Ask HB support. They'll be able to give you a proper and official reply.
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Do they assist people with activated keys, I don't think they will give me a new key lol.
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You bought a game for you, but why your friend activated it for you? O.o
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I could not activate the game in Australia for some weird reasons.
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does the country from my profile count? I live in Australia (the actual country) but chose Christmas Island for no particular reasons.
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i think store region is set via the IP you have used while using steam the first time... profile region is for show status only...
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thanks but does steam still work like this because it was a year ago
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It should work, I don't think anything really changed. Also you can try contacting HB support in the meantime as some other users suggested and asking them what to do, because there is really nothing about regional restriction for Civ 6 on their website.
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I wonder, is it the same case with the ones that have some extra DRM, like Uplay or what not?
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Im trying now, but don't think it will help because I already added the game into my library.
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For future check here first, people seem to know lot more than Humble :)
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thanks, but i still have no idea why they give random keys from other regions
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there were two options for Valve&Co when trader abused the store regions...
making all games same price for every region wich would kill gaming in countries like russia...
or region lock, to get sure people in "poor" countries can still buy games...
some region locks can base on licence restrictions or local laws...
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Just wanted to say that the part about people in "poor" countries getting cheaper prices only applies to some regions. Russia isn't poor by any stretch of imagination, it has an upper/middle income, and yet it gets very attractive prices.
For comparison, people in Africa (ROW), where the average income is either lower, or much lower (depending on the country) than Russia's, and yet we pay the same price for games as in the US. It's hardly fair or balanced. I can't say I fully understand the economics behind regional pricing, but I think market shares have a great deal to do with it, Russia with its demographics must account for a large number of accounts/sales, that's why it gets its own price. The sales from African countries must be negligible and too low to warrant prices that are more in line with the level of incomes there.
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that's usually the case why Valve does not adjust Prices/currencies for countries where they barely make sales. recently they added a bunch of new currencies, like Vietnamese Dong. Vietnamse customers were waiting for this for a long time though. if you think about it, like 3 years ago, there were only around 12 currencies on Steam, now they have 40.
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that's why i use the "..." :)
"Russia isn't poor by any stretch of imagination"
well it is... and for sure when it's about imagination...
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yea i think it was only realy worth for indie devs... big companies make enough money, at least the ones that are left...^^
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I tried many VPNs but none of them worked, any suggestions? thanks
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You can use a VPN and then change you steam address so after that Steam will think that you live there and you can play the game.
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its a risky thing to do but it will work a few of my friends doing this and don't have any problem.
But if you are not in a Hurry then wait for itself to unlock
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never mess with locations and store via VPN...
activating games is "tolerated" by Volvo nothing more... most other things can end in a account lock...
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can confirm that it works. Have just today unlocked an region restricted game that i have akvitaved with vpn. Had to wait 3 month The game was a Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition (row) that cant be aktivated in germany. Can now install and play the game.
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3 months? what happens after 3 months? I have no idea. Could you please tell me?
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After the aktivation i have recived the message when i have tried to start the game: You cant install the game, the game doesnt availible at your region. Today i have tested this again. now i can install the game without any problems.
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Does it work for all regions because some people said it doesn't
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Steam region locks vanish exactly 88 days after activation (speaking of those locks that won't let you install or play the game). I have verified this numerous times as I activated my friend actived region locked stuff (key and gifts) with VPN quite often.
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According to my friend, the product is a little weird because its in Asia, and never happened before (he works for a steam keys website in Asia) .
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Are you sure that YOU bought the Humble Bundle and not your friend? If you bought it, is your paymenth method (credit card/PayPal) based in Asia? there are a bunch of Region locks (see here https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/HWJyZ/) but no indication about Australia and what keys they get. If you bought in from HB, contact their Support, they are usually pretty quick (1 day) resonding to tickets.
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When you say not my friend, what does it mean by that? Also, my payment method is based in Asia and bought it from HB, does the support help if I activated the key and the game has been added into my library?
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I was asking whether you are sure that you bought the bundle. not that your friend bought it.
asian payment method explains why you got an asian key. I would still try contacting them, and explain your situation, maybe they can revoke the key you activated and send you a ROW key instead. other than that, you can wait it out and play in 3 months.
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Does it work for all regions because some people said it doesn't
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I have my friend has activated keys and gifts from CIS/RU, SA and US/NA regions, and those that had a "no install/no play" lock always worked after exactly 88 days, no matter if they were RU gifts (back when it worked) or US keys.
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I think you cannot change the region, unless you have a proof, like a payment method or address from that country.
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can i tell my friend to log on to my account in another country to change it? And is the account region the one you find under account details?
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Yes, but it doesn't change anything if you chamge it i think (I never changed it). Steam activation checks your IP when there are region restrictions. If you change your region in steam successfully you see the region's pricing, that's pretty much the only difference. Installing or playing the game with an Australian IP address still won't work I think. But you are free to experiment and report back.
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I bought Civilization 6 from humble bundle, however, the game is region lock. My friend from another country activated the game for me but I still can't play it in my own country. Any ways to fix this? Or can I play the game without restriction after 3 months?
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