Buying the game outside of Europe

[Pizza by Alfredo]

My steam account is UK region. 

The price of the game on steam is £39.99

On other websites it can be found for as little as £16.99.

Some of these sites say it is region: Europe yet display the price in my local currency.

If I buy from those will the game not activate from Asia even though my steam account is registered in the UK.

I really don't want to pay £39.99. 

There are other big name merchants offering the game for much less than £39.99 but they don't specify any region. 

My steam client prices are in £s. When I vividly remember buying fm18 in the local currency of ₩. 

 

Thanks. 

 

[rusty217]

Why not just update your store region to Korea?

I assume the European keys won't work for you because even though your steam account is still UK, your IP address is in Korea.

[Pizza by Alfredo]

I bought the world wide version for £9 more than the EU version on cdkeys. Still £14 cheaper than the UK or Korean steam price. 

I'm fairly sure I could have just had someone log in to my account in UK and activate the EU version and then play it from outside EU but not worth the risk with digital non refundable items. 

 

Reasons not to change location to Korea: multiple; address/docs not in English, location targeted content, government restrictions, can't be chewed. 

 

Cheers.