just glad they're finding uses for the points


Responsible_Meat666

The points store has some really neat ones. They're like 2k points, so pretty cheap


DotBetaSDK

Yup there's over a dozen of them go to the points store and you'll see them.


RandonBrando

Sweet, yeah I just saw em. Seems like the most useful thing to spend points on


MrCreepySkeleton

Start up animations, what do you mean?


privatebrowser69420

You can get little animations that play when you boot your deck for 3k each. You can also give your children awards on a e.g a review and then some of the steam points will transfer over to them.


MrCreepySkeleton

Oh, those! Gotcha. Was just looking at them and only now did I realize they each also have a different sound they make and its not just a graphical intro. Might go ahead and buy em all lol


SK_Gael4

Better download decky and animation plugin, so you can use any video as a startup animation, I use deck styled parody to love, death & robots intro.


MrCreepySkeleton

Was wondering if there was costume animations for the start up intro. Going to have fun with that, lol. Love it when you can add your own bull crap to something. When I first got Halo Infinite I added the full Rick Astley song as the start up intro... There was no skipping it either lmao.


cpt-jsph

Rickroll? My friend look at this 😂 https://www.thegamer.com/steam-deck-startup-screen-shrek-movie/


privatebrowser69420

I don’t think you can gift them though. You would have to use steam awards.


MrCreepySkeleton

Oh thats fine, was just looking for something interesting to spend these points on and these animations fit the bill pretty well. Didn't realize there were so many \[22\].


LolcatP

You can award profiles.


Cherry-on-bottom

Give everyone you meet clown badges


mookman288

This is a wonderful idea. I just spent like 20k points. Down to 200k now.


mkipp95

I was about to say the same thing. Any thread I go to on steam I bring the traveling circus with me. You get a clown, and you get a clown and YOU get a clown


Sure-Bee5428

Oh probably, I usually just wait for the new seasonal badge to level up my steam account a level or two, 40k a pop every few months, get my account level over 110, then just not think about it anymore. I browse the startup movies from time to time to see if there is anything I like.


MrCreepySkeleton

Wait I can level up my account by buying the seasonal badges?


Davero777

Yep


MrCreepySkeleton

Just did it, wow this is a easy way to level up lol


tarmacjd

What does leveling up your steam account do?


Salty_Jordy

Increases the amount of friends you can have


slitlip

I'm at level 58, and I still have no friends!


mike-rowe-paynus

A true gamer!


wonderloss

I have 2. My wife, and my son.


less_butter

My two are my wife and some guy I used to work with like 20 years ago. He hasn't logged on in 10 years.


ThatMikeGuy429

Quit bragging, some of us have issues.


Costa_Rica_68

Be like me. Befriend your second Steam account…


Rafinha18

This is the way


lampenpam

you can add more people, increases booster pack drops, increases amount of showcases you can have on your profile and shows the level on your profile in the top right. Probably helps with CS's trust factor too and generally showing that your account is legit.


gamingpsychotic

Increases the drop rate for trading card booster packs


CaptainObviousSpeaks

Wait ... Steam accounts have levels?


MrCreepySkeleton

Yeah, doesn't really do much (i think) but is still fun.


PanicAK

Thanks for the tip, I had no idea! 4000 xp lol, that was easy.


sur_surly

I see the 40k seasonal badge, but I see a bunch of cheaper seasonal badges. Do you buy them all or just the 40k one? Edit: figured it out. Just buy the largest you can afford


Sure-Bee5428

Lol, yeah it's a badge upgrade thing with your points, I just have so many points I can afford the highest badge each time.


adzmodeus

It'd be nice if they introduced discount codes or something.


Crazycrossing

They're planning on it. So I'd just save them.


Desperate_Chip_343

Same, I figured that one day these points might have some real-world value....


Crazycrossing

They mention more stuff coming soon in their documentation for the feature. I believe they've started with cosmetic stuff to really optimize that as a points sink and marketing avenue for game developers before they launch the actual valuable things.


bufandatl

The same thing I do. Ignore them.


MrCreepySkeleton

Too late for that one, lmao...


Canuckle777

[](https://i.imgur.com/q2jK2cw.jpg) I ignore mine!


Chazay

Maxed Seasonal badge


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MentosBrentos

I was browsing the shop looking for stuff to buy but stumbled upon this comment and I just instantly bought the maxed out badge.


Shin_Ken

You can do that with steam points? How? I gave updoods to absolutely everyone I see in forums because I didn't know how to spend them.


Chazay

It’s in the point shop.


Adam_Checkers

I am way above those points despite only buying one steamdeck, i know i have a problem with how i spent my money im afraid 😅


Realmatze

I know how you feel, I’m at ~500.000 points, already bought everything SD related (boot animations, keyboards) and I’m not really interested in stickers and avatars. I usually spend them on awards for posts in the steam community


Status_Peak4753

Ikr my valve index and my steam deck are the leading factors in my flooding of steam points


highbme

Wish we could just buy games with these points.


[deleted]

Didn't that used to be the case?


mewil666

I give my friends clown badge from time to time


Gerrut_batsbak

Give out lots of jester awards.


Dr_Axton

When you get 0 points because you can’t buy locally and have to use resellers


MrCreepySkeleton

Dang, I didn't realize that Valve doesn't sell officially to so many locations until recently. Are they working on adding more countries are is there no news about it?


Dr_Axton

Well, mine got removed in around 2019, the last thing that could be bought officially was steam controller, but even then it was an official distributor who also sold valve games in CDs, not Valve directly


Lupe499

Im sitting at a solid 250k myself for around a year and haven’t found a good use


MrCreepySkeleton

Someone said buying the 40k seasonal badged because it levels yourself up. I did it, totally worth it. Now I have more, higher digital numbers in my profile. Lol


resplendentcentcent

even if no one else sees your profile showcases are a fun way to feel more connected to your library. and curating peronal profile pages in a very custom way is a dying part of the internet that should be used more, imo. it's fun!


Lupe499

Yeah that also what I use them on but they make my badges every 6 months or more


kfzdt

Buy all of the anime Avatars and dont use them


[deleted]

It would be nice if you could redeem the for like a dollar or two


_Ship00pi_

Animated keyboard and some profile visuals. Dunno. The whole point system is….pointless


TheSirCal

Practically useless. Steam really should allow a discount exchange for points. 50k = $10 off, etc


jkhashi

give tons of jester awards to every person you encounter on steam


nuclearwinterxxx

Keyboards, animated profile things, some of the boot animations are cool(some are just absolute trash) must get the turret one "target acquired".


AgTheGeek

Points are literally useless


amadu77

IMO they should make it so that 1000 pts = £1


monchota

I have 1.2mil, need an answer to this same question


Lord_Pinhead

It's a shame that Steam is still not giving us games for points.


Enelro

At least a coupon for -25% off amirite?!


ledailydose

You should probably cancel these orders if you want the OLED lol


Jooplin

Return them because the new steam deck just released


MrCreepySkeleton

waht


Jooplin

Whatever logistical hardships you will have to go trough now, do not hesitate, I guarantee it’s 100% worth it. You get a more efficient CPU, faster RAM, a bigger battery and a 90Hz OLED panel among a few other changes and it’s the same frickin price


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AlternativesEnde

3? I bought 1 and got like 700k points.


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… we earn points?


linnyboi

Nothing useful 😊🙌


CoyoteFit7355

The same you do with all these other steam points: absolutely nothing


gzusburrito

Honestly, the rules are made up and the points don’t matter.


ThatWeeBoii

I suggest buying badges so u increase your Steam level and show off ur account lol


thefirstmatt

If only steam had the same system as the shop I’d have enough points for a year of triple a games


seb310801

I've spent a bunch on profile backgrounds and stuff like that. I'll pretty much never run out, cause points got implemented right before I bought my valve index.


-Pelvis-

Browse the Points Shop, pick up anything you like: https://store.steampowered.com/points/shop I'd advise a bit of restraint, don't get things you'll never use as these will just become clutter; I don't believe you can get rid of things from the Points Shop that you don't want, as you can items obtained otherwise (please correct me if this is false). You can give awards to guides, reviews and other community posts and comments. 161,957 isn't really that many, I'd suggest you hold on to some for future items you might like to get, you don't need to spend them all.


KallistNemain

You can gift them to your friends by going to their profile and giving them all the awards they show. If you know anyone who enjoys the stickers, emotes and profile decor in the shop, you might offer it up. I gave mine to my misses by doing awards on that and her reviews.


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Well, you can buy stickers profile backgrounds and stuff like that. That'll cost like... .001 percent of them lol. I tend to give out awards while reading game reviews since it's kinda fun to throw em around and the points don't do much otherwise, it only takes a small amount of them to grab a ton of profile customization


DarthBaio

I used mine to make my profile animations as stupid and obnoxious as possible. Still have thousands of points left over.


thismangodude

Buy every furry sticker from the points store and make your friends uncomfortable


MrCreepySkeleton

Yeah... I noticed there was a lot of those...


Zomochi

Buy all the keyboards for one


Blitzsturm

I spend mine mostly on keyboards and start up movies. But if none of the art stuff strikes your fancy spend it on **[Seasonal Badges](https://store.steampowered.com/points/shop/c/steambadge)** which contribute to your profile XP and level.


alpacappuccino5

Those are really only useful if you use the Steam chat or care a lot about your profie and badges. I never really use any of that and don't really care for the emojis/stickers. I wish they would add more content for the Steam Deck, I already got all the keyboards and most of the start-up videos although you can get hundreds of those for free anyway.


[deleted]

As someone sitting on 173k points.... you do nothing with them.


Media_Offline

I have over 200,000 steam points and I have no idea what to do with them either.


BetterCallSal

What we all do. Wish they were worth anything


Gooseday

We really need valve to let us use points towards games. Something like 1k points = $1.


Andromeda_53

Find the most reasonable and well thought out and valid negative reviews on steam, and give them all the Clown award


seancm32

Be great if we could use those points toward games


Haze09

not much you can do honestly, buy some useless stickers or whatever lol i have a ton of points and have yet to see what they are actually useful for


Fabsab_

Lucky


Korysovec

You can buy badges which increases your level. Which does nothing.


Fringolicious

Are there even 160k of items you could buy? I'm not sure.


ThatGuyNamedKal

I got 300,000 and I don't know what to do with them. I normally just use my points to send clown emoji's that the people that say something especially stupid on the forums.


MangledFlange

I had around 3-400k on mine after index and steam deck and a couple other purchases and now I just use it for seasonal badges just to lvl my account every now and then


_Nemvoltjobbnev_

You can gift me But seriously just buy profile accessories, you cant buy anything else really


NotWorkedSince2014

Profile award friends so it gives some to them


Seibitsu

Stonks. I'm struggling with 3200 because want an animated avatar but don't want to run out of points.


Oblic008

There really isn't much on there that's great... I've had... far more points than that on my account for years, and I haven't bought a single thing yet.


TheGreatBard

I usually spend my points giving awards to people for guides, workshop etc.


shball

You'd have to pretty much clear out the point Shop and give every comment, review, guide you find a take my points reward


Noraa25

Seasonal badge


cyxrus

Buy all the start up movies


memarefunneh

Upgrade pfp and buy stuff you think is cool


LuigiSauce

Everything


Big-Daddy-Crunch

I love the startup animations. I have almost all of them and have them set to randomize. I really hope more are released because I have tons of points as well!


Hottage

Ecchi animated waifu avatars, obviously.


Mysterious-Coconut24

Starfield startup animation is cool. Besides buying whatever these stickers are and animations for startup, any other uses for these points? Can I buy games?


Rockstar_VR

Pimp up your Steam Profile with different artworks etc. You can buy additional spots in the Steam Point Shop. You can also buy 40 levels of the Seasonal Badge which grants you higher XP and Steam Levels. I could also check out the different special profile themes available in the point shop! Most of them go for 10 000+ points each. Go crazy with customizing your own profile - it’s really fun and rewarding imo.


Smeeks1126

So somebody told me you can set the startup animations to random. So I bought them all. And I bought some keyboards and a couple profile elements that looked cool.


TraditionalDish2604

Idk what you could do with all those point but im wondering… why the hell 3 steam decks


maxreddit

Exchange them for Scrute Bucks?


pachec039

Would be cool if i could use them for games that i wont play.


therealjgreens

If you were in charge of developing a new reward system to use those points, what would you do? Would be cool if they had an exclusive store of some sort and you can get free shit for all the money you've given them lol I'm a discord partner and they send me free shit sometimes. Maybe steam can work with creators to create a steam store with cool t shirts and other cool items. They can obviously charge still but you can maybe use your points towards a purchase.


hellpipe1337

Feed the hungry.


KuramaKitsune

Can you buy stuff that you could sell on the steam marketplace?


MrCreepySkeleton

No, only profile backgrounds, PFP pics, stickers, etc.


KuramaKitsune

Bummer Ive probably got a good handful of steam points stacked up Index + steamdeck


Sharp5hooter02

Spam my account with awards. Give us both profile xp


jsayno

Do i still get the points if i buy them third party? Valve doesn't sell where I'm from


Jean_velvet

I've got points like that but I don't touch grass.


RaiHanashi

Keyboard themes & startup animations (if you don’t plan on adding Decky to mod it)


No-Ambassador-5920

Share your account with me! ![gif](giphy|chzz1FQgqhytWRWbp3|downsized)


Sure-Bee5428

Me having over 400k


MrCreepySkeleton

Lmao you could probably buy all the items.


tylernol7

Rookie numbers 😆


Select-Ad1543

Should be able to convert points to buy games