Each Steam user can send users listed by their friends, games in the form of hyphates. The receiving party remains only to activate the received gift to immediately start loading the game on the PC. In addition, the activation can be performed using keys. These two methods and one more less popular we will look at the current article.
Activation of Games in Steam
Games for your account is not necessary to buy in the Steam store - they can be received as a gift from friends or purchased in third-party stores at a reduced price. In this case, the method of their activation will differ, since the principle of their distribution is not the same.If suddenly, instead of adding you get an error, for example, that the game has already been activated, but it never appeared in the library, just wait. Methods of glitches when performing this process are not united, so it is likely that after a short waiting, the position will appear in the library.
When the wait ended in failure, we recommend contacting Steam technical support. In this you can help another our article.
Read more: Correspondence with Steam Support
Option 3: Activation of Gift Link Game
Some third-party stores began selling gifts not in the form of keys, but gifting links. Usually, these sites are written how to perform activation in this way, and it is almost the same: you make a purchase on the site, log in in the style through the browser, then return to the store page (usually you need to go to the "My Shopping" section) and go to The link that was received in return. Steam will ask a question about the adoption of a gift, which is answered in the affirmative. It remains through the desktop client to go to the "library" and start installation.
Do not forget that these links of one-time use, respectively, your friends will not be able to get the game in this way and on their account. This link can be sent to a friend as a present, then you, of course, will not use it.
Now you know how to activate the game in the style, obtained in the form of an activation code, gift or reference.