Steam Removes OAuth Key Redemption

For many months now, sites such as Humble and Indiegala have used Steam's own OAuth method for key redemption. This has meant being able to link your Steam account to the site, and just click one button to redeem a Steam key to your account.

For some reason, Steam have decided to drop support of this, rendering it useless.

In a blog post from Humble, the said:

A little over a year ago, we launched OAuth Steam key redemption, creating one-click Steam key redemption for games purchased through Humble Bundle.

 

However, Steam is removing support for OAuth, so we’ll be returning to the system we used before, which requires you to manually redeem your Steam keys.

This means, as they say, that you will have to go into your account as before, then copy and paste the keys into the Add Game section in Steam.

Indiegala is another site that has been affected, with users complaining that they are unable to see games in their accounts, and sites such as Groupees which allowed signing in via Steam can no longer do so.

We'll keep you up to date with how this plays out.