Steam Introduces "Complete the Set" Gifting for Bundles

Despite having what can only be considered an effective monopoly as far as game storefronts go, Steam doesn't seem to be resting on its laurels, with new features popping up for Valve's game store every so often. The latest feature to show up on Steam is "complete the set" gifting, which allows players to gift parts of a game bundle to friends. If you're buying a game bundle as a gift, Steam will now automatically detect which whether the intended recipient already owns part of the bundle and remove that item from the bundle. The bundle price will change in accordance with the removed content, and a small notice will appear telling you that the price has changed since you viewed the item. Curiously, there is no further explanation regarding the price drop to tell buyers that their friend already has the item in their Steam library. There are also a few caveats to this system. For starters, and whether this is unintentional behavior or not is unclear, Steam does not remove the item from your cart if your friend has their library or that specific item in their library set to private. If that is the case, it seems as though it will be on the intended recipient to reject the game when they receive it. This update to Steam's gifting functionality is conceivably useful if you know someone likes a game, and you want to gift them the DLC for a special occasion without letting them know your plans. Sources: Steam, via SteamDB on Bluesky Related News