My value went up and then down seemingly randomly

You get $30 credit maximum for bundle games. Read the FAQ.

thats how it works unfortunately. somesthings in a bundle one time and its worthless for life to everyone

Your knowledge is worth exactly nothing.

Click the ? next to the Value in your profile, then come back.

worthless in terms of CV. otherwise its still a starter pack someone out there might want if they dont/cant buy bundles

Worth no CV only if you don't give enough nonbundled games to unlock that bundled CV.

You get 20% of your Non Bundle value for your bundle games.

However, when giving bundle games, the first $25 will count as non bundle value.

Here is some maths to help you understand it a bit better.

$19.99 bundle game = $19.99 CV ($19.99 non bundle value)

$24.99 bundle game + $2.49 bundle game = $27.98 CV ($25 non bundle value, $2.98 bundle value)

$19.99 bundle game + $19.99 bundle game = $30 CV ($25 non bundle, $5 bundle value capped)

$19.99 NON bundle game + $19.99 bundle game + $19.99 bundle game = $53.99 CV ($44.99 non bundle, $8.99 bundle value capped)

At the time your giveaway ended, it hadn't yet been tagged as a bundle game, so your value increased as if it wasn't. When the tag was given, and dated before you gave it away, then your value was restored to the bundle cap.

Thanks for the help everybody. Except for you, Gainja, because you're a dick.

I knew bundle game values were capped, and that my value would go back down when the Started Pack was added to the list, but I didn't realize it was normal for my value to go back to the amount it was before I gave it away. I thought the Starter Pack value would only be decreased.

Closing thread.