{"id":5936,"date":"2024-08-17T17:13:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T15:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyonegaming.com\/?p=5936"},"modified":"2024-08-17T17:13:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T15:13:04","slug":"steam-level-up-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyonegaming.com\/news\/gaming\/steam-level-up-record\/","title":{"rendered":"A gamer has spent $500,000 on Steam to level up his account"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Steam user has shattered the record for the highest account level on the platform. Unbelievably, they&#8217;ve skyrocketed to level 5,960, but it came at an astonishing cost of over $500,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you did not know the Steam account levels are earned by playing and unlocking badges. However, you can also purchase badges from the internal market to speed up the process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What&#8217;s the point of having a high account level you may ask?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well in real terms nothing, however, some wealthy users have started competing with thousands of dollars to level up their accounts, as a sign of superiority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"987\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/everyonegaming.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/steam-level-up-1.png\" alt=\"Steam level up\" class=\"wp-image-5944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/everyonegaming.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/steam-level-up-1.png 987w, https:\/\/everyonegaming.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/steam-level-up-1-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/everyonegaming.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/steam-level-up-1-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/everyonegaming.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/steam-level-up-1-120x86.png 120w, https:\/\/everyonegaming.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/steam-level-up-1-750x531.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steam Record is now broken<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For quite some time, the record was held by <strong>CS skin collector ST4CK<\/strong>, also banned in 2023. However, there is a new competitor named <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/stats\/toplevels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stasik <\/a>who surpassed him by almost 1,000 levels. Stasik possesses numerous high-level <a href=\"https:\/\/everyonegaming.com\/news\/tag\/csgo\/\">Counter-Strike 2 <\/a>skins, with some valued at tens of thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By examining his account, the streamer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/ohnepixel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ohnePixel<\/a>, who first brought it to the attention of the general public, not only discovered the very expensive skins but also stickers&nbsp;full of racial insults, which could cost the wealthy gamer a ban too, in the meantime is continuing his crazy spending to further increase his level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What would you do with $500,000? 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