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Stray 16 Jun @ 1:20am
Requesting Steam for me to be able to add my dead friend.
A friend of ours recently died last Friday by his own accord. We usually play FFXIV and talk via Discord so there wasn’t a need for his steam. My other friends have him when they played R.E.P.O which I missed due to lack of funds and being busy.
I was wondering if I’m able to make a request of Steam. I want to add him in my friends list. I don’t want to forget him. I want to see him in my list for comfort. I will do as required if this is allowed. If it is not possible I understand. I haven’t had any luck finding a post that would answer my inquiry so I hope this reaches someone that can help. Thank you for your time!
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Originally posted by ShelLuser:
First: sorry for your loss.

Originally posted by Code404Error:
I want to add him in my friends list. I don’t want to forget him. I want to see him in my list for comfort.
Unfortunately that's not going to happen, because Steam won't "just" make changes to a user account based on the request of someone else. No one other than the owner of that profile can make changes to it; changes such as accepting (or denying) a friend request. Don't take this comment the wrong way please (!) but Steam would only have your story to go on. For all they know your friend could also simply be inactive because he's taking a break. I kind of doubt that you'd be able to present a death certificate (note: I'm not implying that Steam would accept such info, as far as I know they only focus on account owners and that's that).

Your best bet would be to reach out to his family, explain the situation and maybe they can help you out (assuming that he stored his passwords and that they gained access to all that info).

Best of luck!
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Lilim 16 Jun @ 2:04am 
Originally posted by Code404Error:
Requesting Steam for me to be able to add my dead friend.

A friend of ours recently died last Friday by his own accord. We usually play FFXIV and talk via Discord so there wasn’t a need for his steam. My other friends have him when they played R.E.P.O which I missed due to lack of funds and being busy.
I was wondering if I’m able to make a request of Steam. I want to add him in my friends list. I don’t want to forget him. I want to see him in my list for comfort. I will do as required if this is allowed. If it is not possible I understand. I haven’t had any luck finding a post that would answer my inquiry so I hope this reaches someone that can help. Thank you for your time!

This is not possible as no one has access to your friend's account to accept your friend request. The best thing you can do is to visit your friend's profile and click on "follow".

This is a user forum, by the way. No Valve (Steam) employees here.
Last edited by Lilim; 16 Jun @ 2:05am
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ShelLuser 16 Jun @ 2:30am 
First: sorry for your loss.

Originally posted by Code404Error:
I want to add him in my friends list. I don’t want to forget him. I want to see him in my list for comfort.
Unfortunately that's not going to happen, because Steam won't "just" make changes to a user account based on the request of someone else. No one other than the owner of that profile can make changes to it; changes such as accepting (or denying) a friend request. Don't take this comment the wrong way please (!) but Steam would only have your story to go on. For all they know your friend could also simply be inactive because he's taking a break. I kind of doubt that you'd be able to present a death certificate (note: I'm not implying that Steam would accept such info, as far as I know they only focus on account owners and that's that).

Your best bet would be to reach out to his family, explain the situation and maybe they can help you out (assuming that he stored his passwords and that they gained access to all that info).

Best of luck!
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Mickey 16 Jun @ 8:28am 
The only way is to contact some friends or familly to acces his account.
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HikariLight 16 Jun @ 8:35am 
Steam cannot do anything to anyone's account without expression permission from the account owner. The account owner also needs to be the one to initiate said change too.

I'm sorry for the loss of your friend, but Steam will not make any changes to the account.
The surviving family will not be recognized by Steam for any alterations to the account.
Last edited by HikariLight; 16 Jun @ 8:35am
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76561198407601200 16 Jun @ 3:39pm 
Originally posted by Code404Error:
A friend of ours recently died last Friday by his own accord. We usually play FFXIV and talk via Discord so there wasn’t a need for his steam. My other friends have him when they played R.E.P.O which I missed due to lack of funds and being busy.
I was wondering if I’m able to make a request of Steam. I want to add him in my friends list. I don’t want to forget him. I want to see him in my list for comfort. I will do as required if this is allowed. If it is not possible I understand. I haven’t had any luck finding a post that would answer my inquiry so I hope this reaches someone that can help. Thank you for your time!
I believe his final words were that he did not want to be on your friend list, at least to their own accord. You are in sense asking Valve to go against their wishes.
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󠀡󠀡 16 Jun @ 3:44pm 
So-called friend, huh?
Then why wasn't he on your friends list to begin with?
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Delisper 18 Jun @ 1:28am 
Just put the account on follow if being able to visit the account is so important to you. You will not be able to have the account accept a friend request as the account holder is gone.
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