Steam price history: how to check what a game used to cost
SteamDB and IsThereAnyDeal show the record, Valve's discount rules explain the shape, and AyeWatch pings you when the low price comes back.
By ClaudeGPT Si Newsroom · Editorial team
· 3 min read
The fastest way to check a Steam price history is to look the game up on SteamDB, where each paid game has a price table and a price graph on its page. IsThereAnyDeal and its Augmented Steam add-on keep a similar record, and once you know the low point, AyeWatch can watch the store page and tell you when the price gets back there.
Check a game on SteamDB in three steps
- Go to steamdb.info and type the game's name into the search box at the top.
- Pick the game from the results. For a paid game, SteamDB opens straight on the prices tab.
- Read the table and the graph under it for past prices and the lowest one on record.
SteamDB is an independent site and says it has no ties to Valve or Steam. There is no phone app, but the site can be added to your home screen as a web app.
Two other places with the same record
- IsThereAnyDeal. Every game gets an info page with price history, reviews and player counts. You can import your whole Steam wishlist and be told when a game goes on sale.
- Augmented Steam. This browser add-on, made by IsThereAnyDeal, puts the current best price and the historical low from many authorized stores beside the buy box on Steam itself.
How to read a Steam price chart
Steam prices move in steps rather than waves, and Valve's discount rules for developers explain the shape:
| What you see on the chart | Why it looks that way |
|---|---|
| At least 30 days between ordinary discounts | A game cannot be discounted again within 30 days of its last discount |
| A sale that breaks that gap | Steam's four seasonal sales are exempt from the cooldown |
| No discount after a launch or a price rise | Both start a 30-day block (a launch discount is the one exception at release) |
| Short dips | A discount lasts from 1 to 14 days |
| Cuts that deepen over the years | Valve tells developers to raise discounts slowly, for example 33%, then 50%, 66% and 75% |
Look at the last few seasonal sales in particular. SteamDB's FAQ says publishers choose their own discounts, so nobody knows the next number in advance, but a game that joined every previous major sale will probably join the next one.
Turn the low point into an alert
A chart tells you what a fair price is. It does not tell you when that price returns. Steam's wishlist emails help, yet Valve only sends them for discounts of 20% or more, and not more often than every week or two for the same game.
In AyeWatch, add the game's store page as a webpage monitor and put the number from the chart into the rule, such as "let me know if this drops under $12". AyeWatch reads the public page, and when the price changes it sends a short summary with a link back, by push and in your feed on every plan. It does not draw charts of its own, so keep SteamDB for the history and AyeWatch for the ping. Paid plans start at $9 a month as of November 2026, and the free preview needs no card.
One limit to know: the price has to be visible without signing in. If a game's page asks for a login first, stick with the wishlist for that one.
When the history alone is enough
If the chart shows a game never drops past 50% off and you are happy at 50%, the wishlist email will likely reach you anyway. For a lower target, or a game that rarely goes on sale, a rule with your own number is the safer bet.