Can I create a different region account?

[MidWeaKMadNESS]

Hello!

I need to register the second Steam account but I need it to be UK region, with the games that would cost a full price.
At this moment I'm located in the country with region pricing (games are cheap). Is it OK? Or I can register such an account only after I migrate to another coutnry?

[Brujeira]

No, it’s not OK. I appreciate that you probably want to do this so that you can gift games to friends but it’s still against the terms of the Steam SSA. Find a legit key seller, buy global keys from them and give them to your friends.

Edit: I should read the entire post. I bow to Hotsauce’s expertise in doing exactly that.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

If the account is set to the country you're living in, then you don't need to do anything, as when you go to other countries, your account will still be set to the country it was set to that was made in that suppose to be set to the country you live at.

If you're living in another country for a limited time, such as couple months or even longer, then change your country on the account to that country you're living in, you will be ask for address you live in the current country. https://store.steampowered.com/account/change_country/

You don't need multiple accounts as then you have to remember that new account you made along with your main account, if you don't want to keep track of multiple account, then just stick to changing your country on your account from the link above. Keep in mind you only want to change country if you're going to live in the said country. https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6627-QSNM-5276

If you wanted to know prices of games, then use https://steamdb.info/ type name of game in the search, then click on the game, and view prices.

[BossGalaga]

Originally posted by Phantasm:

Hello!

I need to register the second Steam account but I need it to be UK region, with the games that would cost a full price.
At this moment I'm located in the country with region pricing (games are cheap). Is it OK? Or I can register such an account only after I migrate to another coutnry?

You shouldn't need to change your country at all in the first place. I've traveled all over the world and never had to change my country and had no problem making purchases.

I know a lot of people that "visit" or "are located in at the moment" certain countries, like Russia, where games are cheap and then very suddenly are back in their home country. Valve does flag Steam accounts that engage in VPN purchasing shenanigans. If you buy games with certain region restrictions they may be playable in that country but when you "move" back to the UK, they will still have those restrictions.

[Washell]

Originally posted by BossGalaga:

If you buy games with certain region restrictions they may be playable in that country but when you "move" back to the UK, they will still have those restrictions.

From (repeated) forum reports, those specific restrictions are lifted 90 days after the purchase.

[BossGalaga]

Originally posted by Washell:

Originally posted by BossGalaga:

If you buy games with certain region restrictions they may be playable in that country but when you "move" back to the UK, they will still have those restrictions.

From (repeated) forum reports, those specific restrictions are lifted 90 days after the purchase.

It depends on the game. Some games are permanently hard-locked to a certain region or territory.

[Hypnotized]

Hi guys

Sorry to revive this post but I was wondering if there is a way to avoid countries policy about lootbox with Steam? I do explain myself : I have a steam account with some games on it but some of their possibilities are locked, is there a way to avoid them? Like create another account set on another country and rebuy the games ?

sorry if my english contains mistakes

[Hypnotized]

On NBA 2K20, we can buy packs with VC, you can obtain VC with two differents way (buying them or playing on MyCareer mod) but the VC packs market doesnt appear due to those policies.. So its not even about spending money on VC for packs, just having the possibility to spend my VC in another mod than MyCareer or for contracts in MyTeam

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Originally posted by LeBron Davis:

Hi guys

Sorry to revive this post but I was wondering if there is a way to avoid countries policy about lootbox with Steam? I do explain myself : I have a steam account with some games on it but some of their possibilities are locked, is there a way to avoid them? Like create another account set on another country and rebuy the games ?

sorry if my english contains mistakes

Originally posted by LeBron Davis:

On NBA 2K20, we can buy packs with VC, you can obtain VC with two differents way (buying them or playing on MyCareer mod) but the VC packs market doesnt appear due to those policies.. So its not even about spending money on VC for packs, just having the possibility to spend my VC in another mod than MyCareer or for contracts in MyTeam

No, faking your location is against the terms of service, and can cause the account to be locked.

I assume you're from Belgium, if so your government outlaws loot boxes, no one can help you, in this case. Just like how Overwatch, some games on Valve, NBA, and etc all change their games around just to work with Belgium law.

[Hypnotized]

Okay thank you Dr.Shadowds even it is a sad news