I’m pretty sure I’m done with Steam gaming, haven’t launched a game in almost a year, and generally want to move away from DRM.
So I had the idea I could just “give away” my Steam account.
Create a new email address without personal info attached, tie it to the Steam account, remove my payment info from Steam and just post the email and password somewhere (maybe here) for the first lucky person to claim.
Would that be safe, or is it possible to recover the changes I made before and get access to my private info? Or is there a better way to give away my games?
Too risky regarding personal info you might’ve overlooked IMO, maybe give it to a friend instead
And obviously it‘s against the ToS and might get the account banned but I assume you know that
Don’t post accounts or keys online. Bots are a million times faster in soaking this data up, it’s guaranteed no human who could deserve it, will get it. Make a post, pick some one at random and direct message them. Still a chance for multi accounting but less than just posting it online.
legally steam accounts are nontransferrable. so ymmv
What do you suggest would go wrong? I never even gave Steam my name, so how would they even know it’s different?
I wouldn’t post the login for random people to copy and paste. Still do all that other stuff to remove all traces of yourself from the account, but ask around and talk to people and when you find someone you want to offer it to, send it discreetly.
This is definitely against their ToS, so I would advise against it. That said, do you have any friends or relatives who might be interested? That’s less likely to lead to any negative consequences.
Btw, your original username will always be tied to the account. There’s no way to change that.
According to the TOS, no steam accounts are not transferable.
Check your purchases page to see if there is any pii there as that is what steam uses for account recovery.
Not sure about all the personal stuff, but it is against the TOS to transfer the account.
Big answer is I DONT KNOW, but…
For payment/address stuff you could change them then try to revert to see if it works. For payment get a $5 gift card from Wal-Mart and set that as the credit card.
I know accounts aren’t transferrable, but what are they gonna do? Ban me after I left their service? Ban the account? That wouldn’t be worse than just letting it sit unused.
On places likw g2a.com steam accounts are sold all the time.
The worse they can do is ban the account. Just give it away if you want.
Your Steam account is tied to backed up cloud saves. I wouldn’t just give away the account to a complete stranger. Also Steam’s EULA forbids it, so any problem might lead to the account being closed.
I would only give my account to trusted people.
You mean you don’t have family, friends, colleagues, school mates or anyone you know personally who would benefit from this giveaway, so that you have to resort to a stranger? A nephew or niece is the perfect recipient for such a gift.
Double triple check everything and let a friend try to dig around… Befor posting your Infos make a post and chose a random comment or so. This way you can verify it’s not a bot
I bought a Steam account back in 2007-ish. I wanted to play HL2 but didn’t want to create a Steam account. I thought then, and still think now, that I shouldn’t need to create an online account just to play an offline game.
The guy gave me his login information, and then I went in to change the email and all other info to generic info. I’ve been using that account for 17 years, but I did eventually have to give them real info to buy new games.
You bought someone else’s Steam account because you didn’t want to make your own? As a form of protest?
Not as a protest. I just didn’t feel the need to create an account for a game, so I bought an account that was already created.
Did HL2 come with the account or did you just buy an empty pre-made Steam profile?
The game came with the account. I ostensibly bought the game, but the guy gave me control of the account the game was locked to.
Cloud Saves may be difficult to deal with, depending on what games you play.
