GFWL keys which activate on steam

I've come across a thread somewhere listing them. It might even be a thread here on steamgifts.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160505042257/https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7480-WUSF-3601

List of games formerly using Games for Windows - LIVE

what GFWL means?

Please forgive me if I'm being especially thick tonight but does this refer to the physical retail gfwl games? Like if I went through my storage boxes, dug out my retail copies of a fair few of the games in the lists provided by messer's LagiNatoRRR & madsession and tried to put their cd keys into Steam, would they theoretically activate Steam copies of said games? 🤔

I read ages ago that gfwl was being removed from alot of games (not before time, accursed thing it was) but never followed it up. To be fair my personal solution to the annoyance of gfwl was GOG......🤷‍♂️.

Your DVD/CD box needs to have the "LIVE" part on the "Games for Windows" banner for there to be a key.

Grand Theft Auto IV can't be redeemed on Steam but can be redeemed on Rockstar Games Social Club.

Caution: Rockstar will redeem a key for a game you already own and the key will be used and no longer redeemable.

Prey (2006) used Triton. Triton went under, distribution transferred to Steam and the keys in the boxes are still redeemable on Steam.

I remember to redeem a Ubisoft key for Call Of Juarez Gunslinger on Steam back in the day, sadly i think that doesn't work anymore.

Is think Magika Cillection is the same. I bought a cd and punched in the cd key into steam and it activated. Can't remember if it was gfwl