i understand why they did that but it means i cant nominate sxsg :(

You can nominate games you don’t own. I don’t own this game on Steam but I still nominated it.

the issue is I haven't spent money on steam yet. I need to spend a minimum of 5 dollars

Makes sense.

There’s always this option.

im broke cuh

Well there’s nothing I can do about that.

I can, however, recommend other free games (none of them are Sonic) that are worth your time.

Also go to gg.deals. Some games go for 100% off on Steam or have promotion codes you can redeem for free from key stores. Gg.deals keeps you updated on events like that. I got 3 games for free on Steam alone in the last week.

oh cool
guess i gotta tell my parents i got steam or smth then

Are you not allowed to have Steam?

idk yet
i got it without telling my parents first so