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How to Use/Where to Find Steam's Mini-Profile Backgrounds
By Retroburn
A guide on how to use the mini-profile animated backgrounds that Valve just released during 2020’s Steam Summer Sale.

This guide is more extensive than the first how-to video I made about the topic; it has an in-depth section about how to calculate the real-world cash you need to spend to accrue enough Steam points with which to buy a Steam mini-profile background.
   
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Category: Crafting, Walkthroughs
Languages: English
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31 Dec, 2020 @ 2:00am
1 Jan, 2021 @ 5:01am
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The video guide

Timestamps:

0:00 1 Caveat regarding the video's length
0:11 2 Intro
1:04 3 Mini-profile background price
1:17 4 Where to find your Steam points balance
1:49 5 How to calculate how much to spend to get X number of Steam points
1:57 5a Where to find the conversion rate
2:36 6 Calculation proper
3:28 6b Summary of the calculation process
4:08 6c Summary distilled further
4:29 6d An example (in USD) of the process
4:56 7 Applying the process to my account
7:01 8 Buying a Steam animated mini-profile background
7:08 8a How a Steam mini-profile background looks on your profile
7:34 8b Where to buy a Steam animated mini-profile background
7:52 9 How to use a Steam animated mini-profile background
8:14 10 Outro
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Retroburn  [author] 24 Mar @ 4:21pm 
@Suggests: I haven't tried so I can't comment about that option. Sorry. 0_0
suggests 16 Mar @ 6:17am 
is it possible to get a cheap mini-profile from a seller on the steam community market?
Retroburn  [author] 15 Dec, 2024 @ 12:53am 
Hmm I'm off by 3 seconds? I'll check back later. (The dayjob is crazy these days.)
SheepCommander_ 15 Dec, 2024 @ 12:32am 
7:11 ~ 7:12 shows what a mini-profile looks like
:steamsalty:
Retroburn  [author] 1 Jan, 2021 @ 5:00am 
Timestamps:

0:00 1 Caveat regarding the video's length
0:11 2 Intro
1:04 3 Mini-profile background price
1:17 4 Where to find your Steam points balance
1:49 5 How to calculate how much to spend to get X number of Steam points
1:57 5a Where to find the conversion rate
2:36 6 Calculation proper
3:28 6b Summary of the calculation process
4:08 6c Summary distilled further
4:29 6d An example (in USD) of the process
4:56 7 Applying the process to my account
7:01 8 Buying a Steam animated mini-profile background
7:08 8a How a Steam mini-profile background looks on your profile
7:34 8b Where to buy a Steam animated mini-profile background
7:52 9 How to use a Steam animated mini-profile background
8:14 10 Outro