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Steam Rolls Out Personal Calendar Feature That Constantly Updates Recommended Games

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You can try out the new feature on the Steam store’s homepage.

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Personal Calendar is now available on Steam, offering a new way for gamers to stay on top of recently-released games that match their preferences. Valve released the new feature on Friday as a way to "fill a gap in between" those searching for trending or niche games and those who want recommendations based on their gaming tastes.

Valve said Personal Calendar bases its suggested games by comparing a user's recently-played titles with others who have similar gaming profiles and looking at their logged hours and wishlists. Valve clarified that users trying a new game out for a few minutes won't alter their algorithm too much, since it mostly factors in the games you spent a lot of time on.

The Personal Calendar will be refreshed daily since Valve explained that its user-specific algorithms will be re-trained regularly to include the latest available data.…

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