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I don't have a story like this regarding Steam but the game was Morrowind. I picked it up from a $10 bargain bin at Best Buy having never heard of the game before and the whole open world character sheet thing blew my mind. Prior to that I used to play first person shooters, racing games, and sports games but after playing that I switched to mostly playing RPGs.
I felt the same. I had never played anything like it before. It took me awhile to figure out that hitting an enemy with a weapon required more than just having the sword pass through the enemy and that there were simulated dice throws happening behind the scenes.
Figuring out character sheets for the first time was also an adventure.