How to Gift a Friend Telegram Premium, Stars or a Steam Game
You can send a digital gift in a couple of minutes, even if your friend is in another country. The main thing is to know what you need from the recipient: an @username, a Steam login or the account's country. Here they are, one by one.
Telegram Stars
Stars are also sent by @username, and the recipient doesn't need to open the bot. With Stars your friend can buy a gift, pay for a channel subscription or pay for a purchase in a mini app.
In the Benefit.gg bot: the Stars section → your friend's @username → an amount from 50 to 10,000. More details are on the Telegram Stars page.
A Steam game
In Steam itself you can buy a game as a gift: on the game's page choose to buy it as a gift and pick your friend from your friends list. You can send it right away or schedule it for a date, and the recipient has 30 days to accept. If they decline or don't respond, the money is returned.
Because prices differ between regions, some games can't be gifted to a friend in another country: such restrictions are shown on the game's page. You can pay for a gift from your Steam wallet, so it's enough to top up your own wallet in advance.
Money for a Steam wallet
If you don't know which game to pick, top up your friend's wallet and they will buy whatever they like. For that you need their Steam login, that is, the account name, not the nickname. No password is needed. The bot tops up wallets in rubles, tenge, hryvnias and dollars: choose your friend's wallet currency.
A game key or a gift card
You can simply forward a key or a code to your friend in a message. Before buying, check the platform and the country of their account: an Xbox key won't activate in Steam, and a US App Store card can't be redeemed on a Turkish account. More in the article about gift card regions.
What you need from the recipient
| Gift | What to ask your friend |
|---|---|
| Telegram Premium | Their @username, and whether they have Premium right now |
| Stars | Their @username |
| Steam top-up | Their Steam login and wallet currency |
| Game key | The platform and the region of their account |
| Gift card | The country of their account |