It's not possible

No

Ironically you get Steam Points for purchasing games..

Steam Points are only for the points shop and for giving awards on user generated content (UGC), buying games is not part of it and i also doubt, game developers would support such a thing.

Oprindeligt skrevet af 𝓁 λ 𝓂 𝒷 𝒹 𝒶🎄:

Ironically you get Steam Points for purchasing games..

Its not unheard of to get some sort of "credit" to buy a product with via buying a lot more of said or similar product(s) with actual money. Emphasis on "a lot more", however; in all cases I'm aware of, the ratio is always very far away from 1:1.

That said, indeed Valve has opted not to do this with Steam right now.

Oprindeligt skrevet af wabuckeye:

Is it possible to use my Steam points to buy games and, if so, please explain how to do this. Thanks

lol, that would have been nice. but alas all you can do is buy le funny avatar frames and emojis and wallpapers.

Steam points have always been worthless. Steam go out of their way to make sure you understand they are worth nothing. It is an engagement mechanic and if you deluded yourself into thinking otherwise... That's both on you and their non disclosed intended goal!

You can't buy games with Steam Points.

Learn more about Steam Points here:

https://store.steampowered.com/points/howitworks

Oprindeligt skrevet af wabuckeye:

How to use Steam points to buy games

Easy answer. You don't.

Visit the POINTS SHOP

https://store.steampowered.com/points/shop/

Imagine what these forums would be like if you could buy games with points.. its a mess already with bot points farmers..

Terrible idea they were.

Lol, I remember thinking I could do this like how they had the points for xbox 360 the first time I started using and buying my games on steam. As everyone says though you can only purchase cosmetic stuff for your steam profile or level up your account buy putting points into the seasonal badges.

Oprindeligt skrevet af VaLiuM:

Steam Points are only for the points shop and for giving awards on user generated content (UGC), buying games is not part of it and i also doubt, game developers would support such a thing.

How/where do you buy user generated content (UGC)? Is it for every game and do you keep them permanently?

UGC are guides, reviews, screenshots, artworks, Workshop items etc.

Oprindeligt skrevet af 𝓁 λ 𝓂 𝒷 𝒹 𝒶🎄:

Ironically you get Steam Points for purchasing games..

You do not to make a purchase to get Steam points.

https://store.steampowered.com/points/howitworks

You can also get Steam Points if someone from the community grants an award to one of your user reviews or other uploaded content such as screenshots, videos, guides, or Workshop items.