Games not available on my region!!

[Calcifer]

Hi guys, somebody told me that if someone in U.S. buy a game that is not available in my region and send me it as a gift, I can still view it on my library and install the game on my PC. Is this true?
I live in Latin America and theres some nice titles I cant buy because these stupid region politics!!

[White.Renard]

I'd also like to know this...
Although I have a feeling that it's not going to be true.

[Kai]

No I think because of the region the account would be in, the gift should fail to send.

[FTN1971]

Orochi , don't know where are you from , i'm brazilian , and Steam sells all games to Brazil , never bougth Far Cry3 or Black Ops 2 cause my PC can't run , but have friends that plays all games Steam sells in America.

[Peter Pan]

X-COM: Enemy Unknown is not available in my region on the Steam website.

But, I could buy it from greenmangaming.com. It requires steam, and I could install and play it.

My scenario is different from yours, but it is possible to play games that require steam, even if it is not available for sale on steam itself.

[Chika Ogiue]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Orochi_Kyo:

Hi guys, somebody told me that if someone in U.S. buy a game that is not available in my region and send me it as a gift, I can still view it on my library and install the game on my PC. Is this true?
I live in Latin America and theres some nice titles I cant buy because these stupid region politics!!

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Peter Pan:

My scenario is different from yours, but it is possible to play games that require steam, even if it is not available for sale on steam itself.

Most games can be gifted/traded to you without problems. However, some games may be IP blocked from use in some regions. Sometimes, this block is mentioned on the store pages; other times it isn't. Said block may also either be permanent or temporary.

Likewise with buying Steam keys for games from authorized sellers. If the game is not available in your region on Steam, there is always the possibility of any of the following happening:

1 - The game will not activate
2 - The game will activate but remain unplayable (stuck in permanent pre-release state)
3 - The game will activate but not be playable until the game is released in your region
4 - The game will activate and by playable immediately

Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing what will happen until you add the key to Steam, by which point it may be difficult to get a refund. If possible try to find someone in your region who has already added the key to Steam to see whether it was playable for them. If you're really lucky, someone in your region is keeping a record of such things (for example, some Japanese gamers maintain a database of Steam activated games to determine if they are playable or not).

Ursprünglich geschrieben von FTN1971:

Orochi , don't know where are you from , i'm brazilian , and Steam sells all games to Brazil

Actually, there are a few games not available in Brazil on Steam. The Secret World, for example.

[FTN1971]

Understood , so there are games i can't play , but never had try to buy them.The Secret World i never heard about , well , i'm new in games stuffs.What looks amazing to me is the fact that Brazil goverment that uses to protect a lot the internal market don't charge me amazing taxes.Hard to believe , maybe them don't know about prices in Steam yet.

[FTN1971]

Black Ops2 in midia ( DVD) if i buy here , 100US$ , in Steam 43.Far Cry 3 , will never find in local stores , maybe in places that everybody knows the game hasn't pay any taxes.An maybe is better i shut up.God job , gotta go.

[Calcifer]

Thank you all for quick responses, actually I live in Costa Rica and I cant see for example, street fighter x tekken, batman arkham city, resident evil 5. The only store I can buy that games is ORIGIN and it sucks, that site show me the prices in EUROS, the exchange is higher with euros than dollars.

[Godlike Ginger]

i live in china and have he same Problem the only thing i can do is use a VPN search it on google or something it changes your ip so you look like u are coming from a different country i use this to get on utube aswell i hav black ops 2 but cant get the addons or dlc because of this I HATE CHINA

[Calcifer]

I used a Proxy on Firefox to see the games I want to buy here, but I didnt buy any of them cause Im afraid to lose them once I start to use steam software.

[ArtThouLivid™]

I m also unable to see all games on steam.I couldnt see Street Fighter X tekken cause i m in eastern europe Montenegro,so i found link to US steam store and bought it there price was in dollars but while finishing payment it converts it to my money euros,so i got the game and it works :) i hope this helps

[Calcifer]

I just try to buy a game with proxy, Steam didnt let me to buy anything cause my credit card number didnt coincide with the IP country. I was thinking, in the case I´ll go outside my country for real I cant buy anything!!

[Jade]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Orochi_Kyo:

I just try to buy a game with proxy, Steam didnt let me to buy anything cause my credit card number didnt coincide with the IP country. I was thinking, in the case I´ll go outside my country for real I cant buy anything!!

Using a proxy to bypass regional restrictions can get your entire account locked. So I wouldn't try that again.

[Sylynn]

lol

[BBP: Baka.Bonkura.Ponkstu]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Peter Pan:

X-COM: Enemy Unknown is not available in my region on the Steam website.

But, I could buy it from greenmangaming.com. It requires steam, and I could install and play it.

My scenario is different from yours, but it is possible to play games that require steam, even if it is not available for sale on steam itself.

I'm having the same issue as well, I wanted Max Payne 3 from here, but it's "unavailable" in my area. However through greeemanGaming, I can buy it... But at the end, it requires steam account to play it. Should I buy the game? or it isn't going to work?


I want to play Max Payne 3 ... :(