merging steam account

[G-Force Gaming]

Hi guys, I seldom use steam for my games up until recently and ive been purchasing games and adding them to my account and ive realised that I have 2 accounts with games on each of them. I was wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to merge the 2 together so I have all my games in pone plece?

Thanks

[Tev]

Not possible, sorry.

You can, however use Steam Family Sharing (which isn't entirely the same thing.)

[SpunkyJones]

You can't merge the accounts. You can try setting up Family Sharing between the two accounts, so you can just log into one.

[Tev]

Here's the guide:

• https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3784-QLBM-5731

[Spawn of Totoro]

Nope. Games are non-transferable.

You can use familyshare to have access to the games with the other account, but that is about it.

[G-Force Gaming]

thanks for the quick responces :) much appreciated, ill try the family share thing then, shame though

[TairikuOkami[SK]]

Merging does not move or transfer keys, they stay in the same (merged) account forever. Lame.

[R1po]

Steam wants you to buy these game twice. Or they are just too lazy.
Oh and this family sharing is bs. The achievments don't work. You can't collect cards or badges.

I installed Steam when Half Life 2 came out.
Then i didn't use it for some time. When i wanted to use it again, my email didnt exist anymore, and the account recovery was a mess back then.
So i created a new account. A few more years later i wanted to play HL2 again, so i tried to get into my account again. They had implemented the feature to reset the email by then.
But now i have 2 accounts.

And this bs argument some users give you, that Steam can't confirm that this is really your account, is just nonsense. If you want to delete an account that's exactly what you have to do.

[999999999]

Originally posted by Corb4n:

Steam wants you to buy these game twice. Or they are just too lazy.
Oh and this family sharing is bs. The achievments don't work. You can't collect cards or badges.

I installed Steam when Half Life 2 came out.
Then i didn't use it for some time. When i wanted to use it again, my email didnt exist anymore, and the account recovery was a mess back then.
So i created a new account. A few more years later i wanted to play HL2 again, so i tried to get into my account again. They had implemented the feature to reset the email by then.
But now i have 2 accounts.

And this bs argument some users give you, that Steam can't confirm that this is really your account, is just nonsense. If you want to delete an account that's exactly what you have to do.

Account deletion is not possible. Account termination is. There is a difference. And CD keys are permanently bound to the account they are redeemed on.

[Forcen]

So you made mistakes which lead to you owning two steam accounts and now you call steam greedy because it doesn't let you merge accounts while you don't want to log in to another account or just buy half-life 2 for the ridiculously cheap price it now has.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/220/HalfLife_2/

Seriously, you paid 50 times the price for that game and now they are greedy?

I don't think this has anything to do with confirming who owns the same two accounts.

[R1po]

Originally posted by 999999999:

Originally posted by Corb4n:

Steam wants you to buy these game twice. Or they are just too lazy.
Oh and this family sharing is bs. The achievments don't work. You can't collect cards or badges.

I installed Steam when Half Life 2 came out.
Then i didn't use it for some time. When i wanted to use it again, my email didnt exist anymore, and the account recovery was a mess back then.
So i created a new account. A few more years later i wanted to play HL2 again, so i tried to get into my account again. They had implemented the feature to reset the email by then.
But now i have 2 accounts.

And this bs argument some users give you, that Steam can't confirm that this is really your account, is just nonsense. If you want to delete an account that's exactly what you have to do.

Account deletion is not possible. Account termination is. There is a difference. And CD keys are permanently bound to the account they are redeemed on.

quibbling... and you miss the point... Fact: Steam Support will ask that you provide comprehensive Proof of Ownership prior to fulfilling the request. Just to invalidate the "argument some users give you, that Steam can't confirm that this is really your account"

[R1po]

Originally posted by Forcen:

So you made mistakes which lead to you owning two steam accounts and now you call steam greedy because it doesn't let you merge accounts while you don't want to log in to another account or just buy half-life 2 for the ridiculously cheap price it now has.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/220/HalfLife_2/

Seriously, you paid 50 times the price for that game and now they are greedy?

I don't think this has anything to do with confirming who owns the same two accounts.

you should read more carefully. "my email didnt exist anymore, and the account recovery was a mess back then."
and you are missing the point too. it's not about one game only. and it's not only about the usability. "The achievments don't work. You can't collect cards or badges"

[Calculated Luck]

Account merging seems like a thing that customers should be able to expect from a modern digital company

[Calculated Luck]

"Steam game subscriptions / CD keys are nontransferable and cannot be reset / moved between Steam accounts."

They are admitting here that the only reason they are not doing it is because of their own lazyness in how they would design the feature. To them merging would be moving all games from one to the other or from both accounts over to a third new account.

They could just offer a master account much like they do with the family sharing concept that ruled both under the hood that would appear as one on the surface

calling it lazy is a bit harsh I guess but when you are a company of their size its always just a matter of wanting to

[Matt]

I'm sure it would be a huge effort that might be nice for customers but won't really bring money in the door.

There's more than just merging games. What about community content, friends, and game play stays?

[Calculated Luck]

I would happily accept a "reset" or so if it made everything else better easier and collected in one place from now on, how hard would it be to copy a friends list anyway?