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cg
(Administrator)

Hey SG,

More search parameters are now available for filtering giveaways. The new ones are first in bold.

  • release_date_min (YYYY-MM-DD)
  • release_date_max (YYYY-MM-DD)
  • metascore_min (Integer)
  • metascore_max (Integer)
  • level_min (Integer)
  • level_max (Integer)
  • entry_min (Integer)
  • entry_max (Integer)
  • copy_min (Integer)
  • copy_max (Integer)
  • point_min (Integer)
  • point_max (Integer)
  • app (Integer)
  • sub (Integer)
  • region_restricted ("true" or "false")
  • dlc ("true" or "false")

Simple Examples

  1. View giveaways for games released in 2017 or later...
    https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaways/search?release_date_min=2017-01-01

  2. View giveaways for games with a metascore of 80 or greater...
    https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaways/search?metascore_min=80

  3. View giveaways for level 5 or greater...
    https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaways/search?level_min=5

  4. View giveaways for 10 copies or greater...
    https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaways/search?copy_min=10

  5. Hide giveaways for DLC...
    https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaways/search?dlc=false

Combined Examples

  1. View giveaways for the game "Outlast", with 75 or fewer entries...
    https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaways/search?app=238320&entry_max=75

  2. View giveaways for games on your wishlist, that are level 5-8, with more than one copy...
    https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaways/search?type=wishlist&level_min=5&level_max=8&copy_min=2

  3. View giveaways for games released in the last 2 years, with a metascore of 75 or greater, with 500 or fewer entries, that require 20 points or fewer to enter...
    https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaways/search?release_date_min=2015-09-21&metascore_min=75&entry_max=500&point_max=20

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Lockermade

region_restricted is not working, any idea of why? someone has a fix?

3 years ago
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myronarth

https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaways/search?region_restricted=true
it's working for me

3 years ago
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Lockermade

I reloged and worked fine, thxs, it was my fault.

3 years ago
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AndrewBaton

Can i use the link like region restricted giveaways or DLC (i want to get all region restricted giveaways and all DLC giveaways on the one page)
if i will use region_restricted=true&dlc=true i will get only DLC with any region restrictions but i want to see giveaways together

3 years ago
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PapaSmok

It would be nice if one was able to filter out entered giveaways with sth like giveaways/search?entered=false

3 years ago
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Maxsaga

Nice.

I didn't know those search options, it's a pity they are not integrated in the search filters.

Thanks

3 years ago
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anothabrotha

BUMP !

3 years ago
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dadel

Is it possible to sort hidden games by date added? I hid one game by mistake and I want to find it. But my list is 10k+ long...

3 years ago
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Wasari

I have done same thing ages ago :P
Would be great to have sorting/filtering

3 years ago
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dadel

thanks!

3 years ago
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Wythtown

Could you add searching by platform?

2 years ago
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Wythtown

Yes, by OS. I don't want to always hide non-Linux games but sometimes want to see only games that support Linux if I have limited points to spend.

2 years ago
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at46

you can change that here: https://www.steamgifts.com/account/settings/giveaways

2 years ago
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Wythtown

I can do that but I'd like to be able to do it in search parameters rather than having to change a setting, then change it back. Some Windows games work well in Proton/Wine hence I don't want to always exclude them.

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Channel28

I would advise against this .... when I first joined I set up Windows only and for some reason all the Borderlands games disappeared from view. I think I made a topic about this but not sure if it was fixed.

2 years ago
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XYUSoma

That's great! The main feature I always wanted is to exclude games ignored on Steam, is there any chance we can get that? I suppose Steam is not publihing this data to make it possible...

2 years ago
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at46

If you're using ESGST you can use Hidden Games Manager to add all ignored games from steam to your steamgifts filter list.

2 years ago
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XYUSoma

I do use it, thanks for sharing! This is lifechanging. :)

2 years ago
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Tounushi

Would be nice to have a search function to find titles you've previously entered giveaways for. And haven't gotten, obviously.

1 year ago
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Masafor

https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaways/entered

That's the nearest on your wish.

1 year ago
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Wasari

for sorting hidden games by date you don't need ESGST, cg added (last year?) to vanilla experience :)

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1 year ago
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Tounushi

Thanks. Went and installed that. But I meant that I'd like to keep reapplying to games I've entered the giveaways for, when they pop up again. So if I have a number of entries for XYZ that I didn't win and it comes around again at some point, I'd like to quickly spot it from the masses. One way is to wishlist titles on Steam, but some titles aren't quite that high on my list.

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Kappaking

I don't mean to necropost....

Has the SteamGifts UI changed just now?
The link to Steamtrade that was sealed long ago has appeared at the bottom of the screen.

Also, there are signs that the MoreGiveaways page has changed to show information on how often this GA has been done in the past and an indication of the status of it being done.🤔

1 year ago
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AndyFrost

Yes, noticed the same :) Also thanks for driving attention to "More Giveaways" - kinda interesting change that I would miss without you mentioning it :D

1 year ago
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Neomixer

HIghjacking this to comment that clicking on the magnifying glass icon sends you to the More Giveaways page which is bad for finding more giveaways of that game to join, as it shows ALL giveaways of that game.

1 year ago
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andreeeeeww

why is that bad exactly? it does begin with current giveaways at the top.

1 year ago
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PeacefulAnarchy

it currently includes region restricted and group/whitelist restricted giveaways that you can't enter.

1 year ago
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cg
(Administrator)

It's a bit of a pain if the game page lists 50 open giveaways and a user is trying to find the 3 they are able to enter or have not yet joined. I'll come up with a solution soon because I agree with Neomixer it's a problem.

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andreeeeeww

ah i see it now. the few tested i was able to enter them all. i do like the new page besides that. would definitely be a good thing to filter out current giveaways that can't be joined and still keep the all the ended giveaways there if possible.

1 year ago
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Tuttu

Is this a voluntary change (Showing all giveaways, no matter if you can enter in them or not) or an error? It wasn't the case before.

1 year ago
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drbeckett

Maybe there could be 2 links? One that works like before and only shows the ones available for you and the other with the new method.

Edit: There could be the magnifying glass icon with the pop-up text for "more giveaways" and the other the magnifying glass with a + and "all giveaways" for the text.

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Wasari

that would be too much i guess, more like add "Eligible" or similar tab under Giveaways (at the new game page) which is showed by default instead of "All"

1 year ago
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drbeckett

Isn't "All" what it's doing right now? It looks like the "archive" option when limited to one game.

Trying it now it seems that it's already changed, there's an available and all option in view now.

Edit: Rereading your comment I think I interpreted it wrong, I mean the having 2 icons was just an idea, it's fine as it's now.

1 year ago
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Wasari

oh you are right, didn't see that View dropdown, for clarity then that should be default :D

1 year ago
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drbeckett

Testing more, it seems to default to the last option you viewed it as. at least if you don't close the window, not sure if the behavior changes then.

1 year ago
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Wasari

yeah, again didn't think of that, closed window and still at available, most likely it's synced with account (used other device as well)

1 year ago
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AndrewBaton

hello

I tried use these URL filters on steam group page (https://www.steamgifts.com/group/R5nEC/giveaway-su)
but it's not worked
Are there plans to add this feature? Or why there is no such function?

2 months ago
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sallachim

I'm fairly certain that it's new as well, that tab name in a browser for Steamgifts changed into "Free Giveaways and Keys for Steam Games" (earlier being just "Steamgifts").
Makes me think I have some discussion opened in there when I'm navigating between the tabs. :/

Edit: Well, turns out I didn't notice discussion dedicated to this particular topic with response from cg.

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Kappaking

Thank you for guiding us to the venue♪( ｢'Θ')　✨Link✨

1 year ago
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NeverOnline

Nice addition, instead of going to "archive" and loading the server.
A suggestion on the new system: Wouldn't it be less of a burden on the server if the default search was on "Open" (and of course "Available" which now is) instead of "All"?

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