Russian Steam key in Europe

[k l u]

If i use a Russian steam key in my europe account... is legal o my account will get banned?

[Falro the Great]

You can use it... but if it's a Russian-only copy, then you won't be able to activate it.

In addition, if you're buying cheap Russian keys from 3rd party sites, it's very likely they're used or will be revoked, or at least Russia-only.

[Satoru]

And why would you be doing that in the first place?

[Cathulhu]

Because they are offered cheap by shady unauthorized resellers.

[k l u]

It is a cheap russian-only copy.
But if will i use a russian vpn to active it?

[전설 27]

swag?

[Cathulhu]

Read the Steam Subscriber Agreement, using a VPN to circumvent regional restrictions is grounds for a permanent account suspension AKA locked account.

[ KARR™]

And welcome to the world of games where all the text is in russian and you can't read it.

[Seven7]

Originally posted by ᴷᴬᴿᴿ:

And welcome to the world of games where all the text is in russian and you can't read it.

not all, usually ENG + RUS
some restricted for activation only, some - for using
if they find - you get a lock to the purchase and exchange, at least
By the way, recently have restricted (region locked) CS:GO

[Frost of Niflheimr]

Hi, since this thread is already open I'll jump in instead of opening a new one.

I have a game key I bought from a Russian website some years ago. The site is g***zavr.ru (I'll avoid writing it all in case there's some rule against advertising, but it should be pretty easy to find if you feed that string to Google), and is considered trustworthy by a number of sites (namely ScamAdviser, ScamAudit and AVGThreatLabs), so let's assume that the key is legit without further questioning. If I tried to activate the key on Steam and I discovered it to be region-locked AND STOPPED THERE, without doing cretinous things like using VPN, would I break any Steam rule?

[Falro the Great]

Originally posted by Frost of Niflheimr:

Hi, since this thread is already open I'll jump in instead of opening a new one.

I have a game key I bought from a Russian website some years ago. The site is g***zavr.ru (I'll avoid writing it all in case there's some rule against advertising, but it should be pretty easy to find if you feed that string to Google), and is considered trustworthy by a number of sites (namely ScamAdviser, ScamAudit and AVGThreatLabs), so let's assume that the key is legit without further questioning. If I tried to activate the key on Steam and I discovered it to be region-locked AND STOPPED THERE, without doing cretinous things like using VPN, would I break any Steam rule?

No. It simply will not allow you to activate it.

The good thing about Steam is that most of the bad stuff you could do, especially accidentally, are blocked.

[Frost of Niflheimr]

Originally posted by Falro the Great:

No. It simply will not allow you to activate it.

The good thing about Steam is that most of the bad stuff you could do, especially accidentally, are blocked.

So I can try and see if it works, as the game is probably not region-locked, without risking anything?

[Falro the Great]

Originally posted by Frost of Niflheimr:

Originally posted by Falro the Great:

No. It simply will not allow you to activate it.

The good thing about Steam is that most of the bad stuff you could do, especially accidentally, are blocked.

So I can try and see if it works, as the game is probably not region-locked, without risking anything?

Yes, as long as you don't try to work around the restriction.