Questions, answered
Everything about Credits, boosts, member rates and the shop, in one place.
Gamerperks
What is Gamerperks?
A community platform for gamers: airmiles for gamers. Members get exclusive rates and discounts directly from our brand partners, and a community tool that turns their playtime into Credits to exchange for gift cards, games and gear.
Is Gamerperks free?
Yes. There is nothing to buy to earn Credits, and member rates come with membership. You only spend money if you choose to buy from a brand. Plus and Pro are optional memberships for people who want to back us.
Is this a coupon site?
No. Gamerperks is a community platform. Member rates come directly from our brand partners for members, not from public coupon lists, and your playtime earns Credits on top. Go on, ask ChatGPT for a better deal.
How does Gamerperks make money?
We earn from brands that want to partner with us, as well as ads. It ain’t much, but it’s honest work.
We are gamers who spent four years building this out of our own pockets. We negotiate with brand partners, and when you buy with our link they pay us a little. That is why the link matters: it is the only way a brand can tell a purchase came from Gamerperks.
We also earn a very small amount from ads on the site. If you want to support us directly, Gamerperks Plus and Pro are memberships that add a permanent boost to what your gaming earns, and Pro takes the ads away. Nothing else is for sale here, and that includes you.
Not on Steam?
Xbox, PlayStation and Twitch are next. Join the waitlist for your platform and we will tell you the day it is live.
Earning Credits
How do I earn Credits?
Sign in with Steam and play the games you already own. Our algorithm connects your playtime, achievements and performance to Credits: game popularity, game time, performance and uniqueness matter most, among other things. There is no hourly rate, nothing to install and no game to switch to.
Go to Earn →Do achievements earn Credits?
Yes. Your Steam achievements sync on their own, and the rarer the unlock, the more it is worth. Common ones (over half of players have them) add nothing extra; ultra rare ones (5% of players or fewer) pay the most. Achievements unlocked before you joined pay a small fraction. Community milestones, like joining our Discord or referring a friend, pay one-off Credits on top.
Your achievements and goals →Do Credits expire?
Collected Credits stay in your balance until you spend them. Your gaming’s Credits are collected when you sign in or refresh your balance; anything not collected by Sunday 00:00 UTC resets, so sign in at least once a week.
How much play counts each day?
Up to 6 hours a day on Free, 9 with Plus and 12 with Pro. Play past that still counts for leaderboards and achievements.
Why is my playtime not counting?
Steam only shares your playtime when Game details is set to Public in your Steam privacy settings. Set it to Public, play, then sign in or refresh your balance. New playtime can take a little while to show.
Do the leaderboards change what I earn?
No, they are bragging rights only. Members show under their Steam name with their top games, and you can hide yourself any time on the Earn page.
Can I earn without playing?
Yes. Share your referral link: your first referral pays you 10 Credits, and every one after counts towards the Referral Rockstar seasonal goal. Got an audience? The creator programme pays cash for every member who joins through your link and plays.
The creator programme →Boosts
What are boosts?
Boosts multiply the Credits from your playtime and your achievements. There are four kinds: the daily video, member-rate boosts, weekly bounties, and Plus and Pro. They all add up, member-rate boosts included, to ×15 at most. The boost you have on right now shows next to your balance.
How does a member-rate boost work?
Open a brand through our link and its boost switches on straight away, for the next 4 hours. It is a real clock: it runs down whether you are playing or not, so start a session soon after. Everything your playtime and achievements earn in that time is multiplied. Each tier you climb with a brand makes its boost bigger, and boosts from different brands run together.
Member rates →Why are my boost Credits pending?
A member-rate boost starts when you open the brand, before the brand has told us about your purchase. The extra Credits it adds wait next to your balance (the +N) until the brand confirms, which can take a few days. Want them quicker? Send us your receipt from the Earn page and we check it within 1 to 3 days. If nothing is confirmed within 14 days they stop showing, and a confirmation after that still adds them.
Your boosts →What is the daily boost?
Watch the day’s Gamerperks video to the end and everything your playtime and achievements earn is multiplied by ×1.25 for the next 2 hours, counted from when the video ends. A new video every day, and only if you choose to.
What are bounties?
A bigger boost on the games and brands of the week, new every Sunday at 00:00 UTC. Finish a game bounty and everything you earn in that game is multiplied by ×2.5 until Sunday. A brand bounty doubles that brand’s usual member-rate boost. Everyone gets one game and one brand; Plus adds a game from your library and a second brand, and Pro adds another game from your library and a third brand. Progress counts on its own from your Steam activity and your confirmed purchases: nothing to claim.
This week’s bounties →Member rates and ladders
What are member rates?
Exclusive rates and discounts from our brand partners, negotiated for Gamerperks members. They are yours from the day you join, with no Credits involved. Press Use member rate: one click copies your code and opens the brand through our link.
Why do I have to use your link for a member rate?
Because it is the only way a brand can tell the purchase came from Gamerperks. That supports us, it opens deeper rates with that brand, and it starts your member-rate boost. An ad blocker can break the link, so switch it off for the trip.
How do brand ladders work?
When we negotiate with brands, we try to get you the best recurring rewards possible, so you can unlock bigger and better rewards as a Gamerperks member with our partners. That includes exclusive rewards and discounts, free products and more.
A ladder is made of tiers that open in order. Use tier one through our link, and once the brand confirms the purchase the next tier opens, at a deeper rate. The top tier of every ladder is a free game key or gift card, every time.
How do Credits and member rates fit together?
They are the two halves of the community. Member rates are exclusive rates and discounts from our brand partners, with no Credits involved. Credits are what you earn by playing, and they go on gift cards, game keys and gear in the shop. Buying a member rate with our link also boosts what your gaming earns.
The shop
What can I get with Credits?
Gift cards (Steam, Amazon and prepaid cards), random Steam game keys, and gear from brand partners. There is one price list for everyone. Gift cards come in dollars, euros or pounds: pick the currency your Steam or Amazon account uses, because a code only works on an account in that currency. Euro and pound prices follow the exchange rate, checked daily.
Go to the shop →How do I cash out?
Open a reward in the shop and press Cash out. The Credits come off your balance straight away. We check every order by hand, usually within 24 hours (Pro the same day). Codes and keys arrive by email; gear ships to your door with tracking. If we cannot send it, your Credits come back.
Who can cash out?
Anyone with Steam connected, a verified email and an account at least two days old. That keeps the shop fair for everyone.
Plus and Pro
What are Plus and Pro?
Optional memberships for people who want to back Gamerperks. Plus multiplies what your playtime and achievements earn by ×1.5 and Pro by ×2, always on, and both count more hours of play a day. Both see new shop items a week before everyone else and get weekly bounties on games from your library. Pro takes the ads away.
See Plus and Pro →Are shop prices lower for members?
No. The shop has one price list for everyone. Your benefit is the boost, and seeing new items a week early.
How does billing work?
Card payments are handled by Stripe, and we never see your card number. Monthly or yearly, renewing until you cancel. Plus and Pro are paid by card, not with Credits.
What if I cancel?
Cancel any time from Manage membership on the Plus and Pro page. You keep your tier until the end of the period you paid for, then the free rules apply. Your Credits stay yours.
Privacy and your account
Do you sell my data?
No. Never, to anyone. We use your Steam activity to work out your Credits, and that is where it stays. Brands see how many people used a rate, never who.
Privacy policy →What does Steam sign-in see?
Your profile and game activity, so your playtime can earn Credits. It is read-only: no wallet, no friends list, no messages, nothing posted as you. Set Game details to Public in your Steam privacy settings for playtime to count.
Can I delete my account?
Yes, any time. Leave, and delete your account and its data, whenever you want.
How to delete your account →Something else? Ask us in Discord
