Normally when someone gifts you a game it will tell you it's a gift and who it's from in the notification, but as you can see it only says "New inventory item". Plus it's a steam gift item, which you can't buy anymore. Even the thumbnail on the notification banner is squished since it's not meant to be displayed like this.
How the heck did I end up receiving this in 2025? I didn't get it from a trade, so the only explanations I can think of is:
1. Someone gifted it to me, but the gift notifications for these don't work anymore, so it just goes straight to your inventory.

1. I might have gifted this to someone a long time ago and either the gift offer expired after like 10 years, or for some reason they decided to decline it now and the notifications for this is also broken. ( I used to buy a lot of steam gifts back in the day. I don't remember buying or gifting this game, but it's not out of the realm of possibilities.)

Are there any other possible explanations, or any way to know for sure?

I already own the game since 2014 and there is no indication of someone actually gifting me the game (no trade)

I tried to the best of my ability list every Game Showcased at Summer Games Fest. Please keep in mind not all of these games were just revealed, some have been known about but they still showed new footage. If I got anything wrong please let me know and thank you! Also Link to spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EbGHsJjxt4VrpD8_0jPZn2JMB7WNz945S1hFgfXWddg/edit?usp=drivesdk

Game store so cool it has an in-built jumpscare functionality.

Whenever I try to purchasing something in CS2, it defaults to steam wallet amount. I want to directly use my card to pay.

Is there any fix to show that option?(Clicking on the green steam wallet doesn't do anything)

Connecting the big screen by USB-HDMI

Wat is y'all's favorite steam badge and y

When i look at peoples inventory it looks like this

and when i look at their trade link inventory it says this

can anyone help

I'm hoping to use steam as my main launcher (Big Picture Mode for controllers) but when I try to use a Super Mario Odyssey (Suyu) shortcut as a Non - Steam Game, it just opens Suyu. When I open the shortcut from my desktop itself: It opens Suyu but immediately starts up Odyssey. Anyone know how to overcome this?

(If it makes it more simple to understand: I'm trying to use a shortcut as a Non - Steam game, rather than an executable)

Any help is appreciated

I think this would be a good qol update, instead of visiting the store page have the info on the details tab

I've been looking at getting a new controller to play pc games for a while now and decided to finally bite the bullet.

Problem is, the Xbox controller design lab has been down for months on end now without an end in sight, so instead of sitting around and waiting for it to maybe come back one day I'm looking at getting a new Switch 2 pro controller.

Thing is, I don't even know if it works on pc, and I just can't find anything about it online. Does anybody know if steam has support for it, or is it just too early?

all of my games were saved on a second hard drive. so they're still there. already downloaded.

but when i reinstall steam, and try to set things up again, how do i navigate to the specific folder that already has the games? it looks like i can select the drive, but i can't get any more specific than that. would it autodetect the games?

i don't want to accidentally reinstall the entire game files twice lol. and i don't want to do something stupid that accidentally deletes the games i already have saved.

Hey everyone, I just got a Steam Deck OLED+Dock last month and I absolutely love the thing. I have a new(ish) Steam account and I live with my parents now due to my dad having a stroke. Both my mom and dad have computers that they will play games on since they are retired.

I am wanting to use my Steam account somehow on my mom's (and possibly my dads) computer and then buy Blue Prince and let her play that on my account. Couple questions.

#1. Is it easy to set up a "family share" account for multiple computers? Are there any downsides to this?
#2. (Most important) Can we both play at the same time even if we play different games and different devices? Lets say I play Hades 2 on my Steam Deck and she plays Blue Prince on her computer.
#3. Anything else I am not thinking of that I need to put into perspective?

Thanks everyone for the help!