I was given a steam key as a gift, it says I haven't purchased the game

[orca925]

I was given a key to redeem elite on steam as a birthday gift. As soon as I redeemed it and booted up the game, it said I haven't purchased it? The steam key was purchased by my friend, what more do I need to do?

Thank you for the help.

 

[Factabulous]

Support sites are always worth asking

When I log in I see "Please purchase/redeem Elite Dangerous to continue" or Demo only.

The "Please purchase/redeem Elite Dangerous to continue" message will appear when the launcher does not detect Elite Dangerous game access. If you have purchased Elite Dangerous for S...

customersupport.frontier.co.uk

 

[STRONTIUM DOG]

I was given a steam key as a gift, it says I haven't purchased the game
seems to be logical captain as Spock would sayl