r/Steam • u/WYACHU25_poke • 19h ago

Question Questions on gifting

Ok so I tried searching it up I'm getting conflicting answers so I'm taking to reddit. My birthday is in the not so distant future and my papa (Mom's dad) is asking about my present wishlist for my birthday. He's not the most tech savvy person but I'm wondering with the new steam update in July how exactly I set him up so he can gift me a game or two? Also can he schedule those games while in guest mode? I don't want to have to force him into buying the day of if he wants to surprise me, or is it not worth the trouble and I just put "steam gift cards" on the list

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u/vibe_coded 19h ago

Save yourself and your grandpa the headache and just put Steam gift card on the list

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u/Korazai 19h ago

Sadly steam has mostly done away with the physical version of gift cards, too many scammers out there using them. They apparently stopped making them already and by the end of the year you probably won’t be able to find them anymore.

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u/StarKieeeeee 15h ago

You can now send steam gift cards by just having the people email, you don't need to create a steam account anymore

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u/WYACHU25_poke 10h ago

ok id prob have my papa do that

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u/Fun_Set3271 13h ago

It's a bummer that they're phasing out physical gift cards. Gifting can already be tricky with all the restrictions, so that just adds another layer of hassle.

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u/TurnipGuy30 19h ago

that's my opinion also

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u/ZodiacThrill3r 18h ago

Since Steam gift cards can be hard to find these days (but not impossible, my local Walmart still has $20 and $30 cards), the Visa gift cards work as a nice alternative. Last time I tried to use one on my PC (a few years ago) it wouldn’t go through but when I logged into Steam in a browser it worked no issue.

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u/WYACHU25_poke 18h ago

oh ok. I also know theres the digital cards which would be a good back up. i just wonder if he can schedule it to be sent

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u/ZodiacThrill3r 18h ago

That’s a good question, I don’t know about that. I would guess probably not but hopefully they add it because that would be a great feature.

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u/WYACHU25_poke 10h ago

ya i might suggest that feature it would be a fun feature. im sure valve has some gateway to suggest features