The Secret Santa PC Event

[Bofferbrauer2]

Bandorr said:

I think I had this question last year but I'll ask again,
When people set their "rank" are they actually setting it or is that just steam doing that.

Like should I take that into account when looking at their wishlist as "This is the order of what they want for themselves"?

Because I'm looking at my order and I didn't order those like that. I didn't even notice there is a number until this second...

Steam, by standard, adds new entries to a wishlist to the bottom of the list.

However, anyone can change the list, so that the ones one wants most are at the top of the list. If done, then normally you see a number for the game's rank - if the wishlist you have is ordered. To give you an example, here's an excerpt of my wishlist:

On top in the web address, you can see /#sort-order if the list is ordered. Also, you probably can see the numbers at the bottom left of each game.

New entries or games that simply have never been moved around show up at the end without any number, so it's entirely possible that only a part of the list is actually ordered.

Edit: Doublechecked with someone else's account, and you can't actually see their ranking numbers, only the account owner can see those. As a result, you'll never know at which point the list is not ordered anymore and just games added to it.

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 21 December 2022