Quick, very loosely related question as the people who like this thread might very well know the answer.
Found out only yesterday that Steam had removed the ability to buy games and store them in your inventory and that is been a good while - roughly when did this happen?
Went away from gaming/paying to attention to all things Steam for the most part for a few years other than playing some Football Manager and ignoring everything else. I was wondering why I kept getting traders interested in my stuff all of a sudden now I'm back and I'm not hiding away on 'invisible'. I have some removed stuff, with one one fairly nice title and had 3 people looking to make trades in the last week plus quite a few wanting to add me that over the last few months that I never got round to replying to.
So when did it happen? Looks like a few years back.
Cheers!
Do not add me to trade btw, lol! Not interested right now and this isn't the place for it anyway.
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Thank you, appreciate the answer! That was around the time I dropped out of all things Steam so a long time indeed.
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Probably this (2017) https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1301948399254001159
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5 second gemini asking
Steam still allows gifting games, but there were significant changes to how it works in May 2017.
Before this change, you could buy a game as a gift and store it in your Steam inventory to send later, or even trade it. However, Steam removed this feature due to concerns about regional pricing exploits (people buying games cheaply in one region and reselling them for more in another) and scams.
Since May 2017, when you buy a gift on Steam, it must be sent directly to a friend on your Steam Friends List. You can no longer store gifts in your inventory.
So, while gifting is still possible, the ability to "stockpile" gifts for later or for people not on your friends list is gone.
Thanks :)
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There are still instances of being able to receive inventory gifts through Steam purchases that remain in your inventory, via 4-packs and such, but yeah, it's mostly a thing of the past.
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Some of these gifts are extremely valuable, don't trade them away for peanuts. There are games that go as high as multiple thousands of dollars.
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Crossfire: Legion
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1072190/Crossfire_Legion/
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1072190/view/502830889625976839
Delisting on Aug 18
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https://itch.io/updates/update-on-nsfw-content
Looks like itch.io is following suit.
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This one is the full album and was announced in the delisting announcement for the EP. Except, you don't get the full album w/o buying the DLC lol. Although, they are giving free licenses to owners of the EP, or were.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2536410/Poker_Crush/ - not even 9 days on steam, developer want to remove it, because no attention.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2536410/eventcomments/591778249679348007?snr=1_5_9_
he not sold 2435768543254768 copies the first week so he cry now and want to removed the game :,( please all buy it now :,(
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2922030/Pixel_Hunt/ - singleplayer game with onlinepvp but without player, so developer shutting it down soon
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2922030/view/514091156104020102
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/867130/Alice_in_Wonderland__3D_Labyrinth_Game/ - removal around end of august
https://steamcommunity.com/app/867130/eventcomments/603037248743563636?snr=1_5_9_
typical "we lost the source code, so we could not update the game for over 88 months so we remove it now" excuse....
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1181020/Squillamorph/ - dropped early access with last update over 4 years ago
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1181020/announcements/detail/533228283922223394
At Least Developer is honest and said he had too much to do in real life to care for this game the last 5 Years.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/3585340/Flail_Your_Arm_Hit_the_Ball_Return_of_KUSOGAKI/ - released march 2025 - removal july 2025....
https://steamcommunity.com/games/3585340/announcements/detail/545615719765640645 - maybe removal very soon (today?)
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1386000/Im_Russia/ - dropped early acces, last update 4 years ago
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1386000/view/528727221163000206
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/361360/Goosebumps_The_Game/
Will be removed from sale on August 8, 2025
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2142100/A_Smooth_Game_Unlike_Life/
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2142100/view/533231454521394546
https://steamdb.info/app/2142100/
game got on 6th dec 2022 a removal - announcement
game got on 20th dec 2022 the "remove of the removal" - announcement
and now the THIS TIME FOR REAL Removal - announcement.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1121560/Atelier_Ryza_Ever_Darkness__the_Secret_Hideout/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1257290/Atelier_Ryza_2_Lost_Legends__the_Secret_Fairy/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1999770/Atelier_Ryza_3_Alchemist_of_the_End__the_Secret_Key/
Note: This product will no longer be available for purchase as of November 13th, 2025 at UTC 0:59, but we hope that you will continue to enjoy your purchase.
Because a "DX" Version of each one will come out on that Date.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3365030/Atelier_Ryza_Ever_Darkness__the_Secret_Hideout_DX/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3365040/Atelier_Ryza_2_Lost_Legends__the_Secret_Fairy_DX/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3365050/Atelier_Ryza_3_Alchemist_of_the_End__the_Secret_Key_DX/
this is common for these publisher / Aterlier Games.
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I sometimes see in my timeline a spike of people buying a certain game, to find they are getting removed, and i am a collector too in that aspect, so i thought why not create a special thread for it, so other people can know too?
This thread is only going to be about agames facing direct pending deletion on concrete information, not speculations on possible licensing stuff, there are other places for that. By all means if you find something with concrete info about a pending deletion, let me know so i can add it.
When i started this, for months 1-2 weeks could go by without even 1 removal, now it's daily. :p
New pending deletions (The newest ones go on top):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1121560/Atelier_Ryza_Ever_Darkness__the_Secret_Hideout/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1257290/Atelier_Ryza_2_Lost_Legends__the_Secret_Fairy/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1999770/Atelier_Ryza_3_Alchemist_of_the_End__the_Secret_Key/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2142100/A_Smooth_Game_Unlike_Life/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/361360/Goosebumps_The_Game/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1386000/Im_Russia/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/867130/Alice_in_Wonderland__3D_Labyrinth_Game/ - removal around end of august
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2922030/Pixel_Hunt/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/958400/Project_CARS_3/ August 24
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1072190/Crossfire_Legion/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/304430/INSIDE/ Maybe (on sale)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/48000/LIMBO/ Maybe (on sale)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1691340/STEEL_HUNTERS/ F2P
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3452280/The_Solitude_Project/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2730180/A_Liminal_Place_Remastered/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1433140/The_Texas_Chain_Saw_Massacre/ Possibility
https://store.steampowered.com/app/263040/Bot_Colony/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2723620/DunJumb/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1493750/Evil_Dead_The_Game/ Still available at certain shops for around 7 euro.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2364540/Invaders/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/599900/Tower_Defense__Fantasy_Legends_Tower_Game
Old pending deletions (Very long removal or cancelled, if longer then 6 months unless stated otherwise i will remove):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/703840/Animal_Super_Squad/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3082770/BombMaze/ (Maybe due Bomberman/Dyna Blaster ripoff/theft?)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/876130/Crazy_Farm__VRGROUND/ (No final sale)(25 Oct)($9.99)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/930470/Crimson_Souls/ (Getting replaced with a new entry/game called Crimson Quest)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2300/DOOM_II/ delisted due merged with Doom 1, still availabe at some sites.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/499510/Dragons_Never_Cry/ - Still available here.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2293780/Faster_Racer_Boom_Boom/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1337880/Foxen_Island/ No concrete word, but dev recently deceased.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1773700/Hack_and_Slime/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2556810/Half_Alive/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2318810/HAZAMA_QUEEN/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3134170/ISEKAI_FRONTLINE__ASCENSION/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/857940/Nature_Calls/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1294420/Rollerdrome/ (already removed but still available in some stores)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1190170/OlliOlli_World/ (already removed but still available in some stores)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/71340/Sonic_Generations_Collection/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/32420/STAR_WARS_The_Clone_Wars__Republic_Heroes/ (already removed but still available in some stores)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2081600/THE_STARFIGHTER/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2623100/Xenoterrestrial/
For those who want to know what already is removed check this: https://steam-tracker.com/ sort on changed and scroll down.
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