After the Steam prefers not to transfer your account after death, players have now also inquired about the competition. One game provider surprisingly responded.
Why is the question being asked? In May, a user asked Valve if he could transfer his account through a will after his death. They responded and said that this was unfortunately not possible. The reason for this is the terms of use, which prohibit allowing other people to use the account. This also includes sharing the username and password.
For another user, support responded differently to the same question. According to them, Valve would decide on a case-by-case basis whether the account could be inherited (via Steam Community).
Valve is generally willing to work with the respective individuals should such an unfortunate situation occur.
After these responses circulated among players, they wanted to know how things stand with Steam’s competition. Therefore, they inquired with GOG (you might remember it as Good Old Games) and actually received a response.
We also addressed the original topic in our video:
GOG allows you to inherit the account
What is GOG’s response? The Steam competitor Good Old Games has no problem allowing you to inherit your account, as Dexerto reports on X.
Should such a case arise, you need a copy of the so-called “court order” in America. The counterpart to the “court order” in Germany is a judicial decision.
The support will, in any case, review your request and do “its best to make this possible,” quotes Dexerto on X. Whether decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis as with Valve is unclear.
Contrary to Dexerto’s post, user @slippyfox points out on X.com that the user agreement from GOG under section 3.3 can be quoted as follows: “Your GOG account and your GOG content […] may not be shared, sold, gifted, or transferred to other people.” However, it is possible that GOG may deviate from the agreement in this case.
How does the community react to the support’s response? The community is pleased with GOG’s response, which is more positive and clearer than that of Steam support.
On X.com, user @Fallenislost writes: “Based. GOG is so good for preserving games”
User @sikane02 writes on X.com: “That seems to be the most obvious solution.”
Also, @Jay_Dook does not understand the problem on X.com: “I wouldn’t know why not. I mean, utility companies, mobile providers, etc. only require a death certificate to transfer ownership of an account.”
In the replies to the post on X.com, users point out that a transfer by a judge via a court order no longer seems entirely voluntary and this might also work for a Steam account.
The issue with death and games on your accounts often lies in the fact that you do not actually own the games, but only have a license to use them. In our previous article on the Steam case, we also explored the legal situation in more detail: A user asks Valve if he can inherit his many games on Steam – They respond
