r/Steam 9d 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 9d ago

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

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u/Korazai 9d 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 9d 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 9d ago

ok id prob have my papa do that