If your Steam account is nine years old, it now [edit to add: should] auto verify.

Doesn't do me any good, my account is just shy of six years old, and my MC debit card still doesn't work. I'll be 60 before it auto verifies unless my debit card magically starts working.

There must be some under 18s whose parents got them a steam account nine years ago who are now verified.

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For some of you who might not be aware, Steam as of this very day has added a new option for Age Assurance, that being age account being at least nine years old and has had a consistent email address or billing information.

There will also be future verification methods down the line as well, so looks like things are heading in a good direction. Now if only our friends in the UK got such an option for account age as well.