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Can’t have anything in 2026—Steam is killing physical gift cards because, you’ve guessed it, scammers
All good things must come to an end, not necessarily due to the natural course of things, but due to total assholes roaming the world and ruining the fun for the rest of us. Now, due to scammers increasingly using physical Steam gift cards for their nefarious deeds, Valve is going to kill them off...
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Valve confirms it won't restock Steam Gift Cards
The company expects all retailers to be out of stock of Steam Gift Cards by the end of 2026.
Steam Will No Longer Sell Physical Gift Cards Due to Scammers
Steam gift cards will no longer be available at retail stores.
Valve kills its retail gift card program due to scammers
For years, Valve's physical Steam gift cards have been the closest you could come to buying a Steam game at a brick-and-mortar store. Now, Valve says it is phasing out the production of new retail gift cards, citing a losing battle against scammers exploiting the hard-to-track payment method. PC...
Valve ends physical Steam gift cards due to widespread scams
This year, Valve will stop sending retailers physical Steam gift cards due to scammers on the PC platform.
Valve Discontinuing Physical Steam Gift Cards Because of Scammers
Digital Steam Gift Cards will remain, but we won't see physical ones in retail stores after the end of 2026. The post Valve Discontinuing Physical Steam Gift Cards Because of Scammers appeared first on Siliconera.
Valve will stop selling Steam gift cards at retailers over scam concerns
But my CEO needed that $100 Steam gift card!
Valve Discontinues Physical Steam Gift Cards at Retail Stores Due to Constantly Adapting Gift Card Scams
Valve has made a slight but not insignificant change to how you can buy games on Steam. The physical pre-paid Steam gift cards that you may have seen in your local retail shops will be no more, as the company decides to discontinue the cards due to an uptick in scammers using Steam cards (and the...
Valve Is Killing Physical Steam Gift Cards In A Bid To Combat ‘Scammers’
According to Valve, Steam gift card scams have become such an issue for the platform that its made the 'difficult' decision to discontinue their physical sales altogether
Physical Steam gift cards are being ended by Valve because scammers keep using them to trick people
One of the most popular ways for Steam users to charge their store wallets is through the purchase of gift cards. For years, Steam has allowed players to purchase gift cards in different denominations, which they could then redeem for their value on the store. Read more
Valve phasing out physical Steam gift cards to combat scammers
Valve has confirmed that it will gradually phase out physical Steam Gift Cards sold in stores, citing the continued abuse of the cards by fraudsters targeting vulnerable victims. While physical cards won’t disappear overnight, the company says it will stop producing new retail stock and instead...
Steam's tired of gift card scams, so it's killing them off for good
As the world's progressively trended harder towards an all-digital future, my Millennial self has only clinged to the physical harder. Old PS2 games. A 2006 iPod Nano; the list of relics of a bygone era that populate my house is ever-growing. At Christmas, I would be gassed to see a Steam gift card...
Steam's tired of gift card scams, so it's killing them off for good
Valve expects physical Steam gift cards to exit circulation by the end of the year, leaving only digital means of topping up your balance.
Valve won't let retailers stock physical Steam gift cards anymore because "scammers have adapted" to whatever security measures they've tried
Valve have stopped producing physical Steam Gift Cards for retailers, meaning once the current stock runs out you won't see them anywhere out in the wild. Valve say this is because no matter what protections they've added to the cards, "scammers have adapted". While Valve will continue to sell...
Valve to no longer offer physical gift cards due to scammers
Valve updated a help article recently, noting that they will no longer be supplying physical Steam gift cards due to scammers. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/valve-to-no-longer-offer-physical-gift-cards-due-to-scammer/
Valve to no longer offer physical gift cards due to scammers
Valve updated a help article recently, noting that they will no longer be supplying physical Steam gift cards due to scammers. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
"Scammers have adapted": Valve confirms that physical Steam Gift Cards are dead. Once the current stocks are sold through, they're done.
Valve's Steam Gift Cards have been a staple in major retailers throughout the world for quite some time. But today, the firm confirmed they're being phased out.
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