The Great Steam Treasure Hunt

The event page with the objectives for the 6th and 7th of December

The Great Steam Treasure Hunt was a promotional event that took place from December 6, 2010, to December 20, 2010. Completing 10 of any of the objectives before December 20 and logging in on December 20 gave the player a chance to win 100 games of their choice through a raffle. Every two days during the promotion, 20 players were awarded the top 5 games from their Steam wishlist selected from those players who had cleared any of the 4 current objectives and had at least 10 games in their Steam wishlist.

In addition, exclusive hats were awarded at various intervals of completion:

• Completing 5 objectives unlocked the Bounty Hat.
• Completing 15 objectives unlocked the Treasure Hat.
• Completing all 28 objectives unlocked the Hat of Undeniable Wealth And Respect.

New objectives were posted at 10 a.m. PST every two days through the Treasure Hunt. Objectives could be completed from the time they were revealed until the end of the hunt.

On January 11, 2011, 3 winners were announced by name and given the grand prize.

Objectives

December 6-7 Self Portrait Set up an avatar. Got Tanked? Become a Desert Fox in R.U.S.E. Up the Ante Unlock The Iron Curtain in Poker Night at the Inventory. More Cowbell Set a leaderboard score of at least 1,124,400 in easy mode for the 'Paul Hartnoll' level in Chime.

December 8-9 Friends with Benefits Have 10 friends on your friends list. What Happens in Vegas Complete Ol' Buddy Ol' Pal achievement in Fallout: New Vegas. Terminal Velocity Set a leaderboard score of at least 22,600 on the level 'Mash Face Against Mountain' in AaAaAA!!!. Go To Your Happy Place Play the demo or game The UnderGarden.

December 10-11 Join the Club Join an official group Family Style Get Back in Business in Mafia II Stack the Deck Be a Devastator in Magic: The Gathering Just Drop It Set a leaderboard score of at least 85,370 for 'Classic - Small Wonder' in Droplitz

December 12-13 It's Better to Give Send a gift to a friend Take One for the Team Make a Sacrifice in Call of Duty: Black Ops Breaker, Breaker Set a leaderboard score of at least 11,200,000 for 'Bonus Mode' in Shatter Zombie Zoo Create a Crass Menagerie in Left 4 Dead 2

December 14-15 Steam Gimme Turns out this one is kind of hard to track. All eligible Steam accounts are now entered for this objective. Nice work! (Of course, you can always download and watch these trailers anyway - Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Homefront, BRINK, Red Faction: Armageddon, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine and Portal 2) Tunnel Vision Become a Nosalis Hunter in Metro 2033 Cause and Effect Create a Destruction Frenzy in Just Cause 2 Beat It Set a leaderboard score of at least 3,770,488 for 'Survival Best Score' in Beat Hazard

December 16-17 Smack Talker Post a comment on a friend's Steam Community profile page One Hit Wonder Build a Wonder in Civilization V Road Rage Set a leaderboard score of at least 10,515 for 'Slaughter, City Center' in Zombie Driver Butter Me Up Build Me Up Buttercup in Bob Came in Pieces

December 18-19 Suggestive Behavior Write a recommendation Made in the USA Become a Founding Father in Empire: Total War Buzz the Tower Set a leaderboard score of at least 37 for 'Beach' in Flight Control HD Overachiever Played at least 15 games or demos since March 2009 (When Steam began recording playtime)

Trivia

• "Steam Gimme" was formerly known as "Sneak Peak". In order to achieve the objective originally, individuals needed to download and watch a trailer from each of the six listed games.
• The temporary "Question Mark" icon for the Hat of Undeniable Wealth And Respect was identical to one worn by Steam mascot character 'Tappet' in one of the promotional Steam Store banners.
• During the promotion, if someone bought all the games on the list and attempted to get the hats, but if one of the games was broken\crashing to the point where getting an achievement was impossible, even Valve support will not give the hat away even when presented with a case.

See also

• Promotional items