Getting old. Account can be transferred when I die

[no]

I've been reading about whether my account can be transferred to a loved one. There are a lot of mixed answers, and I just want to know (one)? Is it possible to do this if it is in my will that it bequeaths to someone that I want it to go to.

The purpose of having my steam account is to be able to transfer it to my grandchildren when I pass away. It is something I want to give to my grandchild when I pass away and I have already promised him that I will do so. Currently,

I have over 400 games and probably 250 or so games on my wish list. As a result, I removed three games from my cart because I won't purchase another game if I can't do this. I've invested so much money into this platform already. I just need to know if I can do this or not. This is a question I hope steam will answer for me. Thank you and I hope you all are having a great day.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Bequeath the info necessary to them.

No official answer to this though as the ToS is just no account transfers.

[Spawn of Totoro]

There is no official way, no.

You can write down the information you feel is needed for them to have it when you pass and Valve won't prevent it, but neither do they support it.

As long as they have the information needed to prove ownership of the account (or just don't run into situations where they need it) then they should be fine.

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by Yosemite Sam:

I've been reading about whether my account can be transferred to a loved one. There are a lot of mixed answers, and I just want to know (one)? Is it possible to do this if it is in my will that it bequeaths to someone that I want it to go to.

The purpose of having my steam account is to be able to transfer it to my grandchildren when I pass away. It is something I want to give to my grandchild when I pass away and I have already promised him that I will do so. Currently,

I have over 400 games and probably 250 or so games on my wish list. As a result, I removed three games from my cart because I won't purchase another game if I can't do this. I've invested so much money into this platform already. I just need to know if I can do this or not. This is a question I hope steam will answer for me. Thank you and I hope you all are having a great day.

Accounts are, according to the SSA, non-transferable. Even placed into a will, there is no real ownership or value associated with the account in which to process a transfer of ownership to another person.

Unofficially, say your grandkid happens to get your username and password along with any information that may be used to claim the account should they need to like credit card numbers and original email address on the account, then they could feasibly continue to make use of the account.

[Joke]

If you want Steam to answer, then you need to use the support system.
There is a general account question form here:
https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpAccountDataQuestion

If you get an answer, feel free to post what they said here.
This question comes up now and again, but we have no clear answer.

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by Yosemite Sam:

While I could still pass this on and Steam wouldn't know, I'd prefer to work through the proper channels.
[...]
No ifs or ands or butts or any way around it you cannot give away your account.

Officially, yes, this would be the answer Steam Support will give you every time you ask them about it. Because doing so is a violation of the SSA. This is the section they are bound to uphold in their responses:
https://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/

C. Your Account

When you complete Steam’s registration process, you create a Steam account ("Account"). Your Account may also include billing information you provide to Valve for transactions concerning Subscriptions, Content and Services and the purchase of any physical goods through Steam (“Hardware”). You may not reveal, share or otherwise allow others to use your password or Account except as otherwise specifically authorized by Valve. You are responsible for the confidentiality of your login and password and for the security of your computer system. Valve is not responsible for the use of your password and Account or for all of the communication and activity on Steam that results from use of your login name and password by you, or by any person to whom you may have intentionally or by negligence disclosed your login and/or password in violation of this confidentiality provision. Unless it results from Valve’s negligence or fault, Valve is not responsible for the use of your Account by a person who fraudulently used your login and password without your permission. If you believe that the confidentiality of your login and/or password may have been compromised, you must notify Valve via the support form (https://support.steampowered.com/newticket.php) without any delay.

Your Account, including any information pertaining to it (e.g.: contact information, billing information, Account history and Subscriptions, etc.), is strictly personal. You may therefore not sell or charge others for the right to use your Account, or otherwise transfer your Account, nor may you sell, charge others for the right to use, or transfer any Subscriptions other than if and as expressly permitted by this Agreement (including any Subscription Terms or Rules of Use) or as otherwise specifically permitted by Valve.

Now as a forum regular, and others like me will tell you, the "owner of the account" is the one who can prove it is theirs. Whether that is you or your grandkid is up to you to decide. Steam Support will only care, should the need arise, that the "true account owner" can answer their challenge questions correctly. This usually involves the earliest verifiable information they have on record such as a first game key, first credit card number, first email address, etc. If the grandkid can supply that information, then the account is theirs.

[rawWwRrr]

Originally posted by Yosemite Sam:

I don't understand what you're trying to tell me here.

What Support isn't allowed to tell you.

Originally posted by Yosemite Sam:

I just posted that I just figured this all out. I posted the results, what else is there? I thought I explained myself quite well. Is there something that I forgot? As far as people passing on their account do you think that it's not being done and if you think that I think you need to rethink.

Officially passed on, no. Unofficially, most certainly.

Originally posted by Yosemite Sam:

If my account went to someone so would my PC because I would be dead my account all the information on it on my PC anyone who sat in front of my PC would have my information could play the game for another 10 or 20 years. Possibly even longer if they don't purchase a game. without steam even knowing? I am positively sure that they could catch on after a while and close your account absolutely no doubt in my mind.

Like I said, Support will only be concerned with whether or not that person can prove it's their account. Think of it like your son/daughter calling a bank to speak on your behalf because they're asking questions you don't quite understand. The bank issues challenge questions and as long as the person on the other end of the phone can answer them correctly they are identified as "the owner".

Originally posted by Yosemite Sam:

I've already decided that I am not going to even do that, this is mine and only mine and when I die it will go with me to heaven, lol I don't need any more games I'm fine where I'm at steam has enough of my money time for me just to play the games and have a good time.

Perfectly acceptable. Enjoy the gaming to the very end. I hope to be as fortunate. If I were your grandkid, I would at least want to have you on my Steam friends list so that you would forever be enshrined there. So if your grandkid has an account of their own, make sure to get on their friends list at least if not already.

Game on, dude.

[Curllee]

This is a fascinating topic, actually. Never thought about it before. But it does seem to be worth asking and discussing.

[no]

Originally posted by Curllee:

This is a fascinating topic, actually. Never thought about it before. But it does seem to be worth asking and discussing.

Thank you I'm running out of breath. LOL

[Hospital Director]

Originally posted by no:

I've been reading about whether my account can be transferred to a loved one. There are a lot of mixed answers, and I just want to know (one)? Is it possible to do this if it is in my will that it bequeaths to someone that I want it to go to.

The purpose of having my steam account is to be able to transfer it to my grandchildren when I pass away. It is something I want to give to my grandchild when I pass away and I have already promised him that I will do so. Currently,

I have over 400 games and probably 250 or so games on my wish list. As a result, I removed three games from my cart because I won't purchase another game if I can't do this. I've invested so much money into this platform already. I just need to know if I can do this or not. This is a question I hope steam will answer for me. Thank you and I hope you all are having a great day.

Under the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (RUFADAA) you can legally pass on your account in the Unisted States, regardless of steam policy. They cannot restrict you if you decide to put in a designated heir, despite what most people think.

[RPG Gamer Man]

Originally posted by Primal Gamer:

Originally posted by no:

I've been reading about whether my account can be transferred to a loved one. There are a lot of mixed answers, and I just want to know (one)? Is it possible to do this if it is in my will that it bequeaths to someone that I want it to go to.

The purpose of having my steam account is to be able to transfer it to my grandchildren when I pass away. It is something I want to give to my grandchild when I pass away and I have already promised him that I will do so. Currently,

I have over 400 games and probably 250 or so games on my wish list. As a result, I removed three games from my cart because I won't purchase another game if I can't do this. I've invested so much money into this platform already. I just need to know if I can do this or not. This is a question I hope steam will answer for me. Thank you and I hope you all are having a great day.

Under the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (RUFADAA) you can legally pass on your account in the Unisted States, regardless of steam policy. They cannot restrict you if you decide to put in a designated heir, despite what most people think.

Good to know. I already put the person i want to give in my will. So i hope they enjoy it after i die. They love retro games, and i have quite a few, so i hope they like it.

[GreatGreyShark]

Im not fluent in english, but in portuguese. So my reply will be in my native language, based on the law of my country, since every place has it own legal system.

No Brasil, há na legislação, que uma vez falecido, todos os bens deste serao transferidos aos herdeiros.
Isso inclui os direitos à propriedade e direitos de uso.
Ha tambem onde moro, estipulacoes legais relacionadas a direito do consumidor, onde afirma que, nos contratos de adesao (caso steam, onde voce adere ao servico/produto posto a disposicao), qualquer estipulacao que ofende direitos pessoais ou a terceiros, sao nulas de pleno direito.
Finalizando, sob esta estreita otica e tambem nao querendo aprofundar mais sobre o caso, haja visto que aqui talvez nao seja o melhor ambiente para discuti-las, concluo que sim, voce pode indicar sua conta e demais dados para a utilizacao da steam por eles.

(in English: yes, you can via testment, proceed to give rights about your account for the individual you nominate. BUT
pearhaps he might be not able to change your username, since it would unwanted labor for valve, I mean Steam.)

[Silicon Vampire]

Originally posted by Paul Luminoso:

Im not fluent in english, but in portuguese. So my reply will be in my native language, based on the law of my country, since every place has it own legal system.

No Brasil, há na legislação, que uma vez falecido, todos os bens deste serao transferidos aos herdeiros.
Isso inclui os direitos à propriedade e direitos de uso.
Ha tambem onde moro, estipulacoes legais relacionadas a direito do consumidor, onde afirma que, nos contratos de adesao (caso steam, onde voce adere ao servico/produto posto a disposicao), qualquer estipulacao que ofende direitos pessoais ou a terceiros, sao nulas de pleno direito.
Finalizando, sob esta estreita otica e tambem nao querendo aprofundar mais sobre o caso, haja visto que aqui talvez nao seja o melhor ambiente para discuti-las, concluo que sim, voce pode indicar sua conta e demais dados para a utilizacao da steam por eles.

(in English: yes, you can via testment, proceed to give rights about your account for the individual you nominate. BUT
pearhaps he might be not able to change your username, since it would unwanted labor for valve, I mean Steam.)

User name is immutable anyway. It CAN NOT be changed.

[SeniorSwagg™]

Originally posted by Partiot Gamer:

Originally posted by no:

I've been reading about whether my account can be transferred to a loved one. There are a lot of mixed answers, and I just want to know (one)? Is it possible to do this if it is in my will that it bequeaths to someone that I want it to go to.

The purpose of having my steam account is to be able to transfer it to my grandchildren when I pass away. It is something I want to give to my grandchild when I pass away and I have already promised him that I will do so. Currently,

I have over 400 games and probably 250 or so games on my wish list. As a result, I removed three games from my cart because I won't purchase another game if I can't do this. I've invested so much money into this platform already. I just need to know if I can do this or not. This is a question I hope steam will answer for me. Thank you and I hope you all are having a great day.

Under the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (RUFADAA) you can legally pass on your account in the Unisted States, regardless of steam policy. They cannot restrict you if you decide to put in a designated heir, despite what most people think.

Yap, thats for sure. But only if u live in US

[Yuki]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.