Has anybody here used "shady" sites to buy cheaper steam games? Are there any legit ones that won't scam you?

[Deleted member 7448]

I usually pirate most games but there are some I want to own on my steam account.

But my country is in a weird position where we're both poor as fuck and yet steam doesn't give us discounts like in Russia, India, Brazil. Cause it's a small, unimportant market I guess, they just didn't bother calibrating the prices.

I found some sites but they look fake as fuck and tbh it feels like they're just gonna rip me off.

 

[Animecel2D]

No not really tbh. Only pirated, never used any sites like that.

 

[omnilet]

I've used kinguin and g2a with some success, although they fucking scammed me once by giving me a used battlefield key, they refunded me though.

 

[Sportbro]

I usually pirate most games but there are some I want to own on my steam account.

But my country is in a weird position where we're both poor as fuck and yet steam doesn't give us discounts like in Russia, India, Brazil. Cause it's a small, unimportant market I guess, they just didn't bother calibrating the prices.

I have posted about this I'm in the exact same position

 

[Deleted member 7448]

I have posted about this I'm in the exact same position

Did you find any solutions? Technically you can use a VPN + change your billing address to something random in the country. But in that case you have to keep the VPN up for a long time I think, cause if you change back then steam will know and they'll just permanently ban you. And no VPN has a free trial for that long so basically you'd be paying more on the VPN than saving lol.

 

[Sportbro]

Did you find any solutions? Technically you can use a VPN + change your billing address to something random in the country. But in that case you have to keep the VPN up for a long time I think, cause if you change back then steam will know and they'll just permanently ban you. And no VPN has a free trial for that long so basically you'd be paying more on the VPN than saving lol.

You also don't get to play the games on your original IP since atleast Russia and Brazil are their own region and if you transfer back to your original region there was no reason to buy them because they are now region locked
I haven't found a solution.

 

[Deleted member 4999]

i bought minecraft for $4 and got gmod for free off one of them lol

 

[Over_this_Life]

Never tried one of those shadier sites. Id be too afraid of downloading a virus or cp. steam sales are pretty good though

 

[Emba]

Will the real Steam Shady please stand up?

 

[Deleted member 21324]

G2A was the only site I ever used but its terms and conditions are shady af.