# Sometimes browsing my Steam library is like putting on an old coat and finding $20 in the pocket **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 24, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-browsing-my-steam-library-is-like-putting-on-an-old-coat-and-finding-20-in-the-pocket/656612 "2013-04-24T18:04:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-browsing-my-steam-library-is-like-putting-on-an-old-coat-and-finding-20-in-the-pocket/656612/1 "2013-04-24T18:04:42Z")
I was bored yesterday, and was taking a look at the games in my Steam library, to see if I felt like playing anything, when I noticed something surprising. I own a digital copy of _Space Marine._ I don’t recall ever buying a copy of it. I tried the demo right before it came out, and wasn’t all that impressed. Very pretty, but the gameplay wasn’t all that. So, I deleted the demo, and kind of forgot about it. Apparently, however, at some point between then and now, I bought something else, and _Space Marine_ came with it. Maybe a bundle, maybe a bonus game for buying something else. No clue where it came from, or how long I’ve owned it. But there it was, so I installed it and gave it a whirl. Still not a great game, but worth considerably more than I paid for it. Which was nothing. Not a bad deal! ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-browsing-my-steam-library-is-like-putting-on-an-old-coat-and-finding-20-in-the-pocket/656612/2 "2013-04-24T18:40:52Z")
For me it’s usually the opposite. I’ll see a game I was interested in but didn’t think I’d ever gotten. So I’ll fire it up only to remember quickly that I had tried it, and it had sucked ball. So I get to relive the disappointment. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-browsing-my-steam-library-is-like-putting-on-an-old-coat-and-finding-20-in-the-pocket/656612/3 "2013-04-24T19:17:43Z")
So, more like putting on an old coat, and finding an unpaid parking ticket in the pocket? ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-browsing-my-steam-library-is-like-putting-on-an-old-coat-and-finding-20-in-the-pocket/656612/4 "2013-04-24T20:10:04Z")
I don’t really use Steam due to some of the ‘packaging’ for a lot of their games that require/rely heavily on having an online connection, but I do have a “hey, free money I forgot about!” reaction all the time with my Good Old Games account. I tend to pick up titles I might be interested when they go on sale, and stumble across them later after I’d forgotten about 'em. ---
**Author:** ![XanderCrews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ee59a6/32.png) [@XanderCrews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XanderCrews)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-browsing-my-steam-library-is-like-putting-on-an-old-coat-and-finding-20-in-the-pocket/656612/5 "2013-04-26T01:43:34Z")
I have onemore than one occasion tried to buy a game I already own. Oops!