A level 40 Summer Sale badge costs more than a Steam Deck
We love a good badge, knowing how much it costs just makes us want it more.
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Steam is well known for its badges, as they remain the only real way of leveling up your Steam account. Not only that but they’re used to demonstrate a level of proficiency in certain games. Or used to show a level of participation in certain sales. but what if we told you a level 40 Summer Sale badge costs more than a Steam Deck?
We know badges are important to a lot of people, us included, but are we about to drop a Steam Decks on the Summer Sale 2023 badge? Probably, mind your business.
How much does a level 40 Steam Summer Sale badge cost?
The thing is, with the Steam Sale badges, you don’t have to craft them like regular badges, you buy them with Steam Points. You earn a set amount of Steam Points for spending money on Steam.
The Level 40 Steam Summer Sale badge costs 40,000 Steam Points. As you will later see, 40,000 Points equates to a lot of spending.
That is a lot of points, you have to be very dedicated to the Steam Summer Sale to spend this amount of Steam Points on a seasonal badge, so kudos to you if you do.
How many Steam points do you get when you spend money on Steam?
In pounds, you get 100 Steam Points per £1 you spend on Steam, this varies in different currencies but it works out around the same. You probably already see where this is going.
That means that to get the 40,000 points required for the level 40 Steam Summer Sale badge, you’d need to spend a whopping £400.
That’s more than a Steam Deck right now! As part of the Steam Summer Sale, the base model of the Steam Deck is 10% off right now. This discount brings the cost down to £314. You can even pick up the second-best Steam deck for just shy of £400 (£390).
Of course, the Steam Points are an extra benefit to purchasing on Steam, it’s not like you buy Steam Points directly and that’s all you get. You do get to enjoy the games you bought to receive the points.
Are there other ways to earn Steam Points besides buying on Steam?
Yes, there are. The best way we have found is to try and leave a funny, insightful, or helpful comment as a review on your favorite games to earn points when the community reacts to your post. It’s easier to get attention on smaller games with fewer total reviews.
It’s easy to forget the value of something when it slowly accumulates over time in the dark corners of your Steam Account. Just know that when you drop 40K Steam Points on that max-level Summer Sale badge, that’s the value of a Steam Deck.
