Just a moment ago, games that are "banned" or whatever because Valve cuts tie with developers are no longer detected by Steam API. A prime example is that (almost) all Digital Homicide games are no longer detected as owned.

This is not a per-app change, but rather a system-wide change, so if you own some games made by other developers that are "banned" then Steam API will also no longer detect them. Not sure if this is intentional and why Valve would do this, but surely this will change a lot of things.

What this could mean in SG:

  • for now, if you have won some game before and the game's developer has since been banned or otherwise cut business relationship with Valve, you will show as having not activated the game
  • SGTools check will fail before this mass-whitelist of games gets added, if you have won such games
  • it can be hard to check ownership of such games won from here, either from giveaway creator or from support (Support may receive tickets saying the winner didn't activate these games, but in fact they did, it's just not showing up in the API)
  • for the long term you may be able to enter giveaways for these games and win them multiple times (and get suspended for breaking the rules, of course)

I don't have a complete list of what games are affected, since there are too many. This means if SGTools wants to update their whitelist it can be a non-trivial process.

Also, your profile's game count may have changed, depending on how many such games you have in your account.


For example, I own Barbie and Her Sisters Puppy Rescue (appid: 396390, you won't be able to see that I own this game unless I am on your friends list on Steam and you go to the Friends that Play page of this game), and if you check with Steam API you won't be able to find 396390 as my owned appid.

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Yep. Now I have 6 unactivated games.

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When i checked my account on SteamDB i didn't see these games anymore but when i open my Steam Client and click on LIBRARY > GAMES i can still able to choose and download them. So the question is can i permanently remove them ?? When i go to SUPPORT and click remove it shows me an option for The Mixed Pack which contain a lot of trash games :0

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Yes, if you remove "the mixed pack" you will remove all of the games from that pack.

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Does this mean we won't earn card drops at all anymore with those games?

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This sucks.

7 years ago
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I really wish I would have found this image back when they did the gifting change but I can't resist using it here.

View attached image.
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I have one unactivated game now :l

7 years ago
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27 games lost, 2 won here in mass GAs

Any idea how long it takes SG to 'whitelist' games after similar Steam purges?

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2017 is seriously interesing in bad meaning year on steam.

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Someone I know just lost 5k game badge because this update.. :/

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Happened to me as well, but who cares. In a few weeks it's there again. Also the game count isn't something one should be proud of ..

The other consequences are bad.

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From 2482 to 2440 and 2 "not activated gifts" on SG...

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.. 21 games shown as not activated for me now.

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my owned games count went from 715 to 691 </3

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-60 owned games 😮
https://steam-tracker.com/user/76561198123969021/

Some of my winners now can't pass sgtools check

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I was at 1953 games on SG but showing less on steam client, that dropped to 1920 on SG after a re sync (1943 under games tab on S client) after reading this thread so 33 games.

Only 3 have shown up as non activated..

Hello From Indiana (2017-01-25 21:42:00)
Nicolay's Adventure (2017-06-11 17:59:00)
Piximalism (2017-06-17 02:02:00)

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I discovered problem minutes away. I am flaged for unactivated wins (for a game i activated 10 monts away) and still have it in library :/.

It is Biology Battle game.
Biology Battle (2016-08-19 12:00:00)

For 10 months it was ok, today it is not :/.

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Something strange is going on...

http://www.sgtools.info/nonactivated/hakimodo
Games wins not activated
North Side (2016-11-05 12:43:00)
Luci:Horror Story (2017-02-02 22:59:00)
Platformica (2017-07-04 06:00:00)

http://hakimodo.pl//INNE/INNE/steamgifts/2017-07-06_0821.png

Let's look on one of them - "Luci:Horror Story"

  1. Game is not shown on my games in steam profile:
    http://steamcommunity.com/id/hakimodo/games/?tab=all
    http://hakimodo.pl//INNE/INNE/steamgifts/2017-07-06_0822.png

  2. Game are showed in Steam app:
    http://hakimodo.pl//INNE/INNE/steamgifts/2017-07-06_0823.png

  3. Game are showed in licence manager:
    http://hakimodo.pl//INNE/INNE/steamgifts/2017-07-06_0824.png

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So we can't get booster packs from this games and seems achievements don't count aswell. Disappointed

7 years ago
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As people said before, achivements will always count if you started the game, even if it's removed. And it isn't even removed.

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Strange, I kinda like this. Those who got those games can still download them, but otherwise just remove them actually completely, especially if Valve itself booted off the publishers. Partly this is a shameless publicity mending as they will erase many of the memories of them being associated with such bad companies, but also finally rids Steam as a platform from even the memory of having them.
Additionally, this will also devalue all leftover keys for those games as +1 collectors and removed game collectors would have even harder time showcasing them.

Plus, hey, this mean we can report everyone who ever entered and won Digital Homicide junk and they will get suspended because support cannot get any info from Steam if they really have it? Count me in! :D starts reporting everyone who already admitted this in the thread
I kinda feel sorry for Student though, for the removal of our lord and saviour. But I know that our faith in Barbie™ is stronger than this change.

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Just synced my SteamGifts account, went down from 2225 games to 2182 games .-.

Also I now have an unactivated win when using SGtools.

Still I don't think this is a bad change, I think talgaby is right.

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I have some games missing too... Why? Valve is shittier every day

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I don't have a complete list of what games are affected, since there are too many. This means if SGTools wants to update their whitelist it can be a non-trivial process.

This list might be a good place to start: http://removed.timekillerz.eu/games.php

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Lost 8 games on sync and 1 SG win... :/

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You technically should not get boosters any more. I think nobody should be able to even craft badges.

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No source, just this is how a system like this should work if they removed all references for the games from their system. If it cannot be seen in your games list any more, the same system cannot report it as booster-eligible. It all stems from one common thing that is also used by the API.

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Cards from removed games are still available for dropping, obviously not marketable. Booster packs, no.

Anyway, quick way to get all eligible booster packs:
http://steamcommunity.com/my/ajaxgetboostereligibility

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Can't you read? Click the link and get the personalized list of available booster packs for your account.
Creating booster packs (using gems) and receiving random booster packs are two different things.

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Hmm, right now i can't tell if you're asking for help or trying to start a flame with strangers because ...reasons. 😕

Anyway, if you're still anxious to know your eligibility on your account's booster packs, there's a link a couple of comments above. Click on it then search the list, if the game in question is listed there then you'll might get a booster pack. Otherwise you're not.

As for your experience, there's no info on a specific game's badge page about booster packs. There's only a button on the collective page of badges, that's where my link came from. Are you using a particular script? Can you post a screenshot to clarify this?

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I see, you're right that's strange.. It must be a glitch cause the code for the dialog is already on the badge page when you open it (open source code , search for class="card_drop_info_dialog"), it's not being requested from their server. It's probably enabled only by counting dropped cards :

Once you have received all of your card drops, you become eligible for a booster pack containing 3 additional cards.

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Gta 1-2? Duke Nukem? And orther good games to removed?

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