So you want to create public GAs, but you don't want bots and auto-join scripts to enter? Good. Just post a comment in this thread with a link to an invite-only giveaway. The idea is very simple and is really not different from many (most?) of the other threads in the forum, except that you don't need to invest much time or thought into it. Just post the link in a comment, and you're done :-)

A few additional guidelines:

  • Feel free to obfuscate the link to make it more difficult for bots/scripts to enter. This is completely optional and may not make much of a difference, because the forums are probably not as infested with bots and auto-join scripts as public giveaways (see example).
  • You may use itstoohard.com, sgtools.info or other sites as filters to the link, but do try to keep things easy (for humans) to enter.
  • Don't feel obligated to write anything to accompany the giveaway link. If you have stuff to share beyond just the link, you probably should create a dedicated thread for it. Needless to say, you can also write it here, but it's not required.
  • Cross-posting giveaways your posted in other threads is fine, as long as they are your giveaways.
  • If you want to add a dynamic signature showing the game name, giveaway end date and current number of entries, but without revealing the URL to bots, you can use this tool created by Reforced. It takes the signature created by SG and provides you with a new URL that hides the original giveaway address. Just add it to your comment using the regular format for posting images: ![](URL)
  • Just like public GAs typically have a lot of entries, there's no need to maintain a low number of entries in GAs posted here. If you want to give especially good odds to people who enter and still get CV, you may want to instead consider posting the link here (and then remove it when you have your 5 entries). This is not needed here in this thread. The more (humans) the merrier :-)
  • The best way to bump this thread is by posting a link to your own invite-only giveaway. With that said, if the thread drops from the first page a regular "Bump" would also be appreciated.

I'm trying to find how serious the issue with bots really is. So far the results don't really prove things one way or another. Here are some stats from my latest experiment:

Game: Space Trader: Merchant Marine
Number of giveaways: 5
Period: 3 days

Giveaway # Level Type Number of entries Winner's Sent:Won Reroll needed?
1 Level 0+ Public 891 0:82 No
2 Level 0+ Invite only, direct link 55 4:47 No
3 Level 0+ Invite only, SGTools (no restrictions) 48 6:71 No
4 Level 0+ Invite only, shortened URL, captcha-free 50 1:205 No
5 Level 0+ Invite only, shortened URL with "I'm not a robot" captcha 54 162:86 No

Yet some more stats:

Giveaway game Period Level Type Number of entries Winner's Sent:Won Reroll needed?
Tales from the Void 5 days Level 0+ Public 755 0:37 No
Tales from the Void 5 days Level 0+ Invite only, obfuscated link 183 42:514 No
Hyper Box 4 days Level 0+ Public 554 0:32 No
Hyper Box 4 days Level 0+ Invite only, obfuscated link 193 178:188 No
Ace Combat Assault Horizon 3 days Level 0+ Public 1596 0:28 Yes
Ace Combat Assault Horizon 3 days Level 0+ Invite only, obfuscated link 234 88:107 No
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Tacoma
https://www.sgtools.info/giveaways/c0642d63-2f01-4ea4-80b1-3bb378518fa7
12hr

Apparently some asshat leaked the link, thankfully the winner was legit.
Reminder to others using SGtools to cross check GA entrants with those who pass SGtools check.

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Thanks & bump! ✨

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bump~

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boop

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Choo choo has departed! (Thank you for the fun ride!)

2 months ago
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Bump, thanks for the unique train. Saw a lot of games I didn't know about.

2 months ago
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Great train, thanks for the giveaways!

2 months ago
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Very nice train, thank you! :)

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bump!

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https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/2a8?p/vane
? = y

lvl 1+, 26 hours remaining

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Leaving this here, already own the game and get extra key before plus the key from Fanatical but no want to drop the key and some bots take it so make this little puzzle:
no sure but the Fanatical key say something of expire 8/29 that why this is flash GA
Game: Intravenous
Puzzle: https://www.sgtools.info/giveaways/6xx?aa88-?x40-4axc-be55-498f61fxeb?2
x=d
?=3

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Clearing out some Fanatical keys!

Sixteen invite-only giveaways, all L3+

All ending in around 24 hours

remove the lower case z in each of the links

https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/bN7NzR/the-mummy-demastered
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/Ludzwo/streamer-life-simulator
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/C4AzR1/syberia-ii
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/2QFzGQ/table-manners-physics-based-dating-game
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/HzYKm3/lacuna-a-sci-fi-noir-adventure
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/z39uMW/surgeon-simulator
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/HpSvUz/interrogation-you-will-be-deceived
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/P2Rzq7/monsters-den-godfall
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/BUuQzy/mini-thief
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/9PzN3o/red-bow
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/Bz04Rq/mystery-of-unicorn-castle-the-beastmaster
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/xFEAzB/ufo-aftermath
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/NzREej/next-jump-shmup-tactics
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/DzEIyd/talk-to-strangers
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/hxPBzL/hands-of-necromancy
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/jzw5eU/marsupilami-hoobadventure

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Bump!

2 months ago
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I'm in blacklist, but Bump!

2 months ago
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Nice selection right there, thank you & bump :)

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Bump

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5 hours left bumpo~

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bump

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Fallout 4 GOTY, Level 3, light region restriction, ends on Friday
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/h7jbm/fallout-4-game-of-the-year-edition

Swap first and last letter in giveaway code

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Happy cakeday and thank you for the chance! :))

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happy cakeday + bump

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Happy caky bump

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Happy cakeday & Thanks for the giveaway =)

2 months ago
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Happy cake day Taizun!

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Happy Cakeday ;)

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Happy cakeday! :)

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Happy cake day! :)

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Happy ShipCakeFactory Day! ^_^

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Happy Cakeday, Taizun :)

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Happy CakeDay!

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happy cakeday!~

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🍻🎉🥳🎂

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Happy cakeday :)

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Congrats 🎉 on the cakeday 🎂!

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Happy cake day Taizun :)

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Bump

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Then make it work or are you a bot? ^^

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I would think from looking at this link and looking at other SteamGifts links that this one needs a bit of tampering in order to work.

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Just think about what game you're trying to enter for and how many letters should there be.

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ENDED!!
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

Glass Masquerade, The Fall, Moebius: Empire Rising and Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller
Level 0+

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Thank you 🥰
Bump!

2 months ago
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bumpo!

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Bump

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Thanks and 🤜!

2 months ago
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Bump!

2 months ago
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Bump, thank you for the GAs!

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bump!

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8 hours left.
Thanks everyone for the bumps! 🙃

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You Suck at Parking® - Complete Edition
Level 3, ends in 2 days, Europe HB region restriction, link code is mirrored
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/40ehb/you-suck-at-parking-complete-edition

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The custom rule ratio_real * 0.5 < real_sent_region_free might not work as intended.

Maybe this would? real_sent_cv * 0.5 < real_sent_region_free

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https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/owLln/valthirian-arc-hero-school-story

Invert the capitalisation of the giveaway code (becomes XXxXX). We're blessed with two Ls here: no upper or lowercase i required.

Six days, L3+

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... because it's bot-protected - read the whole post for an easy obvious fix.

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Bump!

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Stranded: Alien Dawn
region restricted: LATAM + Central America
LVL1+
til 10th

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[ENDED]
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/1GfM2Am/knights-of-honor-ii-sovereign

remove the higher number and first letter of the alphabet from the GA code.
lasts for 12 hours, lvl 3

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[ENDED]

https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/**EmX/founders-fortune

"**. Brightside"

Lvl 2, ends in 2 days. No region restrictions as far as I know.

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Jealousy

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music

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I feel so stupid for not figuring out the puzzle. Can someone help me out here man

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google

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Wow! Thank you so much. My mind was blown. It's almost as if I already tried that already

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It's a song title.

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Thanks!

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I know you got it already but don't know what to tell you.... very first **. Brightside google search gave the answer right there.

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Google changes greatly depending on your location, for me the result I was looking for was at the bottom of page 2

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Sorry, didn't mean to be cocky. You have to google the whole thing.

That would have been too much of a hint :)

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u no the only one cuz at first try to combine all the letters like Be-Bd,etc
then the reverse eB-er,etc
was going to give up when goggle and there was lol
30min craking this lol
Bump!

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