Holiday Event 2020

Hi SG,

Santa has been running a little behind schedule, but the gift boxes have made another return to SteamGifts for 2020! There have been a few tweaks this year which are noted further below.

https://www.steamgifts.com/happy-holidays

How it works

1. Creating a gift box and giveaway

   • To setup a giveaway, use the link above and click "Create a Holiday Giveaway".
   • The giveaway will start immediately and end on December 25.
   • The giveaway will be available to the entire community, although region and contributor level restrictions can still be configured.
   • The giveaway will appear as invite only on your profile and not be visible throughout the site.
   • Once created, you'll see your gift box in the link above and users will have a chance to open it to access the giveaway.
   • Please ensure your gift box design is appropriate for all ages and respectful of others in the community. Inappropriate designs will need to be removed along with the corresponding giveaway.

2. Opening gift boxes

   • You can open 5 gift boxes each day until December 25.
   • When you open a gift box, you unlock the giveaway link and are able to enter the giveaway. Unlocked gift boxes are highlighted in green on the holiday page above, and you can freely revisit those gift boxes and giveaways.
   • You will see a notification if you cannot open a gift box. This could happen when the giveaway contained within is region restricted, when you do not meet the contributor level requirements, when you already own the game, when you have previously won the game, or when you have been blacklisted by the giveaway creator.
   • You cannot join a giveaway by only having the direct link. If you did not open the corresponding gift box, but received the link from someone else, you will see an error when attempting to view the giveaway.

Changes for 2020

1. Peeking. Last year users could hide gift boxes for games they filtered on SteamGifts. This created a bit of an unfair advantage since users that decided to hide thousands of games on our site were now only left with the best gift boxes to unlock. This year filters are not applied and instead we introduced a new peeking feature to keep things more fair for everyone taking part in the event.
   How it works:
   You can peek into 10 gift boxes each day. When you peek in a gift box, you'll see a random number of games (2-4) and one of them is contained within the gift box. You can then decide whether or not you want to open the gift box. This should stop trolling because if a user creates a box with the design for a highly desirable game, you can peek to see if it's actually one of the options. It should also help everyone to find boxes that better interest them, while still keeping a bit of mystery and excitement in the event.
2. DLC and no CV games are not allowed in the event. Since Steam does not provide data regarding DLC it caused issues in the past where users would open a box to reveal DLC they already owned. No CV games (those marked with a double asterisk in the giveaway list) cannot be given away in the event. Users expressed their frustration with these games in previous events, so this year we're going to try excluding them.

No spoilers. Please do not share what games you found or what was contained inside of a gift box.

Happy holidays!