Local Steam users can no longer purchase these games

Following Steam’s migration to the use of our local currency, the Rand, for South African users of the digital distribution platform, it was noted that a number of games are no longer purchasable.

Valve has said that it should be a temporary issue, one easily solved the moment those games are priced locally, in ZAR, but no dates were given.

According to Valve, “No changes have been made to the contents of your library. All of the languages and features in the games that existed when the store was priced in USD are still available.”

It’s reassuring to know that it doesn’t affect any of our currently owned games, and perhaps even more fortunate for Valve that it hasn’t seem to have affected Fallout 4.

It’s safe to say that if we had lost access to Fallout 4 owing to the migration, however brief the loss may have been, we would not be happy gamers – we may very well have broken out the proverbial pitchforks and torches.

For those wondering, we’ve compiled a list of some of the games currently unavailable for purchase on Steam locally:

Tales of Symphonia

Full Bore

The Evil Within

Kentucky Route Zero

Gang Beasts

Desktop Dungeons

Samurai Gunn

Project Zomboid

The Standley Parable

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Fallout 3

Fallout: New Vegas

Tiny Barbarian DX

Ikaruga

Final Fantasy III

Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe

Planetary Annihilation

7 Days to Die

Card Hunter

JumpJet Rex

Vagante

Mystik Belle

Slain!

A Pixel Story

Grey Goo

Sproggiwood

Puzzle Quest 2

ARK: Survival Evolved

Starbound

Don Bradman Cricket 14

We can guarantee the list is quite a lot larger than that, and it’s more than likely that any franchises that contain the games mentioned above will be affected entirely.

Fallout 4 remains unaffected while Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas are, but that seems to be the exception rather than the rule.

Fortunately there are no major Steam sales going on at the moment, not unless you count the Steam Machine Sale. It’s hardly a large sale by Steam’s standards, but it does contain some solid titles. Also, all of them are available for purchase in SA.

Speaking of which, we hope for Valve’s sake that this issue is solved by the time Steam’s inevitable Christmas Sale hits.

And is anyone scratching their head at Desktop Dungeon, a South African game’s, unavailability? Other local hits like Broforce and STASIS, on the other hand, are ready and waiting for you to pick them up. And trust us when we say that they’re well worth a purchase.