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super travis Jan 20, 2020 @ 9:50am
If a game isn't on the store, can it still be downloaded via a steam CD key?
Hi everyone, I was looking at a site that sells cheap Steam keys. I was going to buy the LEGO The Hobbit game, but it is not on the store anymore. If I bought a key, would I still be able to download and play the game?
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Originally posted by J4MESOX4D:
Retail keys can be activated on Steam and the product will go into your library in which you can download. If the game has been removed from the store for whatever reason then you wont be able to access the community space.
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Kargor Jan 20, 2020 @ 9:51am 
Yes, but it's actually more likely that you'll be screwed over.

Things is -- yes, keys do not depend on the Steam store. However, the game has been taken off the market by the publisher, so NO legitimate store has them. Only shady stores do...
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J4MESOX4D Jan 20, 2020 @ 9:52am 
Retail keys can be activated on Steam and the product will go into your library in which you can download. If the game has been removed from the store for whatever reason then you wont be able to access the community space.
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cSg|mc-Hotsauce Jan 20, 2020 @ 9:53am 
Yes. Use this site https://isthereanydeal.com/

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The Brown Hornet Jan 20, 2020 @ 10:00am 
Just don't buy a used key from a shady seller
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Ogami Jan 20, 2020 @ 10:26am 
Originally posted by Kargor:
Yes, but it's actually more likely that you'll be screwed over.

Things is -- yes, keys do not depend on the Steam store. However, the game has been taken off the market by the publisher, so NO legitimate store has them. Only shady stores do...

Not really true.
AMAZON still sells the retail pc version that activates on Steam.

Retail copies dont become "shady" because the digital Steam license ran out.
All copies that have been produced before that and are still in circulation are totally legal to sell/buy in major stores.

https://www.amazon.de/Warner-Bros-1000459848-LEGO-Hobbit/dp/B00GWPL88A
Last edited by Ogami; Jan 20, 2020 @ 10:27am
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Truth_X_ile Jan 22, 2020 @ 2:02pm 
Originally posted by Kargor:
Yes, but it's actually more likely that you'll be screwed over.

Things is -- yes, keys do not depend on the Steam store. However, the game has been taken off the market by the publisher, so NO legitimate store has them. Only shady stores do...

(helpful tip)
while also any game can be downloaded and played via steam cd-key, do note some online multiplayer games if discontinued by the developer, you will NOT be able to play them if their servers no longer exist, so take this into account and do some research in case you buy a multiplayer game as such

if it's a standalone single player game, you'll not have much to worry about a server not existing
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