As far as I know, the only way is to change the region of your account, but it's not as easy and you can only do that once every 3 months, if I'm not mistaken
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No, it does not affect ur games
You need to know which regions this key is for. But all prices will be in that region's currency+if you have an EU credit card for example and you go to SEA 99% of the time you wont be able to pay with your EU credit card.
No. If the dev/publisher wants to make the key only for NA for example, it will only work in NA. It is the dev/publisher's choice to create region locks for the key.
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Don't try to bs Steam and falsify your region.
It can lead to bad things.
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Welcome to Steamgifts.
2) When creating a giveaway for a region locked key, you have to select the countries in which the key activates.
1) If you win a region lock key here on Steamgifts, ask the giveaway's creator the provide you with a key that works in your region. If they are not able or willing to do so, you can either agree to delete the giveaway or mark it as not received after one week.
As you are new:
If you have not already done so, may I suggest you read the FAQ & guidelines. It is also a good idea to keep track of the announcements done by Steamgifts' admin.
Enjoy your stay at Steamgifts & good luck!
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Hi! thanks for your reply!
1) They can/ I can change the key to another region? I didnt know how
2) I am worried the winner won't be able to activate my key that is in the rarer regions
I'll go look over the suggested links, thanks so much for the welcome!
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You can not change the region of a key.
If you create a giveaway here, you can select if the giveaway is region free or restricted to certain countries. If you know that you key is region locked, you should select only the countries the key will work in.
Edit: If you got your key in a bundle, check the thread for that bundle in deals to get more information about region locks.
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"Everyone else (including Mexico): {sub/882322} - even though the key is tagged as ROW, it's not actually redeemable worldwide. It cannot be redeemed in "cheap countries", namely it is NOT REDEEMABLE IN India, Indonesia, Viet Nam, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bahamas, Panama, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan (confirmed)"
Thanks, I found this lol, apparently I live in a cheap country haha. This means I just have to purchase a key from a SEA person to get the game right? I got it.
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I don't have a key for it, unfortunately.
Maybe you should try your luck on the What bundled games have you been trying to win lately? - Christmas 2023 Edition thread.
Generous people are giving away their leftover keys in the spirit of the holidays.
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I actually posted on page 6 of that thread, a kind soul offered it to me but it too was region-locked for some reason. On another instance, I tried to purchase the game from another user on a different platform for a key, but lo and behold it was locked as well. These prompted me to ask here in an act of desperation if there is any way to circumvent the region lock haha but from what I gather, it is 'illegal' to do so. Oh well :/
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Those damn region locks!
I don't know about "illegal" but I'd say if you're going to try to go the VPN route, it's better to create an alternate account for it so you don't get your main account in trouble with Steam.
You can't do that with a key you won here though because your account is bound to a Steam account.
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