I currently have 1 giveaway going where i will buy the game on steam and send it to the winner through 'purchase as a gift' option.

I remember steam implemented region restriction on a lot of stuffs awhile ago. So here is my question: Can I gift the game to someone in the US when my region is Canada?

I tried to figure it out myself by reading this: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1266-QFZC-2141, but there was no notice saying 'this game can only be activated in the following region...' when I selected a friend in the US or even in Asia. So does this means there is no region restriction at all?

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just try really. but apparently since canadian price is rather close to us, it's most likely viable. If the different >10% then it's not possible

6 years ago
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Based on steamDB, the difference is around 14%. So I guess it is no longer possible. 😂

6 years ago
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This one? https://steamdb.info/app/552970/

Canada is more than 10% cheaper than USA so might be a problem.

6 years ago
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Yup. That is the one. I was about to link it to the post. So i should probably delete the GA now because i just notice the GA region include the US...(silly me)

6 years ago
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Or you can send the money to buy it themselves from Steam with PayPal or wallet gift, but those can't use your Steam wallet balance if that was what you wanted.

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Well i was planning to use my wallet balance.

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Can cancel the giveaway.

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Yeah, I just delete the GA to avoid any problem

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Close the thread too, otherwise people will keep posting the same tips over and over. :)

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also encountered such a problem, if the gift is not sent, ask the winner to refuse the prize, and through the support remove the distribution. you will lose one slot for distribution. there is an option to just leave everything as is, in history it will be seen that the distribution is not closed. if the winner is not yet selected, then it is better to cancel the distribution now.

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Just did :)

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Closed 6 years ago by ColdOut.