If I buy a Steam Gift Card here in NZ, will it work overseas?

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#310843 26-Nov-2023 16:31

Hey folks.

Managed to win a $100 Harvey Norman gift card month or so ago. At this stage there's essentially nothing I want/need in regardless to technology. I was going to buy some Steam Gift cards for myself and another who is based in Australia, will it work on their end if I send them a picture of the card/code and they put it into their account? Or is it region locked? googling has told me it's probably fine, however there are apparently some region locks. Also, if it works (I'm assuming it does), will it appear as NZD/Australian $/USD/Other?

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#3164040 26-Nov-2023 16:40

maybe not...https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/78E3-7431-1E88-AD59

Might just be the 'Wallet' though...

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#3164329 27-Nov-2023 09:42

sqishy:

maybe not...https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/78E3-7431-1E88-AD59

Might just be the 'Wallet' though...

Morning. Damn that sucks, I'll probably have to do some more digging, perhaps even send Steam a message because I can't find a definite answer anywhere lol.

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#3164331 27-Nov-2023 09:50

This is a good thing. The Steam (and iTunes and so on) voucher scams of the last ten years were painfully annoying. They seem to be a thing of the past now.

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#3164357 27-Nov-2023 10:46

gehenna:

This is a good thing. The Steam (and iTunes and so on) voucher scams of the last ten years were painfully annoying. They seem to be a thing of the past now.

Yeah that's fair. I guess my idea was innocent, just wanted to share the love around because it's Christmas time. Guess I could just add the credit to my account, then buy the game my friend wants for him, but would rather just he has the credit and does whatever.

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#3164386 27-Nov-2023 11:34

Seems this was changed semi-recently, you used to be able to add other currencies gift cards and it would add the equivalent value to your wallet.

You should still be able to send a digital card, but it needs a payment method other than your own wallet. Might be easier to just gift a game he’d like.

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#3164820 28-Nov-2023 03:02

It worked for me earlier this year in June/July, but may have changed since (NZD Steam card to SGD Steam account).

Gifting games is region locked though, so you may not be able to gift a game from NZ to an AU account (I've tried in the past)

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#3164823 28-Nov-2023 05:39

Finch:

gehenna:

This is a good thing. The Steam (and iTunes and so on) voucher scams of the last ten years were painfully annoying. They seem to be a thing of the past now.

Yeah that's fair. I guess my idea was innocent, just wanted to share the love around because it's Christmas time. Guess I could just add the credit to my account, then buy the game my friend wants for him, but would rather just he has the credit and does whatever.

Thanks

Annoyingly, you can't gift inter-region anymore, which means NZ can't gift to Aus and vice versa.

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#3166026 29-Nov-2023 21:13

toejam316:

Finch:

Guess I could just add the credit to my account, then buy the game my friend wants for him, but would rather just he has the credit and does whatever.

Annoyingly, you can't gift inter-region anymore, which means NZ can't gift to Aus and vice versa.

Unless things have changed very recently, that isn't quite true. You can gift games to accounts in other countries... so long as the price for the receiver's region is within 10% of the price in the sender's region (±<10%).

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#3166043 29-Nov-2023 21:38

From Steam: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/58D3-B80D-2943-3CC6

Do products I purchase on my Steam account have any region restrictions?

In most cases, there are no region restrictions on products purchased directly from the Steam store.

However, products purchased as gifts may have region restrictions. Please see the gifts section for more information.