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Blanchflower Jul 22, 2017 @ 5:49am
Steam achievement limit
OK< recently, Valve put a limit of 5,000 achievements for each game. I hope you guys are aware of it. The question is, does this apply to earlier games or only apply to games being released after Valve's limit?

Thanks.
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Gauvain Jul 22, 2017 @ 5:50am 
5000 is still way too many!
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Blanchflower Jul 22, 2017 @ 5:52am 
Originally posted by Gauvain:
5000 is still way too many!

That is not the response I was looking for.
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Raiden Jul 22, 2017 @ 5:56am 
Ask Valve themselves instead of us lowly community plebs.
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Gauvain Jul 22, 2017 @ 5:59am 
Originally posted by Blanchflower:
Originally posted by Gauvain:
5000 is still way too many!

That is not the response I was looking for.


I don't care...
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Start_Running Jul 22, 2017 @ 6:08am 
Well The question is. How manay games even have 1L chievos?
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LowJack_VA1 Jul 22, 2017 @ 7:24am 
This is just a guess on my part, but I would say it only applies to games being released going forward. If Valve made developers go back and retrofit their already released games to meet this new rule there'd be some very unhappy developers. Again, this is just a guess on my part.
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Sazzouu Jul 22, 2017 @ 7:27am 
Well just look for games with more than 5000 Achievements and check if they are capped or not
For example this game http://store.steampowered.com/app/628490/Zen_vs_Zombie_Achievment_Hunter/
It has over 10K achievements and they are all displayed
Would be interesting to know where you found this 5K achievement limit

EDIT:
OK I just found it by myslef xD
Last edited by Sazzouu; Jul 22, 2017 @ 7:28am
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Blanchflower Jul 22, 2017 @ 7:28am 
Originally posted by LowJack_VA1:
This is just a guess on my part, but I would say it only applies to games being released going forward. If Valve made developers go back and retrofit their already released games to meet this new rule there'd be some very unhappy developers. Again, this is just a guess on my part.

Thanks. That is the answer I was hoping for.
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wuddih Jul 22, 2017 @ 7:29am 
only for new games of course.
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Blanchflower Jul 22, 2017 @ 7:30am 
Originally posted by B34tZ:
Well just look for games with more than 5000 Achievements and check if they are capped or not
For example this game http://store.steampowered.com/app/628490/Zen_vs_Zombie_Achievment_Hunter/
It has over 10K achievements and they are all displayed
Would be interesting to know where you found this 5K achievement limit

EDIT:
OK I just found it by myslef xD

The 5k achievement limit was added by Steam 1 or 2 days ago. This game in question was released in 20 June 2017, before the limit policy took place. Hope this information helps.
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Sazzouu Jul 22, 2017 @ 7:31am 
Originally posted by Blanchflower:
Originally posted by B34tZ:
Well just look for games with more than 5000 Achievements and check if they are capped or not
For example this game http://store.steampowered.com/app/628490/Zen_vs_Zombie_Achievment_Hunter/
It has over 10K achievements and they are all displayed
Would be interesting to know where you found this 5K achievement limit

EDIT:
OK I just found it by myslef xD

The 5k achievement limit was added by Steam 1 or 2 days ago. This game in question was released in 20 June 2017, before the limit policy took place. Hope this information helps.

Then I guess this is your answer
No this limit policy doesn't apply to games that have been released before the policy, only to those afterwards
Last edited by Sazzouu; Jul 22, 2017 @ 7:31am
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LowJack_VA1 Jul 22, 2017 @ 8:20am 
Originally posted by Blanchflower:
Originally posted by LowJack_VA1:
This is just a guess on my part, but I would say it only applies to games being released going forward. If Valve made developers go back and retrofit their already released games to meet this new rule there'd be some very unhappy developers. Again, this is just a guess on my part.

Thanks. That is the answer I was hoping for.
You're welcome, have a great weekend!!
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BossGalaga Jul 22, 2017 @ 9:14am 
Originally posted by Blanchflower:
The 5k achievement limit was added by Steam 1 or 2 days ago. This game in question was released in 20 June 2017, before the limit policy took place. Hope this information helps.

It depends on if that game implemented its achievements already or not. You shouldn't buy a game based on achievements or silly crap like developers promising to put custom user images in their achievements.

At any rate, the answer should be pretty obvious. If you own the game then just look at the achievements for it.
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Ogami Jul 22, 2017 @ 9:48am 
A typical Valve "no real solution" fix.
5000 is still way too much and will lead to more super shovelware crap that only gets bought because it has thousands of achievements.
Take a zero away and then it would make more sense as a restriction.
But this a typical Valve "fix".
Last edited by Ogami; Jul 22, 2017 @ 9:48am
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Beigemidnight Jun 18, 2018 @ 4:21am 
and now it'll be limited to 1000...
why valve keep fighting against profile design (badges and achievement symbols) when we need fight against hacked achievements and fake % leaderboard of achievers
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