Summary
Last month,Steamtold a ResetEra user that your account - and all of your purchased games -cannot be transferred once you die. When you go to that beautiful farm upstate, your backlog is left to gather dust for eternity.
However, the CD Projekt Red-owned storefrontGood Old Games(better known asGOG) has a different approach. True to its goals of better preservation in the medium, it will let you inherit a dead person’s account - and all of their games - should they make that wish clear in their will.
I don’t have kids, but I’ll make sure my partner can enjoy Stalker and all the oldMortal Kombatswhen I kick the bucket.
“If you can obtain a copy of a court order,” GOG wrote in a statement, as reported by Dexerto. “We’ll do our best to make it happen.”
Gamers Have Been Asking About This For Years
This isn’t the first time that the topic of inheriting an account has cropped up before. Back in 2016 - onthe GOG community forumsitself - the same question was asked of what happens to your library when you die.
I am not really sure how they would notice the difference since your email and password can be changed once you’ve logged in. If you deal with that on your end then I am not really sure that they would care or notice.
Many assumed that like Steam confirmed, their accounts would be non-transferrable, but they suggested that you simply share your email and password in your will and work out it privately without getting the storefront involved at all.
Eight years later we have an official answer. Your GOG library doesn’t have to go to the grave with you.
Steam
Owned by Valve, Steam is a digital storefront and library for PC games. With many sales, updates, account functionality, and compatibility with many different platforms — as well as streaming options and its own Steam Deck handheld - it remains one of the biggest storefronts for PC gamers.
