friend wants to give me his game...

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SilentStrykr Mar 18, 2017 @ 6:44am

This is for any staff members. My B-day is coming up and my friend has a game that he does not like because it does not work on his computer. and he would like to gift it to me but it says he has to buy it again to gift it to somebody and he doesnt want to spend 30-40 bucks an a game to give me when it might be possible to just give me the game from his profile since it doesnt work on his comp. so for any stafff members and/or any other expierrienced steam gamers. is there anything that we could do to keep from having to buy the game again to gift it? i read somewhere on the wiki that if you ask the staff "nicely" they might allow you to make a trade or a gift like the one we are trying to do.
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Xpliciit Mar 18, 2017 @ 6:50am

There is no way to change the account a game is tied to. He will have to buy it again to gift it to anyone else.

If there is a sale coming up before your birthday it could save him money but otherwise there is nothing that can be done.

Wolf Knight Mar 18, 2017 @ 6:50am

Once in the library, it is part of the account and cannot be traded. What you read on Wiki was a lie.

SilentStrykr Mar 18, 2017 @ 6:53am

ok thanks :(

boom Mar 18, 2017 @ 6:54am

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76561198218426745 Mar 18, 2017 @ 7:07am

Your friend could family share the game with you.

SilentStrykr Mar 18, 2017 @ 7:07am

how does family share work?

Wolf Knight Mar 18, 2017 @ 7:10am

https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpWithSteamIssue/?issueid=803

That links to the artcle and how to set it up. Just remember that any VAC bans/game Bans earned while sharing can transfer between accounts.

76561198218426745 Mar 18, 2017 @ 7:11am

From the support article

Steam Family Library Sharing allows family members and their guests to play one another's games while earning their own Steam achievements and saving their own game progress to the Steam Cloud. It works by granting family members' access to your games on a shared computer.

Only one person can play a shared library at a time, and some games cannot be shared.

Last edited by 76561198218426745; Mar 18, 2017 @ 7:11am

SilentStrykr Mar 18, 2017 @ 7:11am

o ok whwn you family share does it keep the game on your profile if you infamily them?

76561198218426745 Mar 18, 2017 @ 7:11am

The game will show in your library for as long as family sharing is enabled. It does not give the game to you permanently.

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SilentStrykr Mar 18, 2017 @ 7:12am

he baught it about 2 years ago XD i think thatas a little longe than 2 weeks

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SilentStrykr Mar 18, 2017 @ 7:14am

ok...... how do i add a family member to family share?

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SilentStrykr Mar 18, 2017 @ 7:16am

he has to login on this computer? that i am on right now. well..... that could be a problem due to the fact that he lives in texas and i live in MN XD

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