Valve just added a brand new feature to Steam that every user already loves, and honestly, I’m not sure how I ever lived without it before now.
I’m sure I don’t need to sing Steam’s praises to you. We all know it’s the best place to buy games on PC, and likely will be for the foreseeable future (as long as Valve and Gabe Newell remain as its owners, at least).
Still, they keep making it better and better every month, and today’s addition is a big one; the newly implemented Personal Calendar feature.
As detailed on the Steam Community Blog, the Personal Calendar does exactly what it says on the tin: it’s a curated list of upcoming and newly released titles, based on your library.
The reaction to the new feature has been unanimously positive, especially based on the comments from folks over on the r/Games subreddit.
“Oh I actually love this, there’s been basically no good visibility for releases that isn’t just the front page popular tabs or the new releases page which is permanently flooded with mtx packs for unrelated games, so this was much needed”, commented user HerbaciousTea.
“I love this since I use releases.com for practically this very reason. It prioritizes wishlist usage, but it also features a healthy mix of neat games too”, replied user TheVectronic.
“Raising the limit to 500 makes it hard to read, but it’s a welcomed feature that I hope has proper support.”
I will say, I’ve had a little perusal through my own Personal Calendar on Steam, and it honestly seems to have me figured out already.
It’s recommending I play Absolum and Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles next, two games that aren’t even on my wishlist, yet are literally next up in my backlog, and it also somehow knows that I’m extremely excited to play Skate Story in December (because it’s recommended it to me twice).
It’s not perfect, however. It’s also suggesting that I try out both Hades II and BALL x PIT, even though I own both on Steam and have invested roughly 50 hours into both already.
Still, the feature is new, so I’m sure Valve will iron out the bugs down the line. That being said, they didn’t exactly need to give me another reason to come back to Steam. You know you’ve got an iron grip on my wallet, Valve.
