Introduction


Playing Appreciated is a group for members that like to play games they win and for giveaway creators that like to see their games getting played. This sounds simple, yet requires committent and dedication from members by filtering out games they like to play from all group giveaways and when won playing those within one month. In return members will get higher chances of winning games they want and creators will know their giveaways have a high chance of getting played. The group has more than 1000 members and over 25000 historical giveaways.

Group rules


  • You need to set and keep your Steam privacy settings for My profile and Game details public (example);
  • You will play all giveaways you win via this group within one month;
  • When creating a giveaway it is recommended to include a small group rule reminder in your giveaway, something like: "This is a Playing Appreciated giveaway, by joining you commit to playing this game within a month when won.".

How to join


  1. Make sure you did not violate any SteamGifts rules in the last month;
  2. Comment one of the two options to enter the group in this discussion:
    • Option 1: Showing your commitment by playing a previous won game on SteamGifts that you did not yet play. The game shouldn't be very short and must have achievements. Comment with the name of the game before you start playing it and comment again when you finished playing it. Please upload some screenshots to Steam as well.
    • Option 2: Supporting the cause by creating a group giveaway of a game that you would like to see getting played by other group members within a month as soon as your membership request was approved. The game should not have been given away free before (marked by ** when creating a giveaway on SteamGifts).
  3. Press "Request To Join" on our group page;
  4. Wait for us to approve your request, we'll always reply on the comment you have made in this topic.

Final notes


More information and a FAQ is available via the Steam group. Current group giveaways can be found here on SteamGifts. Feel free to comment below if you have any questions!

7 years ago*

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Count me in pretty please ♪

7 years ago
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Invitation send :)

7 years ago
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Wow, really fast invite, thanks :D

7 years ago
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Group Bump!

7 years ago
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Sounds awesome, I'd like to join :3

7 years ago
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Awesome :) Invite send.

7 years ago
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bumpy-thanks :3

7 years ago
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I would like to join as well :)

7 years ago
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Feel welcome, invitation send. :)

7 years ago
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Cool idea, I do intent to play most games that I win. Just having a busy schedule with School work and other things.

7 years ago
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I guess I would like to give this a go. I mean, I pretty much wouldn't enter for anything other than my top most wanted games and I would like to wait and see how everything goes (cough give you time to weed out all the people who are gonna take this as an easy win without actually intending to play anything cough) before maybe making giveaways... I just don't trust most people nowadays, ok? XD
But, yeah, why not. :D

7 years ago
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I hope it will not be the case, but time will tell :) Invitation send!

7 years ago
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<_<
Perhaps I could give it a try?

7 years ago
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Of course! Another level 10 user is very welcome, invitation send. :)

7 years ago
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A perfect group for me, I only join giveaways for games I want to play. :D

7 years ago
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In that case, invitation send ^^

7 years ago
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Nice idea, I'd be interested in joining. Joined BLAEO recently as well to get some extra incentive of attacking my backlog and this group I'm sure will help even more :P
However I do have a question. When you mention that what's considered a decent try of the game is about half the average time does that apply to long titles that normally require 30-40h+ or a 2-5h mark would suffice? Let's take Stardew valley for example. HLTB has it at a 51h for main story completion. So that means half of it is ~25h. Are we required to play that long even if we realise it's totally different from what we expected and don't like it?

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The way the rules are explained, everything is judged on a case-by-case basis. If you aren't a complete jerk about it, I don't think you have to worry about fulfilling some kind of quota as long as you genuinely gave it a try.

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DanZDK is correct, just giving it a decent try is enough. Rage quiting a game after five minutes is not giving it a decent try, playing it a few hours grabbing some achievements and then deciding you don't like it is. :)

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That's why I mentioned the 2-5h timeframe, I generally feel you need to at least invest that much before you can accurately judge if something is to your liking or not.
Either way you can count me in! :P

7 years ago
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That's good to hear :) Invitation send!

7 years ago
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Well, hopefully it's really judged with case to case basis... cause if someone would win for example CS:GO, he would have to play nearly 170 hours to make up for half of the average game time :DD

Also, i would love to get an invitation - i won't enter a lot of giveaways, since my backlog is pretty filled, but i certainly would enter something that is high on my wishlist and put it on top of the backlog list and play it right away, let me know if such behavior is okay, or unacceptable :)

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Sure, for now it will be judged on a case to case basis. After we (me and Yirg at the moment) have ruled over some giveaways I guess there will be some more guidelines for transparency reasons. And of course it's alright to join any group giveaway whenever you want. Just (start to) play them within a month and you should be fine, whatever position on your backlog that may be. :) Invitation was send.

7 years ago
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Thank you, i appreciate it :)

7 years ago
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Great group for letting the winners really play the games!May I get invited?

7 years ago
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Invitation send :)

7 years ago
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I'll be happy to join, it'll give me more incentive to continue working on backlog items and set priorities. Thanks for the chance and great concept!

7 years ago
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Feel welcome, invitation send! :)

7 years ago
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I have more time on my hands lately; I am motivated to play any win within the month.

7 years ago
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Motivation and a good selection of games you want to win is enough :) Invite was send!

7 years ago
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Would like to join ;)

7 years ago
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Feel free to! Invitation send.

7 years ago
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I really like the idea! Count me in pls :)

7 years ago
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Good to hear, I've send you an invite!

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7 years ago
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There is no limit, besides another level ten user is always welcome anyway! Invitation send. :)

7 years ago
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Sure why not,i'm already a member of APG so this goes hand in hand

7 years ago
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More choices to make ;) Invitation send!

7 years ago
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Well that sounds like a nice idea. If you would have me, I would like to join :)

7 years ago
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We like to have everybody who plays by the rules ^^ Invitation send!

7 years ago
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I'd be interested. And I would definitely only enter for games intending to play right away.

7 years ago
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Then feel very welcome, invitation send :)

7 years ago
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I would like an invite please :)

7 years ago
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Invitation was send :)

7 years ago
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Greetings my fellow steamgifter, i would like to join this marvelous group if thats possible. Many thanks in advance. Cheers.

7 years ago
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Greetings to you too! An exclusive invitation was send to your Steam account. ^^

7 years ago
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As an an avid player of his Steamgifts wins, I would kindly appreciate an invite :)

7 years ago
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Sound like your a fish in the water in this group then :) Invitation was send!

7 years ago
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Thank you kindly, my only concern are the potential rule breakers that will surely attempt to join. Here's hoping for the best :)

7 years ago
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They won't last more than a month after their first win, so not much of a problem I think.

7 years ago
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That's true though.

7 years ago
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I'm interested in joining. I play games I win preferentially over games I've bought, simply because I feel like it's just common curtousy since it was someone else's money that bought the game.

7 years ago
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Then feel very welcome here, invitation send :)

7 years ago
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I would love to join :)

7 years ago
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I stole your love and send you an invite ;) Hope you also love to be part of the group ^^

7 years ago
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Nice idea! would like to join ;)

7 years ago
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Invitation was send :)

7 years ago
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Sounds like a great idea, I'm in

7 years ago
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Great ^^ Invitation was send!

7 years ago
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Closed 1 year ago by Reforced.