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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 45 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I haven't seen an interactive event on Steam for, like, a decade. Unless they're counting sales as interactive events. πŸ€”

They used to have, like, gamified events where you're earning things (like maybe trading cards or badges or other Steam profile items) by playing a small little browser game inside the store page. Those were always fun.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Next Fests might count. They kind of fill the role that something like PAX does, encouraging you to try out demos.

[–] Contemporarium@lemm.ee 3 points 19 hours ago

Yeah I’d say that counts. It definitely feels like a community event to me and doesn’t cost money to participate

[–] warm@kbin.earth 9 points 1 day ago

They kinda died along side the flash deals. I miss the crazy sales, but I understand why they removed them.

[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

one example of a steam interactive event was when valve was actively giving viewers who were watching the game awards through steam a raffle to get a free steam deck

[–] warm@kbin.earth 5 points 1 day ago

No, that's just a raffle. They had mini games during the sales.