Is it possible to safely "give away" a Steam account to a stranger? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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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?

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[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

legally steam accounts are nontransferrable. so ymmv

[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 3 points 4 months ago

*by the standards set by our corporate overlords

The „laws“ that predatory, autocratic, overpowered nation states veiled as „companies“ push down our legal system are not the will of the people, nor are they based on „justice, fairness and equality“ as stated here so they are not laws.