Offering gifts in alternative currencies to reduce costs.
Offering gifts in alternative currencies to reduce costs.
Check this page carefully: https://steamdb.info/app/427520. Many titles are much cheaper in other currencies. Setting up an alternate account in India, Russia, Indonesia, etc., using a VPN (Steam only lets you use your local currency) and gifting games at lower prices seems possible. I’m curious—has anyone tried this before or is it still a viable idea?
Consider checking the Steam gifting rules. The official Steam site restricts purchases based on region, meaning you can't send a game as a gift if the recipient lives in a different region where the price is more than 10% higher. Be cautious with lesser-known sellers like Yuplay.ru or Plati.ru, as Russian restrictions are widespread. Similar rules apply to CIS countries, South American nations, and some Asian markets.
Transactions via Steam should occur within your physical location and with payment linked to a local address. You can still shop in other areas, but Steam has stopped this to prevent abuse.
This process doesn't function as intended, contributing to the reasons currencies were restricted in the past. It's frustrating when you're prepared to pay in USD to prevent double conversions, but the system blocks it. Steam and Apple allow currency changes if you have an address there, yet their handling afterward feels like maintaining two separate accounts.