How to Redeem Game Codes on Various Platforms

Say you recently won a free game from a giveaway or contest, and whether it was a PC Steam key, PS5 game code, Xbox or Nintendo Switch game code you don’t know exactly where to go to redeem it.  Well we got you covered here with all the standard and most common stores to redeem game codes.

How To Redeem Digital Game Codes

How to redeem a digital code on the PlayStation 5

1. On your home screen make sure you are on the Games Tab (not Media)
2. Open the PlayStation Store
3. Go over to the right and click on the … for More
4. Click on Redeem Code
5. Enter the voucher code
6. Install game if it doesn’t auto install

How to redeem a digital code on the PlayStation 4

1. On the PS4 Home Menu go to the PlayStation Store
2. Highlight and select “Redeem Codes” from the list of store categories on the left of the store
3. Enter your code and press X to continue
4. Now you will see the content you are redeeming. Highlight the confirm option and press X.
5. A message will appear that the code has been redeemed, press the button on “OK”.
6. The content should download automatically but if it does not, or if you would like to manually download the content, visit the game page In your Library from the Home Menu
7. Highlight “Related Items”, scroll over to “My Add-Ons” and press X
8. Here you can choose the items to manually download to your console

How to redeem a digital code on the PlayStation Store Website

1. Open up PlayStation® Official Site: Consoles, Games, Accessories & More
2. Click on the Profile Pic
3. Click on redeem code
4. enter the 12 digit game code or gift card code

How to redeem a digital game code on the Xbox One or Microsoft Store

1. From your Xbox Home Menu go to the Microsoft Store
2. Highlight and select “Use a Code”.
3. If prompted, sign in
4. Enter your code when prompted and then select Next to confirm

Alternatively you can just go to Microsoft account | Redeem from a PC and redeem your Xbox Gift Card or Game Key there as well.  You can also redeem Microsoft Store games for PC there as well.

How to redeem a digital code on the Nintendo Switch

1. In the Switch select “Nintendo eShop” on the HOME Menu which launches the Nintendo eShop
2. Choose which account you want to use
3. Choose “Enter Code” which is on the left side of screen.
4. Input the 16-character game code. Any letters and symbols not used with prepaid codes (i.e. O, I, Z, commas, hyphens, etc.) will be disabled from the on-screen keyboard so ignore them.
5. Select “Send” to confirm. The game will begin downloading once the code is confirmed. The game icon will appear on the HOME menu, with a download status bar. The status bar will disappear once the download is complete

How to redeem your digital game code on Steam aka. Activate a Product on Steam

1. In Steam, along the top menu bar select the Games menu next to Help
2. Then simply select the Activate a Product on Steam
3. Click next through a windows and enter the 15-digit redeem code. This will activate your digital game key and then it will ask you to start the installation of the game you just redeemed.

How to redeem your Epic Store Game Key

1. Log into your Epic Store Account
2. Click on your profile > redeem code or you can simply visit Redeem Key page directly
3. Enter your Epic Digital Game Key
4. Install game

How to Redeem your GOG Game Key

1. Log into your GOG account
2. Hover over your profile > click redeem a code or visit redeem page directly
3. Download and install GOG Galaxy if it isn’t installed
4. Install game

How to Redeem a Blizzard Game Key

1. Log into your Blizzard/Activision Account
2. Go to Account Overview
3. Enter the Redeem code in center of screen and click redeem
4. install Blizzard App client
5. install game

How to Redeem an EA / Origin Game Key

1. Visit Origin Redeem Code Page
2. Click Redeem Code
3. Login with your EA Account
4. Enter Game Key
5. Install Game Client
6. Install Game

Redeem a Uplay Game Key – Ubisoft Connect

If you are new to Ubisoft Connect please DOWNLOAD THE CLIENT and CREATE AN ACCOUNT.

You can redeem the code on www.Xbox.com or in the Xbox 360 Dashboard.

Redeeming codes on www.xbox.com

1. Open the web browser and navigate to xbox.com
2. Sign into your Xbox Live Profile
3. Once the page is loaded, find and select the ‘Redeem Code’ button about half way down the page on the left side. This is under the user created Avatar
4. If needed, proceed through the next few windows to setup the billing information for your account
5. Enter the 25-digit GFWL code in the ‘Redeem Code’ field
6. Proceed to download the DLC

Redeeming codes in the Xbox 360 interface

1. Turn on the Xbox and sign into a profile
2. Press the guide button on the controller
3. Navigate left to the Marketplace tab and select the ‘Redeem Code’ button
4. Enter the 25-digit code and select download to obtain your DLC

How do redeem a digital code on the Playstation 3

1. The code can be redeemed in the Playstation interface (XMB menu)
2. Redeeming codes on the Playstation 3 interface (XMB menu)
3. Start up the PS3 and log into the PSN account
4. Navigate to the Playstation Network XMB menu
5. Select Account Information
6. Select Redeem Code and enter the code