On Steam, it is not allowed to transfer your account to another person, even if you specify it in your will. While this greatly bothers one player, another explains how to cleverly circumvent the rule.
Who is it about? Reddit user r4in has collected over 3,000 games and over 1,200 DLCs on Steam. Quite a lot, as he also finds. However, if something were to happen to him or if he simply wanted to pass on his collection to his children in old age, according to Steam, that is not allowed.
This is very sad for him, because in the collection are not only the many money he must have spent, but also his personal taste in games and his game saves. However, the community knows two methods of how he can pass on his games.
Here you can see how Steam stands on the matter:
Legal and Illegal
What methods are there? First of all, the legal version suggested by a Reddit user. Steam itself offers a feature to share games from different accounts used on one PC or in a household.
The player can easily share his 3,000 games while alive with friends or children through the Family Sharing feature. Even if he can no longer access his account, the other accounts that are part of the Steam family can use the games.
This is what Steam intends and is completely allowed. At the same time, this also means that the other members have their own game saves and cannot access those of the gamer. To enable this, only option 2 remains.
What other option is there? Another Reddit user explains the way that most will likely take, even though it is not allowed. He states that Steam does not ask who is sitting in front of the account, and as long as you do not tell Steam that the owner has passed away, you can simply continue using the account.
This is not allowed and is against Steam’s rules, but it is also the only method to see the game saves again. However, the password for the account, the 2-factor authentication, and access to the email account must be clear. Otherwise, the family has no way to unlock the account again if the user gets logged out.
Steam’s rules are actually designed to prevent account sharing and the sale of accounts. While it is bitter that you cannot bequeath your account this way, the community has shown good methods to ensure that the games do not get lost. How Steam sees it, you can see here: A user asks Valve if he can bequeath his many games on Steam – They reply
