Steam wishlists and gifting just got a massive upgrade by Usama Jawad Here at Neowin, we cover Steam discounts through our dedicated Weekend PC Game Deals news item that we publish on a weekly basis. A lot of our readers find it very useful, especially considering that Steam typically touts discounts on hundreds of games at any given time and it can be difficult to keep track of what’s worth buying. One way to manage your upcoming purchases better is wishlists, which just got a massive upgrade. Wishlist on Steam works just like any other storefront, where you can manually add games that you wish to purchase in the near future, hopefully when they’re discounted. Now, Valve is introducing the ability to add categories to wishlists, so you could theoretically categorize titles by genre, priority, gifting, and more. You can add custom categories and also filter by them, which can be particularly useful if you have a lengthy wishlist. Apart from this, Valve has upgraded the search experience in wishlists to enable autocomplete. The storefront now also highlights if a demo is available for a game that you wishlisted. If a game receives a demo some time after you added it to your wishlist, you’ll get a separate notification for that too. Furthermore, when you hover over a capsule image for a title, you’ll see a “microtrailer”. Navigation has been improved as well, and you’ll notice better contrast and readability in the UX. While it was already possible to share a wishlist with a friend, which can be very useful in gifting scenarios, Valve is also enabling the ability to share the link to a wishlist category or a filtered view. This dedicated link will not expose the rest of your wishlist and can be revoked at any time. In the same vein, Valve is facilitating the gifting process by enabling guest checkout for any game on Steam. Previously, it was only possible to purchase digital gift cards and hardware purchases without a Steam account, but this limit is now gone. If you don’t know the Steam account name of the person you’re sending a gift too, you can send the item directly to any of their email addresses. If they don’t claim it within 30 days, it will be refunded back to you. If you’re gifting a title to a person in a different, higher price region (remember, Steam has regional pricing), the storefront will show you the price of the item in the recipient’s region on checkout so that there is no confusion. Other enhancements include: You can now send a digital gift card or gift a game directly from someone’s wishlist You no longer need to be friends on Steam to send gifts You can create a shared wishlist link that is filtered to specific games When a friend or family member clicks on your shared wishlist link, if they choose to gift you a game, the gift recipient in the cart will be pre-populated with your information. And remember from above, your friend or family member can checkout as a guest, without needing to create a Steam account All of these are much welcome enhancements that not only enhance the gifting experience, but the personal wishlisting process as well.