deleting a steam gift and repurchasing it for myself

[✪ Alloosh Lamborouge]

i had a steam gift (cs go) from a friend of another region or country so the game didn`t work in my country due to valve rules so i deleted it and was trying to repurchase it.. note: when i was with my friend in his country i had played for 30 hours already.. so it can`t be refunded and i had to delete it .. does repurchasing it will return the gifted copy with its own region restriction or will i have the a full new game that can work everywhere..?

[Bumbefly (we/All)]

Interesting question! Thanks.
Note, Restrictions are not rules from Valve, they are mandated by National Law and/or choises made by the publishers of games.

Originally posted by SteamKBRegion Restrictions on Steam:

What happens if I have redeemed a region restricted gift and cannot play it?

You will need to purchase this product from your current location without using a VPN/proxy or obtain a copy that is sold within your country of residence. If you are unable to complete a purchase on the Steam store, please contact Steam Support.

More info at https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1266-QFZC-2141

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

just deleting the game does not remove the old license for the game.

the first license will always be the main/only license steam will register. unless the game has a GOTY or upgrade package. in this case it does not.

go here https://help.steampowered.com/en/ to remove the license from your account so you can repurchase it.

[✪ Alloosh Lamborouge]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

just deleting the game does not remove the old license for the game.

the first license will always be the main/only license steam will register. unless the game has a GOTY or upgrade package. in this case it does not.

go here https://help.steampowered.com/en/ to remove the license from your account so you can repurchase it.

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I went to the link u sent.. What else should i do.. Under what question can i remove the licence..?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

once you are logged in, click CS:GO and then click "i want to permanently remove this game from my account."

[Ogami]

Just for your information, region locked games become region free after 90 days in your library.
Look when you activated the game. Then add 90 days to that date. After that you can install and play the game from anywhere in the world. So you dont really need to buy it again.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Just for your information, region locked games become region free after 90 days in your library.
Look when you activated the game. Then add 90 days to that date. After that you can install and play the game from anywhere in the world. So you dont really need to buy it again.

im still out of luck with a game that was gifted to me last year (may 2016) that still has a region play lock on it.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by Ogami:

Just for your information, region locked games become region free after 90 days in your library.
Look when you activated the game. Then add 90 days to that date. After that you can install and play the game from anywhere in the world. So you dont really need to buy it again.

im still out of luck with a game that was gifted to me last year (may 2016) that still has a region play lock on it.

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Did you activate the gift? Gifts themself stay region locked forever if they are in your inventory.
Only activated games become regionfree. For example you buy a game while on holiday and activate it on your account. Then after you return it does not work anymore because of the region lock. But 90 days after activation it will work again from anywhere.
I tried this with at least a 100 games by now ( often visiting friends in Russia) and every single one became regionfree after 90 days.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

yeah it is sitting in my library and not my inventory.

maybe it is because it is from the SEA region? i dont know. im not worried. i think it adds character to my library, seeing a red bar on the screen when i click on the game.

[Perrywinkle]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

im still out of luck with a game that was gifted to me last year (may 2016) that still has a region play lock on it.

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Did you activate the gift? Gifts themself stay region locked forever if they are in your inventory.
Only activated games become regionfree. For example you buy a game while on holiday and activate it on your account. Then after you return it does not work anymore because of the region lock. But 90 days after activation it will work again from anywhere.
I tried this with at least a 100 games by now ( often visiting friends in Russia) and every single one became regionfree after 90 days.

that was in the past, now the lock is more strict, a region locked game will remain locked, same applied with family shared games.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by Sucy:

Originally posted by Ogami:

Did you activate the gift? Gifts themself stay region locked forever if they are in your inventory.
Only activated games become regionfree. For example you buy a game while on holiday and activate it on your account. Then after you return it does not work anymore because of the region lock. But 90 days after activation it will work again from anywhere.
I tried this with at least a 100 games by now ( often visiting friends in Russia) and every single one became regionfree after 90 days.

that was in the past, now the lock is more strict, a region locked game will remain locked, same applied with family shared games.

Nope. Not true. Just had 3 games become regionfree a few days ago that i purchased and activated in November while in russia.
It still works like always.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Nope. Not true. Just had 3 games become regionfree a few days ago that i purchased at the end of November.
It still works like always.

does it only work for purchases YOU made? this might be the key to the differences in how things work for region restricted games.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by Ogami:

Nope. Not true. Just had 3 games become regionfree a few days ago that i purchased at the end of November.
It still works like always.

does it only work for purchases YOU made? this might be the key to the differences in how things work for region restricted games.

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I just bought key versions of those games and activated the key on my account. Those games can be activated while in Russia but did no longer install/run while back in germany. But after 90 days they all can be installed and played here.
I never bought in the Steam Store while in Russia, i dont think that is even possible since the store is locked to your home country. But key activation is based on your current location IP.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

so you activated them in russia, went back to germany, waited and they were unlocked after 90 days.

this sounds like you have to activate or purchase in that country, have it added to your account in that country to be able to have it drop its restriction after 90 days so you can play it in germany.

this is not the same as a person purchasing a game in russia (region restricted), sending it to a friend in the US and letting him add it to his library. the game does not drop its region restriction doing it this way.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

so you activated them in russia, went back to germany, waited and they were unlocked after 90 days.

this sounds like you have to activate or purchase in that country, have it added to your account in that country to be able to have it drop its restriction after 90 days.

this is not the same as a person purchasing a game in russia (region restricted), sending it to a friend in the US and letting him add it to his library. the game does not drop its region restriction doing it this way.

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Yeah of course, you have to activate the game while in the country where its allowed to activate.
But the OP wrote he got the game as a gift from his friend while he was in that other region and also played it already for 30 hours.
So all he has to do now is to wait till the 90 days are up, no need to buy the game again.

[✪ Alloosh Lamborouge]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

once you are logged in, click CS:GO and then click "i want to permanently remove this game from my account."

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This was the way i actually removed it.. Now i want to buy it again. But while removing.. It was said that if i repurchased it again i will still have it with the old key (or sth like that) so am afraid that this will mean that it will be AGAIN regional restricted even though its me now buying it to myself