[STEAM] The New Steam Gifting Update Feels Small, but It’s a Huge Win for Players

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recently introduced a feature that enables users to gift game bundles to their friends. While the change seems minor, it plays a significant role, as online stores sometimes offer amazing deals.

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Steam’s New Complete Set Gift Feature Is a Major Upgrade

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Image Credit: Tango Gameworks Steam has been a go-to place for every PC gamer because of all the amazing deals it provides. Additionally, the gifting feature makes it easier to give games to friends, and if they don’t want it, the refund process is fairly simple too.

However, the gifting feature was limited because it didn’t allow users to provide entire bundles. Thus, players had to buy games separately, which sometimes ended up costing more. Additionally, it made the refund process a bit complicated, too.

Steam now allows gifting 'complete the set' bundles

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Now, with bundle gifting finally in place, the process is much smoother. Players can gift collections in one go and take advantage of bundle deals that are often significantly cheaper,

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for the same amount of money.

It might seem like a minor upgrade on the surface, but it’s the kind of quality-of-life feature that genuinely improves the platform. And since it directly benefits the player base, it’s something Steam deserves credit for.

Valve Deserves Praise for Steam’s Set Gifting Feature

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, largely because of how pro-consumer its business model has been over the years. The storefront is well known for offering deep discounts on games, and sometimes it doesn’t even need a major ***** event to do it.

Getting games at lower prices is something every Steam user appreciates, and Valve’s support system has also been reliable. If a player buys something they don’t enjoy, they can request a refund, and it is often handled quickly and without hassle.

With so many strong features already in place, the addition of bundle gifting makes the

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. Since bundles are usually cheaper than buying games separately, Valve is technically giving up some potential revenue here.

But Steam isn’t locking players out of better deals just to squeeze extra money out of them, and that’s genuinely respectable. For that reason alone, Valve deserves more praise, because even a small feature like this can make a big difference.

Are you going to use the bundle gifting feature on Steam? Did you feel this feature was needed way before? Share with us in the comments below.

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