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Activate Retail Copies on Steam

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MosesXIII

So I heard from a friend that you can supposedly use retail CDkeys to download your game via Steam, so long as Steam actually sells the game.

So I whipped out my copies of Q3A and Q4 and entered the keys via Games --> Activate a product on Steam. It told me I had an invalid key.

Was he wrong? Do retail CD keys not work on Steam? Am I entering it in the wrong place? Does this not apply to old ass games like these two Quake titles?

Thanks for the help.

12 years ago

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abysanik

They are not integreted with steam, so you can't activate them

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Sparkle

Only these can be activated on Steam.

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bull21

Google "Steam Retail" and you'll see a list of all games that Steam supports that can be added on steam account and were not purchased on steam. Cheers

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Lorkhan

Only some of them do. Most of them don't. Here's a list.

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MosesXIII

Wow that was quick. Thanks guys.

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IAmNotKafka

They are too old. It works only with some of the games. I have COD4 and I'm unable to activate it too. There was a website with info, which retail keys you can activate on steam, but I can't remember it now. If I manage to find it, I'll post.

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Closed 12 years ago by MosesXIII.