The Last of Us Part I — Steam Gift

The Last of Us Part I: Joel and Ellie's story rebuilt on PC

The Last of Us Part I isn't a remaster — it's a full ground-up remake of the 2013 original by Naughty Dog. The game was rebuilt on PlayStation 5-class technology: new character models, re-captured facial animation, reworked lighting and audio, and smarter enemy AI. The PC version launched on March 28, 2023, and that's exactly what we deliver to you as a Steam gift — straight into your library, with no keys and no manual activation. Below is what's inside, how the PC build differs from the console one, and how delivery works.

The story: Joel and Ellie's road

Twenty years after a Cordyceps fungal outbreak collapsed civilization, smuggler Joel is hired to escort fourteen-year-old Ellie across the ruins of the United States. What starts as a simple job stretches into a country-spanning journey — through quarantine zones, infected cities and people who, in this new world, are more dangerous than any creature. It's a story not about zombies but about attachment, loss and what a person will do for someone they love. That's why The Last of Us has long been counted among the medium's defining stories rather than just a solid action game.

A remake, not a remaster: the difference

Don't confuse the two: Part I is a game built from scratch, not an old version touched up. Naughty Dog brought the original onto the engine of The Last of Us Part II and beyond, so almost everything on screen changed: animation, facial performance in cutscenes, environmental detail, lighting, the audio stage. It also added extensive accessibility options the series is praised for. For anyone who knows the plot by heart, it's a reason to play it again in a new form.

What this edition includes

You get the complete single-player campaign of The Last of Us Part I. The key detail: the Left Behind prequel is built directly into the game — unlike the 2013 version, where you had to buy it separately. Left Behind follows Ellie and her friend Riley and the night that changed their lives. Beyond the main story there's Speedrun mode, Permadeath mode (one death and the campaign restarts) and Photo Mode. There's no multiplayer in Part I — it's a purely narrative adventure from start to finish.

PC version highlights

The PC build adds things the console version didn't have:

• ultrawide monitor support and an unlocked frame rate;
• AMD FSR and NVIDIA DLSS upscaling;
• granular controls for textures, shadows, reflections and ambient occlusion;
• DualSense haptic feedback and adaptive triggers over a wired connection;
• play on mouse and keyboard or almost any gamepad — no controller lock-in.

On strong hardware it's one of the most cinematic titles on the platform; on weaker rigs it's worth checking the system requirements first.

Editions and the Commercial License

The product may come as lots with different Steam region coverage: one covers a broad list of countries, the other is single-region. The content is the same (the full game plus Left Behind); only the region the gift works for differs. Separately, the catalog may show a Commercial License — this is not a second copy of the game but a Steam commercial license for venues (gaming cafes, events, public displays). It requires the base game to already be on the account and isn't needed by a regular player at home. For yourself, take the ordinary edition.

How the gift is dispatched

The delivery flow is transparent. At checkout you provide your Steam profile's friend-invite link and your account region. Our bot then knocks on your friends list itself, sends the gift with the game, and automatically leaves once delivery is done. You don't need to confirm the friend request by hand, and you don't need to disable Steam Guard to receive it — your profile settings just need to allow friend requests. Once you accept the gift, you add The Last of Us Part I to your library.

Region and an already-owned game: two common mistakes

First: Steam accepts a gift only if your account region matches the gift region. If the regions differ, the system won't let you redeem it — that's the single most common reason a gift fails. So before buying, check which region your Steam is registered in and pick the matching lot. Second: don't send the gift to an account that already owns the game — Steam won't accept a gift for a title already in the library. If delivery didn't go through because of a region mismatch, the order value returns to your Brawl Games balance, and you can reorder the correct variant from it.

Buying with no extra hoops

You can pay from Russia and the CIS with the usual methods right on the site. You don't have to create a separate site account just to buy — placing the order and filling in the delivery fields is enough. If a discount applies, you'll see it on the checkout page; we don't promise offers that don't exist. Any question about your The Last of Us Part I order can go to the site chat.

Where to head next in the catalog

If it's the strong drama and living characters of Part I that got you, we have ways to keep that going. Look at Baldur's Gate 3 — a huge story-driven RPG where every choice reshapes your companions' fates and the course of the tale; after Joel and Ellie's emotional road it's a great way to live another big story, this time with full freedom of choice. And if you'd rather decide what to buy next yourself without being tied to one game, grab a Steam wallet top-up: load the balance and buy anything you want inside Steam, from new releases to seasonal sales. Both are as easy to order from us as the gift itself.

🔗 Another way to buy

Nearby in the catalog: The Last of Us Part I as a Steam key.