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by unclekev 1174 days ago
> I think that’s a pretty shitty policy

Agreed.

> Though it does sound like Steam would still remove your access if you actually did inherent the account

I found this to be a good article that expands on the whole "What happens to your Steam account when you die" question:

https://www.eurogamer.net/what-happens-to-your-steam-account...

> "Your Account, including any information pertaining to it (e.g.: contact information, billing information, Account history and Subscriptions, etc.), is strictly personal. You may therefore not sell or charge others for the right to use your Account, or otherwise transfer your Account, nor may you sell, charge others for the right to use, or transfer any Subscriptions other than if and as expressly permitted by this Agreement (including any Subscription Terms or Rules of Use) or as otherwise specifically permitted by Valve."

> "In the simplest terms, this means that without express permission from Valve, you can't just give your Steam account to another person. Even if you were to write it into your will that you wanted this to happen, without that permission, it wouldn't hold up upon your death. Earlier this week, I spoke to a lawyer who specialises in the video game industry to confirm that this is, in fact, the case."

Seems like the answer is "It's gone"

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Completely not legal. Maybe contract law is bloated enough in the US to give valve that power, I'm pretty sure it isn't in the EU. Valve can't decide how ownership works, not in all jurisdictions.
Worth mentioning that you don't own the games, you buy non-transferable licenses to play the games. Therefore I think it's perfectly (and unfortunately) legal.
You can gift the license to someone else, can't you?
You can buy gift licenses from the store and give them to someone. You can't just gift a game from your library to someone.