Can my friend from (USA country) is eligible to gift me a game to me as a recipient of India region?

[Devillived!n'me_666]

Well i will keep it short & simple there are some game which are not available in India to purchase on steam i.e. Prototype 2 etc. Do my friend from USA is eligible & can gift me that game to my region india through buying through steam store from there US region.
One more question will that gift of game will it be activated in my region india. I actually don't much about this gifting can anybody enlighten me here.

[nullable]

No.

You can't use gifting to bypass regional restrictions. In addition the price difference between two regions cannot be more than 10%.

[nullable]

If the game is not sold in your region on any other stores, there's not much to do about that except inquire with the developer. If the other alternatives are available, but too expensive, then arguably you can't afford the game, or aren't willing to pay the asking price. Neither really warrants any particular work around.

Save your money. Wait for a sale. Go without, play something else. Those are going to be your options in cases where the real issue is cost.

If the game is banned in your region I'd be careful, a global key may not be the workaround you think it is.

[nullable]

Account sharing and region hopping are both explicitly against the SSA.

And from any security standpoint account sharing is a terrible idea. And I'd encourage anyone to learn that from the expertise of others rather than direct firsthand, school of hard knocks, experience. "I thought I could trust them, and that was a mistake."

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Devillived!n'me_666:

Originally posted by ْSmoke™:

mostly he will be able to gift you the game since the indian region is cheaper than the american

I actually know that but first guy in this post say a direct 'no' so i thought might my friend can gift me the game from his region. Well have you experienced any similar situation where US guy traded with you. I also heard something about digital steam cards personally telling i can't buy that too because i don't have debit/credit card to buy that & sent it too my friends. Only i can buy my friends TF2 keys from my steam wallet will this trade work.

Trading items for game gifts is not a supported trade on Steam.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Devillived!n'me_666:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Trading items for game gifts is not a supported trade on Steam.

sir can you elaborate this thing & why?

It is the same reason why we no longer have the ability to store game gifts in our inventories since 2017. Using an account for commercial purposes will impose restrictions on the accounts "selling" games for any type of payment.

[nullable]

Originally posted by ْSmoke™:

Originally posted by nullable:

Account sharing and region hopping are both explicitly against the SSA.

And from any security standpoint account sharing is a terrible idea. And I'd encourage anyone to learn that from the expertise of others rather than direct firsthand, school of hard knocks, experience. "I thought I could trust them, and that was a mistake."

millions of users changed their region and steam doesn't give a ♥♥♥♥. other wise how can all those russians still able to buy games even when steam suspended their payments

You would be mistaken. Valve has implemented multiple things to impede region hoppers. And getting caught can have serious consequences. Your being unaware of that, or cavalier about the risk to other people's accounts isn't the big brain argument you think it is. Not to mention when your bad advice blows up in someone's face you're not going to feel responsible to do anything but say, "I was just trying to help", and other lame platitudes.

Let me put it this way, speeding is against the law, and you might speed a bunch and get away with it. But when you get caught, arguing you and everyone else speeds all the time isn't going to get you off the hook.

OP can listen to you if they want, but it doesn't negate my warning.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Devillived!n'me_666:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

It is the same reason why we no longer have the ability to store game gifts in our inventories since 2017. Using an account for commercial purposes will impose restrictions on the accounts "selling" games for any type of payment.

thanks for telling info but how do steam know one is selling games for any trade.

You literally posted the intentions on a public forum. Support can see it all, even deleted posts.