I'm a shopaholic and buy almost every new bundle. Many games are repeated, and I was faced with the fact that I do not remember what games were redeemed by me, what were given away and what I gave to my husband and friends.
I tried many ways to manage my "collection", but stopped on a simple Excel table.

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Also, there is a column "Keys", which contains the first two, last two and some random characters in mid. It is necessary for ease of operation and ability to differentiate one same game keys from different bundles.

And what way to manage your collection do you prefer?

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I have keys for games all over the place, I had a collection of them until my hard drive crashed a while back, now I have no idea what keys have been used and what haven't, if I try and activate them on steam and they are in fact unused will they activate if I already own the game, or will an error pop up?

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No, in such case steam says that you already have it, and the key stays untouched. But you can see few keys in your steam library. Also you can exam your account history (right top corner -> Account Details -> Store Transactions). There are games and time of purchasing. I used this way when started to make the spreadsheet. Dates gave me some hints about what bundle this come from, so I could separate used keys from unused.

1 decade ago
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Get 4-5 and do a Key Drop.

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I don't have that many keys... I was going to say, then I decided to look in my accounts.
I have 78 unused keys(steam and desura). And I don't keep track of them in any organized way, just memory.

1 decade ago
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I have no idea TBH. I may just one day post all the keys I have, both used and unused and allow a battle royale for everyone to attempt. :/

1 decade ago
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I am sitting on 0 keys right now. I only buy bundles that have mostly good games (in my opinion).

1 decade ago
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Just a text document on my desktop.
i have multiple keys for the same games, so my format is like this:

[Name of game]:

[key]
[key]
[key]

[Name of game]:

[key]

[Name of game]:

[key]
[key]
[key]
[key]

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Text document, automatically backed up to Dropbox.

1 decade ago
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.txt on skydrive, and my usb drive when I wanna hook a friend up with a game.

1 decade ago
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I redeem everything I can, the rest I list in .txt until I have given them away, then I delete them. I don't see how it could be any more complicated than that.

1 decade ago
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I usually have a running email to myself, so I can redeem them from anywhere. Although, I haven't had any extra keys in a while, so I haven't needed to. But when I randomly looked in my email recently, I found an old email with three keys and I really don't know if they were ever used.

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simple. i create a list on my computer.

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In the same spreadsheet where I keep a list of the games I own too.

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Google docs excel sheet

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Just a wordpad document. Game Name: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX then (used/not used) in brackets. lmao

1 decade ago
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I keep them all on Evernote. That way it's accessible from any computer.
If it's a steam game I use the format of:
Game
Code

If not, it's:
Game (Platform)
Code

Then at the bottom, after a line is the used keys pile. After I use a key I move it down into that pile then write how it was used (for example: "gifted to Sinovera"). That way if I'm going through old bundles and I can't remember if I've used a key or not I can refer to that list and see that it has/hasn't been used.

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*.xlsx file with a lot of information about games and keys :)

1 decade ago
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very similar to yours, as a Google spreadsheet, but I also have a link directly to the bundle key redeem page and each bundle is a row with all games in the bundle listed. separate bundle sites on separate sheets.

1 decade ago
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Desktop full of .txt for each occasion of obtaining keys.

1 decade ago
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i usually use 'em but if I get a key of something I already have/don't care for I just plop it in a sticky notes margin and give it to a friend or whatever later

1 decade ago
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for those game/betas access that i haven't activate yet i gather it and make a note on my email, that or simply the email that contain it. much easier to access from everywhere including from my cell.

1 decade ago
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Right now I got all my keys in a Notepad++ file, secured with a difficult password which also is encrypted. Just to be secure, right?

1 decade ago
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i just dont redeem on humble bundle so i know that they are unused

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A Google Spreadsheet with them broken into price tiers: $0-19, $20-$39, $40+, and then ones that I haven't decided on keeping or giving or am holding for a specific reason. I use the ones from the price tiers as prizes and such when my friends and I play.

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Closed 1 decade ago by Renevie.