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It should be fine. You'll have to be thorough in removing personal information. I would prioritise giving it to someone I know rather than a complete stranger.

Everyone else seems to be very concerned about the terms of service, but I don't know why ToS is of utmost importance to everyone suddenly. Anyone would gladly share their streaming service passwords, would previously rip CDs or DVDs, use VPNs to circumvent porn restriction laws in their country, lied in sites/apps to sign up as a teen, etc......suddenly Steam ToS is somehow sacrosanct.

This came up recently when Steam confirmed your account cannot be left to anyone else when you die. The conclusion everyone seems to mention there is: if you leave your username and password in your will, how would Steam ever know or enforce this?

Go ahead. Do what you want.

I wouldn't post the login for random people to copy and paste. Still do all that other stuff to remove all traces of yourself from the account, but ask around and talk to people and when you find someone you want to offer it to, send it discreetly.

Be careful and double / triple check on https://help.steampowered.com/en/accountdata what information is stored on your account, especially chats, payment information, purchases, subscriptions and so on. But I agree regarding TOS if they ever find out the account will be locked most likely.

Too risky regarding personal info you might’ve overlooked IMO, maybe give it to a friend instead

And obviously it‘s against the ToS and might get the account banned but I assume you know that

legally steam accounts are nontransferrable. so ymmv

Don't post accounts or keys online. Bots are a million times faster in soaking this data up, it's guaranteed no human who could deserve it, will get it. Make a post, pick some one at random and direct message them. Still a chance for multi accounting but less than just posting it online.

This is definitely against their ToS, so I would advise against it. That said, do you have any friends or relatives who might be interested? That’s less likely to lead to any negative consequences.

Btw, your original username will always be tied to the account. There’s no way to change that.

According to the TOS, no steam accounts are not transferable.

Check your purchases page to see if there is any pii there as that is what steam uses for account recovery.

I bought a Steam account back in 2007-ish. I wanted to play HL2 but didn't want to create a Steam account. I thought then, and still think now, that I shouldn't need to create an online account just to play an offline game.

The guy gave me his login information, and then I went in to change the email and all other info to generic info. I've been using that account for 17 years, but I did eventually have to give them real info to buy new games.

I‘d refrain from posting it openly as it may be monitored by valve if credentials of accounts surface somewhere. A bit far fetched but I‘d just make the first person who answers a specific post or whatever.

This is done all the time to sell games that aren't available as CD keys, against TOS.

The seller usually gives you a login to a webmail they control, and the account is tied to that email. You can then change the email on the account and you have access to the original email to confirm the move.

Your Steam account is tied to backed up cloud saves. I wouldn't just give away the account to a complete stranger. Also Steam's EULA forbids it, so any problem might lead to the account being closed.

I would only give my account to trusted people.

Double triple check everything and let a friend try to dig around... Befor posting your Infos make a post and chose a random comment or so. This way you can verify it's not a bot

Not sure about all the personal stuff, but it is against the TOS to transfer the account.

Big answer is I DONT KNOW, but...

For payment/address stuff you could change them then try to revert to see if it works. For payment get a $5 gift card from Wal-Mart and set that as the credit card.

You mean you don't have family, friends, colleagues, school mates or anyone you know personally who would benefit from this giveaway, so that you have to resort to a stranger? A nephew or niece is the perfect recipient for such a gift.

Cloud Saves may be difficult to deal with, depending on what games you play.

Give it to someone you already know, so you don't have to worry about your transaction history or identity leaking.

My brother gave me his alt account because it had TF2 premium. Still using that one!

Give me LOL I don't care about your history or something. Even you can have mine I have nothing in it.