Can I gift myself ?

[EPIC CSGO♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥MONEY.NET]

I have a steam key for a game that will give me the game, but as a gift. Can I convert it so I can get it or should I make an alt so I can gift it to myself, if I can ?

[MoonC A T]

Originally posted by EPICgamerul:

I have a steam key for a game that will give me the game, but as a gift. C

Huh? A key is a key. Enter it here on the account you want the game on.

https://store.steampowered.com/account/registerkey

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

What?

If it a Steam key, just redeem it on your account that all have to do.

If it a Steam gift in your inventory, click add to library that it.

No need to make alt account at all.

[Kargor]

Also, there are no keys that give you a gift. Activate the key on another account, and the game will be there, forever.

There may be the odd game where you get a gift in addition to the game (some 2-player multiplayer games do that), but that's rare. But even then, you'll want to get the game on the account that you want it on, and just send the gift component of it somewhere else (or keep it in your inventory until you need it; I think those still give gift-items).

[EPIC CSGO♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥MONEY.NET]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

What?

If it a Steam key, just redeem it on your account that all have to do.

If it a Steam gift in your inventory, click add to library that it.

No need to make alt account at all.

Ye ty, other people said to just get it normal, but the key, when i redeem it, will be put in my gift inv

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Originally posted by EPICgamerul:

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

What?

If it a Steam key, just redeem it on your account that all have to do.

If it a Steam gift in your inventory, click add to library that it.

No need to make alt account at all.

Ye ty, other people said to just get it normal, but the key, when i redeem it, will be put in my gift inv

AFAIK keys don't gives you games as gift in inv, unless it comes with an extra copy such as Don't Starve Together.

[Kargor]

And even if it would give you a gift -- which it won't -- you could just redeem it. That's what those old inventory gifts are for... items that give you a game.

Let's look at what a key could give you:

a) just the game. In which case, you definitely want to redeem it on your account, right?

b) the game, and an additional gift. In which case, you want to redeem it on your account so you get the game there, and then the inventory item that you can send to someone.
With your idea, you'd end up with the game on the alt account and you'd have to use the gift for yourself -- wasting a perfectly fine license

c) such keys don't exist, but lets assume they do -- a strange, mysterious, otherworldly key that gives you a gift instead of a game. In which case, you could also redeem it on your actual account and redeem the gift then...

So, regardless, redeeming it on the account that you want to have the game on gives you the best outcome in all cases, even the non-existent one. And in the two cases that actually do exist, redeeming it on another account will waste the (case a) or one (case b) license.