Show more release dates for steam games

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cate 28 Sep @ 7:32pm

Afaik the release date tells when the full game released. I wish if we hovered over the date, it would also tell us when the store item first appeared public on steam, when it had restricted access, when it was available to buy, and when it was released (if applicable)

Like for slime rancher steam and steamdb says it released 2017 but youtube videos go back to 2016, so I don't know what's going on there, which is annoying. It distorts the truth, and does not give customers adequate information about what they're buying.

And edit thanks to their wiki, it seems to have released in early access on steam in 2015

Last edited by cate; 28 Sep @ 10:28pm

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cSg|mc-Hotsauce 28 Sep @ 7:46pm

Originally posted by cate:
Show more release dates for steam games

Afaik the release date tells when the full game released. I wish if we hovered over the date, it would also tell us when the store item first appeared public on steam, when it had restricted access, when it was available to buy, and when it was released (if applicable)

Like for slime rancher steam and steamdb says it released 2018 but youtube videos go back to 2016, so I don't know what's going on there, which is annoying. It distorts the truth, and does not give customers adequate information about what they're buying.

Slime Rancher was released on Aug 1, 2017.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/433340/Slime_Rancher/

cate 28 Sep @ 10:26pm

thankfully on their wiki they explain that their earliest presumably available to play early access was december 17 2015, and the 1.0 was august 1 2017
https://slimerancher.fandom.com/wiki/Game_Versions
but this is what I mean, it is useful and interesting to look at the different milestones/dates for steam games/items (dlc etc), and not every game has a wiki page explaining their version history
edit ah my bad writing 2018 instead of 2017 mustve been a typo

Last edited by cate; 28 Sep @ 10:27pm

Nev Nev 28 Sep @ 11:54pm

Yes, it would be good. For many olde games I see, they can show a release date of 2025, but it was really released in 1996. I'm talking about originals, not remasters or a different HD version.

I think it's good just for historical records and accuracies. There's already too much misinformation out there.

Sometimes they do the same with other information, i.e. developers. They'll list a developer that didn't create the game.

cSg|mc-Hotsauce 29 Sep @ 12:10am

Originally posted by cate:
thankfully on their wiki they explain that their earliest presumably available to play early access was december 17 2015, and the 1.0 was august 1 2017
https://slimerancher.fandom.com/wiki/Game_Versions
but this is what I mean, it is useful and interesting to look at the different milestones/dates for steam games/items (dlc etc), and not every game has a wiki page explaining their version history
edit ah my bad writing 2018 instead of 2017 mustve been a typo

It's odd the EA date is on Slime Rancher 2 but not 1.

Originally posted by Nev Nev:
Yes, it would be good. For many olde games I see, they can show a release date of 2025, but it was really released in 1996. I'm talking about originals, not remasters or a different HD version.

I think it's good just for historical records and accuracies. There's already too much misinformation out there.

Sometimes they do the same with other information, i.e. developers. They'll list a developer that didn't create the game.

Like Quake in 1996, long before Steam existed?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2310/Quake/