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The Callisto Protocol โ€” Steam Gift

About the game

A survival horror from Glen Schofield, one of the minds behind Dead Space. You play Jacob Lee, an inmate of Black Iron Prison on Jupiter's moon Callisto: a Biophage outbreak has turned guards and prisoners into monsters, and all you have is a stun baton, a gravity grip and very little ammo. It leans hard into brutal melee, dismemberment and claustrophobic dread. You buy it โ€” you receive the game as a Steam Gift on your own account.

Once the gift is delivered it cannot be refunded. If Steam rejects the gift due to region mismatch, the full amount is returned to your site balance.
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Your Steam account region must match the gift region, and you must not already own the game. Pick the edition you want: Standard or Digital Deluxe with the Season Pass.

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How to receive the gift

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Enter your Steam friend invite link and your account region.
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Where to get the link: open your Steam profile โ†’ โ€œAdd Friendโ€.
Where to get the link: open your Steam profile โ†’ โ€œAdd Friendโ€.
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Copy the quick invite link (looks like s.team/p/...).
Copy the quick invite link (looks like s.team/p/...).
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Place the order. The bot adds itself as a friend and sends the gift โ€” usually within a couple of minutes, no need to accept anything.
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Accept the gift in Steam โ€” the game is yours. The bot then removes itself.

FAQ

Buy The Callisto Protocol โ€” a Steam gift to your account

The Callisto Protocol is a survival horror that teaches you to fear tight corridors all over again. The game was made by Striking Distance Studios under Glen Schofield, one of the creators of the original Dead Space; published by Krafton, it released on 2 December 2022. You are dropped onto Jupiterโ€™s moon Callisto, into the maximum-security Black Iron prison. The year is 2320, and you are Jacob Lee, a cargo-ship pilot who ended up behind bars at the wrong time in the wrong place. When a Biophage outbreak sweeps the prison, guards and inmates turn into mutants, and your only option is to survive. Here we sell the game as a Steam gift: after payment you receive it right on your account.

๐Ÿฉธ What this game is really about

The Callisto Protocol deliberately drops hordes and dozens of guns in favour of dense, deliberate survival. The Biophage enemies mutate before your eyes: if you do not finish them in time, a severed limb regrows into a new, deadlier form. So the game constantly nudges you toward melee โ€” a stun baton, left-right dodging and the signature GRP grav grip that can fling a foe onto spinning fan blades or impale it on spikes. Ammo is scarce, med-packs are scarce, and every encounter in a narrow industrial corridor of Black Iron feels like a small thriller. This is a game about tension, resource management and very physical, brutal next-gen horror. The sound design and lighting deserve a special mention: darkness, the hum of ventilation and sudden bursts of violence keep even seasoned genre fans on edge, while upgrading your gear at reforge printers adds tactics to how you approach each next corridor.

๐ŸŽ›๏ธ Which versions exist and what is inside

Two versions are available here, and the difference is the Season Pass. Standard Edition is the main The Callisto Protocol campaign from start to finish: everything you need to play through Jacobโ€™s story on Callisto. Digital Deluxe Edition is the base game plus the Season Pass, which includes the Contagion mode (higher difficulty with tougher enemies, limited resources, no manual saves and new Jacob death animations), the Riot mode (wave battles in a new Black Iron area), the Outer Way skin sets for Jacob and weapons, and the Final Transmission story DLC.

๐Ÿ“ผ What Final Transmission is

Final Transmission arrived in summer 2023 and continues the story right after the main campaignโ€™s ending โ€” a full narrative epilogue with a new location and boss, not cosmetics. If you care not only about the core story but also about extended gameplay with extra modes, get Digital Deluxe. If you just want to play through a strong campaign, Standard covers that completely.

๐Ÿงฉ Edition versus add-on โ€” no confusion

An important point: both versions contain the game itself. Digital Deluxe is not an upgrade that requires an already-purchased base, but a complete edition with the base game inside plus all Season Pass content. You do not need to buy Standard first to run Deluxe โ€” pick the version closer to you from the start. That way you neither overpay nor buy anything extra.

๐ŸŽ How you receive the game: a Steam gift

We deliver The Callisto Protocol as a Steam Gift via our supplierโ€™s bot. The scheme is simple: you leave a Steam friend-invite link in the order and state your account region, you pay โ€” and the bot adds itself to your friends, sends the gift and leaves your friends list automatically after delivery. There is no need to accept the friend request manually, and Steam Guard is not required. We do not ask for your login, password or codes โ€” the bot has no use for them. Delivery usually happens soon after payment, with no promises about exact minutes.

๐ŸŒ Two conditions the gift needs

To keep things smooth, check two things before paying. First: your Steam account region must match the lot region โ€” your region is shown by your Steam store currency, so state it honestly. Second: the game must not already be in your library โ€” Steam will not let you accept a gift on an account that already owns it, and that is the most common reason for a refusal. If a condition is not met and Steam rejects the gift, the full amount returns to your site balance automatically โ€” use it for the correct-region lot or any other product. And one more thing: your profile must allow friend requests, or the bot cannot reach you.

๐Ÿ” Safety and what to do if the bot did not arrive

A Steam gift is a native platform feature, not a grey scheme: one account gifts a game to another. That is exactly why we need neither your password nor Steam Guard. If the bot did not add you โ€” most often it is closed friend requests in your profile or an expired invite link. Make sure adding friends is allowed, send a fresh link โ€” and we will resend The Callisto Protocol. The live chat on the site, staffed by people rather than auto-reply bots, will help you sort it out.

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ Who it is for

The Callisto Protocol is for those who love slow, oppressive dread in the vein of classic space horror, who value crafted atmosphere, sound and next-gen visuals and are not afraid of demanding melee. If isolation in space and tension on the edge appealed to you, this game is a direct spiritual successor to Dead Space. And if after intense horror you want something big and unhurried to reset, browse our catalog โ€” for example Baldur's Gate 3, a completely different pace and mood.

๐Ÿ’š Paying in Russia 2026 and why Brawl Games

Brawl Games has run since 2023 and is built for buyers from Russia: RU cards, SBP and cryptocurrency, a live chat instead of bots, honest terms without loud slogans or inflated promises. No separate registration is needed โ€” an email is enough, and Brawl Games promo codes apply to The Callisto Protocol at checkout. Pick an edition, give the invite link and region, pay โ€” and soon accept the gift in Steam. The game stays on your account forever, with no subscriptions or renewals.