chimera201
Wise Old Owl
Steam Summer Sale 2016 — Steam Spy — Mediu
007
Killing Machine
When you say Indian steam account it just means that your current country and payment method is set to India and supported Indian payment methods respectively. If you want to change to US and buy games from US store, you just have to change your country and add a US based payment method with US billing address for verification of country change.
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Zangetsu
I am the master of my Fate.
Yes I know
lets say I am in US and have access to Steam account (as I change the country in settings)
and buy a game in $.
and if I move back to India and log in to my account...will the game is playable ?
007
Killing Machine
Ok, now you are being clear with your use-case (your previous response was ambiguous in a way as well). The answer is yes. You will be able to play the games purchased on the same account while you are in US and will also be able to play them back in India if you return and revert the store setting because US is one of the region-free Steam stores.
Also note that, all your current game licenses that have a IN tag (check your account - - > licenses and activation details) will most likely be unplayable in the US. Not all games that have IN tag but few that have run-lock enabled for Indian IP. If you still want to play those games in the US, you need to contact Steam support to force remove those game licenses from your account (no refunds and stuff here) and buy the same game again in US and play.
Hope this clarifies your doubt.
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aniketdawn.89
Wise Old Owl
007
Killing Machine
I have no idea TBH. Did not try this yet. But my guess is that if SP offline is possible then it probably defeats the purpose of the run lock. So I'm just guessing no.
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kamikaz
Ambassador of Buzz
afaik run lock is only for games brought retail, for example csgo which u buy from flipkart, amazon etc cannot be played outside india , but if you buy from steam store its fine, since i have tested on this game i know about the case regarding csgo, the rest well u have to manually check steamdb i guess
tanmaymohan
Geek v1.0
Steam went offline today :scared_NF: :sad_NF:
thetechfreak
Legend Never Ends
Steamworks DRM is same for games. First launch has to be done when pc is online and later you can play. If game has other 3rd party drm that needs you to be online, then you need to be online. Nowadays after the introduction of inr pricing, you can only activate steam purchased games in India. In DVD, depending on which game, it may or may not have restrictions.
If one travels abroad, the version of the game they've activated on their account can be playable. Just don't use VPN as it may get your accounts banned.
If one travels abroad, the version of the game they've activated on their account can be playable. Just don't use VPN as it may get your accounts banned.
007
Killing Machine
Nope, not necessarily. What was being discussed is the run lock. There is a tag called onlyallowrunincountries which devs can use to enable and set it to India for a game. If you have such a tagged license purchased and activated in your account, you will not be able to launch the game from outside India.
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SaiyanGoku
kamehameha!!
Keys bought from Amazon.com also work here.
Zangetsu
I am the master of my Fate.
Unless it is region locked, or has a run lock.
where will I get that info before purchase ?
007
Killing Machine
steamdb.info (source of truth)
SteamLocks - Steam Region Lock Inspector
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gameranand
Living to Play
Many times I have seen that run lock games also run in other countries when provided proof of identity. But this is not the case with all the games, I think at last it comes down to Developer about what kind of Lock they want to implement in their games. Steam just provide the tools for the task.
