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?

  • dogslayeggs@lemmy.worldEnglish
    153·
    6 months ago

    I bought a Steam account back in 2007-ish. I wanted to play HL2 but didn’t want to create a Steam account. I thought then, and still think now, that I shouldn’t need to create an online account just to play an offline game.

    The guy gave me his login information, and then I went in to change the email and all other info to generic info. I’ve been using that account for 17 years, but I did eventually have to give them real info to buy new games.

    • atocci@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      6 months ago

      You bought someone else’s Steam account because you didn’t want to make your own? As a form of protest?

      • dogslayeggs@lemmy.worldEnglish
        65·
        6 months ago

        Not as a protest. I just didn’t feel the need to create an account for a game, so I bought an account that was already created.

        • atocci@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          6 months ago

          Did HL2 come with the account or did you just buy an empty pre-made Steam profile?

          • dogslayeggs@lemmy.worldEnglish
            41·
            6 months ago

            The game came with the account. I ostensibly bought the game, but the guy gave me control of the account the game was locked to.