Age Of Empires III won't activate

[Ebethron]

Dear Steam Support,

When I tried to activate my copy of Age Of Empires III, Steam gave me the error that the keycode was invalid. I have a legit copy of the game as well as the "The Warchiefs" DLC, but both are retail versions. This should not be a problem right?
I was hoping this support could help me out.
Thank you for your time and my apologies for my english.

[Kasteomind]

easy

[Fox]

Originally posted by ROBC Dis4zter:

Dear Steam Support,

When I tried to activate my copy of Age Of Empires III, Steam gave me the error that the keycode was invalid. I have a legit copy of the game as well as the "The Warchiefs" DLC, but both are retail versions. This should not be a problem right?
I was hoping this support could help me out.
Thank you for your time and my apologies for my english.

I'll assume you bought a key somewhere. But where ?
Key retailers aren't to be trusted, most of the time. You might as well have been scammed.

[Ebethron]

Originally posted by Fox:

Originally posted by ROBC Dis4zter:

Dear Steam Support,

When I tried to activate my copy of Age Of Empires III, Steam gave me the error that the keycode was invalid. I have a legit copy of the game as well as the "The Warchiefs" DLC, but both are retail versions. This should not be a problem right?
I was hoping this support could help me out.
Thank you for your time and my apologies for my english.

I'll assume you bought a key somewhere. But where ?
Key retailers aren't to be trusted, most of the time. You might as well have been scammed.

I've got the original CD's and the package which was included

[Ebethron]

Originally posted by Fred:

Only "Age of Empires III: Complete Collection" can be activated on Steam.

For more information:
Retail / Digital CD Keys

Ah thanks, well it seems I've to play Age of Empires without steam.
Thanks for your help!

[Fox]

Originally posted by Fred:

Only "Age of Empires III: Complete Collection" can be activated on Steam.

For more information:
Retail / Digital CD Keys

Glad to see I was mistaken.
OP, you can still add the exe as a non-steam game to get the Steam overlay, though.

[Laptop]

Only way to get AOE3 on Steam is to buy on Steam. Retail keys will not activate on here. Same case for AOE2 HD.

[Marble]

Originally posted by Laptop65:

Only way to get AOE3 on Steam is to buy on Steam. Retail keys will not activate on here. Same case for AOE2 HD.

AoE II product keys can be redeemed on Steam.

[Laptop]

Originally posted by Canti:

AoE II product keys can be redeemed on Steam.

I meant the original AOE2. People thought they could use their product keys from 1999 - 2000 on here.

[Kashmir712]

i have the aoe3 complete edition in retail form, and i cant activate it

[Laptop]

Originally posted by jÓhn:

i have the aoe3 complete edition in retail form, and i cant activate it

I stated a few posts above you cannot activate retail copies of AOE3 on Steam. Maybe in the future Microsoft will sort something out.

[Kashmir712]

Originally posted by Laptop65:

Originally posted by jÓhn:

i have the aoe3 complete edition in retail form, and i cant activate it

I stated a few posts above you cannot activate retail copies of AOE3 on Steam. Maybe in the future Microsoft will sort something out.

thank you :)

[ KARR™]

Originally posted by Laptop65:

Originally posted by jÓhn:

i have the aoe3 complete edition in retail form, and i cant activate it

I stated a few posts above you cannot activate retail copies of AOE3 on Steam. Maybe in the future Microsoft will sort something out.

Some you can, which is why it says:

Age of Empires III: Complete Collection CD Keys in this format: 1ABCD-D3FGH-45I67

but they need to be THAT format.