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cifzed Feb 3, 2024 @ 9:11am
how do i make steam keys?
if i remember correctly i need to buy the game and not install it and it should be possible but how?

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Originally posted by ReBoot:
Originally posted by cifzed:
Originally posted by FFL2and3rocks:
You can't "make" keys.
You would need to buy a game from a third-party store, and you would get a key from there.
so how do people make keys? they dont just "exist" i assume
Game developers create license keys. Other people obtain those keys.
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FFL2and3rocks Feb 3, 2024 @ 9:13am 
You can't "make" keys.
You would need to buy a game from a third-party store, and you would get a key from there.
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cifzed Feb 3, 2024 @ 9:15am 
Originally posted by FFL2and3rocks:
You can't "make" keys.
You would need to buy a game from a third-party store, and you would get a key from there.
so how do people make keys? they dont just "exist" i assume
Last edited by cifzed; Feb 3, 2024 @ 9:16am
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Mr. Smiles Feb 3, 2024 @ 9:17am 
Originally posted by cifzed:
Originally posted by FFL2and3rocks:
You can't "make" keys.
You would need to buy a game from a third-party store, and you would get a key from there.
so how do people make keys? they dont just "exist" i assume
The developer of the game the key is for "make" them, and distribute them as they need.

So in order to make keys, you must first make a game, and publish it to steam.
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ReBoot Feb 3, 2024 @ 9:17am 
Originally posted by cifzed:
Originally posted by FFL2and3rocks:
You can't "make" keys.
You would need to buy a game from a third-party store, and you would get a key from there.
so how do people make keys? they dont just "exist" i assume
Game developers create license keys. Other people obtain those keys.
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cifzed Feb 3, 2024 @ 9:18am 
Originally posted by Mr. Smiles:
Originally posted by cifzed:
so how do people make keys? they dont just "exist" i assume
The developer of the game the key is for "make" them, and distribute them as they need.

So in order to make keys, you must first make a game, and publish it to steam.
so they only person who can make a key for a game is its owner?
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FFL2and3rocks Feb 3, 2024 @ 9:21am 
Yes. It's their game, they generate keys so they can sell them on other websites.
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LeonidasFett Feb 3, 2024 @ 9:30am 
Just add some sugar, some spice and everything nice.
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Zefar Feb 3, 2024 @ 11:24am 
Valve are the ones providing game developers with their keys. This is so that the game developers can't just generate several thousand at a whim and send it too every other store.

Valve also have some limits on how many keys that they can get. All though the more you sell on the Steam store the less restrictions you have on you.
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