Valve explains why Paypay doesn't work in some countries

and Some political parties It's a bit weird to pay for services like Steam now as a way to control which games are allowed to be sold. Actually, if you have recently tried to pay on Steam with PayPal, you may notice that the option is not available. Obviously, this is isolated from some countries, and Valve now provides an explanation.

Valve wrote on it: “In early July 2025, PayPal notified Valve that their acquisition of the bank in certain currencies will soon terminate the processing of any transactions related to Steam.” Purchase Question Support Pageas reported by Rock Paper Shotgun. “This affects the purchase of steam, which is purchased in currencies other than Euro, Cad, GBP, JPY, AUD and USD.”

“We want to offer PayPal as an option for these currencies in the future, but the schedule is uncertain.” “We are also evaluating additional payment methods for adding steam to customers affected by this. Meanwhile, please use our current other current payment methods during checkout. If you can't use any of the available options, you can consider adding funds to your account with the Steam Wallet code.”

The valve further confirmed to RPS that this is “about what we have previously relating to steam related to the surroundings” MasterCard. ”

“One of the banks acquired by Paypal decided to stop processing any steam transactions, which cut off Paypal in multiple currencies,” Valve explained through a spokesperson.

In other words, you cannot temporarily use Paypal for steam purchases unless you are paying in Euro, pound, USD (US, Australia, Canada) or Japanese yen.