I’m pretty sure I’m done with Steam gaming, haven’t launched a game in almost a year, and generally want to move away from DRM.
So I had the idea I could just “give away” my Steam account.

Create a new email address without personal info attached, tie it to the Steam account, remove my payment info from Steam and just post the email and password somewhere (maybe here) for the first lucky person to claim.

Would that be safe, or is it possible to recover the changes I made before and get access to my private info? Or is there a better way to give away my games?

  • themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 month ago

    This is done all the time to sell games that aren’t available as CD keys, against TOS.

    The seller usually gives you a login to a webmail they control, and the account is tied to that email. You can then change the email on the account and you have access to the original email to confirm the move.

  • sino@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Be careful and double / triple check on https://help.steampowered.com/en/accountdata what information is stored on your account, especially chats, payment information, purchases, subscriptions and so on. But I agree regarding TOS if they ever find out the account will be locked most likely.

  • Tolstoy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Double triple check everything and let a friend try to dig around… Befor posting your Infos make a post and chose a random comment or so. This way you can verify it’s not a bot

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    According to the TOS, no steam accounts are not transferable.

    Check your purchases page to see if there is any pii there as that is what steam uses for account recovery.

  • Kylamon1@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Not sure about all the personal stuff, but it is against the TOS to transfer the account.

    Big answer is I DONT KNOW, but…

    For payment/address stuff you could change them then try to revert to see if it works. For payment get a $5 gift card from Wal-Mart and set that as the credit card.

    • KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I know accounts aren’t transferrable, but what are they gonna do? Ban me after I left their service? Ban the account? That wouldn’t be worse than just letting it sit unused.

      • Redredme@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        On places likw g2a.com steam accounts are sold all the time.

        The worse they can do is ban the account. Just give it away if you want.