New Steam Update Adds Long-Requested Feature

A brand-new update to Steam has added new features for gifting games, fulfilling a long-standing request from the userbase. This is just the latest in recent changes to Steam’s game gifting options in recent months.

Previously, Steam announced it would be discontinuing physical Steam gift cards. Though fans may still be able to find some in stores, once they run out of stock, they will no longer be produced and sold. The change was made in an effort to crack down on scams connected to gift cards targeting Steam users. Gamers can still buy and send Steam gift cards digitally, or they can use some of these new features to make gifting easier.

Steam Makes Big Changes to Gifting Games

In a new update to Steam, the platform has made some changes to gifting that should make it much easier for gamers to get the gifts they want. In short, Steam users can now share their wishlists with others, who can then buy any of the games listed without the gifter needing a membership to the platform themselves. Games can now be gifted across regions, and gamers can be given digital gift cards for Steam without the sender needing to know their account information. All that will be needed from this point on is an email address of the user, and it doesn’t have to be the email address associated with the account. This should help non-gamers to more easily buy gifts on Steam, and may help to increase privacy for users requesting gifts.

In addition to the changes to gifting, some smaller alterations have been made to wishlists themselves. Steam users can now organize wishlists into separate categories, and when sending the wishlist to another person, one can choose to just send a single category. For example, one might send a wishlist category with only educational games or a birthday wishlist to another person, while keeping the rest of their wishlist separate. This should ensure that any games a user places on their wishlist that they don’t want others to know about will be kept private.

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