If you're already going through the trouble of using a VPN, there are definitely better methods of acquiring the game.
this post was submitted on 01 Feb 2024
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I already own a VPN...
If you already own a VPN, there are definitely better methods of acquiring the game.
Gabe straight up said that it's an issue of access, so if a game is region locked...
Update: I already got the game via VPN by clicking the install button on SteamDB, my steam account did not get banned or catch fire
Why not have someone from Singapore gift you the game?
Why would Valve ban you?
If you’re paranoid about this then just make a new account on a VM or fresh install of an OS - you’ll be in a VPN anyway, only other possibility would be if they were tracking the other accounts that had been logged in locally and associating them.
Well, because I'd be using a VPN to access a game in another market, isn't that against the rules.
Is that one of Valve’s rules, or just one of the video game publisher’s rules?
It's one of Valve's rules. They're actually pretty serious about it too.
So is it safe or not?
It's certainly against one of Valve's rules to use a VPN to access Steam. I've never heard of anyone getting banned for it though.
I think the rule would only apply to paid games since it exists to prevent people from buying games for cheap on markets other than theirs. So I'm not sure Valve would ban users for adding a F2P game to their library with a VPN.