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Steeleybaws 2 Mar, 2021 @ 4:11pm

Steam deleting achievements?

I've noticed that since yesterday my achievement numbers have dropped by over 30,000, with a drop of 8 perfect games. Some of my friends have lost 150k+ achievements here.
Wondering if this is a bug, if anyone else has experienced it, or something intentional from steam to remove achievements from profiles...

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Satoru 2 Mar, 2021 @ 4:17pm

might be from games that were removed

Zulgarr 2 Mar, 2021 @ 4:18pm

I lost about 15 perfect games.... from what I can tell it seems that games removed from the steam store no longer count.

I say this because the only game I can tell for sure is Cubicorner that is no longer on my perfect games list, and I know it is a game that has been removed from the store for some time.

I haven't verified any others, but as this is a game I got to 100% recently, it was easy to notice.

VaLiuM 2 Mar, 2021 @ 4:21pm

If 8 games make for over 30000 achievements, they were probably trash games anyway.

Me thinks.

Steeleybaws 2 Mar, 2021 @ 4:24pm

Originally posted by VaLiuM:
If 8 games make for over 30000 achievements, they were probably trash games anyway.

Me thinks.

The 8 games were just the perfect ones, didn't even make up a quarter of that, its a whole ton of games that the achievements aren't being counted for

VaLiuM 2 Mar, 2021 @ 4:28pm

Originally posted by Steeleybaws:
The 8 games were just the perfect ones, didn't even make up a quarter of that, its a whole ton of games that the achievements aren't being counted for

Oh ok, then i misinterpreted your numbers there.

In any case, it's probably due to them games being removed from Steam entirely, as mentioned.

Maybe you can find some of them over here: https://steam.madjoki.com/apps/banned

lylat 2 Mar, 2021 @ 4:29pm

Removed games won't count towards your stats anymore (lost 600+ perfect games and 850k achievements). This also affects legit removed games, not just trash.

Last edited by lylat; 2 Mar, 2021 @ 4:30pm

VaLiuM 2 Mar, 2021 @ 4:38pm

Originally posted by lylat:
not just trash.

I was using that term because that is the usual reason why games get removed from Steam, trash games from trash developers, that wasn't meant as the only reason why games get removed, just the most common one.

Satoru 2 Mar, 2021 @ 4:43pm

I'm not really feeling that sorry for what I call the 'pay2win lazy achievement hunters' looking for only sheer numbers of achievements and then wondering why the games they pretty much knew were literally 100% scams purely for that purpose, are getting removed

Last edited by Satoru; 2 Mar, 2021 @ 4:44pm

ezwip 2 Mar, 2021 @ 4:55pm

As if achievements were not pointless enough already, now they are just retired.

Skay 2 Mar, 2021 @ 5:08pm

It's not even consistent with the 'removed games' thing

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slim joody!! 2 Mar, 2021 @ 5:18pm

dk
have a great day

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Jaunitta 🌸 2 Mar, 2021 @ 5:36pm

Could be shovelware Steam cleans out. when games go so does the achievements.
This was back in 2019
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/discussions/forum/0/1744511953043009581/

https://steam.madjoki.com/apps/banned

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anrkyuk 2 Mar, 2021 @ 5:38pm

Steam has become the Ali Express of Digital PC game stores.

The policy of allowing anything to be published and taking the money to publish and a cut of sales, then vetting the product at a later date is nothing short of a sham.

I understand that games get pulled from time to time, even by devs/publishers due to licencing, that said there is no reason to void achievements.

I understand that backing an early access title can be a risk, but buying a full release shouldn't come with a risk of being pulled by Steam, the games should be vetted properly to start with.

Steam clearly wants all the cake and isn't interested in doing the dishes afterwards

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