What will happen to my steam account after i die?

[Karma Is Tired]

will it just remain or get deleted after a long time of inactivity?

since if i would pass one of these days for any reason, im debating if id would wanna give it to somoene or put a nice text on it...

[76561199076152053]

if you want your ghost to be able to play videogames you can consider leaving your username and passwords on social medias for others to find anonymously?

edit: if you're in a bad place consider reaching out the mental health services

[cinedine]

It remains in the database until somebody decides it needs a clean-up and twenty-five years of inactivity might warrant a deletion warning to the contact email.

You can just pass on your login credentials if you want. The actual legal situation for this is still up in the air.

[Karma Is Tired]

Originally posted by cinedine:

It remains in the database until somebody decides it needs a clean-up and twenty-five years of inactivity might warrant a deletion warning to the contact email.

You can just pass on your login credentials if you want. The actual legal situation for this is still up in the air.

i see, thanks alot man

[Gl1tch]

just cheat like you did on your alt then cant use it :D

[Kargor]

Originally posted by Karma Is Tired:

will it just remain or get deleted after a long time of inactivity?

It will just sit there doing nothing, until Steam either decides to add a expiration-for-inactivity some day (currently, they don't have one... AFAIK), or until they shut down for good.

[Karma Is Tired]

Originally posted by Gl1tch:

just cheat like you did on your alt then cant use it :D

What does that have to do with this lmao

[McFlurry Butts]

I think it's passed on to your next of kin, correct me if I am wrong. Even if Steam didn't do that somehow, I'd find it hard for them to enforce it not happening to some degree.

[WhiteKnight]

It will there when either Steam is shut down or they delete inactive accounts.

[Chika Ogiue]

Originally posted by McFlurry Butts:

I think it's passed on to your next of kin, correct me if I am wrong. Even if Steam didn't do that somehow, I'd find it hard for them to enforce it not happening to some degree.

Technically as per the terms of service, accounts are non transferrable. If someone dies, their Steam account will simply sit unused. Valve will not immediately seek a next of kin -- they can't; they don't have that information.

A friend of mine's Steam account has sat unused for seven years following his death. It will remain that way until Steam ceases to be a thing. Valve are never going to delete inactive accounts that have had money spent on them.

However, if a relative knows the log in information, or at least the billing information, they can attempt to reclaim the account. This is what I did when my father died. I contacted Steam support with the last known billing information and they helped reset his login info so I could change the password and email address to ones I had control of.

[Unn4m3d (♥AUT♥)]

I have a friend who died about 6 years ago. His account is still there. I gave him an honorary place on my friends list.

[Crystal Sharrd]

Hope that Steam doesn't IP block the afterlife.

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by sonic65101:

Hope that Steam doesn't IP block the afterlife.

Nah the have good internet connection but most of the servers are dead :)

[ReBoot]

I know, when I'm about to kick the bucket, I'll disable Steam guard & give my sister (10 years younger than me, so she's likely more life left in her) the account name & password.
In case I'd go suddenly (let's say a car accident), my Steam account will go to waste, forever lingering on Valve's servers.
Can't say I'll care about it though when I'm dead.

[Mr. Smiles]

Answer: it just sits there, collecting virtual dust for all (steam) time.

I have (at least) 2 dead people on my friends list. They are like little digital tombstones.

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

I know, when I'm about to kick the bucket, I'll disable Steam guard & give my sister (10 years younger than me, so she's likely more life left in her) the account name & password.
In case I'd go suddenly (let's say a car accident), my Steam account will go to waste, forever lingering on Valve's servers.
Can't say I'll care about it though when I'm dead.

I've already made plans somewhat for my demise.

My kids get first dibs on whatever they want of mine. My youngest daughter has already got her dibs on my pinball machine and keeps telling me she needs it NOW, though she doesn't have her own place yet. Yeah right....

As far as Steam and digital accounts go I keep them all written down as do I have valuations for games. Then anything that's left over, they can sell to their heart's content.