Does Steam allow more than one person to have the same exact name?

Because I'm uberly surprised that my name I wanted has never been taken. It's simply "Grinch" and I'm just thinking theres no way no one doesn't have that name :P

Yes people can have the same Steam Name, which you can change all the time. Not so sure about username

Yes people can have the same Steam Name, which you can change all the time. Not so sure about username

lostrib

You cant have the same account name as someone else but you can change your display name to anything you want.

I always wish I can change my account login name... I made it years ago when I was younger and didn't know that it was permanent!

I always wish I can change my account login name... I made it years ago when I was younger and didn't know that it was permanent!

The_Capitalist

I always wish I can change my account login name... I made it years ago when I was younger and didn't know that it was permanent!

The_Capitalist

no one really sees that anyways though

[QUOTE="lostrib"]

Yes people can have the same Steam Name, which you can change all the time. Not so sure about username

TheGrinchh

Yup that's it. Username has to be unique, but you can change your profile name any time, and they don't care if anyone else already has it. I have yet to ever see two people in a multiplayer game with the same name, though. I wonder how steam would handle that. Maybe I'll try that myself tonight, in CSGO. Change my name to be exactly the same as someone else in the same game as me, see what happens.

[QUOTE="The_Capitalist"]

I always wish I can change my account login name... I made it years ago when I was younger and didn't know that it was permanent!

superclocked

I also have an old account that I don't use anymore, although I think an old friend of mine still uses it. I made it back when steam was nothing but a launcher program for HL2 and CSS. All I ever had on it was HL2 and CSS. Gave it to my friend and made a new account when I got the Orange Box, since it had a copy of HL2, along with the other games. I was actually wondering why I didn't get a 5 year veteran coin in the last CSGO update, then remembered that I've only had CS on  this  account since I bought the collection with CSGO last year.

[QUOTE="TheGrinchh"][QUOTE="lostrib"]

Yes people can have the same Steam Name, which you can change all the time. Not so sure about username

the_bi99man

Yup that's it. Username has to be unique, but you can change your profile name any time, and they don't care if anyone else already has it. I have yet to ever see two people in a multiplayer game with the same name, though. I wonder how steam would handle that. Maybe I'll try that myself tonight, in CSGO. Change my name to be exactly the same as someone else in the same game as me, see what happens.

It'll just put a number next to your name.

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