Question about a Steam gift (Stolen?)

Maybe it's an early acess game?

Well, you should add it to your library, and not try to trade =) Especially because this is forbidden =)

normally, the gift is untradable for a while, if the buyer hasn't bought anything from the store in the last year i think. it's allright, unless it suddenly disappears.

at least, i think that's how it is...

Is it the gift or your whole account?

When you log in on a new computer, the machine gets usually locked for trading for 21 days or so ;)

Btw does Steam notice you when a tradable item you have in the inventory got revoked?

Might be alright, might disappear after a while. You can't know :D

Once I changed my password and bought some gifts afterwards.
It said exactly the same thing in the gifts description.
And the message was still there when I send on of the gifts to a friend. He could add to the library but could not trade.
In two weeks the restriction message disappeared.

Everytime you gift someone a gift it gets like 2 weeks become it becomes tradable. THAT

Redeem it asap. All that means is that the guy who bought it was under a waiting hold (might have changed his password or added a new payment method, etc). It happened to me before as well, can gift but not do any trading.

However, he can pull back a gift at any time if you don't activate it. If you activate it, the worst that can happen is Steam can remove it but not the gifter himself.

Seriously OP?

You said "And I`d rather wait until it becomes tradeable and get a decent game for it."

When the FAQ says:
Don't trade, sell, resubmit, or give away games you win.
Winnings must be redeemed on the winning account.