Gifting games to someone in a different country

[xenon6000]

ok so I live in a country where a game is cheaper than it is for my friend in a different country? can I just gift him the game or does that not work?

[Wolf Knight]

it all depends on the countries involved. if the price difference is greater then 10%, you cannot gift it.
due to economic conditions, some countries may not be able to gift at all

telling us what country you are in and what country your friend it in would help people tell you if you can gift to them. otherwise, you can only try to gift to them and it will either go thru or fail.

[Tsubame ⭐]

If that worked people would abuse this to death lol.

[crunchyfrog]

Nope, you have to gift them the money basically.

There's easy reasons for this - abuse. People were simply setting up accounts claiming they were in regions where games were cheap and buying them there and transferring them.

So they shut it dowen, obviously.

[Wolfmaron]

just try gifting it, surprise the person

don't rely on SteamDB. the website plastered every game with that "cross gifting disabled" sticker

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by Ahriman:

just try gifting it, surprise the person

don't rely on SteamDB. the website plastered every game with that "cross gifting disabled" sticker

Why? Because it's demonstrably true.

[Wolfmaron]

Originally posted by crunchyfrog:

Originally posted by Ahriman:

just try gifting it, surprise the person

don't rely on SteamDB. the website plastered every game with that "cross gifting disabled" sticker

Why? Because it's demonstrably true.

steamDB said Fall Guys, Battlefield 2042, Dying Light 2 has cross gifting disabled but that is simply not true

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by Ahriman:

Originally posted by crunchyfrog:

Why? Because it's demonstrably true.

steamDB said Fall Guys, Battlefield 2042, Dying Light 2 has cross gifting disabled but that is simply not true

And how does those exception s demonstrate across the board that the whole site is useless hmm?

There are thousands of games on Steam and you have listed a handful. So advising another to just take the plunge, waste their money and try it is foolish.

Do you see the point?

[Heeby-Jeeby]

Originally posted by crunchyfrog:

And how does those exception s demonstrate across the board that the whole site is useless hmm?

There are thousands of games on Steam and you have listed a handful. So advising another to just take the plunge, waste their money and try it is foolish.

Do you see the point?

Why would it be a waste of money? If he cannot gift it to his friend he would be informed as such. No money would be spent.

[SaradMatthew007]

Originally posted by xenon:

ok so I live in a country where a game is cheaper than it is for my friend in a different country? can I just gift him the game or does that not work?

thank you!
you need to send me a gift card , hope that helped!

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by Heeby-Jeeby:

Originally posted by crunchyfrog:

And how does those exception s demonstrate across the board that the whole site is useless hmm?

There are thousands of games on Steam and you have listed a handful. So advising another to just take the plunge, waste their money and try it is foolish.

Do you see the point?

Why would it be a waste of money? If he cannot gift it to his friend he would be informed as such. No money would be spent.

Oh ok, if that's so I wasn't aware it worked that way.

Even so it's not a good idea as is it really worth pissing around trying randomly through thousands of games for the handful that might have slipped through the net?

I'd token no.

[76561199235802548]

Hey my freind wants to gift me among us but I live in the UAE and he lives in th USA can he gift it?

[Adam]

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