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Warning: Don't buy a gift from the Brazilian steam store. Gifts are region locked. This guide is only for people that want to buy the game from and for their account.

1. GET HOLA
Hola is a browser extension that essentially acts as a VPN. It routes you through an address from another country so you can access certain websites and services.

To get it go to https://hola.org/ and click on the button.

https://i.imgur.com/vlatGy7.png?1

2 Visit the store

You'll have to visit the steam store from through hola so you get proxied through a Brazilian IP. Here's how

1. Type in the store's address in hola
https://i.imgur.com/OAQRme5.png?1
hit enter and hola will take you to steam's website

2. Change the country to Brazil
https://i.imgur.com/Ud4M50U.jpg?1

3. Logging in and changing store settings
Since you're logging in steam from your browser with a Brazilian IP steam will probably send you a confirmation email.

You'll also have to change settings of the steam store so you can get Brazil's prices.

Go to https://store.steampowered.com/account/

https://i.imgur.com/W25rjXA.png?1
Click on the drop list and pick Brazil

4. Adding the game to your cart

After you hit the add to cart button, make sure that the region is set to Brazil
https://i.imgur.com/vzm7wSZ.png
Then, make sure that you don't buy the game as a gift.

5. Paying
Easiest solution would be to pay with a credit card. If you do so, make sure to pick the international credit card. This means that you shouldn't pick the option that has "(national)" next to the card's name.

Use your credit card's information and make sure that the last two options look like this.
https://i.imgur.com/ONmK5Pl.jpg

Note: If you're from Europe or USA, you'll be able to play the game without any problem. Otherwise, here's a small trick (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1019683.msg11090142#msg11090142) you can use to check if a game is locked for your region

If you have any questions, just post here.

This seems technically illegal.

Take the risk at your own chance.

It's not illegal in any way. I don't know why you would consider this risky, you're essentially buying the same game for a different currency and therefore paying a smaller price. 100 Brazilian reals is a more realistic price for Brazil where annual salaries are commonly lower than 10k USD.

Buying it from another region's store and trying to resell in your region would be against steam's TOS. But gifts are region restricted anyway.

Thank you its work :)

If you don't trust this link and I don't blame you, there are plenty of discounts at CJS-Cdkeys, bought Grand Theft Auto V myself from there.

http://www.cjs-cdkeys.com/products/Grand-Theft-Auto-V-CD-Key-%28Digital-Download%29.html

It's not illegal, just seems like an incredibly unnecessary and complicated way of scoring a small discount.

Buying from them would actually be more expensive that getting the game from the Brazilian store for yourself. That's because they can't resell to us from Brazil, we can only buy it for ourselves. I don't know, but the website you shared seems a bit shady, with their https certification being broken and all that. Non authorised key stores were always considered the shady way to get games but that's another story.

Anyway, my personal advice for checking key prices would be to use http://www.allkeyshop.com, they compare prices from nearly all stores.

i think the method would not work , in a few days they will catch you . steam had a strong security no doubt

Yeah I've seen stores that sell at discount due to this type of thing before. I think I'd rather just grab the game with a normal discount than jump through another currency though.

That sounds like a lot of hassle if you ask me, you can get the game for around $50 on ebay (or with no damage to your wallet (apparently) if you torrent it - don't quote me on that one though  ::)
Also I know you guys are talking about the pc version but I just thought I'd mention that you can pick up the Xbox/PS3 version for about $25 (used) on here http://www.jjgames.com/
My favorite place to buy used games online, some of the cheapest prices I've seen plus they accept Bitcoin  ;)

Well, torrenting = certainly illegal.

This method however seems a legal way to get a good discount on an overpriced product.

Twenty something dollars mean a lot to young people who have no money what so ever.

Most young people make near minimum wage.

3 hours of boring crappy work =\= nothing.

Do not forget about people from all around the world from asia or africa. They want to play too and their prices of steam games are way too high.

Buying from another country's store isn't something that bypasses steam's security measures. You can even change your account's country in such a simple way. :P

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cjscdkeys.com is legit. They're one of the largest sellers of game keys.

Its $40 here on Indian Steam store

Seems like it is, however it's region locked to India from what it seems. I checked with the trick I posted here.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1019683.msg11090142#msg11090142

I never thought about buying games that way. However, thanks for sharing!

I do see some nice offers on this forum about this game too. Some people are offering GTA V for $43 (in Bitcoin) on Steam, and even cheaper for Rockstar Social Club. I think I'll get myself such one from Steam soon. (I haven't checked it up, but I believe GTA V on Steam costs €60 over here in the Netherlands).

I'm in Greece, so we're both buying from the European steam store. If you buy the game with the method in the OP you'll be able to get the game with no problems as I did.