Kinda curious about this - I've purchased a few games (download) from Amazon and have some keys for some others that I haven't downloaded yet.
I don't see any mention of anything on Amazon being activatable (yes, it's a word in my world) on Steam and just to see, I entered a key for Tomb Raider Underworld and it of course did not work.

So I'm wondering if any Amazon keys work on Steam and if I just have a key (like if I give someone a key I don't need) what am I supposed to do with it? The GFWL marketplace thing doesn't offer anywhere to enter a key and apparently only works for direct purchases, although MS Flight, which I installed from Steam, shows up in it, but none of the other GFWL games I have installed.

~I remember when you bought a game, put a disc in your computer, and then actually played the game you bought...

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Games bought from Amazon are only able to be activated on Steam if they use Steamworks as DRM, as far as I know. There are some exceptions though.

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Amazon has been getting way better about putting whether a game activates on Steam.
If you bought the Square-Enix pack this week, Underworld is the one game that does not activate on Steam.
Almost all of them will say if they require Steam way down at the bottom of the whole description.

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cool - thank you, that's what I was wondering (yes, it's the Square Enix - helluva deal - my dumb luck to grab the one that's not Steam to test)

guess I need to read the descriptions more closely - just didn't see any mention of Steam, but wasn't really looking for it either so...

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control + F.
Magical key combo that can help find you so many things you never knew :)

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or just simply press F3

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You have to read carefully. For some games they even have both a Steam and non-Steam version like Bioshock.
Steam version
Non-Steam version

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Some game downloads that you buy from Amazon aren't Steam keys, but are product codes used to activate the game when you first start it up, which are usually SecuROM codes. Some, but rarely, are Origin keys. You'll only get Steam keys for games that say it uses Steamworks on the game's info page. I've bought a lot of game downloads from Amazon.

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thanks - did some closer checking and found it in the additional info or comments waaaaay at the bottom of the description

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"activatable" is a perfectly cromulent word. Learn them to embiggen your vocabulary.

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lmao at embiggen

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lol, you said ass

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Ah, thanks for the nostalgia. I haven't heard cromulent in years.

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I remember when I had to swap a dozen 5&1/4 inch diskettes between one or two floppy drives to play a game I bought.
Will accept taking the time to figure out where I download my game from any day of the week.

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agreed - don't miss the DOS startup tweaking either but it was a good feeling to get a game to work
DEVICEHIGH whydoesntitjustfingwork.sys

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IRQ settings... ugh... :( and wtf is an AGP slot?!

(also, for the OP, including the posts others made, sometimes checking for "steam" within the reviews on Amazon helps)

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does Wings of Prey redeem on steam?

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Yes

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anyone else confirm, i cant find the Steamworks or for Steam any where

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If you are talking about these

They don't activate on steam.

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I have bought multiple games off of amazon but yea only some actually activate on steam

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some on steam some on origin it all depends.

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I ordered a black power fist afro pick. Don't fail me, Amazon.

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Closed 12 years ago by jbwyatt1.