You can't bequeath your Steam account to your loved ones When the sad days of your passing come, at least without breaking the TOS,

No one likes to think too much about this kind of thing, and when we imagine, we generally don't know what to leave for others. I think the focus is not on what you should do, but on what you need to remove. (Or maybe it's just me?But most of us have accumulated a considerable digital game library over the years, and it's a truly terrible waste to make them lose, especially if we know others who will appreciate such a gift.

Giving someone your username and password is easy enough, but legally bequeathed a digital library has proven to be very tricky. Valve is a hard "no" on this issue — I think it's actually quite simple, if not a desirable response — but GOG says that everything left behind

"As you may know, GOG really does not have enough information to identify a particular person (such as a name or surname) or their family or marital status." "We do not collect any information about the game," GOG said in a statement provided to PC Gamer. "Because of this, we can't confirm that someone is related to a particular user or that a particular user has passed away.

"In general, your GOG ACCOUNT and GOG Content are non-transferable. However, if you are able to obtain a copy of the Court order specifically granting a GOG personal account to someone, the Digital Content attached in consideration of the Eula of a particular game in it, and a copy of the court order specifically referring to the GOG user name or at least the email address used to create such account, you will be entitled to We will do our best to create an account like this. We are willing to deal with this situation and save your GOG library — but now we can do it with the help of the justice system"

GOG said in its statement that one of the major challenges facing it and other digital platforms is that this kind of thing is all very new. There are few existing legal guidelines on the issue of video game storage."And it's true: I have an old game shelf in a box that can easily be will to someone (who gives himself a moment of honesty and clarity)., But since the digital game library wasn't literally 20 years old, the question of "what happens to something like this" never came up on a meaningful scale.

As with all things, the law is lagging behind real life, and corporations are kicked behind the law and dragged into screaming, making everything even more complicated. But until then, it's nice to know that GOG is at least willing to consider making your dead self solid.

Of course, there's one thing GOG doesn't have on Steam: As the rep pointed out, GOG games all come with offline installers, so every game time, simplicity is really the best.