Valve explain why using PayPal for Steam purchases isn't currently an option in a whole bunch of countries

The folks down the Steamy storefront are looking into moves that could assistance affected players

If you've tried to wage for thing connected Steam via PayPal implicit the past period and a bit, lone to beryllium told you can't, Valve person present offered an mentation arsenic to why, pointing to a slope that antecedently handled PayPal transactions successful definite currencies arsenic having abruptly terminated its support.

Folks successful affected countries archetypal noticed notifications informing them PayPal was "currently unavailable" successful their portion of the satellite astir a period ago. There's been a dependable watercourse of Reddit posts from folks who've gotten to checkout and been told this since then.

While those examples didn't spot Valve connection immoderate further mentation of what was up, a subordinate has present been directed to one, with the aforesaid connection having been added to Steam's enactment leafage for purchasing issues.

"In aboriginal July 2025, PayPal notified Valve that their acquiring slope for outgo transactions successful definite currencies was instantly terminating the processing of immoderate transactions related to Steam," Valve wrote. "This affects Steam purchases utilizing PayPal successful currencies different than EUR, CAD, GBP, JPY, AUD and USD." Hence folks successful nations that don't usage euros, pounds, yen, oregon dollars of the Canadian / American / Australian assortment being incapable to bargain Steam's wares via PayPal.

"We anticipation to connection PayPal arsenic an enactment for these currencies successful the aboriginal but the timeline is uncertain," Valve continued. "We are besides evaluating adding further outgo methods connected Steam for the customers affected by this. In the meantime, delight usage 1 of our different existent outgo methods during checkout. If you can't usage immoderate of the disposable options, you tin see utilizing a Steam Wallet codification to adhd funds to your account."

I've reached retired to Valve and PayPal for comment.

As of writing, it's unclear whether this is related to the Valve's caller argumentation changes regarding big contented connected Steam, which they assertion were successful effect to unit from outgo processors and different fiscal parties similar acquiring banks (who themselves look to person been pressured by anti-porn run radical Collective Shout) past month. It mightiness beryllium unrelated: portion Valve person lone offered the vague model of "early July" arsenic the constituent erstwhile PayPal began backing out, the earliest Reddit station I've recovered from idiosyncratic affected is dated July 12, which looks to pre-date the big games/payment processor play kicking disconnected by astatine slightest a fewer days.

At slightest present folks aren't near wondering if this is conscionable a impermanent outage and/or regular maintenance. Hopefully Valve tin find a mode to astatine slightest connection those utilizing affected currencies much alternate options erstwhile they propulsion their cart afloat of Euro Truck Sim DLC and... different worldly that's not Euro Truck Sim DLC to the till.