Do Steam keys expire...

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If I get Steam keys for a few games off of Amazon, can I put them on a text file somewhere and save them for a few weeks/months?

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TartFlavor

Yup! As far as I know they never expire.

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Oklep

I had few, which are now expired... For example I remember Rochard

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Zlia

If it was for the discount coupon, yeah, it's logical that a key for a discount coupon that expires would expire too.
But if you got a key for the game itself from somewhere and it didn't work, you got ripped off. :P

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Oklep

They were regular steam keys

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BlackRoxxx

wrong... there are several keys that expire. for example cbs (magazine in germany) promotion steam keys

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Zlia

Of course not. If they "expired" that would mean you got robbed and the retailer gets sued. :P

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DeepWolf

If the game is removed from Steam?

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Zlia

They still work then. In fact it would be the only way to get the game. As far as I know, a game can't be removed completely from Steam. It can only be removed from the Steam store.

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TartFlavor

Pretty sure The WarZ keys are still valid.

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Dreakon13

I believe people have purchased Steam keys for games like Mafia 1 off of Amazon and they still worked on Steam, despite not having a store page or anything.

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Frogboss

They can expire, I remember having a Bastion key from back when it was in a humble bundle. A friend was going to buy Bastion when she saw it on sale during this past Summer sale and I told her I would just give her the key from my bundle since I never activated it. She went to use it and key was expired so I think in some cases they do.

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Memoir

If that's the case, you might want to contact Humble Bundle Support about that. That shouldn't happen.

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AgeOfArmageddon

Humble Bundle keys never expire, some people are still trading/gifting the first Humble Bundle, never mind HiB5.

You should contact their support.

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Memoir

As far as it being an actual game, I don't think they expire.

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Hanamichi

Well, when I received codes from some VGA promotions, they said the code will expire after MM/DD/YYYY

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Incog

I have a spreadsheet full of real old game keys. None of them have expired (I use/give away random keys periodically to friends, never had any complaints).

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ET3D

I keep old keys, and gave away some without a problem. However some keys do have a time limit, and you're usually told that. When I won games on Sapphire Select Club they said they have a time limit.

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speedbrat

Prey - a 7 year old game, and you still can activate keys for it.

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LuckyBoy

Only if you leave them under light or humidity.

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