The very first Steam user accounts are officially 20-years-old this week, and Valve is celebrating by handing out special digital badges to the oldest members of the community, featuring the storefront's original green aesthetic.

Some of Steam’s oldest user accounts are turning 20-years old this week, and Valve is celebrating the anniversary by handing out special digital badges featuring the original Steam colour scheme to the gaming veterans.

Steam first opened its figurative doors all the way back in September 2003, and has since grown into the largest digital PC gaming storefront in the world, which is actively used by tens of millions of players each day.

“In case anyone’s curious about the odd colours, that’s the colour scheme for the original Steam UI when it first launched,” commented Redditor Penndrachen, referring to the badge’s army green colour scheme, which prompted a mixed reaction from players who remembered the platform’s earliest days. “I joined in the first six months,” lamented Affectionate-Memory4. “I feel ancient rn.”

  • @[email protected]English
    9•1 year ago

    Incredibly, some of Steam’s early adopter accounts are still actively in use today, a full two decades after their creation.

    There are dozens of us!

    • @[email protected]English
      2•1 year ago

      I’ve got about 8 hours, but I also live on the opposite side of the earth +12 hours, so we’ll see if it’s bound to UTC time 😂

    • iesouEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      At least

      Edit: Mine turns 20 in 5 days

    • @[email protected]English
      1•1 year ago

      I finally managed to find my account age. 19 years and one month! Time flies.

      I had a long hiatus, but I still play FPS games regularly. And I can still join a random HL2 deathmatch and pwn :).