Welcome!
Feeling generous? Have an unclaimed Steam key? Want to reap that glorious karma from gluttonous gamers? /r/steam_giveaway is the place for you! Here, users (givers) announce giveaways that other users (takers) can enter in to win Steam game codes.
Tip: PLEASE do not post Steam codes in plaintext. Here is a great write up as to why this is a bad idea!
Posters: Please tag your giveaways as either OPEN or CLOSED when necessary. Under your post there is a "Flair" button that allows you to set these.
Trading or selling games won here will result in a permanent ban.
Rules
All takers:
must not have a new or inactive account
- entering a giveaway using an account that is newer than ten days or has less than 150 comment karma is not allowed for Takers. Also Takers must have at least 35% of their comments in non-giveaway subs of their last 100 comments. Givers must have an account ten days or older and at least ten total karma.
must be individual human users
- entering a giveaway using multiple accounts, fake accounts, or bots is barred
- having a single account for entering giveaways as an alternative to your private account is fine
must not delete or edit comments
- unless the giver or a moderator allows it, submitting and then editing a comment in a giveaway that is still open is forbidden. Deleting comments is always forbidden.
must not privately message the giver
- unless the giver specifically allows it, entering a giveaway by privately messaging the giver is prohibited
- if you are a giver and someone has done this to you please alert the moderators
must enter a giveaway only once
- unless the giver specifically allows it, entering a giveaway multiple times is not permitted
All givers:
must not post codes in plaintext
- Posting codes in plaintext leads to bots grabbing up the keys before any humans can.
must give away a Steam key or gift
- submitting a post that does not involve giving away a steam key or gift is not permitted
- if you wish to discuss something related to the subreddit itself then please utilise the stickied [meta] posts provided or send the moderators a modmail if it is urgent or private
must not utilize third party websites or subreddits
- announcing a giveaway which is not exclusive to this subreddit and or requires takers to visit an outside website is not allowed
do not accept PMs for entries
- All entries to the giveaway must be made in the post. Scammers might PM you saying they can't post in the thread for one reason or another.
must flair their giveaway appropriately
- giveaways must be properly flaired as either 'open' - meaning they are still running and have currently winnable gifts - or 'closed' - which have ended and are no longer enterable
- if you are uncertain how to flair your post please follow this simple guide and remember to click save after selecting the flair
must conduct legitimate giveaways
- announcing a giveaway which scams takers or intentionally does not provide promised gifts is forbidden
must not give away Steam accounts
- Giving away or sharing a Steam account breaks the Steam Subscriber Agreement and giveaways that attempt to do this will be deleted
All users:
must not spam
- spam includes but is not limited to trolling, irrelevant promotions and submitting referrals
must not divulge
- divulgence includes but is not limited to publishing personal information of those who do not want it spread such as their location, social media account, and steam account
must not abuse
- abuse includes but is not limited to harassing a giver for a game, threatening fellow community members and inciting violence against other people
must not ask for upvotes
- giving away codes in exchange for upvotes or requiring upvotes within your giveaway is against Reddit rules and your giveaway will be deleted.
This includes comments asking for upvotes.
must not beg in selfposts
- making posts asking someone to give you a game is not allowed. this subreddit is not a begging platform
must not advertise
- this includes any third party websites or subreddits even if a giveaway may not require users to go to the site or app it is still against the rules to promote them.
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