WhaleTrain
A warning for anyone doing this, Steam are ruthless when it comes to VPN exploits for pricing. Do not do this.
Unfortunately, this deal has expired 8 March 2023.
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35 Posted 8 February 2023
Hogwarts legacy Digital Deluxe Ukraine £21.55 (VPN required) via Steam
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Smiill95
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About this deal
This deal is expired. Here are some options that might interest you:
If you don't have an Ukraine account.
1. Vpn with Ukraine IP.
2. Setup new account.
3. Add new card. I used Revolut.
4. When adding go to Google maps in Ukraine and select any address and copy it. Or Google Ukraine address generator.
5. Google Ukraine phone generator and copy any of them.
6. You don't need the vpn after that to download.
After reading a few comments I tried to find a way to do this safely.
Extra steps:
1. If you have a main steam account.
1.1 Create a 2nd Windows user to install steam, the vpn and to download the games.
1.2 Download the game(s) I would only advice single-player games.
1.3 Start the game to verify you own a license.
1.4 Select Go offline on steam.
You can be in offline mode indefinitely.
799 is about £18
949 is £21.55 as in the screenshot.
1. Vpn with Ukraine IP.
2. Setup new account.
3. Add new card. I used Revolut.
4. When adding go to Google maps in Ukraine and select any address and copy it. Or Google Ukraine address generator.
5. Google Ukraine phone generator and copy any of them.
6. You don't need the vpn after that to download.
After reading a few comments I tried to find a way to do this safely.
Extra steps:
1. If you have a main steam account.
1.1 Create a 2nd Windows user to install steam, the vpn and to download the games.
1.2 Download the game(s) I would only advice single-player games.
1.3 Start the game to verify you own a license.
1.4 Select Go offline on steam.
You can be in offline mode indefinitely.
799 is about £18
949 is £21.55 as in the screenshot.
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Edited by a community support team member, 9 February 2023
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Maverick_TFYou answered my question above, cheers
TeamMCSIt's really toxic companies can have digital regional pricing, and it's even worse than can insta-ban your account which may have plenty of paid for games - but oh, you don't actually own those games. I thought Steam was developed to solve the piracy issue, not encourage it.WhaleTrainThe whole concept of mult-region pricing is always a grey area - morally and legally I guess.
The main reason this exists is to aid consumers in that region - people in Ukraine have a much different pay scale to say the UK and such meaning, naturally the price would be lower to accomodate for wages etc.
If people from places like the UK buy using Ukraine currency, you're essentially avoiding the normal tax you'd pay and any fees the seller would legally need to pay etc. in the country of purchase.
The negative affect of methods like this is that the people of other countries start to suffer as publishers raise prices etc.
Sadly, you agree to the terms when you sign up for an account with any company and even sad that they do clearly indicate this meaning that you have to abide by those rules.
I'm not really for or against using VPN as a way of cheaper pricing, at the end of the day it's what this forum is about - saving money. I've used it before and I do agree that a ban is a step too far imo.- Sam_CrowGive it a fortnight, it'll be around that price here.WhaleTrainWith the reviews, I doubt it - WB will be milking this. (edited)
- Smiill95 AuthorI wasn't aware of the risks of doing this way so I'll just expire the deal. First time buying a game with steam in another country.
Thanks for the info.
I used a new account so I'll only use it with my vpn.
My apologies.WhaleTrainJust be on your guard is all I’ll say. Using and playing via a VPN will be the safest method but it’s not foolproof - Valve may find out.
The other method will be to play entirely offline. 
UzionMuch safer to buy from epic if you're going to do VPN store pricingWhaleTrainI have heard this.
Is it overall much safer? Can you use an existing account with a VPN or do you need to create one in the country of purchase?
italkapple[deleted]WhaleTrainShe has but whether she will remains to be proven. She's had recent experience with 2022's release of Monster Hunter so this, in theory, should be using a relatively similar Denuvo version to Hogwarts (again, in theory).
Hopefully with her experience on that, it'll ring true.
ManCreateDinoNot worth the hassle or risk I don’t think.
gajamaflakeAssuming you can't do this with an existing account- Maverick_TFI’m new to Steam and I have a Steam Deck, are there any issues with getting accounts banned doing this?
I’ve been doing stuff like this on Xbox for years but wanted to check with Steam… at this price I may have to give it a go
chaywaJust don't bother with doing this via Steam, they're good at spotting people doing this and suspending/banning accounts - McShane1I did this for about a year, a good few years back, buying from Turkey. Never ran into any issues, only stopped because they changed how their payment system works to where you need a local currency card, the same way Xbox did it. I'm surprised OP even got this to work with a Revolut card.
I guess since doing that they might crack down on it more now. (edited)
f2k8I still do it till this day with a Turkey account which I family share with my UK account. Although the prices are no way near as good as they use to be, but when a game is on sale in the Turkey store it's cheap as chips, it's only new releases where it's expensive. - Smiill95 AuthorOK
I found a way to do this safely but will be one account only for one game or a few single-player games.
Basically this game is a single-player.
So you can buy the game download it. Start it once to prove you own the game.
Then go to steam offline mode and you won't need it again.
I created new user on Windows to have that Ukrainian account while I'm still using my main steam account for my online games on my main user.
You don't need Internet for this game.
It's some extra steps but if you want to save some money that's up to you to decide if it's worth it.
I would say this way is still better than pirating the game. 
tomtomaszWhat if, and hear me out, you do family sharing of library on the vpn account and keep playing on the main account after purchase? I did a similar thing back in the day with a guy in poland and the other one in germany and we all had access to the entire library but only one could play any given game at the same time.
Also, would adding the said amount to steam wallet and then buying the game from steam wallet funds also be considered in the vpn crackdown from valve? I can always say I just wanted to help a fellow gamer that was war-afflicted. (edited)Smiill95 AuthorI didn't want to do it that way because maybe they ban your account and don't know if they will go after your main account.
Also you can always clone your drive to have that copy of the game with that login.
Also in offline mode because its a single player you can play at anytime you want. Not only one at the same time.
egysrac17Yeah, say this point you may as well just wait for EMPRESS to sort this out for us. Allegedly she said "10 days" to Denuvo.
Kai_KinderThey also said that Denuvo is getting harder and harder to crack with each release and this iteration is out of their skill range...
If you HAVE to do this though, as a min. just ensure this is on a fresh account and always play via a VPN. Whether it'll work or not, is your own decision.
Do this at your own risk.