Use VPN on Steam for a second account?

Question

Hi, I know it's not allowed to use a VPN to purchase games, but what if I download a game with a VPN on a second account and then play it? Will my primary account then be at risk of being banned?

mottral · Answer

VPN use to buy or activate games is absolutely legal in DE. There is no danger

grasshopperfk · Answer

You undertake not to use an IP proxying or any other procedure to conceal the place of your place of residence, and this applies both with a view to circumventing geographical restrictions with regard to the content of games and to purchases at the prices not applicable to your geographical location and for other purposes of corresponding concealment. If you breach this obligation, Valve is entitled to prevent access to your user account.

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I don't know what you mean by "Second Account", but that's gonna refer to all Steam accounts.

moritz5800 · Answer

Hello johanberg1214, in theory yes. It runs on the same PC, you could trace it back. So potentially there's a risk, yes. Greetings, Moritz

johanberg1214 · Answer

Nice to hear, find it just bad to land sooo many games locked here

asporc · Answer

The idea is that in case of a spell, only the ACC with the VPN purchase is gone. I'm not sure if it works or if Steam would get both accs away.

grasshopperfk · Answer

No, that's bullshit. Valve cannot understand whether the accounts are used by one and the same person, especially since the email address will also be different. They will only block the account (if any) and not the respective IP.

asporc · Answer

This could be done by using the Mac address of the network card. But would be much more complicated if one wants to largely exclude abnormalities.

So that would be feasible, but I don't think that's going to happen.

johanberg1214 · Answer

It's done. Delete the 2nd account and retrieve the license. It's too risky.

anakinzockt · Answer

What games are locked? Kids porn games or what lol

grasshopperfk · Answer

The Mac address would not change if two users use the same PC... but as already mentioned, it is not about whether it would be possible.

asporc · Answer

So on I. I don't think that's very rare because of it, but if I think what I bought in the course of the years is almost never too uncertain.

johanberg1214 · Answer

The account is deleted by request but in the case that it does not work. I just let him die. Should it be deleted automatically at some point.

grasshopperfk · Answer

Steam accounts are not automatically deleted. https://support.steamed.com/kb_article.php?ref=1558-QYAX-1965&l=german

johanberg1214 · Answer

Go? There are mass games that have landed on the index in Germany and then either censored (interchanged or completely deleted) and simply completely locked e.g.: Postal or Dead Island.

But it's not the real reason.

mottral · Answer

is not about locked games, but about foreign keys for the games that are significantly cheaper

johanberg1214 · Answer

Well, then it's inactive forever.

johanberg1214 · Answer

So buy only games by key, much cheaper and on a "serious" site can go as well as nothing wrong. And if it comes to something wrong with the Steam Key, it's just the game is removed from the account in the "Worst Case".

bionicsix · Answer

If only the account is about, and not all accounts to the user.

BUT, what do you want to buy for games with VPN? This doesn't work out as easily as you need a foreign credit card, etc., if you want to use Steam's foreign shop.