this is the sub I got https://steamdb.info/sub/793537/
My country is Latvia
from store.steampowered.com/account/registerkey - https://imgur.com/a/HE3Qm0o

The origin of the key was Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut (Global) (PC) - Steam - Digital Key in driffle (won't link it as I think it's against the rules)

Potentially less restricted than we (I for one) thought... Other games that are under sony and same region locked potentially also aren't that region locked...

Also tried to play the game and just pressed skip on playstation login, so at least single player works.
(more than likely it's just that Baltics works - Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia because of european union)

Countries tested:
valid: Latvia, Lithuania
invalid: Philippines, Egypt, Serbia, Sri Lanka

1 month ago*

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Yeah, they dropped their region restrictions some time ago. I don't know for how many games by now but they certainly learned something.

1 month ago
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Yeah but potentially this game was still region locked for a lot of countries which could be wrong…
Though I still don’t see it in my steam store(but that doesn’t mean I can’t activate it)

1 month ago
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yeah, some games are available through Steam store now, but GoT ain't one of them, glad to hear that atleast some can be bought outside of it

1 month ago
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Yep, potentially other Baltic countries at least could buy the key and redeem - Estonia and Lithuania.
And maybe if that Check Restrictions is correct in driffle for this (global key) then countires like - Haiti, Belarus, Egypt to name a few could potentially also.

1 month ago
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Can you submit the (used) key to SteamDB? Maybe it will update that sub to reflect the relaxed region restrictions?
https://steamdb.info/keys/

1 month ago
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Did it!

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The reason is probably, that Steam and resellers are forced by EU law to sell any game, that is being sold in at least one EU country, in every EU country (unless there are local laws prohibiting that) and allow cross-border trading within the EU to maintain the EU-wide price competition.

So keys, that exclude or include some but not all EU countries via region restrictions, should work in every EU country nonetheless. Unfortunately this is not necessarily reflected in the region locks configured and shown in the according sub on SteamDB. And people need to make sure to not confuse EU and Europe.

Another reason could be, that your Steam store region may not be set to Latvia, since that is what counts when activating keys, not the current IP address. You can doublecheck here: https://store.steampowered.com/account/

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I see, about europe union didn't know that...Interesting as it shows on driffle that other countries like Egypt are eligible...

Nah, ip or country change isn't done, wouldn't be that dumb to also then post about it...

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I can confirm what Wax said. Quick note: There is the reverse version where the Baltic states are included in some CIS region keys' restriction. CIS region is dirt cheap, so if you find such a key, the region lock can be verified, and you can get some games dirt cheap compared to EU prices. AFAIK, this is mostly true for old games that released before this rule change. I bought a Steam version of COD Black ops for 6€ because of this :) This is that sub: https://steamdb.info/sub/6257/

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I'm wondering if other countries can activate it too.

1 month ago
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I will try to ask some people to try used key from different countries.

1 month ago
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Can you send it to me too, I would like to try it. I'm guessing if it says that the key is used it can actually activate. Otherwise it should say that it is not available in my region.

1 month ago
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Added as a friend on steam as I don't want to reveal the key here... Also will update the post with results for countries tested.

1 month ago
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I can test it too. Im from germany

1 month ago
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I'm sorry but why you need to test it?

1 month ago
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so sad for Philippines

1 month ago
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It may be possible that Steamdb just didn't update the regions when Sony made the adjustments to region locks. That's really weird, but it seems like that might be what's going on.

1 month ago
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Hi, i am from Sri Lanka, and i would like to test if the key works for me.

1 month ago
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added

1 month ago
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in the store link there is a list of countries where the key can be activated no?

1 month ago
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It lists Egypt as valid but nope..

1 month ago
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hmm, don't know it's worked with Ru or not

1 month ago
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Brazil, no

1 month ago
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?

1 month ago
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Yo, can i test key for Estonia?

3 weeks ago
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Sure, add me and will send later. I think that Baltic countries are just exception here because in EU

3 weeks ago
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