Valve can terminate your Steam account for violating the agreement, and because your account is non-transferable, you cannot sell or give away your games or account to anyone else.
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Account termination means loss of access to all games, content, and wallet balance associated with that account, with no ability to transfer those assets to another person or account.
If Valve terminates your account for any conduct violation, you lose access to your entire digital library and any Steam Wallet funds, with no mechanism to transfer those assets to a new account or another person.
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"Your Account, including any information pertaining to it (e.g.: contact information, billing information, Account history and Subscriptions, etc.), is strictly personal. You may therefore not sell or charge others for the right to use your Account, or otherwise transfer your Account, nor may you sell, charge others for the right to use, or transfer any Subscriptions other than if and as expressly permitted by this Agreement.— Excerpt from Steam's Steam Subscriber Agreement
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The account non-transferability and termination provisions interact with emerging digital asset and digital inheritance frameworks in the EU and various US states. The EU Digital Content Directive imposes obligations on suppliers of digital content to provide remedies for non-conformity, which may limit Valve's ability to terminate access without compensation in some circumstances. Consumer protection authorities in the EU and UK have examined platform account termination practices. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: High. The combination of non-transferable accounts and termination-linked content revocation creates significant consumer financial exposure for users with large libraries. The lack of a clear appeals process or compensation mechanism described in the agreement amplifies this exposure. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU subscribers may have stronger protections under consumer law and the Digital Content Directive. California consumers may have rights under the CLRA regarding representations about digital goods. Minors' accounts present additional considerations under COPPA and applicable state law. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: The non-transferability clause precludes secondary market activity and has implications for enterprise licensing scenarios where organizational accounts might otherwise be reassigned. Procurement teams should account for platform lock-in risk. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should assess whether Valve's account termination procedures include adequate notice, appeals, and proportionality mechanisms to satisfy EU consumer law and avoid regulatory challenge. The interaction with Steam Wallet balances (which represent real money deposited by users) at termination may raise additional consumer financial protection considerations.
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Account termination means loss of access to all games, content, and wallet balance associated with that account, with no ability to transfer those assets to another person or account.
If Valve terminates your account for any conduct violation, you lose access to your entire digital library and any Steam Wallet funds, with no mechanism to transfer those assets to a new account or another person.
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