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Steam No Longer Requires An Account To Buy Someone A Gift, No Region Restrictions Anymore
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this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2026
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That is incorrect, even though it was written as such in the article. According to the Valve source they point to, the gift’scost is calculated at checkout based on the receiver’s region. You can gift to any other region, as long as the game is available there
That doesn't apply retroactively to existing giftable games+keys though, I presume.