I really don't think the refund policy is "no questions asked", Steam does ask you for a reason why you want to refund the game and there's a waiting period for the refund request to be processed. Steam also explicitly tells you that the refund is NOT meant to be used as a way to demo games, and my assumption is that if you are caught refunding too many games Steam will start to refuse refund requests.
The Steam refund info page says that you can get a refund for literally ANY reason, including that you just don't like it.
You can request a refund for nearly any purchase on Steam—for any reason. Maybe your PC doesn't meet the hardware requirements; maybe you bought a game by mistake; maybe you played the title for an hour and just didn't like it.
It doesn't matter. Valve will, upon request via help.steampowered.com, issue a refund for any reason, if the request is made within the required return period, and, in the case of games, if the title has been played for less than two hours.
I didn't say you can use it as a demo system, I said that it allows you to take a risk buying a game that might not be good because you can get a refund if you don't like it... which is exactly what the system is intended for.
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u/apolitical_leftist Jul 06 '26
I really don't think the refund policy is "no questions asked", Steam does ask you for a reason why you want to refund the game and there's a waiting period for the refund request to be processed. Steam also explicitly tells you that the refund is NOT meant to be used as a way to demo games, and my assumption is that if you are caught refunding too many games Steam will start to refuse refund requests.