You will no longer be able to use one-click Steam key redemption with games bought from the Humble Bundle store, Humble has announced. This is due to Valve retiring support for the’ OAuth’ one-click system from its storefront.
Don’t worry too much, though. It’s a minor inconvenience really, as you’ll still be able to manually redeem your Steam keys.
“A little over a year ago, we launched OAuth Steam key redemption,” the company writes, “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.”
Doing so is thankfully very easy. Simply pop in to the Steam client, head to the Games menu, and click on ‘Activate a Product on Steam’. From there you type in your CD key and away you go. Straightforward, if a bit more cumbersome than being able to instantly grab the game.
It’s unclear why Valve retired the one-click system. They’re doing a lot of fiddling about with the infrastructure of their service at the moment, particularly regarding the Steam Trading system. They’ve added a CAPTCHA to all trade deals recently, and late last year they removed the ability to trade across several regions.
