Hey, for the past three days when I select Paypal option on Steam I'm getting the following message: "We are temporarily unable to process transactions with this payment method at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience."

It doesn't even let me log into my Paypal so it's not account specific issue. I browsed Steam Forums and Reddit and it seems like people from certain regions (PL, HK, MX etc.) are getting this message recently source.

Anyone else getting it?

1 month ago*

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Worked for me in Europe. Not sure about other regions.

1 month ago
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What country?

1 month ago
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I'm in France.
I also bought a game on Ubisoft with paypal 2 hours ago without any issue so Paypal's not in question either way.

1 month ago
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Okay, thanks. Yeah, Paypal is working fine, I just used it on another site an hour ago. But it's a no go for Steam, once I select Paypal I get the message from the OP.

1 month ago
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Well that sucks. I hope they solve it for you

1 month ago
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If you have already linked PayPal account to your Steam account, then just try selecting an option for a new PayPal account when buying, and when asked for a new PP account login, just log in to your usual PayPal account when asked, I had this issue once, like two years ago, had an error with already linked PayPal acc, but fixed it by doing this, no issues since.

1 month ago
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I didn't - I always log in anew when I buy something using Paypal.

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1 month ago
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I've had this happen once, fixed itself later forgot if it took a day or two.

1 month ago
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Have you tried purchasing just a single product on steam? It could be an issue with one of the products you’re purchasing (sometimes happens with bundles).

1 month ago
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That happens periodically. It'll probably be sorted out with the Tuesday updates.

1 month ago
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Not working in Thailand for the past 2-3 days.

1 month ago
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Thanks, same message?

1 month ago
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Yes, exactly the same.

1 month ago
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Also double check the price of the game sometimes when it falls below 49¢ (typically with bundle discounts) steam will have issues processing payment.

1 month ago
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The issue still persists - not account specific as my dad has the same issue and we're not even living together. Looks like country specific. Someone from Reddit heard back from supporting saying that they temporarily disabled Paypal for their country (and they have the same message).

I wonder what's that about...

1 month ago
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Hi, exactly same here, it's like this for a few days now.
I'm from Israel.

1 month ago
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Steam has added a new rule disallowing games that violate the rules and standards set forth by payment processors and card networks, or internet network providers. At the same time, many incest themed games were removed from the store.

This is possibly related to PayPal because people in certain regions have not been able to use it to pay on Steam for the past five days.

source - https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/1m17v49/steam_has_added_a_new_rule_disallowing_games_that/

1 month ago
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looks like many games from https://www.steamgifts.com/user/EroticGamesClub was banned

1 month ago
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I'm having the problem directly with Steam lol, not through this site, and I tried a few games so to verify it's not related to a specific game.
I can use the my card to pay, it's just the Paypal option that gets the message in the OP.

1 month ago
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they are doing something and its connected to bad games

1 month ago
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Paypal made Valve remove incest & rape games.

1 month ago
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I never bought an incest game in my life lol, personally I find the theme disgusting.

1 month ago
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well now you won't be able to do that in the future lol

1 month ago
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Fine by me :D I just wonder why they blocked Paypal in certain countries and not in the other ones - how games with incest and rape fit into this? They should release an official statement.

1 month ago
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I don't think this is going to stay long, from a google search I have found this to occure for years to people, from what I understand it should be auto-fixed in the next update... they probably don't announce it because it will return somewhere in the near future to other countries/zones :P

1 month ago
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Valve explain why using PayPal for Steam purchases isn't currently an option in a whole bunch of countries | Rock Paper Shotgun
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/valve-explain-why-using-paypal-for-steam-purchases-isnt-currently-an-option-in-a-whole-bunch-of-countries

Valve Explains Why PayPay Doesn't Work In Some Countries - GameSpot
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/valve-explains-why-paypay-doesnt-work-in-some-countries/1100-6533975/

Steam Support :: Purchasing Issues
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/731C-13C7-7D04-A11E#purpp

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