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Two listings for the same game, one at roughly half the price of the other, and nothing on the page tells you why. It happens with almost every launch and it is happening with Wardogs. What separates them is not a discount: it is a different edition or a different format, and one of those two changes what you end up owning. Live prices for every version sit on the Wardogs price page.
What editions does Wardogs have?
Two, and the difference is cosmetic in the literal sense. Standard is the game. Supporter Edition is the same game with decorative extras bolted on: weapon camos, a helicopter paint job, a scoreboard tag. No maps, no weapons, no vehicles, nothing that touches progression. Nothing in it changes a single match.
Worth knowing, because the Supporter Edition is never the cheap way in. Backing the studio early is a perfectly good reason to pay the difference. Looking for content is not: there is none to find, and what you take home is camo.
Key, gift or account: the part that actually matters
This is where the big gaps come from, and the money is the least interesting part of it. What changes is what you hold once the transaction is over.
| Format | What you get | Is it yours? |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Key | A code you redeem on your own Steam account | Yes, permanently |
| Steam Gift / Altergift | A transfer sent from someone else's account | Yes, but it carries the sender's region |
| Steam Account | The login details of an account that owns the game | No — the seller keeps the credentials |
The cheapest Wardogs listings you will find anywhere are accounts, and they sit at roughly half the price of a key. That is the whole explanation for the gap. What changes hands is access to somebody else's account with the game inside it. The seller keeps the password, the arrangement breaks Steam's terms of service, and the day those credentials change you lose the lot, progress included.
Gifts go the other way. They usually cost more than a plain key, because they travel between regions in a way a key does not, which for most buyers is money spent solving a problem they do not have.
Global or Europe: does the region matter?
It does, and it is the detail people skip. A Global key activates from anywhere. A Europe key expects a European Steam account and can be refused outside that area. European stock is often the cheaper end of the page, which is fine if you are buying from Europe and a wasted purchase if you are not. Every listing states its region next to the price.
So which one should you buy?
For almost everyone: a Standard Steam Key in your own region. It stays in your library, it works on your own account, and your progress survives whatever the seller does next. Go Supporter only if the camo is worth the extra to you, and read the account listings for what they are — cheap because the game never becomes yours.
One thing is specific to this release. Wardogs is in early access and its price is set to rise as content lands rather than drop in a sale, so the usual "hold out for the discount" advice does not apply. No launch-window cut is coming. If you already know you want it, today is as cheap as it gets, and you can buy Wardogs key from our comparison, with whatever coupon is live already worked into the figure at the top.
I have been a gamer for as long as I can remember, and for the last 14 years I have been making life easier for other gamers. CEO and co-founder of Gocdkeys.
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