What is the $5 dollar rule on Steam?
Malicious users often operate using dummy accounts that have not purchased any games, items, or wallet credit. In order to make it more difficult for these malicious users to spam, scam, and phish other users, we restrict access to certain community features until an account has spent at least $5. USD in Steam. If you buy and use an account, you risk losing access to the account at any time with no option to recover it. When this happens, you’ll also lose any value you’ve added to the account including but not limited to: Rank, playtime, and stats. Purchases or activated games.