Using VPN on region blocked games

[Dokferr]

I just bought a game (Castlevania) from cdkeys, it is listed as global key. The game itself, is region blocked on my country. When I tried to activate it, it was denied.

Is it safe to activate it using VPN?

I know about the term about using VPN, but I believe it was more to discourage people from buying games from a more cheaper region.

But what if you are denied to buy it from the start? Is there no solution to buy it legally?

[Spawn of Totoro]

No.

Doing so can get your account locked as you would be bypassing regional restrictions. If it is restricted in your region, then there is a reason for it, possibly even a legal one.

I suggest you get a refund form the 3rd party that sold you the key.

[Dokferr]

Spawn of Totoro님이 먼저 게시:

No.

Doing so can get your account locked as you would be bypassing regional restrictions. If it is restricted in your region, then there is a reason for it, possibly even a legal one.

I suggest you get a refund form the 3rd party that sold you the key.

That's disappointing to hear.. Thanks for the answer

[Zaskar]

To be honest, unless you abuse it and use VPN to activate many region locked keys, you have little chances to have your account locked or whatever else. That said, keep in mind that it's still not allowed and even if there's little chances, action can be taken by Valve against you.

If you want my opinion, it would be better for you to avoid doing it and even avoid buying on unauthorized re-seller like cdkeys.

[Dokferr]

Zaskar님이 먼저 게시:

To be honest, unless you abuse it and use VPN to activate many region locked keys, you have little chances to have your account locked or whatever else. That said, keep in mind that it's still not allowed and even if there's little chances, action can be taken by Valve against you.

If you want my opinion, it would be better for you to avoid doing it and even avoid buying on unauthorized re-seller like cdkeys.

oh.. cdkeys is an unauthorized re-seller? Some people sometimes mentioned this site when I browsed forums gaming. So, is it not safe buying games from there?

While I do really want to play and add this game on my library, I really don't want to gamble it on my account. I have already invested many games on steam, and for my account to get banned/ locked because of 1 game, it's definitely not worth it.

Btw, are the people that get banned by using VPN, the account get banned forever or just temporary?

[Spawn of Totoro]

DokFer님이 먼저 게시:

Btw, are the people that get banned by using VPN, the account get banned forever or just temporary?

It isn't banned, but an account lock. You still have access to all the game, but would no longer be able to add more games, even using a key.

[Dokferr]

Spawn of Totoro님이 먼저 게시:

DokFer님이 먼저 게시:

Btw, are the people that get banned by using VPN, the account get banned forever or just temporary?

It isn't banned, but an account lock. You still have access to all the game, but would no longer be able to add more games, even using a key.

Oh.. so I still can access my games. Well, that's much better than I thought. But still, can't buy any new games is not something I want to experience..

Thanks for the answer..

[Zaskar]

DokFer님이 먼저 게시:

oh.. cdkeys is an unauthorized re-seller? Some people sometimes mentioned this site when I browsed forums gaming. So, is it not safe buying games from there?

While I do really want to play and add this game on my library, I really don't want to gamble it on my account. I have already invested many games on steam, and for my account to get banned/ locked because of 1 game, it's definitely not worth it.

Btw, are the people that get banned by using VPN, the account get banned forever or just temporary?

Yes, cdkeys is an unauthorized re-seller. And so, there's always a risk to be scammed and if that happens to you, it's all up to them to help you or not, since Valve will not do anything about that.

Like Spawn of Totoro said, the account will not be banned but locked. But probably the most likely action who could be taken for a one-time infraction like that is the game would simply be removed from your account(At least, from what I had read with a quick Google search) and since the key would still be activated, the re-seller will most likely not refund you.

[Dokferr]

Zaskar님이 먼저 게시:

DokFer님이 먼저 게시:

oh.. cdkeys is an unauthorized re-seller? Some people sometimes mentioned this site when I browsed forums gaming. So, is it not safe buying games from there?

While I do really want to play and add this game on my library, I really don't want to gamble it on my account. I have already invested many games on steam, and for my account to get banned/ locked because of 1 game, it's definitely not worth it.

Btw, are the people that get banned by using VPN, the account get banned forever or just temporary?

Yes, cdkeys is an authorized re-seller. And so, there's always a risk to be scammed and if that happens to you, it's all up to them to help you or not, since Valve will not do anything about that.

Like Spawn of Totoro said, the account will not be banned but locked. But probably the most likely action who could be taken for a one-time infraction like that is the game would simply be removed from your account(At least, from what I had read with a quick Google search) and since the key would still be activated, the re-seller will most likely not refund you.

Well, only the game is removed, is still preferable than being the account is locked entirely :D

[Dokferr]

Rockon님이 먼저 게시:

Zaskar님이 먼저 게시:

Yes, cdkeys is an authorized re-seller.

As far as I know they are greymarked reseller and not authorized, if you could provide a link that prove they are authorized resellers it would be great.

Perhaps s/he forgot to type "un", because in first reply, s/he used "unauthorized"

[The End]

DokFer님이 먼저 게시:

Rockon님이 먼저 게시:

As far as I know they are greymarked reseller and not authorized, if you could provide a link that prove they are authorized resellers it would be great.

Perhaps s/he forgot to type "un", because in first reply, s/he used "unauthorized"

Ahh, didn't catch that one, thanks for the hint.

[Zaskar]

DokFer님이 먼저 게시:

Rockon님이 먼저 게시:

As far as I know they are greymarked reseller and not authorized, if you could provide a link that prove they are authorized resellers it would be great.

Perhaps s/he forgot to type "un", because in first reply, s/he used "unauthorized"

Yup, I forgot. Edited now. ^^

[The HopelessGamer™]

This site has authorised resellers: https://isthereanydeal.com/ Note, this is from what i have been told. If i am wrong, hopfully someone will point it out but for the most part from my understanding, everything on that site is legit.

With any CD key site... i am unsure how they can prevent "scams" because there is no way of validating if a key works or not without using the key...

So even if Cdkeys was to give you a dodgy key... i would not say its their fault and that they are in the wrong because they dont know if the key is used or not and have no way of checking.

How ever the method used for obtaining keys may be a bit dodgy.... So its best to go with authorised resellers then cdkeys.

As stated above by many others, using any VPN to bypass region restrictions is against steams SSA.

[The End]

The HopelessGamer™님이 먼저 게시:

This site has authorised resellers: https://isthereanydeal.com/ Note, this is from what i have been told. If i am wrong, hopfully someone will point it out but for the most part from my understanding, everything on that site is legit.

You are absolutely right, that site contains all the authorised resellers.

[Dokferr]

The HopelessGamer™님이 먼저 게시:

This site has authorised resellers: https://isthereanydeal.com/ Note, this is from what i have been told. If i am wrong, hopfully someone will point it out but for the most part from my understanding, everything on that site is legit.

Wow.. thanks for the info