Introduction


Playing Appreciated is a group for members that like to play games they win and for giveaway creators that like to see their games getting played. This sounds simple, yet requires commitment and dedication from members by filtering out games they like to play from all group giveaways and when won playing those within one month. In return members will get higher chances of winning games they want and creators will know their giveaways have a high chance of getting played. The group has more than 1000 members and over 25000 historical giveaways.

Group rules


  • You need to set and keep your Steam privacy settings for My profile and Game details public (example);
  • You will play all giveaways you win via this group within one month;
  • When creating a giveaway it is recommended to include a small group rule reminder in your giveaway, something like: "This is a Playing Appreciated giveaway, by joining you commit to playing this game within a month when won.".

More information and detailed rules please see the FAQ.

How to join


  1. Make sure you are not violating any SteamGifts rules;
  2. Comment one of the two options to enter the group in this discussion:
    • Option 1: Showing your commitment by playing a previous won game on SteamGifts that you did not yet play. The game shouldn't be very short and must have achievements. Comment with the name of the game before you start playing it and comment again when you finished playing it. Please upload some screenshots to Steam as well. The game needs to be played in online mode on your own Steam account.
    • Option 2: Supporting the cause by creating a group exclusive giveaway of a game that you would like to see getting played by other group members within a month as soon as your membership request was approved. The game should not have been given away free before (marked by ** when creating a giveaway on SteamGifts). Please leave the name of the game you would like to giveaway in the application comment.
  3. Press "Request To Join" on our group page;
  4. Wait for us to approve your request, we'll always reply on the comment you have made in this topic.

Final notes


Requesting to join without leaving a comment bellow will result in an automatic rejection.

More information and the FAQ are available via the Steam group.
Current group giveaways on SteamGifts
Group website where all playtime is tracked
Old application thread

Feel free to comment below if you have any questions!

2 years ago*

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Well... I did repent for my previous sins on sg (won the same doc more than once). If that doesn't hinder my entry, I am committed to play most of my wins. My blaeo profile might support my cause here.

This month as part of pagywosg I already did 1 of my recent wins (ghostunner 2). (A second game, mago, will be finished tomorrow ).

For the entry requirement 1, I will play getsufumaden up to the end of the month.

1 week ago
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Hi meneldur, I am afraid those multiple wins indeed disqualify you from being able to join, sorry.

I was surprised you could even participate in PAGYWOSG, but apparently Sam got rid of the "no multiple wins or VAC bans" rule for some reason.

1 week ago
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Sam and I actually spoke about it... Since that happened over 10 years ago. The same applied for PoP. Else I wouldn't be on both groups.

And all good about disqualifying me. It is a rule and when there is room for discussion, it can lead to a lot of work because one has to check every exception.
No worries :)

edit: corrected my second paragraph

1 week ago*
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When I was more active on SG I got him to talk with Sam about the posibility of making an exception to that rule. He won the game Revita from me and after a while I think he said something on the giveaway page about having enjoyed the game, I checked is time on the game and was over 100 hours. I suggested participating on PAGYWOSG and he pointed this exact issue.
I'm telling you this because I'd like to bouch for his commitment to playing his wins. Probably that changes nothing but I just wanted to point it out.

1 week ago
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It is not personal, it is just a can of worms I really don't wanna open. I get that it sucks tho.

1 week ago
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Hi, Could i join by option 1 I'll play Super Magbot

1 week ago
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Hi ktostam43, you are welcome to join by playing Super Magbot. Let me know once you beat the game and enjoy!

1 week ago
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done!

1 week ago
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Congrats on beating the game! Join request approved, welcome to the group!

1 week ago
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Hi there. I'd like to join, I'm proposing to play Viscera Cleanup Detail which I won in 2016 (oh wow, it was that long ago?!?) but never played.

I used to enter for anything that looked vaguely interesting but changed to only enter for things I'd play right there and then a few years ago, so this group is a logical one for me to ask to join. I've also recently plowed through a few years of unclaimed Humble Monthly pages and figure I should do something with those rather than let them rot in a spreadsheet, but rather than joining by doing a giveaway I'd stick with the spirit of the group and do it by playing a neglected win.

1 week ago
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HI ACorpse, you are welcome to join by playing Viscera Cleanup Detail, let me know once you beat the game and enjoy! I hope you find it a relaxing time. I would suggest watching something on a 2nd monitor if you got one while playing it out of my own experience with the spinoffs :)

1 week ago
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Hello, I would like to join the group using the Option 2 -> The game i would like to create the giveaway is Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager. I won this game on a GA here and played like for 4 hours in a row, it was insane, hope to give the winner of the GA the same feeling i had

1 week ago
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Hi xandyvan, you are welcome to join with option 2. Join request accepted, welcome to the group! And fingers crossed the winner will enjoy it at least just as much as you :)

1 week ago
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Thank you, GA created

1 week ago
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Thank you for the GA :)

1 week ago
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Hello <33
I'd like to join your group
I haven't won anything until now xD and I would like to choose option 1
I wanna play Promise Mascot Agency
if that's ok with you let me know :D

5 days ago
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Hi Daliamon, since you haven't won anything yet, you are welcome to join by playing Promise Mascot Agency. Let me know once you beat the game and enjoy!

4 days ago
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I just beat the game :D
it was such a funny and amazing experience!
somehow it felt like a Yakuza mini-game haha I didn’t expect that at all xD

13 hours ago
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Very glad to hear you enjoyed it! :D Join request approved, welcome to the group! :)

13 hours ago
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Hi, I would like to join with Option 2.
The first giveaway will be for Dome Keeper, because it is a great game and I want more people to experience it 🍀
And perhaps few copies of Deadlink

5 days ago*
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Hi Taurus9534, you are not welcome to join, sorry.

4 days ago
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Fair enough, have a good day 🤠

4 days ago
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You too!

4 days ago
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Just out of curiosity if it's okay, may I know why?

4 days ago
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You fail on this part:

Make sure you are not violating any SteamGifts rules;

4 days ago
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I presume that you refer to my 2 multiple wins on the free Soundtrack DLC for PAYDAY2, which was 10 years ago.
Welp.. guess that's on me, I sync with Steam often, but I had to hide all giveaways for that DLC at that time.
How unfortunate, and I’m guessing there are no exceptions.

Regardless, thanks for clarifying—if that’s the real reason🍺

4 days ago
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Yep, that is exactly it. And yea, no exceptions sorry, you are not the only one who has had this issue.

4 days ago
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I really like the idea of this group, and in fact have played every game I've won on steam gifts (all 2!) but I can't really commit to playing half a game I don't like, and there's always a risk of that with any steam gift. Is there another group out there with somewhat less stringent requirements? Ie I'd be happy to commit to TRYING each game for 30 minutes.

4 days ago
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Hi xeos23, I don't know of any "play your games" groups that would be happy with just 30 minutes played unless it is a short game, sorry. Honestly to me as a group owner having something like that seems way too abusable (I am not saying you would, but I been doing this for long enough to know how people are).

3 days ago
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I agree it's open to abuse, idling etc. But 30 minutes is way more stringent than the base steamgifts requirements where people don't even need to install the game they win. To me requiring 30 minutes seems like an improvement over that, though I don't have your benefit of perspective. I don't mind a few cheaters so long as the majority are adhering to the intent, but perhaps from where you sit it seems likely that the ratio would be reversed?

To be clear I'm 100% not suggesting this group should have different requirements - I respect folks who are willing to make the commitment you guys require.

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To me requiring 30 minutes seems like an improvement over that, though I don't have your benefit of perspective.

Oh that is for sure. Anything is better than what goes on in public giveaways. There is a very good reason why I don't make those anymore at all. And I know I am not perfect either when it comes to it, but at least I try which is sadly more than can be said about most users :/

I don't mind a few cheaters so long as the majority are adhering to the intent, but perhaps from where you sit it seems likely that the ratio would be reversed?

Hmmmm no, probably not, but hard to say for sure as I only have experience with public or quite restrictive groups, I don't actually have any proper idea what the middle ground would look like. And in the end of the day it would almost 100% be better than public giveaways. What would be for sure tho it would be a massive amounts of work most likely.

To be clear I'm 100% not suggesting this group should have different requirements

Oh, no, I didn't think that at all. I was just trying to say why I don't think you are really gonna find a group where a rule like that would be the case.

Also as a completely random fun fact (I know noone asked, I just got curious while typing this comment), 97,5% (out of ~1300 that are either marked as approved or rejected, there is about 100 still pending from the last month) of all group giveaways made in the last year in this group have been played up to the group rules. I am not gonna go look at the public ones because that would be depressing.

2 days ago
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You could consider joining and just be very particular about what you enter. Surely you must know from looking at trailers and gameplay, some games you can be sure to devote 5+ hours to. If you aren't certain - don't enter that one!

It is a far higher bar than public giveaways. But as MouseWithBeer said, there are many members and they abide by the rules.

2 hours ago
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It's more than 5 hours though, isn't it? You have to "finish" the game. I agree being selective is a good policy; I do that now in the unlucky-7 group I'm currently eligible to be in.

But... I've also paid good money for games only to realize they weren't what I expected or didn't hold up so well after the first hour, etc. That's my concern and reason for not joining. Even being selective that's a real risk, I think. Maybe it's just me; I have zero tolerance for pushing thru a game once it stops being fun.

43 minutes ago
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Hi, I'd like to join with option 2. (I plan to give away Steamworld Dig 2)

4 days ago
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Hi Ignition365, you are welcome to join with option 2. Join request approved, welcome to the group! Please make the giveaway as soon as you can.

3 days ago
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Hi Ignition365, thank you very much for the giveaway you made however there is a small problem with it. The giveaway you make to join with option 2 needs to be exclusively for the PA group and can not be shared with other groups or WL. After that one is completed if you decide to make any more giveaways for the group in the future you can share it with WL or any other groups as you wish no problem.
Could you please remake the giveaway correctly?

2 days ago
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Ah, sorry, I must have missed the part about the first one being exclusive. Recreated both and will probably add more later.

If it helps, I started and finished Bots are Stupid yesterday lol

2 days ago
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No worries at all! Thank you very much for recreating them :)

2 days ago
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HI! could I join with option 1 for behind the frame: finest scenery? I think it should have sufficient enough achievements and I'm pretty excited to play! All my other wins have been played already XD

3 days ago
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Hi Nickbread, you are welcome to join by playing Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery. Let me know once you beat it. It is a lovely game, I hope you will enjoy it!

3 days ago
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I just beat it! what an amazing game, I loved it.

2 days ago
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It really is! Congrats on completing it :)
Join request approved, welcome to the group!

1 day ago
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I would like to join with option 2. I'd like to make a giveaway of Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, which is a game I really enjoyed. Though I'm not sure if the WW keys have any restrictions or not in case of games made by Capcom.

3 days ago
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Hi seboleq97, you are welcome to join with option 2. Please request to join on Steam here and I will approve it as soon as I see it.

As for the region restrictions, I think the best way to go about it is if you know where the key is from (which bundle) check the corresponding giveaway thread for it on SG. Usually it should have at least some info about it there. When it comes to the group, there is no rules regarding region restrictions, so it is not a problem if it is not a WW key.

2 days ago
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Thanks for the response. I've sent the join request and found which region locks should apply for the key. Is there a specific timeframe for which the GA should remain open? If not, then just ignore the question.

2 days ago
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As far as i am aware of your GA for joining should get at least 1 entry... so making it 1 hour long in the middle of the night for its region might not be sufficient ;)

2 days ago
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I'm just asking as I usually set the duration for a day or two. I just don't like having something on the back of my head for a longer period of time :D

2 days ago
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Join request approved, welcome to the group! No time frame restriction but as Matwyn said it needs to have a winner. 1-2 days should be plenty for that :)

2 days ago
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Hello there! Wishing you a great day ahead. I'd love to join with option one. I won Letters - a written adventure and really enjoyed the cute game. Does that count? Thanks a lot. :3

2 days ago
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Hi kornobi, you are welcome to join with option 1 however

Showing your commitment by playing a previous won game on SteamGifts that you did not yet play.

therefore Letters does not count. Since you don't have any unplayed wins you can pick any unplayed wins (as long as not too short and has achievements) from your Steam library instead. Or join with option 1. Let me know :)

2 days ago
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Thanks for the response. Got it. I'll play When The Past Was Around. Can I join with option one? :)

1 day ago
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Alright, When The Past Was Around should be file. Let me know once you beat the game and enjoy!

1 day ago
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Will do. Thanks a lot. :3

1 day ago
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Hey there again! I have 100 percented When The Past Was Around now. Can I enter? Thanks. :)

3 hours ago
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Congrats on completing the game. Have you by any chance taken some screenshots as asked in the how to join section?

3 hours ago
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Thanks. Yes. :)

3 hours ago
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Please request to join on Steam here and I will approve it as soon as I see it.

2 hours ago
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Heyy , hope to join with option 1, but I wonder if Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery is long enough if not I was gonna make a giveaway for AC2 anyways altho i hope there are ppl from my region in the group as I can only gift to my own region sadly. anyhoww hope ur doing greatttt and thank u :))

2 days ago
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Hi someonequeer, you are welcome to join by playing Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery. Let me know once you beat the game and enjoy!

1 day ago
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oh my god .. I did not expect the game to be this much ..just wow. Now I feel a lil weird .. thanks for letting me have this excuse to play this ..idkhowtodescribeit game

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1 day ago
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It is a great game! Congrats on completing it! Join request approved, welcome to the group! :)

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Hi! I'd like to join via option 1. I'll play American Fugitive. I'm sure I'll beat the game :)

1 day ago
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Hi drizzlo, you are welcome to join by playing American Fugitive. Let me know once you beat the game and enjoy!

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