Steam restricts gift purchases for no reason.

[Jeka_manul]

Back in December 2024, I made gifts, and in 2025 I have some kind of restriction. I have funds in my account, but I can only buy games for myself. Steam doesn't give any explanations - you just have a limit on gifts and that's it. Steam -

[Ettanin]

Цитата допису Jeka_manul:

Back in December 2024, I made gifts, and in 2025 I have some kind of restriction. I have funds in my account, but I can only buy games for myself. Steam doesn't give any explanations - you just have a limit on gifts and that's it. Steam -

The system suspects commercial usage of wallet funds which is forbidden by the Steam Subscriber Agreement.

Excessive usage of wallet credit with schemes to attempt to convert it back to real money, i.e. offering purchase services for a reduced price ("You give real $$$ I buy game X with wallet $$$ for you"), can be seen as money laundering attempts.

Contact support if you can't use a different payment method. They may lift the restriction, but if they refuse to lift the restriction, their say is final.

If they refuse to lift the restriction, you have to use an external payment method (i.e. credit card, paypal, ...) to gift to a friend, but can still use your wallet balance for your own purposes.

[Jeka_manul]

Ok, thanks, I got the point. Although there were $20 worth of gifts for the year

[Ettanin]

Цитата допису Jeka_manul:

Ok, thanks, I got the point. Although there were $20 worth of gifts for the year

The amount doesn't matter. The system uses different heuristics than just the total value of gifts. Ask Steam support if you still wish to gift using wallet balance.

https://help.steampowered.com