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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Hi i'm sort of new but i love the idea behind the group. I haven't won any games yet so I'm not sure if i'm allowed to join. If I am I would like to do option 2 which is create a giveaway for the group.

6 years ago
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Hi Shadowstorm2k! Sorry for the late reply. You're welcome to join. You may also pick a game to play from your Steam library instead, giving something away is fine too, but never required. Please let me know. :)

6 years ago
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thanks so much I really appreciate it!

6 years ago
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Hi, I would like to give away Van Helsing final cut to the group but I havent been approved yet. Am I supposed to do something to join?

6 years ago
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Hi! :) I was waiting for your answer, but giving away Van Helsing will do fine of course, membership request approved. Welcome to the group. ^^

6 years ago
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OK cool thank you so much!

6 years ago
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Can I join? I win a fallout 4 giveway but I only have 1,5h of playing because of the university...

6 years ago
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Hi akirakurusu2109! Sorry for the late reply. You're welcome to join. Please pick a game you didn't play before however, how about Poker Night at the Inventory? As this is your only winning, you may pick an unplayed game from your Steam library too. Please let me know. :)

6 years ago
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I won fallout 4 too,Poker Night is my second won giveaway :)...but...I bought bayonetta recently and I would like to start that game,because is a short one(9-12h) and I prefer to start seriously fallout 4 when I have more free time :)

6 years ago
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Bayonetta will do just fine! A short game 9-12 hours? I wish everyone would pick such a long game. :P We don't have length requirements, so it will do fine, please comment again once you've finished playing it. :)

6 years ago
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Said and done, I finished bayonetta ;)

6 years ago
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Congratulations :) I hope you liked the game. Membership request approved, welcome to the group!

6 years ago
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Hullo:) - I'd be interested in giving the group a try.
I pick option 2.

6 years ago
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Hi LadySanta! Nice to see a familiar face joining. ^^ I've just approved your membership request, welcome to the group. :)

6 years ago
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I've been giving a few games recently, they're cheaper games but I'd appreciate being able to do a couple group giveaways and seeing people play them.

TL;DR option 2

6 years ago
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Hi AnimeHasFallen! You're welcome to join, I've approved your membership request. I'm curious to see your first giveaway. :)

6 years ago
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Hi I'd like to join to giveaway games. And I MAY join a few myself if I see anything I know I'd get around to playing.

6 years ago
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Hi breadman! You're welcome to join by giving something away of course, looking at your record I'm sure you will. Membership request approved, I'm curious to see your first giveaway. :)

6 years ago
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I'd like to join via Option 2, i have a humble bundle key for a game that id love to give to someone appreciative !

6 years ago
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Hi licomice! I'm sorry, but at this moment you cannot join.

6 years ago
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Happy Cake Day :D bump

6 years ago
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Thanks philosophi :)

6 years ago
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Happy 🍰 day

6 years ago
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Thanks ghostgg10 :)

6 years ago
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I see in many times when someone create a giveaway for this group add and the whitelist with that giveaway, it's ok to make this trick ?

6 years ago
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Yes, you are free to share a giveaway with your whitelist or other groups as you please. :)

6 years ago
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Oh, not really honest if you ask me but everyone is free to do what he wants than :)

6 years ago
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I would like to join your group. I am gonna play

Life is Strange: Before the Storm starting today. (well after the 12gb download).

6 years ago
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Hi enigma9q! You're welcome to join and a very nice winning you've picked (and won :P). Playing Life is Strange: Before the Storm will do fine, please comment again once you've finished it. :)

6 years ago
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Done!
But i didn't actually enjoy it much... I was waiting more from this game. So many good reviews and so many wrong things. The walking, the talking, the collisions, the story...
Welp...

6 years ago
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Sorry to hear the game turned out to be not so good.. Eh well, at least you played it now and you know. :) Please press the button request to join here and I'll approve it when I see your request. Welcome to the group in advance!

6 years ago
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Done.
Thank you very much!

6 years ago
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I would to join with option 2.

6 years ago
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Hi kev3100! You're welcome to join by giving away something you like to see getting played. :) Membership request approved.

6 years ago
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Now that it is late fall, I always seem to have more time to play games so I wouldn't mind joining this group and then playing those games that I win, since I will now have the time to do so.

I will be playing Stronghold Crusader 2, a game that I won previously, I haven't really tested it yet... since back then when I won it I didn't have the free time I do now and when I did have time this past summer I was playing games I bought on the summer sale.

6 years ago
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Just won my first mission on Stronghold Crusader 2: https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/861737693505298706/0F5A81372EB46283708BC2A8BB68C29B9B76ED29/

edit: So far I am enjoying this game and I finished one beginning campaign and gotten an achievement now.

6 years ago*
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Hi Panicsferd! You're welcome to join, playing Stronghold Crusader 2 will do fine! Please comment again once you've finished the game, I guess a playtime of about 10 hours (doing a few campaigns) will do.

6 years ago
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I have done it, have 10 hours and I am almost done with the 2nd campaign, but the last mission is really giving me a pain and I can't seem to beat it, been stuck on it for a few hours now.

6 years ago
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Nice, you've made some work of it. :) Membership request approved, welcome to the group!

6 years ago
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Hey just wanted to ask; The group tool, is the 'Yirg score' what we should be paying attention to if unsure if we've played enough of a PA win? I'm at the very end boss of "Call of Juarez® Gunslinger", but not sure if I've met the PA requirements for having played it yet? I think I probably have, but better to ask then end up getting a warning for not having got enough achievements or something.

6 years ago
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It a rough indication of how well the game is played/ready for reviewing, as you can see the game was marked green, meaning it was approved already - so no worries. :)

6 years ago
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Hi Reforced, have you updated the tool? It's much nicer to the eye now, but I don't see approved games in green anymore. Nor the Yirg score for each game. I had it open in a tab some hours ago and now it asked me to reload. I assume it's given to this update.

6 years ago
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Nevermind, I already found the "Won giveaway progress" tab. The new tool is very nice visually speaking.

6 years ago
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Indeed, giveaways and tracked games are now separate. :) I'm happy you like it, I still have to get used to it, having worked allot in the old lay-out. :P

6 years ago
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So I have to win a game with achievements and complete it before joining?

6 years ago
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Hi Paparapaskovisky! You're welcome to join. You can wait for that winning indeed, but you can also choose to play your winning Yosumin!™, if you take a bunch of screenshots (just upload them to Steam). Otherwise you can also pick a game from your Steam library that has achievements. :) Let me know!

6 years ago
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I'd like to join I'll start with giving away The Binding of Isaac + Wrath of the Lamb DLC

6 years ago
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Hi dlrdlrdlr! You're welcome to join by giving away something you like to see getting played. Membership request approved! :)

6 years ago
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I finished (again) The Witcher 2. I have played it on GOG several times, however I have it on Steam via SG. Does that counts? Last achievement is from yesterday about this hour, more or less. I try to play my games and 100% the, if possible, ha.

I have played other wins and I keep playing dead by daylight and vermintide with friends, but I don't know if that's valid for Point A

6 years ago*
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Hi Silverio :) As mentioned via Discord you're very welcome to join, but please pick an unplayed game that has achievements, that you didn't play before and please comment the name of the game before you start playing it.

6 years ago
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By playing I win I have not played by now?

6 years ago
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Yes, anything not touched before will do.

6 years ago
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ah!! okay

6 years ago
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The game is beat buddy, I'm in chapter 6 (the last one) and I'm facing an incredibly unfair and bad implemented puzzle. I don't know if I'll finish, but if it's okay, I'm happy to join.

6 years ago
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What game did you choose? You never commented the name of the game..

6 years ago
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Yes I did. Is Beat Buddy. I even wrote a review for it hahaha

6 years ago
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Ah, you mean Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians. Indeed you've played that one after your first comment, so it will do! :) Please press the button "request to join" here and I'll approve it when I see it. Welcome to the group in advance.

Edit: Approved!

6 years ago*
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Hi! I would like to join the group and the game I choose to play is Emily is Away Too. :)

6 years ago
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Hi MissKatelynJo! As spoken with your boyfriend you're very welcome to join by playing Emily is Away Too. Please comment again when you have finished playing the game. :)

6 years ago
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Awesome! Thank you very much, will do. ^_^

6 years ago
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Finished Emily is Away Too. ^_^

6 years ago
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Happy to hear and almost all achievements I see, nice. :) Please press the button "Request To Join" here and I will approve it when I see your request.

Edit: Approved!

6 years ago*
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Thank you :D

6 years ago
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I would like to join. I can do a group GA as soon as I join.

6 years ago
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Hi takkyon! Alright, please request to join here and I'll approve it when I see it. I'm curious to see your first giveaway. :)

Edit: Approved.

6 years ago*
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still waiting of approval :3

6 years ago
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Hi RestinPeace! You're welcome to join, but you've never applied.. Please read the OP and let me know which option you pick to join.

6 years ago
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uhm option 1: gonna play Limbo which i just got from giveaway yesterday since 2 other game i already finished

6 years ago
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Alright :) Have fun playing Limbo and please comment again once you've finished playing it.

6 years ago
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Hi EverythingisMina, we are currently in the process of clearing out all our old join requests on Steam and I came across yours. I would like to know if you would still be interested to join the group?
If I won't get a reply in a week I will simply decline the request, but you would still be welcome to join if you decide so once you have beaten the game :)

5 years ago
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sorry for the late reply. Finally beat Limbo after so long time :D . Died to much in the end but it was worth :D : feeling proud

5 years ago
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Congrats on beating the game! Join request approved, welcome to the group! ^^

5 years ago
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i have a question . i won a few game from other group which included PA group but before i joined in this group .. do this game counting too or not .

5 years ago
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I am guessing you mean this one? No it does not need to be played. Only giveaway that you won since you have joined the group count.

5 years ago
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Option 1) I will play Dexodonex, which i never played (Just card idling program idled it)

6 years ago
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Hi aragon789! You're welcome to join by playing Dexodonex. Indeed you have 3 hours on record already due idling. Please comment again once you've finished the game. :)

6 years ago
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Hi aragon789, we are currently in the process of clearing out all our old join requests and I came across yours. I would like to know if you would still be interested to join the group?
If I won't get a reply in a week I will simply mark you as not interested to join on our list, but you would still be welcome to join once you have beaten the game :)

4 years ago
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Probably no, I don't have too much time rn, maybe some another time. :)

4 years ago
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Ok, if you change your mind feel free to reapply at any time :)

4 years ago
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i would like to join.
going for Option 1: Costume quest

6 years ago
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Hi Calles! You're welcome to join, but please pick a game you didn't play before. You already started playing Costume Quest on 31 Oct. I hope to hear from you. :)

6 years ago
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I just played for a few to see how the game looks like :v

6 years ago
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but if not valid then ill choose Cubicity, only idled it

6 years ago
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Playing Cubicity will do fine! :) Please comment again once you've finished the game. Just as a note, you've idled it for 2.1 hours indeed.

6 years ago
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i finished with cubicity

6 years ago
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Your progress is looking fine! Membership request approved, welcome to the group. :)

6 years ago
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Thank you!! :)

6 years ago
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Couple questions.

1) How often the winners play their games in this group and follow the group's guidelines?
2) I would like to create giveaways for people who play their wins. Possible to join the group just to make giveaways?
3) Restrictions for those giveaways e.g. group only, no region locks or similar?

6 years ago
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Hi tubberware! The answer to question one is difficult, there is never a 100% promise, but we do monitor every winning via our group tool. If there is a member that didn't play his/her winnings within a month, that member will simply be kicked until he/she did play the games won. As for question two, of course it's fine to just make giveaways - there is no active member policy; feel free to join/create or not whenever you feel like it. As for the last question, you are free to set whatever region or level as you wish and are also free to include other groups and/or your whitelist.

6 years ago
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Thanks for responding! I am not expecting 100% but was just curious if you happened to have statistics available. Curiosity to this kind of data. I do not use levels in my giveaways but might require region restrictions as it seems more and more games are getting restricted.

Would like to join with option 2.

6 years ago
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I don't have any hard statistics, but I can tell that in October we've lost 8 members and 37 new members joined; so we keep growing and in the long run I hope the good members will remain.. ^^ Your membership request is approved, welcome to the group. I'm curious to see your first giveaway. :)

6 years ago
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Can i join option 1 :)

6 years ago
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Hi Malfertheiner! You're welcome to join, what game are you going to play?

6 years ago
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Can be glowfish,i dont know o.O

6 years ago
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Yeah, playing Glowfish will do fine. :) Please comment again once you've finished the game.

6 years ago
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Would like to give this a go. Option 2 for me.

I gave away a few today, and most went to folks with hundreds of wins and a single, 1P giveaway. Left a bad taste in my mouth.

Thanks!

6 years ago
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Hi mspencer86! You're welcome to join, giving away something you like to see getting played will do fine, I'm curious what it will be. Membership request approved. :)

6 years ago
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Awesome - first one posted. Thanks!

6 years ago
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Nice, welcome to the group! :)

6 years ago
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I'd like to join the group - I'll go for option 2 and give away a game or two to the group as soon as I've been approved.

6 years ago
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Hi CedericH! You're welcome to join by giving away something you like to see getting played. Membership request approved, I'm curious to see your first giveaway. :)

6 years ago
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It was an easy choice! Fallen Enchantress and Fallen Enchantress: Ultimate Edition. I hope the winner will enjoy them as much as I did!

6 years ago
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I hope so too, thanks for sharing! ^^

6 years ago
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Closed 1 year ago by Reforced.