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Valve confirms your Steam account cannot be transferred to anyone after you die | Your Steam games will go to the grave with you (www.techspot.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It's the executors job to handle the inheritance, which is very different to transfer and sale. Insurances and services of all types handle inheritances, and they ask for documents specifically only available in such circumstances to verify it. It really is due to unwillingness on behalf of Steam

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Then I think it's time we get a law specific about digital goods inheritance.