Product Key

[Delta-9]

I have this game from a long time ago. I would I find a product key so I can add it to my steam, and not have to worry about the disks. The game came out without needed a "key". And I know steam allows this type of addition. But, I need a key. Would it be embeded on the disk? If so, how would I find it?
Thanks in advance.

[-3xA'Lu©κy the disappearing act]

Most retail games cannot be activated on Steam (aside from a few noticeable exceptions).

You are right though: the Steam release is perhaps the best version of the game due to the easy install and the patches already being applied to it from the get-go.

I'm afraid you'll have to buy the games on Steam as that is the only way to get them. Just wait for a sale though (Halloween or the upcoming Winter sale).

[Delta-9]

If steam doesn't have the "exact" game, it wont work. Like I have a copy of Age of Empires 3, and steam has AoE 3 gold edition(or something), and it wont let me use my key, because its not the exact game. With KOTOR2, its the exact game, but the retail version didnt have a key you had to put in. Im guessing that THIS game isn't going to work.
One of my disks doesnt work anymore, I was hoping on getting to just add it to my library with steam. Oh well...
Thanks for the reply!

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You're probably not going to like to hear this but meh, you probably already made your peace with it OP :)

I had a boxed version of this game and it in fact had the key (on the back of the manual I think). But that's not really the issue here. Thing is, even having a cd-key doesn't automatically mean that it's redeemable on Steam. Versions or exact same games are not that relevant; what matters is whether that game is Steamworks enabled and even that doesn't guarantee it will be redeemable on Steam :)
There is only a handful of games that can be redeemed via cd-keys that were on the box of the retail version. It's not the other way around; that you can redeem any cd-key here with few exceptions. It is the opposite.

Sadly I too had quite a lot of cd-keys I wanted to redeem here, only to find out it's not possible, so I know the feel OP, I feel for you :/ Cheers