Hello, I just wanted to share a list of games that are expiring soon. I do not know all of them, but after missing out on a couple I wanted to have a centralized area to post about expiry dates. The game key does not have to be from Steam so long as it is expiring, reply and I'll add it.

Table of games and dates below, sorted by nearest expiration date that has not yet occurred. Already expired keys are added to the bottom.

Google Sheet version of the table below with colors marking expired games and a bit more information.

Expiration Date Game Still Redeemable? Bundle Platform Publisher Developers Retroactive Expiration
2024-12-03 Friends vs Friends Y Humble Choice November 2023 Steam Raw Fury Brainwash Gang No
2025-06-03 HiFi Rush Y Humble Choice May 2024 Steam Bethesda Softworks Tango Gameworks (now defunct) No
2025-11-04 Remnant II Y Humble Choice October 2024 Steam Arc Games (Gearbox Publishing) Gunfire Games No
2025-12-05 Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Y Humble Choice November 2024 Steam Fatshark Fatshark No
2025-12-05 Hexarchy Y Humble Choice November 2024 Steam Yogscast Games Main Tank Software No
2031-05-25 Disjunction Y Humble Choice June 2021 GOG Fireshine Games Ape Tribe Games No
2031-07-28 Encodya Y Humble Choice August 2021 GOG Assemble Entertainment Chaosmonger Studio No
2023-06-07 Command & Conquer Remastered Collection N Humble Choice May 2022 EA EA Petroglyph & Lemon Sky Studios No
2023-03-01 Mass Effect Legendary Edition N Humble Choice March 2022 EA EA BioWare No
2023-01-05 STAR WARS: Squadrons N Humble Choice June 2022 EA EA MOTIVE No
2024-01-02 DEATHLOOP N Humble Choice October 2022 Steam Bethesda Softworks Arkane Studios Yes
2024-01-31 DOOM Eternal N? Humble Choice January 2023 Steam Bethesda Softworks id Software Yes
2024-02-29 Fallout 76 N? Humble Choice February 2023 Steam Bethesda Softworks Bethesda Game Studios No
2024-03-05 Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game (Fallout 1) N? Humble Choice February 2023 Steam Bethesda Softworks Interplay Inc. No
2024-06-30 Ghostwire: Tokyo N? Humble Choice June 2023 Steam Bethesda Softworks Tango Gameworks Yes
2024-10-29 Town of Salem N? Humble microJUMBO bundle 2017 & Humble Monthly September 2016 Steam Digital Bandidos BlankMediaGames Yes

Sources: Barter, reddit, and Steamgifts 1 plus Steamgifts 2.

Share any new expiry notices and I'll add them to this main post later

Post Last Updated: 3 PM ET on 2024/11/18 or November 18th, 2024

1 year ago*

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juicy, ty!

1 year ago
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Doom Eternal? Not sure of the date

1 year ago
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Doom Eternal as Shanti said, listed by the OP here:
https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/1sBDP/humble-adding-expiration-dates-without-notice
+some others listed by some users in the Reddit thread OP linked, and some by wigglenose in the SG thread.

1 year ago
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Friends vs Friends - Must be redeemed by December 3rd, 2024 by 11:59 PM Pacific Time.
source

1 year ago
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Expires HB Choice Platform Game
2024-12-04 Nov 2023 Steam Friends vs Friends
2024-01-31 Jun 2023 Steam Ghostwire: Tokyo
2024-03-05 Feb 2023 Steam Fallout 76
2024-03-05 Feb 2023 Steam Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
2024-01-31 Jan 2023 Steam DOOM Eternal
2024-01-02 Oct 2022 Steam DEATHLOOP
2023-01-05 Jun 2022 EA STAR WARS: Squadrons
2023-06-07 May 2022 EA Command & Conquer Remastered Collection
2023-03-01 Mar 2022 EA Mass Effect Legendary Edition
2031-05-25 Jun 2021 GOG Disjunction

(some are already expired, shown with a strikethrough)

(Source: data gathered from Barter, if you visit each bundle page, you'll see a table of games with a little icon ⏰ for games with expiration date)

1 year ago*
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Updated main post. I adopted the table style of ormax3's post for the most part, but I changed the order a bit and double-checked some dates.

1 year ago
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Weird. They must have changed the date for Ghostwire Tokyo somewhere along the way, since now it tells me:
"Must be redeemed by June 30th, 2024."
It kind of checks out that way, since now we have at least a year to activate every key.

11 months ago
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Thanks for the update. OP is updated and the sheet as well.

11 months ago
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In case anyone will be buying keys from resellers this is a topic to follow

Expecting massive discounts as the end date approaches

Already visible with Deathloop

Edit: Would be nice if you could sort it by end date

1 year ago
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Solid resource.

1 year ago
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Thanks. I didn’t even realize some of them expire like that. Looks like my Command & Conquer Remastered Collection key expired. :(

1 year ago
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Thanks, looks like I'll need to get rid of that Doom Eternal key fast :x

It might be useful to also add a "publisher" column to the table so that we know which ones are likely to do the same in the future?

1 year ago
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Helpful!
Grateful bump

1 year ago
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On Barter, you can see all the items with the "activation deadline" tag here: https://barter.vg/notices/402
The list there could be improved by adding the actual deadline, and the platform (as they're mixed Steam / GOG / Epic items). Unfortunately I don't think there are enough resources to implement these changes at the moment, but at least you can see easily everything that gets tracked.

Notices about future expiry dates are also posted in the appropriate channel on the Barter Discord, but it's difficult to see them as that channel gathers all notification types, not only the activation deadlines. This is how it looks like:
https://i.imgur.com/vcUNRPP.png

1 year ago
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That's handy. Thanks for sharing.

I am not sure if I will add free game giveaways expiring since those typically have a clear expiry date. I can if people want, but I think I will run out of room in the OP if I list everything, especially from bundles where everything should expire like Jingle Jam.

1 year ago*
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From Jingle Jam, roughly half of the keys expire, some of these sooner than later. I will be tracking them in a giant table in my thread anyway, like I did for the previous years.
The free games are somewhat useful to track. Fanatical has been doing several giveaways lately, they threaten with expiration dates but so far none were invalidated.
Amazon Prime keys are also somewhat useful to track, as they usually have a pretty short validity. They also have two deadlines: one date for claiming them, another date for expiry.

I think what would be more important to track is whether the keys still work or not AFTER they meet their announced deadline.

1 year ago
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Is there a tool to generate Steamgifts tables that you use? I have made a Google sheet for now with more info and will add your ideas there, but retyping everything into Steamgifts is a pain.

1 year ago
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Same as Disjunction, Encodya (GOG key) from August 2021 Humble Choice have a expiration date on 2031-07-28

11 months ago
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Fallout 76 code for me expires February 29th. Fallout 1 is the correct date of March 5th.

11 months ago
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Updated list for HiFi Rush in Humble May Choice 2024 and crossed out old expired games. Let me know if the keys still work for any of these expired ones and I'll update the spreadsheet.

7 months ago
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Upcoming deadline added to main post for Town of Salem. Check you've redeemed your key from the Humble microJUMBO bundle in 2017 or from Humble Monthly September 2016.

Expiration Date Game Still Redeemable? Bundle Platform Publisher Developers
2024-10-29 Town of Salem Y Humble microJUMBO bundle 2017 & Humble Monthly September 2016 Steam Digital Bandidos BlankMediaGames
3 months ago*
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Same for Town of Salem keys from Humble Monthly September 2016.

3 months ago
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You need to add Remnant II from Humble Choice (October 2024) that expires on November 4th, 2025.

Do you want to add a "Retroactive" column too, which indicates that some keys were given a retroactive expiration i.e. were not marketed with an expiration date? I know that most of the keys that already expired were given a retroactive expiration date.

Thanks for compiling this list.

1 month ago*
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I can add a retroactive column if people want, but I would need to confirm if that was the case for each game or like with some GOG keys, Humble may not have realized there seems to always be at least a 10-year expiration date. I tried to gift a copy of Defender's Quest on GOG from Humble and had it come back as expired due to this.

1 month ago
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The expiration was retroactively added for Doom Eternal, Ghostwire: Tokyo, Deathloop (all Bethesda games), and Town of Salem.

https://reddit.com/r/GameDealsMeta/comments/17v1bla/humble_choice_added_expiration_dates_for_some

https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/CQSef/town-of-salem-game-keys-humble-bundle-expire-on-october-29th

There was also conflicting information about whether the keys themselves expire, or just the functionality of revealing them, but at least one person has confirmed that the keys expire and can't be activated after the expiration date, despite the Humble Bundle key expiration notice email claiming otherwise.

Deathloop Key Expiration Email

Deathloop Key Redemption Page

Doom Eternal Key Redemption Page

All of the other keys had clearly defined expiration notices prior to purchasing the associated bundles (someone can correct me if I'm wrong):

https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/1sBDP/humble-adding-expiration-dates-without-notice#7mxAXfq

I think you're right that it's safe to assume almost all GOG keys expire about 10 years from the date when the bundle was active (not when the key is revealed), unless otherwise stated.

The fact that Humble Bundle doesn't list GOG keys as expiring has me wondering if they know/care to find out about whether the keys that publishers are giving them actually expire (hence why they agreed to add retroactive expiration dates to some of the keys). Humble Bundle's terms of service allows them to revoke access to any products at their discretion, so it wouldn't surprise me if they just don't care enough to find out/disclose it.

I wonder if that's even legal in the EU, given their strong consumer protection laws.

1 month ago*
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Does anyone know when these Humble Bundle GOG games expire?

  • Strate-GOG

    • All Games
  • Deck Builder Bundle

    • GWENT - Ultimate Starter Pack
  • Stand With Ukraine Bundle

    • Liberated
    • Wanderlust: Travel Stories
1 month ago
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I bought the Stand with Ukraine bundle and took a look for you. My Liberated key is used already apparently so I can't see the expiration date but when I try to redeem Wanderlust, it tells me "Code expires on Mar 20, 2032, 6:00 PM." There is no red text on the HB page to indicate it will expire soon at least.

1 month ago
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All GOG codes expire within 10 years, I believe. That may be why there is no text.

Will update list tomorrow. I am not at my PC at the moment (writing from phone).

1 month ago
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Reminder that Town of Salem expires today!

1 month ago
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If someone sees this and is still able to redeem Town of Salem after the deadline passes, let me know. Otherwise, I will mark it as not able to be redeemed in a couple of days.

1 month ago
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Does anyone know which exact email Humble Bundle sends normal/retroactive key expiration notices from? I think those emails are going to my junk.

1 month ago
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from: Humble Bundle contact@mailer.humblebundle.com
reply-to: contact@humblebundle.com

1 month ago
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Thanks. It's kind of crazy that Humble Bundle sends important notices from the same email that distributes all of their marketing material.

1 month ago
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A bump and two adds from the November Humble Bundle

Warhammer 40,000 Darktide must be redeemed by December 5th, 2025 by 12:00 AM Pacific Time.
Hexarchy must be redeemed by December 5th, 2025 by 12:00 AM Pacific Time.

1 month ago
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I have updated the post and the google sheet.

By the way, if anyone ever comes to this topic with supposedly expired keys, please try them and let me know if they are still redeemable. I do not know for sure when keys actually expire. Sometime keys say they expired but will still redeem.

1 month ago
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I just received an email from Humble Bundle stating that Hero's Hour keys from the March 2023 Humble Choice will retroactively expire on June 3, 2025.

Keep in mind that you must reveal and redeem your key, not simply reveal it, because the key itself will expire.

"A friendly heads-up that game keys for Hero's Hour, which was part of your March 2023 Humble Choice monthly mix of games, will expire on June 3, 2025.

Keys have been restocked by the publisher and added to inventory today. If you haven’t already done so, reveal and redeem your key today so you don’t miss out on your game.

If you already revealed and redeemed your key, you can disregard this notification."

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It seems like this retroactive expiration was added after Humble Bundle "restocked" the keys (probably requiring a new deal with the publisher), since they act like a bank and sell more bundles than they have keys to provide.

1 day ago
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Railroad Corporation in the October 2022 Humble Choice will be expiring December 22nd 2024. Didn't see any emails from HB warning users ahead of time unfortunately, just stumbled upon this by accident (thankfully).

1 day ago
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It looks like Railroad Corporation keys went out of stock on 2023-11-20 (over a year ago).

https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/PeHST/humble-bundle-october-2022-humble-choice-35-02-jan-2024-deathloop-expires

https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/PeHST/humble-bundle-october-2022-humble-choice-35-02-jan-2024-deathloop-expires/search?page=5#l77I2Xg

I wonder what other keys have expiration dates that we're missing.

Humble Bundle need more accountability for this kind of nonsense. At the very least they should have a filter/dedicated page that lists expiring keys from your purchases.

5 hours ago
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