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Am I allowed to use a VPN with Steam? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by HawlSera@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world
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Recently got a VPN because I've become increasingly paranoid (It's getting crazy out there), but.... is it a bannable offense to use it while on Steam?

I'm finding mixed answers, and I wanna be safe, so I figured the Fediverse might know.

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[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Cool, so the only thing I'd need to worry about is if I actually went into my Steam settings to change the region, not so much the VPN?

[-] Chozo@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yup, as long as all your Steam Store and payment method settings match the country you're buying from, you should be good. My roommate games on Steam from a VPN all the time and has had no issues in the several years that he's done that (though I don't believe he's using the VPN to change his location, just to hide his IP).

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