Steam allows a lot more currencies than that, they didn't restrict PayPal.

The acquiring bank that PayPal uses have apparently removed the use of currencies outside of those you listed on Steam. Both PayPal and Steam are trying to solve this problem, but have no estimate on a fix.

Its not Steam, it's paypal who put those restrictions in place.

PayPal use on Steam is currently unavailable in my currency. Why?

In early July 2025, PayPal notified Valve that their acquiring bank for payment transactions in certain currencies was immediately terminating the processing of any transactions related to Steam. This affects Steam purchases using PayPal in currencies other than EUR, CAD, GBP, JPY, AUD and USD.

We hope to offer PayPal as an option for these currencies in the future but the timeline is uncertain. We are also evaluating adding additional payment methods on Steam for the customers affected by this.

In the meantime, please use one of our other current payment methods during checkout. If you can't use any of the available options, you can consider using a Steam Wallet code to add funds to your account.

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Originally posted by datCookie:

Steam allows a lot more currencies than that, they didn't restrict PayPal.

The acquiring bank that PayPal uses have apparently removed the use of currencies outside of those you listed on Steam. Both PayPal and Steam are trying to solve this problem, but have no estimate on a fix.

Pretty much. This is a thing for Steam because Steam more so than any other platform supports a wide range of currency options.

And the way around it is simply to link you paypal to an account in the core currencies.

Originally posted by miamew3:

Its not Steam, it's paypal who put those restrictions in place.

It's not PayPal, it's an acquiring bank they use for other currencies that is refusing the transactions. Until PayPal either convince that bank to stop being stupid, or they replace it with another one, this problem won't be properly fixed. Keep in mind, the same issue can affect other stores, too.

Originally posted by DeathStar:

Epic Games Store better than Steam when it comes to PayPal payment?.

Thats a hard blow for all the haters who raged about EPIC for years.

Originally posted by miamew3:

Its not Steam, it's paypal who put those restrictions in place.

PayPal use on Steam is currently unavailable in my currency. Why?

In early July 2025, PayPal notified Valve that their acquiring bank for payment transactions in certain currencies was immediately terminating the processing of any transactions related to Steam. This affects Steam purchases using PayPal in currencies other than EUR, CAD, GBP, JPY, AUD and USD.

We hope to offer PayPal as an option for these currencies in the future but the timeline is uncertain. We are also evaluating adding additional payment methods on Steam for the customers affected by this.

In the meantime, please use one of our other current payment methods during checkout. If you can't use any of the available options, you can consider using a Steam Wallet code to add funds to your account.

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love how you say it's paypal, yet linked and copy/pasted a text that clearly say its not paypal doing it.

I'd rather stop gaming than using Epic.

Originally posted by ChuTheMan:

Originally posted by miamew3:

Its not Steam, it's paypal who put those restrictions in place.



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love how you say it's paypal, yet linked and copy/pasted a text that clearly say its not paypal doing it.

Guess you never read it

In early July 2025, PayPal notified Valve that their acquiring bank for payment transactions in certain currencies was immediately terminating the processing of any transactions related to Steam.

It does indeed say its coming from Paypals side, not Steams.

Originally posted by ChuTheMan:

love how you say it's paypal, yet linked and copy/pasted a text that clearly say its not paypal doing it.

Not from PayPal?

In early July 2025, PayPal notified Valve that their acquiring bank for payment transactions in certain currencies was immediately terminating the processing of any transactions related to Steam.

Originally posted by Nx Machina:

Originally posted by ChuTheMan:

love how you say it's paypal, yet linked and copy/pasted a text that clearly say its not paypal doing it.

Not from PayPal?

In early July 2025, PayPal notified Valve that their acquiring bank for payment transactions in certain currencies was immediately terminating the processing of any transactions related to Steam.

My guess is that they refer to the part about the acquiring bank. Either way, it's some bs that Valve didn't do.

Yes it's true that Epic Store PayPal option is available in a lot more countries than on Steam.

Epic doesn't allow porn of any kind, so they were never in danger of acquiring banks used by PayPal deciding to stop doing business with EGS.

Originally posted by WolfEisberg:

Yes it's true that Epic Store PayPal option is available in a lot more countries than on Steam.

I would guess that epic itself is supporting less currencies then Steam, and therefore fall back to USD in those which they do not use local currencies.

Was the same case for steam back in the day before they slowly added local currencies starting 2008 or so....

Originally posted by Wolfpig:

Originally posted by WolfEisberg:

Yes it's true that Epic Store PayPal option is available in a lot more countries than on Steam.

I would guess that epic itself is supporting less currencies then Steam, and therefore fall back to USD in those which they do not use local currencies.

Was the same case for steam back in the day before they slowly added local currencies starting 2008 or so....

Epic support 44 currencies and 52 regional pricing regions.

Steam offers 37 currencies and 41 regional pricing regions.

Originally posted by Chika Ogiue:

Originally posted by miamew3:

Its not Steam, it's paypal who put those restrictions in place.

It's not PayPal, it's an acquiring bank they use for other currencies that is refusing the transactions. Until PayPal either convince that bank to stop being stupid, or they replace it with another one, this problem won't be properly fixed. Keep in mind, the same issue can affect other stores, too.

PayPal is not a transactions handler like Mastercard and Visa. You actually store money on their accounts and then you use their accounts to pay for stuff on Steam.

PayPal is in a way a bank. So they put the restrictions on Steam.

Steam could die today and i would still not even consider using Epic.