Already owned game not showing

[hutanuvld]

Hello.
I have an issue.
I have a cd key that it says "you already own this game" after i try to redeem it, but it does not show what game it is that i try to redeem, and already own.
How can i find out what game it is?
Thank you.

[Cathulhu]

Have you tried restarting the Steamclient?

[Yujah]

If you're willing to take a slight risk; https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/za5ljm/comment/iykxe2l/

[hutanuvld]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

Have you tried restarting the Steamclient?

Do you mean to close steam app and reopen it?
It does not work.
I get this message.
Product Already Owned. This steam account already ownes the product associated with this activation code. Click OK to proceet to installation
But i do not get an OK button, just a Try again button.

[hutanuvld]

Originally posted by Yujah:

If you're willing to take a slight risk; https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/za5ljm/comment/iykxe2l/

Sorry but it does not show the game that it is attached to the key.

[Yujah]

Note how it says you need to be signed in through Steam, plus wait from 1-30 minutes to supposedly see the title appear in a history of submitted keys on that page.

[hutanuvld]

It says Package - unknown, Result - not yet activated, Date - 9 minutes ago.
Does the name of the game apear in the Package column after aprox 30 mins ?
And if the result is - not yet activated, it means that it can still be activated by a friend?

[gamesense cracked]

Can you install it with Win+R combination?
(example "steam://install:730")

[nullable]

Offhand it sounds like it doesn't recognize the key, and as a result anyone else who tried activating it would have the same result.

Not all cd-keys are steam keys.

Otherwise if you want your friend to activate a game, give them the key and stop testing it yourself. All you're gonna do by testing the keys yourself is use them up and complain and ask about whether Valve can transfer games you "accidentally" activated. They can't and won't.

In short stop trying to complicate a simple system.

Alternatively you can do a better job documenting the keys you have laying around. Presumably you knew what it was at one time. Maybe you thought you'd never forget. Try to remember the proverb, "The faintest ink is worth more than the sharpest memory."

[Yujah]

Originally posted by hutanuvld:

It says Package - unknown, Result - not yet activated, Date - 9 minutes ago. Does the name of the game apear in the Package column after aprox 30 mins ?

I do not know for sure, but the linked reddit comment says that, yes, it does eventually. I.e., just be patient and refresh the page a few times.

If the bot doesn't take it due to already owning it, that means the state is the same as before. I.e., it it was not yet redeemed, yes, it can still be; see the "What happens to the keys?" bit on that SteamDB page.

[hutanuvld]

Originally posted by Yujah:

Originally posted by hutanuvld:

It says Package - unknown, Result - not yet activated, Date - 9 minutes ago. Does the name of the game apear in the Package column after aprox 30 mins ?

I do not know for sure, but the linked reddit comment says that, yes, it does eventually. I.e., just be patient and refresh the page a few times.

If the bot doesn't take it due to already owning it, that means the state is the same as before. I.e., it it was not yet redeemed, yes, it can still be; see the "What happens to the keys?" bit on that SteamDB page.

It worked.
I had to wait for 30 mins, and it showed the name of the game in package.
Thank you,

[Yujah]

Great. If you'd like to have a bit of fun with that then for you duplicate key, you could offer it up in this long-running giveaway thread: https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/0/5824898961045291652/