What are Steam "Sale Items"?

[Franciscop98]

Example: https://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/232090-Fleshpound%20Chest%20Rig

I have seen multiple items that have this "[Game] Sale Item" tag, and the descriptions rarely help figure out what they do. Do they serve any purpose?

[まりさ]

Those are costumes for Salien (sale event game)

[Franciscop98]

Originally posted by まりさ:

Those are costumes for Salien (sale event game)

I have no idea what you're talking about, but I'm intrigued. Is there anywhere where I can see a summary of what is this sale event game? It's only recently that I'm "in touch" with the Steam Community, Steam Market, Workshop, etc, so I've missed a bunch of stuff.

[Cenit]

El item de el enlace que compartiste es un traje para un personaje ficticio de un evento de steam que no esta activo.

[Black_Blade]

Originally posted by Franciscop98:

I have no idea what you're talking about, but I'm intrigued. Is there anywhere where I can see a summary of what is this sale event game? It's only recently that I'm "in touch" with the Steam Community, Steam Market, Workshop, etc, so I've missed a bunch of stuff.

If you go to my profile you will find this guide in the showcase:
https://i.imgur.com/pEWmA59.png

IT was an event from the summer sale of 2018 we got a little character and doing event stuff you got items to put on the character, in the end you keep him in a jar that can show in a showcase on the profile
Not sure if they ever return to fight a battle in any further event
More info here:
https://steamcommunity.com/saliengame/

Video from the time and some game play from the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpf6mGTDZ_A

[Blargo]

Originally posted by Franciscop98:

Originally posted by まりさ:

Those are costumes for Salien (sale event game)

I have no idea what you're talking about, but I'm intrigued. Is there anywhere where I can see a summary of what is this sale event game? It's only recently that I'm "in touch" with the Steam Community, Steam Market, Workshop, etc, so I've missed a bunch of stuff.

Steam does (or maybe used to do) special events for their summer sales.

The Saliens event was for the summer of 2 (or 3?) years ago. It was a little clicker minigame where you defended a base from alien attacks, and playing it regularly would unlock items related to the game.

The last major summer sale event was the Steam Grand Prix last year, where you had to pick a racing team and complete various tasks to bring them ahead in the race.

That event didn't go so well though, since the team that had the most members won every time, and there was also a bug(?) where users gained way more profile XP than ever before, making their profile levels skyrocket.

Since then, there haven't been any events of a similar scale. This summer introduced the points shop, and that was about it. Not sure if Valve will do any more of these types of events or not.

[Lokiator]

Originally posted by Dxpress:

That event didn't go so well though, since the team that had the most members won every time, and there was also a bug(?) where users gained way more profile XP than ever before, making their profile levels skyrocket.

It wasn't so much a bug as it was Steam priced badge levels at 1/10th of what they should have been (100 points) and had no level cap. Subsequent events and the Points Store now sell badges at 1000 points for 100 XP with a level cap.

[Dr. Death]

Thanks for the info, i just noticed these items now. Do they serve a purpose today or are they worthless?

[Adam]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.