Is there a Steam gift-card equivalent?

Blarg Blargson · 03-15-2009, 02:09 PM

The question is in the title. My birthday is approaching, and there's a few games on steam that interest me. However, I don't want to get CD or DVD versions of these games, and I feel it would be crass to just ask my friends and relatives for cash. On the other hand, if Steam gift-cards existed, I would have something that I could ask for that wouldn't be completely without emotional value.

lavacano201014 · 03-15-2009, 02:10 PM

Closest I can think of is asking your benefactors (parents, etc) to gift the games to you.

ester25 · 03-15-2009, 03:04 PM

Steam Purchase Gifts

11-24-2009, 02:30 PM

so can a person buy you a gift off the the website based store, and not have to download the steam app just to gift a game?

06-21-2010, 10:40 PM

So there is no way to gift steam money? For example if I did not know what someone wanted or wanted to let them choose which games they wanted to buy? There would be no way to gift $20 dollars or something?

theking3000 · 06-21-2010, 11:08 PM

You can gift games.

You just pick the right option

caveman26 · 06-22-2010, 02:39 AM

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...7480-WUSF-3601
or if one of the games you want here you can get them to buy the retail and you enter your cd key in steam

07-14-2010, 08:55 PM

Being able to gift some kind of Steam money or credit would be great. As a group admin, I would much rather reward members with credit than worrying about which games people would like to play (that they don't already have).

I wrote a longer post about it here:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...80&postcount=4

Washell · 07-15-2010, 02:33 AM

Closest you get is a Visa giftcard.

Dreadjaws · 07-15-2010, 04:09 AM

I hate to break this to you, but there's no more emotional value in a gift card than there is in plain, regular money.

I suggest you put all the games you want in your wishlist, then tell whomever you want to give you the present to look at your wishlist, choose a game from there and purchase it as a gift, choosing to send the gift to your e-mail. That way they'll be able to purchase the game without having to download the Steam client. They'll still have to make a username and password, though.

12-30-2010, 06:41 PM

There should be gift cards. I want my bro to buy me a game for about $40. But it's on sale for $17.95. With a gift card I'd have $22.05 in the bank to wait for another sale. Now it's just awkward any way we proceed.

02-02-2011, 07:20 AM

Agreed. A rare misstep by Valve not to see the value in this. I'd much rather my non-gamer wife get me a Steam gift card for my birthday than hand me a wad of cash or transfer money to my bank account. Instead, I have no idea what to ask for now.

MasterChiefRulZ · 04-02-2011, 09:02 PM

So there's no 'gift credit' on Steam? Shame, I was just thinking about sending such a thing to a friend. Didn't want to have to plop down a full lump sum for a game, and this way they could get the game of their choosing at less cost to them.

Would be a great feature, Valve wins (more cash flow + new incentive of people to use gift cards to make purchases), customers win (gift cards are easy), their friends that they would gift 'credits' to win (hey money off my next purchase!), everybody would win with a credit gift e-card option.

05-29-2011, 11:22 AM

Bump. Steam/Valve really need to get off their asses and set this up.

mastrauckas · 06-19-2011, 02:18 PM

I too was looking to see if Steam has gift cards so my wife can give me one for my birthday. I'm thinking sooner or later they'll get it. I just sure hope sooner than later.

03-15-2009, 02:09 PM	#1
Blarg Blargson Join Date: Jan 2009 Reputation: 24 Posts: 166	Is there a Steam gift-card equivalent? The question is in the title. My birthday is approaching, and there's a few games on steam that interest me. However, I don't want to get CD or DVD versions of these games, and I feel it would be crass to just ask my friends and relatives for cash. On the other hand, if Steam gift-cards existed, I would have something that I could ask for that wouldn't be completely without emotional value.

04-02-2011, 09:02 PM	#13
MasterChiefRulZ Join Date: Apr 2008 Reputation: 24 Posts: 61	So there's no 'gift credit' on Steam? Shame, I was just thinking about sending such a thing to a friend. Didn't want to have to plop down a full lump sum for a game, and this way they could get the game of their choosing at less cost to them. Would be a great feature, Valve wins (more cash flow + new incentive of people to use gift cards to make purchases), customers win (gift cards are easy), their friends that they would gift 'credits' to win (hey money off my next purchase!), everybody would win with a credit gift e-card option. Last edited by MasterChiefRulZ: 04-02-2011 at 09:03 PM. Reason: correction

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03-15-2009, 02:10 PM	#2
lavacano201014 Join Date: Oct 2008 Reputation: 37 Posts: 577	Closest I can think of is asking your benefactors (parents, etc) to gift the games to you.

03-15-2009, 03:04 PM	#3
ester25 Join Date: Aug 2007 Reputation: 680 Posts: 6,363	Steam Purchase Gifts

11-24-2009, 02:30 PM	#4
doubletap8 Guest Posts: n/a	so can a person buy you a gift off the the website based store, and not have to download the steam app just to gift a game?

06-21-2010, 10:40 PM	#5
Tatanis Guest Posts: n/a	So there is no way to gift steam money? For example if I did not know what someone wanted or wanted to let them choose which games they wanted to buy? There would be no way to gift $20 dollars or something?

06-21-2010, 11:08 PM	#6
theking3000 Join Date: Jan 2007 Reputation: 50 Posts: 804	You can gift games. You just pick the right option

06-22-2010, 02:39 AM	#7
caveman26 Join Date: Apr 2009 Reputation: 1652 Posts: 4,159	https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...7480-WUSF-3601 or if one of the games you want here you can get them to buy the retail and you enter your cd key in steam

07-14-2010, 08:55 PM	#8
Zaphoon Guest Posts: n/a	Being able to gift some kind of Steam money or credit would be great. As a group admin, I would much rather reward members with credit than worrying about which games people would like to play (that they don't already have). I wrote a longer post about it here: http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...80&postcount=4

07-15-2010, 02:33 AM	#9
Washell Join Date: Oct 2009 Reputation: 5635 Posts: 6,633	Closest you get is a Visa giftcard.

07-15-2010, 04:09 AM	#10
Dreadjaws Join Date: Mar 2010 Reputation: 906 Posts: 3,128	I hate to break this to you, but there's no more emotional value in a gift card than there is in plain, regular money. I suggest you put all the games you want in your wishlist, then tell whomever you want to give you the present to look at your wishlist, choose a game from there and purchase it as a gift, choosing to send the gift to your e-mail. That way they'll be able to purchase the game without having to download the Steam client. They'll still have to make a username and password, though.

12-30-2010, 06:41 PM	#11
Dealer009 Guest Posts: n/a	There should be gift cards. I want my bro to buy me a game for about $40. But it's on sale for $17.95. With a gift card I'd have $22.05 in the bank to wait for another sale. Now it's just awkward any way we proceed.

02-02-2011, 07:20 AM	#12
matrices Guest Posts: n/a	Agreed. A rare misstep by Valve not to see the value in this. I'd much rather my non-gamer wife get me a Steam gift card for my birthday than hand me a wad of cash or transfer money to my bank account. Instead, I have no idea what to ask for now.

05-29-2011, 11:22 AM	#14
BoogeyRATT Guest Posts: n/a	Bump. Steam/Valve really need to get off their asses and set this up.

06-19-2011, 02:18 PM	#15
mastrauckas Join Date: May 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 33	I too was looking to see if Steam has gift cards so my wife can give me one for my birthday. I'm thinking sooner or later they'll get it. I just sure hope sooner than later.