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SteamGifts Group
Special 2018 Holiday Game
Special Games Group
Special Casual Games Group

March 2024 Top 10 GAs:
Balatro
What Remains of Edith Finch
NieR:Automata™
Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Heavy Rain
Adore
A Little to the Left
9 Years of Shadows
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

February 2024 Top 10 GAs:
The Callisto Protocol™ - Digital Deluxe Edition
Outer Wilds
Enshrouded
FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION
9 Years of Shadows
Martha Is Dead
Risk of Rain Returns
Lost in Random™
Chorus
NORCO

January 2024 Top 10 GAs:
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
COCOON
DAVE THE DIVER
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
MONSTER HUNTER RISE
Outer Wilds
Chorus
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Far Cry® 5
Marvel's Midnight Suns

December 2023 Top 10 GAs:
Hogwarts Legacy: Digital Deluxe Edition
DAVE THE DIVER
Far Cry® 4
Resident Evil Village
FAR: Changing Tides
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Detroit: Become Human
Syberia: The World Before
Heavenly Bodies
Dorfromantik

2023 - Special Winter Hard-Core Game top 10 GAs:
Persona 5 Royal
Lost in Random™ (2 copies)
CARRION (2 copies)
Persona 4 Golden
God of War
Little Nightmares II
DREDGE
Eastward
Psychonauts 2
Chorus

2023 - Special Winter Casual Game top 10 GAs:
Resident Evil Village
Chorus
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Skul: The Hero Slayer
DOOM Eternal
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
DEATHLOOP
Internet Cafe Simulator 2
Edge Of Eternity

November 2023 Top 10 GAs:
High On Life
The Callisto Protocol™
Cyberpunk 2077
Cult of the Lamb (2 copies)
Street Fighter™ 6
FAR: Changing Tides
Detroit: Become Human
Gotham Knights
Tinykin
Pan'orama

October 2023 Top 10 GAs:
Baldur's Gate 3
Remnant II
Hi-Fi RUSH
Asterigos: Curse of the Stars
Detroit: Become Human
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered
Tinykin
The Outer Worlds
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
Metal: Hellsinger (2 copies)

September 2023 Top 10 GAs:
Cyberpunk 2077
Resident Evil 4
Detroit: Become Human
Journey To The Savage Planet
Chernobylite Enhanced Edition
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Roguebook
The Forgotten City (3 copies)
Marvel's Avengers - The Definitive Edition
Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense

August 2023 Top 10 GAs:
Remnant II
Resident Evil Village (2 copies)
Detroit: Become Human
NORCO
Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Watch Dogs®: Legion
Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator (2 copies)
Chernobylite Enhanced Edition (2 copies)
Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch™ Remastered

July 2023 Top 10 GAs:
Road 96 🛣️
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Detroit: Become Human
NORCO
Watch Dogs®: Legion
Only Up!
Chernobylite Enhanced Edition (3 copies)
Praey for the Gods
Weedcraft Inc

June 2023 Top 10 GAs:
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Detroit: Become Human
Shadows of Doubt
Road 96
Watch Dogs®: Legion
NORCO
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Chernobylite Enhanced Edition (2 copies)
Tainted Grail: Conquest
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

May 2023 Top 10 GAs:
A Plague Tale: Requiem
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™ - Precious Edition
Stray
Far Cry® 6
DREDGE
Death's Door
Road 96
Tales of Arise
NORCO
NieR:Automata™

April 2023 Top 10 GAs:
Resident Evil Village
Pyre
NORCO
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT (2 copies)
Total War: WARHAMMER II
Wolfstride
The Council - Complete Season
River City Girls
Monument Valley 2: Panoramic Edition

March 2023 Top 10 GAs:
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Detroit: Become Human
Bendy and the Dark Revival
Chernobylite Enhanced Edition
NORCO
Journey
LOST EMBER
Creaks (2 copies)
Sam & Max Save the World (3 copies)

February 2023 Top 10 GAs:
Dying Light 2 Stay Human
Resident Evil Village
Hi-Fi RUSH
Detroit: Become Human
Journey
Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch™ Remastered
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
Resident Evil 2
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition (2 copies)

January 2023 Top 10 GAs:
Resident Evil Village
Life is Strange: True Colors
Detroit: Become Human (2 copies)
Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
Days Gone
Dead Cells
What Remains of Edith Finch (3 copies)
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
LOST EMBER
Unravel

2022 - Special Winter Hard-Core Game top 10 GAs:
Unpacking
Lost in Play
Filament
Dorfromantik
Devil May Cry 5
Loop Hero
Arise: A Simple Story
ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN
What Remains of Edith Finch
The Evil Within

2022 - Special Winter Casual Game top 10 GAs:
Little Nightmares II
Subnautica: Below Zero
LOST EMBER
DEATHLOOP
Black Skylands
Road 96
Death end re;Quest
Tormented Souls
Plebby Quest: The Crusades
Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice

December 2022 Top 10 GAs:
Stray
DOOM Eternal
What Remains of Edith Finch
Days Gone (2 copies)
Lost Ember + Lost Ember VR
LOST EMBER
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered
Metro Exodus - Gold Edition
Toodee and Topdee
The Council - Complete Season

November 2022 Top 10 GAs:
UNCHARTED™: Legacy of Thieves Collection
Road 96 🛣️
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Cult of the Lamb
Dreamscaper (2 copies)
Devil May Cry 5
Valheim
ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN
Risk of Rain 2
Breathedge

October 2022 Top 10 GAs:
UNCHARTED™: Legacy of Thieves Collection
Little Nightmares II
Yakuza 5 Remastered
Inscryption
Days Gone
Borderlands 3: Super Deluxe Edition
DEATHLOOP (2 copies)
RAGE 2 - Deluxe Edition (2 copies)
Risk of Rain 2 (2 copies)
LOST EMBER

September 2022 Top 10 GAs:
DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Cult of the Lamb
Days Gone
Outer Wilds
LOST EMBER
Golf Club Wasteland
Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery
Mafia: Definitive Edition
Wintermoor Tactics Club

August 2022 Top 10 GAs:
Praey for the Gods
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Cozy Grove
The Last Campfire
The Ascent
Observation
DARQ: Complete Edition
Cat Quest II
Nanotale - Typing Chronicles
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered

July 2022 Top 10 GAs:
Stray
Days Gone
Outer Wilds
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
Nanotale - Typing Chronicles
V Rising
The Last Campfire
ATOM RPG Trudograd (2 copies)
Undungeon
Slime Rancher

July 2022 High Tier Group Top 10 GAs:
Titanfall® 2
Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
The Last Campfire
Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Thief
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
LEGO® DC Super-Villains
The Council - Complete Season

2022 - Special Summer Casual Game top 10 GAs:
Pumpkin Jack
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
Black Book
What Remains of Edith Finch
Pumpkin Jack
Slime Rancher
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
The Surge 2
Destroy All Humans!
Embr

2022 - Special Summer Hard-Core Game top 10 GAs:
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Hades
Tormented Souls
Tangle Tower
Watch_Dogs Complete
Loop Hero
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered
DOOM
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt

June 2022 Top 10 GAs:
Days Gone
Outer Wilds
LOST EMBER
Tormented Souls
Monster Train
Pumpkin Jack
INSIDE
Fable Anniversary
Ghost of a Tale (2 copies)
HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition (2 copies)

June 2022 High Tier Group Top 10 GAs:
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
A Plague Tale: Innocence
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Defini...
A Way Out
Loop Hero
Risk of Rain 2
SpellForce 3 Reforced
tiny & Tall: Gleipnir
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Defini...
Loop Hero

May 2022 Top 10 GAs:
Wasteland 3 (2 copies)
No Man's Sky
Tormented Souls
Loop Hero
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Edition
CODE VEIN
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery
Cat Quest II

May 2022 High Tier Group Top 10 GAs:
Grand Theft Auto V
Resident Evil 3
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Edition
Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
RESIDENT EVIL 7 biohazard Gold Edition
Shady Part of Me
Gorogoa
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Disneyland Adventures

April 2022 Top 10 GAs:
God of War
Days Gone
Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
Cuphead
SCARLET NEXUS
Gears 5
Destroy All Humans!
NieR:Automata™
Cloudpunk
Gorogoa

April 2022 High Tier Group Top 10 GAs:
DEATHLOOP
The Outer Worlds
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
Gorogoa
GreedFall (2 copies)
The Last Campfire
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered
SpellForce 3: Soul Harvest
Core Keeper

March 2022 Top 10 GAs:
Cyberpunk 2077
Detroit: Become Human (2 copies)
Valheim
Destroy All Humans!
The Last Campfire
Gears 5
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Creaks (2 copies)
Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition
Cloudpunk

March 2022 High Tier Group Top 10 GAs:
Devil May Cry 5
Outer Wilds
Detroit: Become Human
DOOM Eternal
Dead Cells
Resident Evil 2
The Banner Saga 3
What Remains of Edith Finch
Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
The Last Campfire

February 2022 Top 10 GAs:
Detroit: Become Human
Little Nightmares II (2 copies)
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Subnautica: Below Zero
Wasteland 3
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
CODE VEIN
Dying Light Platinum Edition
The Last Campfire
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

January 2022 Top 10 GAs:
Resident Evil Village
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Hades
The Forgotten City
Journey
Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
The Last Campfire
Gorogoa
Risk of Rain 2
Beyond: Two Souls

2021 - Special Winter Casual Game top 10 GAs:
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
It Takes Two
Heavy Rain
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
The Red Strings Club
Dishonored - Definitive Edition
Neon Abyss
Röki
TOHU
Death Crown

2021 - Special Winter Hard-Core Game top 10 GAs:
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edi...
Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Yaga
The Outer Worlds
DEATH STRANDING (2 copies)
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

December 2021 Top 10 GAs:
DEATHLOOP
Hades
Resident Evil Village
DEATH STRANDING
Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition
CODE VEIN
Death's Door
Cloudpunk
Phoenix Point: Year One Edition
The Last Campfire

November 2021 Top 10 GAs:
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Death's Door
Detroit: Become Human
Cloudpunk
Spirit of the North
Persona 4 Golden
Ghost of a Tale
CODE VEIN
Risk of Rain 2 (2 copies)
Cat Quest II

October 2021 Top 10 GAs:
Death's Door
Eastward
CODE VEIN
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Cloudpunk
Paradise Lost
Inscryption
Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch™ Remastered
Neversong
Ghost of a Tale

September 2021 Top 10 GAs:
Death's Door
Ghostrunner
GRIME
No Man's Sky
Heavy Rain
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Tormented Souls
Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
Dying Light

August 2021 Top 10 GAs:
Chernobylite
CODE VEIN
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Ghost of a Tale
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Orcs Must Die! 3
The Banner Saga 3: Deluxe Edition
Desperados III
ReCore: Definitive Edition
Baba Is You

July 2021 Top 10 GAs:
Red Dead Redemption 2
Dragon Age™ Inquisition
Desperados III
LOST EMBER
Before Your Eyes
Dying Light Enhanced Edition
Yakuza 3 Remastered (2 copies)
Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure
We Happy Few
The Banner Saga - Deluxe

June 2021 Top 10 GAs:
Resident Evil 3 (2 copies)
Valheim
No Man's Sky
Heavy Rain
Borderlands 3
Cloudpunk
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
DEATH STRANDING
Need for Speed™ Heat
Maneater

May 2021 Top 10 GAs:
DEATH STRANDING
Resident Evil 3
Timelie
Dead Cells
Wolfenstein: Youngblood (2 copies)
Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch™ Remastered
Resident Evil 2
Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Blacksad: Under the Skin

April 2021 Top 10 GAs:
Resident Evil 3 (2 copies)
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
LOST EMBER
No Man's Sky
Not For Broadcast
Ghost of a Tale
The Evil Within 2
Wreckfest
The Council - Complete Season
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!

March 2021 Top 10 GAs:
Resident Evil 3 (2 copies)
Metro Exodus
Desperados III Digital Deluxe Edition (2 copies)
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Loop Hero
Hellpoint
Streets of Rage 4
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Control Ultimate Edition (4 copies)
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard (3 copies)

February 2021 Top 10 GAs:
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition (2 copies)
Heavy Rain
Resident Evil 3
Valheim
Green Hell
CARRION
Superliminal
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard (2 copies)
Baba Is You
Tabletop Simulator

January 2021 Top 10 GAs:
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Ghostrunner
The Outer Worlds
Heavy Rain
RimWorld
What Remains of Edith Finch
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
Wreckfest
DRAGON BALL FighterZ
Ni no Kuni™ II: Revenant Kingdom

2020 - Special Winter Casual Game top 10 GAs:
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2 copies)
Pyre
Cuphead
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 4
DOOM
The Red Strings Club (2 copies)
Prey
Hellpoint
Beyond: Two Souls

2020 - Special Winter Hard-Core Game top 10 GAs:
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
No Man's Sky
ELEX
Heavy Rain (2 copies)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated
Mortal Kombat X Premium Edition
Cuphead
Control Ultimate Edition
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order
Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch

December 2020 Top 10 GAs:
Beyond: Two Souls (2 copies)
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Metro Exodus (2 copies)
GreedFall
Beyond: Two Souls
Celeste (2 copies)
Ni no Kuni™ II: Revenant Kingdom
DARQ: Complete Edition
LEGO® DC Super-Villains
The House of Da Vinci

November 2020 Top 10 GAs:
Detroit: Become Human
Metro Exodus
Beyond: Two Souls
STAR WARS™: Squadrons
CARRION
A Plague Tale: Innocence
ELEX
Nioh: Complete Edition / 仁王 Complete Edition
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (2 copies)
Green Hell

October 2020 Top 10 GAs:
Mafia: Definitive Edition
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Desperados III
Metro Exodus
Darksiders III
Hellpoint
FAR: Lone Sails
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Green Hell
The Walking Dead: The Final Season

September 2020 Top 10 GAs:
Control Ultimate Edition
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Red Dead Redemption 2
Metro Exodus
Heavy Rain
Beyond: Two Souls
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Persona 4 Golden
Mortal Kombat 11
Blacksad: Under the Skin

August 2020 Top 10 GAs:
DEATH STRANDING
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
We Happy Few (2 copies)
NieR:Automata™
Risk of Rain 2
Baba Is You
ELEX
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Just Cause 4 Reloaded

July 2020 Top 10 GAs:
Borderlands 3
Metro Exodus (2 copies)
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince (2 copies)
Persona 4 Golden
Resident Evil 2
The Walking Dead: The Final Season (2 copies)
We. The Revolution
XCOM®: Chimera Squad (2 copies)
Need for Speed™ Heat
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard (3 copies)

2020 - Special Summer Game top 10 GAs:
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™
Beyond: Two Souls
Persona 4 Golden
Borderlands 3
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
We Happy Few (2 copies)
Vampyr
Tropico 6 El Prez Edition
Shadows: Awakening
Catherine Classic
Katana ZERO

June 2020 Top 10 GAs:
Metro Exodus - Gold Edition
Vampyr
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
Iconoclasts
The Messenger
The Gardens Between
Into the Breach
My Memory of Us
Shadow Warrior 2 (2 copies)
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition

May 2020 Top 10 GAs:
NieR:Automata™
The Evil Within 2
Iratus: Lord of the Dead
LEGO® STAR WARS™: The Force Awakens
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Dishonored 2
Darkest Dungeon®
Fallout 4
Jurassic World Evolution (3 copies)
My Friend Pedro (2 copies)

April 2020 Top 10 GAs:
We Happy Few
Risk of Rain 2
Mortal Kombat 11
NieR:Automata™
My Memory of Us
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
NEOVERSE
My Friend Pedro
GRIS (3 copies)
Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy

March 2020 Top 10 GAs:
Praey for the Gods
Katana ZERO
Life is Strange 2
Iconoclasts
Bridge Constructor Portal
Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Edition
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
LEGO® MARVEL's Avengers
Vikings - Wolves of Midgard
Crash Bandicoot™ N. Sane Trilogy

February 2020 Top 10 GAs:
Praey for the Gods
This Is the Police 2
The Gardens Between
Katana ZERO
Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Edition
Frostpunk (2 copies)
Project Warlock
Tyranny
Two Point Hospital
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

January 2020 Top 10 GAs:
Katana ZERO
Hand of Fate 2
Into the Breach
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Felix The Reaper
The Stillness of the Wind
Invisible, Inc.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Darkwood

2019 - Special Winter Game top 10 GAs:
My Friend Pedro
Katana ZERO
LOST EMBER
The Council
This Is the Police 2
A Plague Tale: Innocence
GRIS (3 copies)
Vampyr
RESIDENT EVIL 7 biohazard / BIOHAZARD 7 resident evil
Catherine Classic

December 2019 Top 10 GAs:
Nioh: Complete Edition / 仁王 Complete Edition
Pyre
What Remains of Edith Finch
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3
Injustice™ 2
Yakuza Kiwami (2 copies)
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
DOOM
Resident Evil 0 / biohazard 0 HD REMASTER

November 2019 Top 10 GAs:
Catherine Classic
GRIS
Darksiders III
Night in the Woods
Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy
Endless Space® 2
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
Reventure
My Time At Portia
Streets of Rogue

October 2019 Top 10 GAs:
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
Ghost of a Tale
Tropico 6
GRIS
Omensight: Definitive Edition
My Memory of Us
State of Decay
Tales of Zestiria
Book of Demons
LEGO® Indiana Jones™ 2: The Adventure Continues

September 2019 Top 10 GAs:
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
GRIS
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Cuphead
Katana ZERO
Bridge Constructor Portal
TEKKEN 7
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Tyranny (3 copies)
Torment: Tides of Numenera

August 2019 Top 10 GAs:
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Ghost of a Tale
Beholder 2
Kingdom Come: Deliverance (3 copies)
Blazing Chrome
Reventure
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
GET EVEN
Resident Evil 0 / biohazard 0 HD REMASTER
Prey

July 2019 Top 10 GAs:
Kingdom Come: Deliverance (3 copies)
Forgotton Anne
Dishonored 2
Resident Evil 0 / biohazard 0 HD REMASTER
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (3 copies)
Moonlighter (5 copies)
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Conarium
Transistor
Cossacks 3

2019 - Special Summer Game top 10 GAs:
The Council
They Are Billions
Into the Breach
Ghost of a Tale
Celeste
Vampyr
ELEX
Beholder 2
Prey
while True: learn()
Tyranny - Deluxe Edition

June 2019 Top 10 GAs:
Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series
Ghost of a Tale
Dishonored 2
Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare®
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Mafia
Injustice™ 2
Civilization: Beyond Earth – The Collection
Moonlighter (2 copies)
Party Hard 2

May 2019 Top 10 GAs:
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Bridge Constructor Portal
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Party Hard 2
BATTLETECH
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden (2 copies)
Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ Gold Edition
SUNLESS SEA
Devil May Cry® 3 Special Edition
11-11 Memories Retold

April 2019 Top 10 GAs:
GRIS
Beholder 2
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Dishonored 2
Total War: WARHAMMER II
LEGO® Worlds
Invisible, Inc.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Legendary Edition
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Yakuza 0

March 2019 Top 10 GAs:
Frostpunk
Transistor X 2
DOOM
Northgard X 2
Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration
Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ X 2
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 - Collector's Edition X 2
Slime Rancher
The Long Reach
INSIDE

February 2019 Top 10 GAs:
Omensight: Definitive Edition
MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD
Ghost of a Tale
BATTLETECH
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
For The King
Injustice™ 2
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 - Collector's Edition X 2
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition

January 2019 top 10 GAs:
Ghost of a Tale
What Remains of Edith Finch
Pathfinder: Kingmaker
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Yakuza 0 X 2
Sid Meier's Civilization VI - Digital Deluxe Edition
Project CARS 2 X 2
Everything
>observer_ X 11
Wizard of Legend X 3

2018 - Special Holiday Game top 10 GAs:
RESIDENT EVIL 7 biohazard / BIOHAZARD 7 resident evil
BATTLETECH
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Yakuza 0
Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™
Injustice™ 2
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Cuphead
Life is Strange: Before the Storm

December 2018 top 10 GAs:
Frostpunk
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Vampyr
Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Injustice™ 2
Wizard of Legend X 3
Torment: Tides of Numenera
Agents of Mayhem
Yomawari: Night Alone / 夜廻

November 2018 top 10 GAs:
Vampyr
Yakuza 0 X 2
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Into the Breach
Dying Light Enhanced Edition
>observer_
Call of Duty®: Black Ops II
Aragami
HELLDIVERS™ A New Hell Edition
LEGO® Jurassic World

October 2018 top 10 GAs:
Life is Strange: Before The Storm
Hollow Knight
Aragami
Just Cause 3 XL X 2
LEGO® Jurassic World
Tales of Symphonia X 2
Little Nightmares X 3
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
LISA
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

September 2018 top 10 GAs:
Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Injustice™ 2
DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE
Just Cause 3 XL
Little Nightmares X 2
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition
Batman: Arkham Knight Premium Edition
SUNLESS SEA
Tooth and Tail
Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2

August 2018 top 10 GAs:
Life is Strange: Before The Storm
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series
MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD
RiME
DOOM
Tooth and Tail
Sniper Elite 4
Tales of Berseria
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition

July 2018 top 10 GAs:
Little Nightmares
Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Into the Breach
Dungeons 3
A Hat in Time
Just Cause 3 X 2
Redout: Enhanced Edition
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
Witch It
Besiege

June 2018 top 10 GAs:
[Life is Strange: Before The Storm
Hollow Knight
NieR:Automata X 2
The Evil Within 2
Ori and the Blind Forest
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
The LEGO® Movie - Videogame
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Styx: Shards of Darkness X 4

May 2018 top 10 GAs:
Cuphead
Life is Strange: Before The Storm X 2
For The King
Redout: Enhanced Edition
LEGO Batman Trilogy
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
Day of Infamy
Submerged
Outlast 2
Bastion

April 2018 top 10 GAs:
Life is Strange: Before The Storm
Hollow Knight
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Jydge
Dead Rising 4
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
Kerbal Space Program,
3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey
Streets of Rogue
Outlast 2

March 2018 top 10 GAs:
Hollow Knight
Gothic Universe Edition
Crysis 2 - Maximum Edition
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Sonic Generations Collection
Spintires
How to Survive 2
Seasons after Fall
Party Hard
METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES

February 2018 top 10 GAs:
Aragami X 4
Oxenfree
Valley
The Witness
Max Payne 3
Fallout 3
Homefront®: The Revolution
Resident Evil 6 / Biohazard 6
They Are Billions
Stellaris
Torment: Tides of Numenera

January 2018 top 10 GAs:
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Batman: Arkham City
Fairy Fencer F
Left 4 Dead 2
Alien: Isolation
Vanquish
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
King's Quest: The Complete Collection
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter
The Park

December 2017 top 10 GAs:
Life is Strange: Before The Storm
Prey
Distrust
The Evil Within
Death Point
Doom 3: BFG Edition
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
The Talos Principle
XCOM 2
Dead by Daylight

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Hi, I would like to join as well :)

6 years ago
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Friend request sent

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Don't forget that you CANNOT enter any group GAs until your "new member" GA is finished and that any breaking the rules during the trial period, even accidental, can lead to your expulsion from the group

Invite sent.

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I'd like to join too if you're still recruiting.

6 years ago
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Friend request sent

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Don't forget that you CANNOT enter any group GAs until your "new member" GA is finished and that any breaking the rules during the trial period, even accidental, can lead to your expulsion from the group

Invite sent.

6 years ago
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Hello ! I want to join~

6 years ago
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Hey man,
I see you're fairly new to SteamGifts, and haven't created many high quality GAs so far.
I just want to make sure you understand what you're getting into.
Do you have a game in mind for your "new member" first giveaway?

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I see all the rules and I prepared the Crusader Kings II for my first giveaway.
Thanks for your kindly reminder.

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Don't forget that you CANNOT enter any group GAs until your "new member" GA is finished and that any breaking the rules during the trial period, even accidental, can lead to your expulsion from the group

Invite sent.

6 years ago
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Still very new to the group, I think there should be a "play your wins" requirement. Even a loose deadline like 3 months after the win would make members think twice about joining the most expensive GAs.

6 years ago
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That is a valid idea. I considered it myself a few times.
The reasons I decided against it are:

  1. How will we verify it?
    If we need to manually go user-by-user game-by-game to check - it's simply too much hassle.
    And if we don't check, so what's the point in having the rule...
  2. We don't have a problem (mostly) of too many entries in a game.
    Many GAs end up with 1-2 entries, or without entries at all.
    Let\s sat we decide limit the ability of people to enter GAs - and there are many wasy of doing it. From a straighforward limit on GA entries per user to limiting number of wins per month (both very easy to implement with SGMT) to other ways, all will cause the same result - less people entering GAs.
    This brings us to the issue of our group ratio/value limit: In order to win games in the group you MUST give away games. Otherwise you group ratio drops. And if you can't increase your ratio by giving away games, you'll either create all your giveaways shared with other groups, which will farther decrease the chance of group members to win games (the cause for this discussion in the first place). Or people will not be able to enter any GAs at all, for the risk of being kicked. Which would make the group not fun :(
    And if we don't have a group ratio - then some people can enter all the GAs in the group (even if there is a playing won games requirement) which would be unfair to other members.

I also look at groups like "Actually playing games" or "Playing appreciated" and frankly it doesn't look good.
They started well, but right now there are very very few quality giveaways in these groups, there is about 1 giveaway a month of a game I would actually want to play, and these get like 90+ votes.
Maybe it would be better if these groups had quality rules (like we do) or forbid shared giveaways. But then they would risk dying out, simply because no one would create any GAs.

I think people not hoarding games (entering GAs for the sake of it, but actually wanting to play the games) is very important, but on the other hand, not less important for the group to be active, and have many giveaways so people have more choices.

Having said that, I don't rule out this (or any other) ides completely. And there's a chance we may embrace it in the future.
If you have other ideas, feel free to chare them, we even have a dedicated thread for these ideas in the Steam group discussions.

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Thanks for your thorough reply. Your points make sense.
Maybe this rule could only apply to the GAs with many entries, which are usually the most expensive and wishlisted games.

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It's an option.
We can for example, allow the GA creator to request the game to be played/finished within a set amount of time. and it will be the responsibility of the creator to see that the winner follows this rule.
The only question remains is: What will be the penalty?
Do we kick out a group member for not playing a game within a set period after winning it?

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Leaving it to the GA creator's discretion might be best. If the person wins and doesn't play the game, they could get a warning and a 1-week extension. Another offense and/or a game still not played after the extension would mean a kick. The idea is to make entrants responsible and leave the game for other people if they can't or don't want to play it within the required timeframe. And that would force entrants to read the GAs descriptions. Time will tell if we need that sort of extra rules.

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Yeah, the fact that people now need to read descriptions of games might pose a problem as well.
I for one, rarely read the descriptions of GAs I enter...

A solution for this might be for the GA creator repeat/remind the giveaway condition when congratulating the winner.

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I don't like that rule!

I play games how I want not based on what I win in SG!

There are games that I will not win in SG like ELEX and TW3 GOTY ... those I play before the wins on SG :D !

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The thing is with the super popular giveaways.
A game like "Hollow Knight" got 66 entries last month.
Some people actually wanted to play it, while others just thought it would be cool to have it.
So the idea is, the GA creator can choose (it's completely voluntary) to require that the specific game he's giving away needs to be played/finished within X months.
Keep in mind it's hurting the GA creator as well - his GA will get less entries, and it's his responsibility to follow through and check that the game was actually played. So he has no interest of doing this, other than making sure the game ends up in the hands of someone who actually wants to play it.

In any case, nothing has been decided yet.
And I'm open to hearing other opinions as well.

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Well been that winner I can tell you that I love the game only tested on my new monitor with the controller!

After I play some more TW3 this is the next game I play and probaly make a perfect game because it is fun as hell :D !

I can understand but you need to include the winner opinion!

There are games like TW3 for me that I spent 40 Eur I already finished it but want to push it to perfect game because it is my favorite kind of game great open world with great exploration !

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Exactly!
So having a "must play game" requirement wouldn't have mattered to you, because you plan to play the game.
It would only have mattered to someone who wants to add the game to his Steam collection, but doesn't have plans of playing it.

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Well that is retarded at best ... I can push today to 1500+ my library with the keys I have at my disposal but for +1 NOP thank you :( !

As I said I can agree but is very difficult to enforce it hmmm !

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I agree.
The only reason I'm with ~200 games right now, is at some point I realized there are games so far down my backlog, that I will never get to them because I'll always have new games I'll want to play more. So I stopped adding games to my Steam account altogether.
I currently only add games I plan to play in the immediate future.

For all the rest - there's SteamGifts ;)

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Well 600+ games I already finished several times before but I still want them in my library !

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Yes, I can see you're a perfectionist.
I saw your 100+ hours of Mad Max ;)

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Don't remind me of that battle with bugs to get the last achievements :))

But one of the best implementation of post apocalyptic wasteland for me :D !

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It's pretty good... but I liked Fallout 4 more :P

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I hate Fallout 4!
Maybe it has a good open world , even a great one but Mad Max's one is more realistic and harsh then that one in F4!
Also F4 is the worst fallout game bar brotherhood for me so ... !

I have them all on steam bar 4 , will only include it were the Goty is 10$ :)) :V !

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No way!
Fallout 3 is much worse than 4.
I really liked the original 1/2, but you can't really compare them to 3+. Not because they're better/worse, simply because it's like comparing apples and oranges.
In the new (FPS ones) I think F:NV has the best story/atmosphere, but F4 definitely wins over in scope and graphics.
Like the fact that they needed to divide New Vegas city (which isn't that large) into 3 separate areas - "shudders".

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You are correct, but Fallout was RPG as it's core not FPS!
F4 is a good FPS not a good Fallout!

3 is generic I had 100h+ in it but it was boring !
The best modern Fallout is NV ... by the way I set a GA for it in the group :)) !

6 years ago
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color me interested! April recruitment still up?

6 years ago
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Friend request sent

6 years ago
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I see you accepted my friend request.
Please specify the name of the game you're planning for your "new member first giveaway".

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Don't forget that you CANNOT enter any group GAs until your "new member" GA is finished and that any breaking the rules during the trial period, even accidental, can lead to your expulsion from the group

Invite sent.

6 years ago
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No problem :)

6 years ago
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Hello, just wondering why "Quality Game" metric omits Metacritic score?

6 years ago
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Simply put, complexity.
First of all, I'm using SGMT to manage the group. It already has Steam integration. Adding metacritic integrating will take additional time and effort.
Secondly, between minimal GA rules, monthly rules and new member rules, we already have 8 score/reviews combinations for members to keep in mind. Even with the minimal addition of low/medium/high metacritic scores, it would raise the number of different combinations to 8 x 3 = 24.
And finally, I don't believe it would add much value beyond what we already have.

Thanks,
Mdk

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I'm a bit overwhelmed by the score / reviews combo, I just thought using Metacritic in lieu of all that (for the games that have a MC score) might be easier. Is there a tool that can automatically check whether a Steam game is good for either a QGG monthly GA or a non-monthly GA? Otherwise, I can try to come up with a flowchart of some sort and post it, maybe it will help me understand better & be useful to other people.

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Such a tool wouldn't be very complex, although I personally haven't wrote anything like this myself. Didn't need it until now.
If you want, I can give some concrete examples, if it will help you understand.

Regarding Metacritic, it would require some research on scores good and bad games receive. In any case, Metacritic is lacking compared to Steam reviews. "Critic reviews" are usually paid for by the publisher, and cannot be considered objective. And there are much less user reviews. For example "RimWorld", one of the most wshlisted games on SteamGifts, exists since 2013, sold millions of copies, doesn't have a Metacritic score.

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The rules are beyond me -- I made a flowchart and came up with more questions than answers!

Have a bump anyway for all your hard work!

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Hmm... Not sure I understand why...
There are 2 sets of rules - general GA rules (for all GAs), and monthly GA rules. Obviously monthly are more strict that general - that's common sense, because monthly is part of "all" GAs.

general GA rules are (divided for convenience):
Each giveaway must have:

  • 1,000+ reviews on Steam and 60%+ Steam rating
    OR
  • 100+ reviews on Steam and 80%+ Steam rating.

Some examples:

  • Game with 50 reviews and 95% Steam rating - NOT OK. First rule requires minimum 1000 reviews, second minimum of 100 reviews. Here is only 50 review, this is below minimum allowed.
  • Game with 2,000 reviews and 50% Steam rating - NOT OK. First rule requires minimum 60% Steam rating, and second of 80%. Here is 50%, this is below minimum allowed.
  • Game with 200 reviews and 70% Steam rating - NOT OK. It has 70% Steam rating, which is good for first rule, but not enough reviews, as first rule requires over 1,000 reviews. It has enough reviews for the second rule, but not enough Steam rating, as the second rule requires at least 80% steam rating.
  • Game with 2,000 reviews, and 70% Steam rating - OK. It has over 1,000 reviews and over 60% Steam rating, as required by the first rule.
  • Game with 200 reviews, and 95% Steam rating - OK. It has 200 reivews which is not enough for first rule, but is good enough for second rule. and it has over 80% Steam rating which is also good enough for second rule. So it passes according to second rule.

Now the monthly GA rules are almost identical, only instead of 2 categories, they have 3. And also add a couple of small additions (like minimum price, etc.)
Simple enough, right?

6 years ago
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hi, can i join? :)

6 years ago
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Friend request sent.
Please specify name of the game you're planning for your "new member first giveaway".

6 years ago
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thx :) hmm maybe Overgrowth

6 years ago
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Sorry, not good enough. Reminder:

NEW MEMBERS

Please read these rules carefully, and only apply if you're sure you can follow them.
• New members need to create a giveaway in 48h upon receiving an invite to the group
• New members first giveaway must last at least 7 days
• New members CANNOT enter any group giveaways until their first giveaway is finished. (Finished = marked as received by the winner)
• New members first giveaway must have at least 5 entries when it's finished. Begging for entries is forbidden.
• New members first giveaway counts as the monthly giveaway of the month he joined
• New members first giveaway must have at least 20P value, and one of the following:

  • 10,000+ reviews on Steam and 70%+ Steam rating
  • 1,000+ reviews on Steam and 80%+ Steam rating
  • 100+ reviews on Steam and 90%+ Steam rating

(I recommend searching for the game in the group giveaways, and checking how many entries it got last time this game was given away in a group-only giveaway, to prevent the situation where your first giveaway doesn't get enough entries, and you're forced to create a new one to replace it and wait another week)

6 years ago
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ok, Owlboy then

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Don't forget that you CANNOT enter any group GAs until your "new member" GA is finished and that any breaking the rules during the trial period, even accidental, can lead to your expulsion from the group

Invite sent.

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noted ;)

6 years ago
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Is it like this (Small Town Terrors: Livingston), I would love to join

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This game is not according to rules. Reminder:

NEW MEMBERS

Please read these rules carefully, and only apply if you're sure you can follow them.
• New members need to create a giveaway in 48h upon receiving an invite to the group
• New members first giveaway must last at least 7 days
• New members CANNOT enter any group giveaways until their first giveaway is finished. (Finished = marked as received by the winner)
• New members first giveaway must have at least 5 entries when it's finished. Begging for entries is forbidden.
• New members first giveaway counts as the monthly giveaway of the month he joined
• New members first giveaway must have at least 20P value, and one of the following:

  • 10,000+ reviews on Steam and 70%+ Steam rating
  • 1,000+ reviews on Steam and 80%+ Steam rating
  • 100+ reviews on Steam and 90%+ Steam rating

(I recommend searching for the game in the group giveaways, and checking how many entries it got last time this game was given away in a group-only giveaway, to prevent the situation where your first giveaway doesn't get enough entries, and you're forced to create a new one to replace it and wait another week)

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Am I allowed to do two 10p giveaways instead of a 20p?

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Ok, I'm willing to make an exception on 2 conditions:

  1. You read ALL the group rules (you obviously didn't before submitting your application)
  2. Each of the giveaway is according to rules, and each gets at least 5 entries.
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I just finished reading, so a giveaway within 48H of joining that goes for 1 week with 5 entries, and not to enter any thing before it is marked as received. Also, a 10p giveaway per month that ends (before?) 25th. Am I allowed to join now?

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What are the 2 giveaways you are planning for your "new member giveaway"?

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I do love quality games as much as I like reading quality novels -- and I'd like others to be able to enjoy quality interactions as well. I still have a ways to go before reaching Level 3, and am still fairly new to SteamGifts, however I think posting this flowchart might help people understand QGG rules better.

Checking Your Game Quality

Open the Steam Store page for your game -- you will need 3 pieces of information from it:

1) Game Price (US Dollars) before any discounts

2) Steam Overall Score: listed as a percentage. To find this score, hover over the text to the right of "ALL REVIEWS", usually it will be some blue text that says "Overwhelmingly Positive", "Very Positive", "Mostly Positive", or "Positive")

3) # of reviews for the Overall Steam Score -- found in the faint, gray-on-black text at the end of the line of "ALL REVIEWS" (it may help to highlight that text to read it better)

Now you are ready to figure out what type of game you have!

Game Value is at least:

$19.50 goto (A) New Member
$9.50 goto (B) Monthly
$0.00 goto (C) General

(A) New Member requirements

This game might be high enough quality for a New Member GA! Now check the following:

Region-locked? No

Steam Score minimum rating:

90% with 100+ reviews
80% with 1k+ reviews
70% with 10k+ reviews

Conclusion: This game is Exceptional quality!

To use this as a New Member GA, just be sure of the following:

  • Create the GA within 48h of the "Invitation Sent" posting on the Discussion thread
  • Giveaway Duration: 7+ Days
  • QGG-exclusive GA? Yes!

You succeed in qualifying as a New Member if:

  • You get 5 Entries (the equivalent of 5 thumbs-up votes from current QGG members that the game is truly exceptional).
  • You succeed in avoiding the almost irresistible TEMPTATION of entering QGG GA's before your New Member GA is completed (gift or key sent & marked as received / successfully activated).

(B) Monthly requirements

Region-locked? No

Steam Score minimum rating:

90% with 100+ reviews
80% with 1k+ reviews
70% with 10k+ reviews

Conclusion: This is a Good quality game.

In order to use this as a Monthly GA, just be sure of the following:

  • Make sure your GA ends by the 25th
  • Giveaway Duration: 3+ days
  • QGG-exclusive GA? Yes!

(C) General requirements

Steam Score minimum rating:

80% with 100 reviews
60% with 1k reviews

Conclusion: This is a Reasonable quality game.

Shared GA Okay? Yes

Part of being a member of QGG is to help other members find quality games quickly and easily. If you determine the quality of the game just once before your giveaway, you are saving numerous other members from having to go through the same process before they enter your giveaway! You will receive numerous virtual hugs from QGG members for helping make this group a better place for quality game lovers!

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Wow!
It must have taken you a significant amount of time to both read/understand the rules and write this. I appreciate it.
Regarding your questions:
[if $19.50 does not actually convert to 20p, please let me know -- the assumption is that it's more intuitive for people to work directly with Game Price rather than converting to an abstract value in their heads first] - I use the SteamGifts 10P/20P/etc. game value data. So however SteamGifts defines it, that's what I use.
AFAIK most games on Steam are $XX.95 / $XX.99 / $XX.00 - so no dilemma there.
[Mdk25: Is this an actual requirement for New Member GA's? I ask since region-free is required for Monthly GA's, yet was never explicitly stated for New Member GA's, which seem to have much higher requirements overall than any other giveaways] - You're right, both should have this rule. I'll change this now.
[Is this necessary? If so, where to state it?] - No need to declare. It's all automated, and I get a list of users who created their monthly GAs, and users who did not.

Regarding your SteamGifts level - I think I can make an exception in your case (being in QGG brings you to level 3 pretty quickly). But you need to be sure you can deliver the quality of GAs required by the group...

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Hi, I have found a site that shows the # of Steam reviews in a much more readable, Black-on-White text (vs. Steam's gray-on-black & black-on-gray text), here: Cheapshark.

Now that I can read those numbers, I'm happy to join QGG. I'm having trouble deciding which game would be most popular as a New Member GA though. Would appreciate some input! I have the following games:

  • The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings (Enhanced Edition) - I'm going through this game now, which I already own on GOG. Combat is great, nice graphics. NPC character development is great. And it has a Metacritic score of 88!

  • Scribblenauts Unlimited - I had thought this was the same game as "Psychonauts", which I really wanted to try (got Psychonauts now, it's a bit hard for me as a hand-eye game). I'm wondering about whether I should play this one. The storyline is "rescue the girl" (I really feel all these "damsels in distress" should just tough up and rescue themselves like everyone else -- imagine if everyone you met just expected you to come to their rescue without even trying to rescue themselves first?). I hear lots of people like these types of games though.

  • DmC: Devil May Cry - loved the original DMC on PS1, especially the character development & storyline; bought this one by mistake thinking it was the original. The gameplay is much better in this game, very high quality (I'm a big storyline person, less of a hand-eye person though). Good Metacritic rating of 85. Unfortunately, looks like this game only had 4 entries last time it was up on QGG.

Additionally, joining next month might be better option for me. I just hit Level 2 and feel like I need a breather from SteamGifts. I think mostly it's from realizing most of my public & discussion GA's have been won by autojoin programs and bots, rather than real people who appreciate the game. Those same autojoiners have caused me to win only 1 game since I joined about a month ago, when SteamGifts says I should have won 6 by now. When I joined SteamGifts, I thought this would be nice place to "swap" games -- now I am finding that I have been taken advantage of terribly by people using autojoiners, who are just hoarding games for card farming. I need a few weeks to digest that.

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No problem, let me know what you decide.

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Hello!

I'm ready to join QGG now, although I just realized I've entered in 2 Whitelist GA's that are also on QGG (Lara Croft GO & Shadowrun Returns) -- I should probably wait until the Whitelist GA's are over or it will look like I've joined QGG giveaways before my New Member GA ended!

My new member GA will be The Witcher 2. Looks like it had lots of interest previously (it really is great game, definitely a step up from Witcher 1 in terms of graphics & character control -- all without sacrificing character development or story that made Witcher 1 so great!).

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Cool, it's a nice game.

You don't need to worry about the joined GAs, the tool only counts GA you joined after joining the group.

Let me know what you decide.

5 years ago
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Okay, I'm ready now. :)

p.s. Would it be possible to update the link to the QGG Flowchart at the top of the page? I just find it very handy to get to the flowchart to check game quality!

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  1. I sent you a friend request
  2. Your Steam profile & games need be public. Both for SteamGifts and our group.
  3. What do you mean by "QGG Flowchart"?
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  1. Accepted
  2. I had set both "My Profile: Public", "Game Details: Public" already -- I notice new rules on the discussion thread now, which made me realize I have to set play time to public. Done!
  3. I just meant this: https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/jMqJT/quality-games-giveaways-qgg-group-special-may-ga-cuphead/search?page=7#h3mW7yU

p.s. To make that become static link rather than depending on the title of this thread, I just realized I can just post the flowchart in the QGG Steam forum -- that's an easier way to find it. :)

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Don't forget that you CANNOT enter any group GAs until your "new member" GA is finished and that any breaking the rules during the trial period, even accidental, can lead to your expulsion from the group

Invite sent.

P.S. don't worry about links, they keep working even when thread title changes.

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[How to check if unredeemed / multiple Wins within just past year?] - Using SGTools (http://www.sgtools.info/activation) gives you all your data, and then you can see if anything from it happened within the last year.
Keep a Positive SteamGifts Sent/Won Ratio - Actually it's more "Have" than "Keep". I'll change it in my description as well.
How to Join - You forgot a couple of steps:
Leave a message in this thread with the name of the game you're planning for your "new member first giveaway".
I (Mdk25) will add you as a friend on Steam (so I can communicate with you)
I will invite you to the group
QGG Python Script - Not quite right. It's a "tool" not script/scripts. It has a much larger scale and a backend. Also it doesn't perform (almost) anything automatically, it gives me (and other group admins) data about our groups, which greatly reduces the effort of managing them.
Subscribe to the QGG Steam Group Announcements thread - This is not what you're supposed to subscribe to. You're supposed to subscribe to: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/QGG-Group/discussions/0/2425614539580974537/
[Mdk25: is there a way for Giveaway Creator to also check the winner has zero unredeemed wins beforehand? (vs. having 100 recent QGG unredeemed Wins queued up for ninja-ing?) Only way I know of is using SG-tools, which sometimes it says that Steam Community is down or Steam is down & gives me zero info] - It's impossible to do it beforehand, as SteamGifts doesn't let anyone know who won until he receives the gift. SGTools can't know it either. But it's not a big deal, as not redeeming a win for a week will get you suspended. So it's a non-issue.
If they fail, ask the QGG group moderator (Mdk25) for a re-roll. [Is this right?] - No, the person needs to ask SteanGifts (not me) for a re-roll.
You can also ask on the QGG Discussion Thread if any members are interested in the game you want to give away. - That won't help, as this is for recruitment, most members don't follow it.

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Keep a Positive SteamGifts Sent/Won Ratio - Actually it's more "Have" than "Keep". I'll change it in my description as well.

Would you kindly clarify this a bit more? People on SteamGifts discussion forum also were confused (when I asked -- half think it means gifts won vs gifts sent, the other half think it's the dollar value of gifts won vs gifts sent; while everyone agreed that a Positive Ratio generally means more Sent than Won of whatever unit they're talking about).

Also, I'm noticing a few 0-entry QGG-exclusives on the Giveaways list -- does a Monthly GA count even if it gets 0 entries? What's the minimum amount of entries for it?

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  1. Ok so a person needs an either "more sent than won" in general on SteamGifts OR more sent than won in real CV values (as can be checked in SGTools). either of these s enough.
  2. No, monthly GA doesn't count if it has 0 entries. It needs to have a winner, hence at least 1 entry. A monthly GA is only considered finished if the winner redeemed his gift.
6 years ago
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Group registration is now closed until the 1st of May

6 years ago
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I want to join to group

5 years ago
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Hey man,
As preparation of the group registration starting again soon, please write name of the game you're planning for your "new member first giveaway".

5 years ago
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Tacoma
1,000+ reviews on Steam and 80%+ Steam rating

5 years ago
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Don't forget that you CANNOT enter any group GAs until your "new member" GA is finished and that any breaking the rules during the trial period, even accidental, can lead to your expulsion from the group

Invite sent.

5 years ago
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kk

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Nice group. ;)

5 years ago
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Thank you :)
As preparation of the group registration starting again soon, please write name of the game you're planning for your "new member first giveaway".

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A good game, but problematic, as it was given away so many times in the group, that last time it only got 1 entry:
https://www.steamgifts.com/group/6HSPr/qgg-group/search?q=Tomb%20Raider

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Planetary Annihilation: TITANS ? 36P
(just checking, what else I got with 20P up)

5 years ago
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Ok... (it's actually 40P btw).
Worth checking out past group GAs (https://www.steamgifts.com/group/6HSPr/qgg-group/search?q=Planetary%20Annihilation%3A%20TITANS) as the last one (which is currently running) got only 1 entry so far, and it's 18 hours away from ending.
So it's worthwhile to follow it...

5 years ago
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It seems the Planetary Annihilation: TITANS GA only got 1 entry, and thus was removed.
You need to find a different game for your "new member GA".

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Will check out my portfolio of games later & let you know. Now's time for barbeque & enjoying.

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Wow, 2 weeks... welcome back!

Nex Machina and Overgrowth are not up to monthly standard (score-wise). Panzer Corps is ok by the rules, but may be a risk entries vise (current GA only got 3 entries in 2 days).

Let me know what you decide...

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Hi,
what do you mean "score-wise"? 20P, more than 100+ reviews with 80% positive feedback...isn't that it?

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No, it's 100+ reviews with 90% positive rating. Or alternatively 1000+ reviews with 80% positive rating. (among other rules)

As these games do not comply with either rule, they are not up to group monthly GA standards (same for "new member first giveaway").

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Sent you friend request, to share privately the Excel file with list of games I have from HB. So you can suggest one, which would be OK.

As some of the "group wish listed games" I've already gave away...

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Added you

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Silly question, where does it show steam rating? Is that the percentage that shoes up when your mouse hovers over the community overall reviews?

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Alright, thank you.

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Mmmm... I remember you posted on one of my giveaways a while ago, asking if I wanted to join the group :)
If the offer is still up, here I am, my "new member" giveaway would be INSIDE, only one giveaway has been created for the game and there were more than 20 entries.
Oh, I love Mondays...!

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I see you've really done your homework :)

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Don't forget that you CANNOT enter any group GAs until your "new member" GA is finished and that any breaking the rules during the trial period, even accidental, can lead to your expulsion from the group

Invite sent.

5 years ago
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Thanks!

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Leaving this here so I can find this later.

5 years ago
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Group registration is now open

5 years ago
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Hi, im intrested

5 years ago
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  1. Friend request sent.
  2. Which game are you planning to give away as your "new member" giveaway?
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Hello I am interested - you can look into my gifting history with the Pandora and Best Unique Givesways groups for the type of games I would like to offer and win within this group, although I have a bunch of cheap bundled public giveaways, as well
Can I start with Running with Rifles?

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Sounds good, but as this is a game not yet given away in the group, you will need to follow your GA to see it gets enough entries.

Friend request sent.

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Ok thank you

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Don't forget that you CANNOT enter any group GAs until your "new member" GA is finished and that any breaking the rules during the trial period, even accidental, can lead to your expulsion from the group

Invite sent.

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Got it all, will be making the new GA. Oops - Running with Rifles is worth only 15$ so I'll go with NBA Playgrounds valued at $19.99

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Sure thing, just make sure to check orevious GAs of it in the group...

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NEW MEMBERS

Please read these rules carefully, and only apply if you're sure you can follow them.
• New members need to create a giveaway in 48h upon receiving an invite to the group
• New members first giveaway must last at least 7 days
• New members CANNOT enter any group giveaways until their first giveaway is finished. (Finished = marked as received by the winner)
• New members first giveaway must have at least 5 entries when it's finished. Begging for entries is forbidden.
• New members first giveaway counts as the monthly giveaway of the month he joined
• New members first giveaway cannot be region locked
• New members first giveaway must have at least 20P value, and one of the following:

  • 10,000+ reviews on Steam and 70%+ Steam rating
  • 1,000+ reviews on Steam and 80%+ Steam rating
  • 100+ reviews on Steam and 90%+ Steam rating

(I recommend searching for the game in the group giveaways, and checking how many entries it got last time this game was given away in a group-only giveaway, to prevent the situation where your first giveaway doesn't get enough entries, and you're forced to create a new one to replace it and wait another week)

5 years ago
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Can i join to your steam group?

5 years ago
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Here's the thing:

  1. You have non-activated games: http://www.sgtools.info/nonactivated/dimare121
  2. You have multiple wins: http://www.sgtools.info/multiple/dimare121
  3. And your account is currently suspended.

I don't think you'll be a very good fit for our group.

Sorry...

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I would be interested in joining, if possible.

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  1. Friend request sent.
  2. Which game are you planning to give away as your "new member" giveaway?
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Hi, I think there is something strange going on in this group -- mainly since when I made my New Member GA for Witcher 2, a full member of the group made a GA for the exact same game almost immediately afterwards and then had it set to end before mine. Secondly, even though 7 people did not win that GA, a little less than half of them also chose not to join my GA for the exact same game, ending just 2 days later -- so it kind of indicates to me they didn't actually want the game. (They were online shortly after they lost the first GA, too, and had plenty of time to join for another chance at the game.)

So, I don't know what to say other than it seems that some group members violate your group rules by "unofficially blacklisting", and who knows what else some of them do. Unfortunately, if I made another New Member GA for a completely different game, I have the feeling that the same thing would just happen again and again. The fact that several group members are willing to go to such lengths to violate group rules without "officially" violating them indicates to me that there might be a deeper problem going on.

I'm thankful for your invitation to join your new group, however I'm being forced to have to decline it. I've added you to my whitelist, along with the other entrants to my New Member giveaway who entered both Witcher 2 GA's (and who actually really want the game) -- that way you guys can still enter my GA's for some quality games, and I can be assured that the winner actually wants to play them.

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Hi, I understand what you're saying, and indeed this behavior looks strange. I wouldn't necessarily attribute it to "unofficial blacklist" or any other malicious intent. If any group members have a problem with you personally, it's the first I hear of this. There could have been various reasons for this to have happened, but that is beside the point. I respect your decision, and you're welcome to reapply in the future if you change your mind.

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I wanna join
First game to giveaway we will see something from hb. let it be a surprise ^^

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I don't mind surprised. But I do mind users not giving away games according to rules.

From your GA history, I see you usually give away very low quality games. I don't think any of them would fit basic group rules. Not to mention monthly GA rules (which are even stricter). You also didn't create any GAs in the last 7 months.

So as you understand I have to be a little suspicious, and ask you to specify the exact game you're planning to give away.

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Hello, I would like to join. I understand all the rules, I will follow them and I believe I meet all the requirements.

I believe my Natural Selection 2 gift fits new member gift with 85% of 5845 users

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Don't forget that you CANNOT enter any group GAs until your "new member" GA is finished and that any breaking the rules during the trial period, even accidental, can lead to your expulsion from the group

Invite sent.

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• New members need to create a giveaway in 48h upon receiving an invite to the group
• New members first giveaway must last at least 7 days
• New members CANNOT enter any group giveaways until their first giveaway is finished. (Finished = marked as received by the winner)
• New members first giveaway must have at least 5 entries when it's finished. Begging for entries is forbidden.
• New members first giveaway counts as the monthly giveaway of the month he joined
• New members first giveaway cannot be region locked
• New members first giveaway must have at least 20P value,

Changing gift to Left 4 Dead 2 with 96% of 127,484 but this doe not tell me how many members already have it or want it

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It wasn't given away since January, then it got 3 entries, but it was a 1 day GA, and the group was much smaller then. So I think you should be fine...

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One last question Left 4 Dead 2 is banned in Australia and Germany (possible others), but first giveaway cannot be region locked. How do I resolve this and not break the rules or get a "Not Received" by the winner notice? I hate the bans and new Steam region restrictions

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Region locked (as I see it) are games that can only be played in a specific country/region. A game not allowed in 1/2 countries is no biggie...

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Closed 5 years ago by Mdk25.