Steam Gifts - Is it possible to trade for a gift of another game ?

[Xinxiu™]

I currentley have a copy of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution in gift form. Is there any way to trade this to another steam user for another game ? Gift for Gift ? Are there any forums to list such transactions ? Thank you for any help that can be given to this topic.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Nope. You can only refuse or accept the gift. There is no way to save it or re-gift it.

Unless it is in your inventory (from before such gifts were stopped). Then you can gift it as any other.

[Xinxiu™]

I could give it to you right now in the form of a gift ? So another person could not gift me something they have in their account ?

[Cathulhu]

No, it's not possible to trade game gift copies of games.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Xinxiu™:

I could give it to you right now in the form of a gift ? So another person could not gift me something they have in their account ?

If it was added to your account and not your inventory, then it is forever attached to your account.

Game on your account are non-transferable.

[Mikasa Ackerman]

Originally posted by Xinxiu™:

I could give it to you right now in the form of a gift ? So another person could not gift me something they have in their account ?

people never were able to gift games they have in their account (library ) to others
unless you mean "in the inventory" when you said "in their account"

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

He does own the game, so...? I don't know if he is talking about an owned game or a gift in his inventory.

[Xinxiu™]

I have the ability to either send the gift or add it to my library

[Xinxiu™]

it is in my inventory

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Then, that game hub has a trading sub-forum for you to use.

[Xinxiu™]

what do you mean hotsauce ?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

This one... https://steamcommunity.com/app/56400/tradingforum/

[Xinxiu™]

Thank you so much. This topic can be very hard to find answers and explainations for. You guys are great !!!

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

It was mainly because you have Game Gifts hidden from the public in your inventory. It was hard to understand what you were talking about.

Make sure you only trade what can be put into the 1 trading window and don't gift it away for nothing.

[wuddih]

if the game is in the steam inventory, it will display if it is tradable.
but trading games as Steam gift form has become very rare though since games in inventory are not really longer possible, so 99% of people that still have games in their inventory is stuff from before may 2017 when Valve disabled that.
only multipacks (and some promotional stuff) grant giftable copies that will be placed in the inventory and Valve also prevents devs from creating such purchase offers, so all multipacks are also from older titles.

be aware ... only trade for stuff that fits as an item into the same trade session. trading for Steam cd keys or money or gift for gift will only end in a scam. the gifting function is what it says, gifting, not trading.

[Xinxiu™]

ok so now i changed that option to be viewable. now the only thing i have another question about is if i only post it available in the Warhammer Trading forum who will know that I am willing to trade it ?