With each passing day, technology has never ceased to unfold innovations and inventions. Some years ago, the prospect of video games was only possible for people who had access to a TV and PlayStation and Xbox, people who had a CD enabled laptop computers also enjoyed the sweetness of video games when they installed each CD package into the computer. Today, everything has changed, a newer technology has outlived the ones we use to know. The internet has eased life for arid gamers, such that they can buy, download and install games online, even play and compete with people, compare performances and win prizes.
Steam is world-class platform built specifically for purchasing and downloading video games and other digital content. Steam Store features thousands of video games, especially blockbusters and the latest games. Although one can make purchases on the store with a different payment methods, this Store sells the Steam Gift Card to customers for the sake of an easy and more secure transaction on their part and brand awareness and more revenue generation for the company.
This short article highlights the complete guide on how you can buy games on Steam using a Steam Gift Card and much more information about the Steam store.
A Steam Gift Card is a card preloaded with some amount of credit that can be used for purchasing different types of games when the card is redeemed on the platform for the credit on the card. This credit is redeemed to the Steam wallet and can be used anytime for games and other digital content downloads.
Like every other gift card, Steam Gift Card are designed in two formats, namely; Steam Physical Gift Card and Steam e-Gift Card.
The difference between both is that physical Steam gift cards usually come in denominations of $20, $30, $50, $100 and can be bought from physical retail stores while digital cards come in denominations of $5, $10, $25, $50, and $100 and can be purchased online from Steam website, delivered through Steam gift card email delivery. Steam gift cards have an activation code which is a ticket for transferring the Steam card’s money value into the Steam account or rather, a digital Steam Wallet.
Steam Gift Cards are mainly redeemed on the Steam platform and the credits from the card are used to purchase video games and other downloadable content on the Steam platform.
Secondly, you may decide to send Steam Gift Card as gifts, it could be a birthday, holiday, Christmas gifts. This is so suiting especially when you know they love video games and also save you the difficulty that comes with racking your brains thinking of the perfect gifts.
Most importantly, Steam Gift Card can be traded for cash or even crypto, depending on the choice of the user. Assuming you have an unused or partially used Steam Gift Card, you can turn it in for quick cash and crypto in your wallet.
The steam platform works hand in hand with your wallet balance, therefore, you should have credit in your Steam wallet if you intend to purchase anything from the Steam store. To add money to your Steam wallet, you can do it on Steam after creating a profile. You just have to choose any payment you want, but most people use their Steam Gift Card. Remember that you must redeem the Steam Gift Card(wallet codes) to the Steam wallet before you can use the credit for any transaction.
Depending on where you live, a physical Steam Gift Card which has the wallet codes at the back can be found at a variety of electronics retailers, convenience stores, game stores, and grocery stores. Steam Wallet codes can also be purchased at various kiosks, cyber cafes, and eCommerce websites of which Steam is number one, it can also be bought from Amazon either printed directly on a receipt or delivered via email. Many other sites also sell Steam wallet codes which may be sent to you over text message or email. These are redeemed the same way as a physical gift card.
You must have seen that I emphasised redeeming the Steam Gift Card occasionally but you don’t know how to go about it. Taking the steps below, you will be able to do that easily.
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You’ll be able to utilize the funds in the Steam Store after they’ve been loaded into your wallet. To use your digital gift card dollars to purchase a game, follow the instructions below.
Your wallet will be debited for the game(s), and you can now download the Steam game. If the price exceeds your wallet’s limit, you can use a secondary payment method, such as a credit card or Paypal, to cover the difference.
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