Why Does people give gifts in steamgifts?

Why waste something when you can give it to someone who wants or needs it? Why hoard when you have plenty? It's that simple for some people, I think. I only found this site recently, but that's how I feel about it. Hopefully I can share more stuff in the future. :)

you need therapy

I forgot the reason.

I was actually touched by your post.

I had not once even considered this website in the way you described.. I can personally say that you have made me look at the way in which this website works in a totally new manner.

I can see exactly where you come from with every single part of what you posted. It made me realize that it's not all about giving away the surplus games just to get your score up so you can enter the giveaways with higher win chance. I know I have only created two giveaways and I am still fairly new to this website, but still. Touched.

I give away games to make people happy. Even if it's just for a few hours, I'd like to think that my gift brought someone a little joy. I know how delighted I am when I get a new game. :)
I find something that I've enjoyed, pick it up while it's on sale, and gift it to someone who will like it. And just recently I've picked up a few games to give away on here. It's not much, but it's a start.

I'm pretty misanthropic, but this site actually rekindles a little bit of a warm, fuzzy feeling for my fellow human beings and makes me feel like doing something good for them. With some of my giveaways it's just been to let someone else have a chance at enjoying a game I knew I wouldn't play, and with others it's been to let other people try some of the less well known games - not obscure by any stretch but certainly not as well known.

I do it because in my country there are people who cant buy themselves games. I dont giveaway big games but everything i giveaway is from heart. For now i had donated 50$ but i hope more will come!

It is better to give, than receive... it's just being generous, fueling off making others happy. Charities, giveaways, etc. Being self-fish and greedy leaves you empty, always wanting more, however giving back somehow fulfills you.

Wow, thank you everyone for your kind words, also Amazing to see such a great community of people that give just for the pleasure of giving.

I really apreciate all those who took the time to read, and your nice words towards me.

I am not very active in the forum but I will try to since I see such a great group of people.

I keep miss clicking enter giveaway button and accidentally creating some giveaways from time to time. Cannot really understand how I manage to mix them either.

Wow man, you remind me of myself ... in the future! Thanks for your generosity and sharing your story. I feel you, brah!

i didnt think i will read whole story, but i did. Made me little sad

Touching story Albert. I hope you be better soon.

I like to make people happy, and giving away games is one way of many I have. Besides that, this help to know really nice people to chat and know cultures totally new to me.

I met some fantastic people in here, more than i could imagine coming from an online forum, that will gladly help with whatever they can, have a great attitude towards the rest, and just have a huge heart (for what i've read it would seem like you fit right in that description).

Personally i firstly came here to leech, with my hopes really down, expecting this to be just another scam of some sorts. Being a university student and working to pay for house and bills was also a big obstacle; then i started to meet these amazing people; some are in the same position as i am, some are in worst, some are grown ups with their own family and some just work their asses off in order to give away games (hat's off to them).

Getting a gift from these guys made me realize that i wasn't in such a bad position, and felt the need to give back, even if a little, to these amazing people.

Thank you for sharing your story with us. I joined for the free stuff like most of us here, but after creating some giveaways and getting reply mails and Steam friend requests followed by thankful messages I started to enjoy making other people happy. I tend to get more joy from making giveaways for others (except a regifting asshole I encountered) than from buying games for myself, and it feels a lot better to win something than simply buying it :)

PS: thank you for Deadlight :)

For some reason, it makes me feel happy and better about myself. So, kinda selfish reason in some way I guess. Also, I totally feel you about "I wish I was passionate about something" :(

What I really want to know is how this site managed to gain enough momentum for the people that first started giving away stuff here to justify, well, doing so.

As for myself, I just feel that I should give a gift when I get one. :D

Nice story from the OP and quite a few other people on here. Guess I'm a mix of a few of the reasons people have already given.

• Games are pretty cheap for me, I earn Yen but the Steam store in Japan is in dollars for some reason. It's a good exchange rate at the moment.

• I like the feeling of giving presents, and in a way it gives a stronger connection to people through the internet who I don't really know and will never meet.

• I like buying games but don't have time to play them all.

• Probably an element of wanting to be in contributor only giveaways too, although this isn't the main reason it's a nice bonus.

I am just increasing my karma .

Kill the poor.

I feel better when i make someone happy (giving away games), so i like sharing and i like to receive as well.

If you like telling stories, try to do a little bit of that in your spare time. If you want to make movies, try doing some small animation. Who knows, maybe over the years you'll manage to build something worthwhile. I'm married with two little children and I no longer do most of the stuff I did in the past, such as writing. But lately I've been thinking of game designs in my spare time. It makes me happy even if they'll never be made.

As for why I gift, I always collected gifts when I was younger. When I saw something that I thought someone I knew (friend or family) might like I bought it, and I gave away many of them, although I still have a few I never gave away. I stopped that when I no longer had time to just spend time shopping in stores, but Steam offered me the opportunity to start collecting virtual items to gift. Before I knew of Steam Gifts I gifted some games at sites I frequented (such as Bjorn3D) and my Facebook giveaway page, and there were few takers. Then I found Steam Gifts and a huge crowd of people who craved game gifts. I initially went a little overboard (for me), but mid last year I noticed that my game spending increased significantly so I'm giving a lot less these days. (Now I spend more on Kickstarter. :)

It is part of my long term, super secret plan. To conquer the world, solar system and finally the whole known universe! Oups, not so secret now I guess.

Because Karma

I have the same question but it's probably a human thing like trolling or writing lol instead of hahaha.