# Can I give away a Steam Game?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-give-away-a-steam-game/572728>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 26, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-give-away-a-steam-game/572728 "2011-02-26T19:04:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-give-away-a-steam-game/572728/1 "2011-02-26T19:04:49Z")

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I bought Flatout: Ultimate Carnage with the hope of playing online with some dopers, but unfortunately my laptop can’t render the graphics well enough to make it playable.

Can I gift it to someone after the fact or transfer it to another Steam account?  
Seems a shame to have paid for it only to have it sit unused when I’m sure there’s someone here who could use it.

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**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-give-away-a-steam-game/572728/2 "2011-02-26T19:07:43Z")

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No. It’s one of the downsides of the Steam platform. It isn’t a technical limitation in anyway; they just don’t allow it.

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-give-away-a-steam-game/572728/3 "2011-02-26T19:19:19Z")

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Oh well - it was worth a shot.  
Thanks for the info.