Can I own a steam game without downloading it?

[Spudwell06]

Can I own / purchase a steam game without downloading it?

     im short on disk space, but i found great games for free on sale

     Can i get the game without installing it

 

if so, could you tell me how to?

[Slottr]

Yes

[Spudwell06]

Just now, Slottr said:

Yes

 

2 minutes ago, Spudwell06 said:

if so, could you tell me how to?

 

[Slottr]

Just now, Spudwell06 said:

 

 

What do you mean?

 

You purchase the product, then that product is registered to your account.

[CopiWasTaken]

You literally buy it, when you own it you dont have to download it

[Eigenvektor]

Buy it, then when it asks whether you want to download/install it now, click cancel.

[Mark Kaine]

Yes, but according to VALVE you do not own the game, you merely subscribe to it... 

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.eurogamer.net/amp/2019-09-19-french-court-rules-steam-users-have-right-to-resell-their-games

 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[visa]

52 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

Yes, but according to VALVE you do not own the game, you merely subscribe to it... 

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.eurogamer.net/amp/2019-09-19-french-court-rules-steam-users-have-right-to-resell-their-games

 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

They only tried to find an excuse/loophole and got pwned.

The fact is, you still DO own a license for that game, because that´s exactly what they sell you. Valve offers only the service (the Steam platform) and not the product (the game), as long as you don´t buy something developed from Valve, of course.

 

But you still can buy a game (or any software) on Steam and just not download it right away.

You may actually have an advantage there, because if remember correctly, Valve says that when you start to download the game you loose the right to request a refund (depending on where you live, this may be illegal).