People who bought Pyre, have you noticed your "game collector" badge and showcase have not updated?
So the "game collector" badge updates its XP and date unlocked whenever you add a game to your account (either through Steam Store purchase or game key activation). I bought Pyre on 24th July and noticed that my badge hadn't updated. It didn't increase XP or change the unlock date, saying it was still 18th July (when I had added Snake Pass to my account). Also, the number of games my Steam profile page and Game Collector showcase say I own did not increase.
I looked around at other people who own Pyre, and noticed as well that their game collector badges had an unlock date from a little while back. Interestingly though, I don't think this is a case that the badge has completely stopped working, as I've seen other profiles where the badge's unlock date is updated to after the date Pyre was released. So it seems to be something specifically linked to this game!
If you own Pyre, have you noticed this oddity as well? Have you added games to your account since then and seen things update? I'm curious to hear other people's reports about this strange bug.
(I did contact Steam Support, and their response was that unfortunately they don't have a fix for this now, but they take into account info from all sources when addressing things in future Steam updates.)
EDIT: In case anyone finds this topic in the future, I found out the cause and solution to this little oddity!
The game collector badge (nor profile page) does not update when a game is purchased before its release date (i.e. pre-ordered). However, when another game (that has been officially released) is then added to the account, the game collector badge updates properly, and takes into account the pre-ordered games it didn't previously count. I found this out just now by purchasing Tacoma and my badge/profile has updated the number of games it says I own by two.
Evidently this badge is working as intended and is not bugged, it just behaves a little strangely.
Posted Jul 31, 2017, 2:49 PM UTC · edited