Starting on November 20th, Steam will change the currency used for sales in Argentina and Turkey to USD. Steam is implementing this with two new pricing regions: LATAM - USD (which includes Argentina) and MENA - USD (which includes Turkey).
As Valve explains it, exchange rate volatility in Argentina and Turkey in recent years has made it hard for game developers to choose appropriate prices for their games and keep them current. Pricing games in USD for customers in Argentina and Turkey will help Steam provide greater stability and consistency for players and partners, while also enabling them to continue to offer a variety of payment methods to Steam users in those countries/territories.
On November 20th, 2023, a day before the Steam Autumn Sale 2023, any balance in your Steam wallet will be converted to USD at the day's exchange rate.
If game developers and publishers do not enter prices for these new regions, those regions will show default USD pricing until they add prices in the LATAM-USD and MENA-USD fields.
SteamDB
We have migrated Turkish lira and Argentinian peso to their own section removed section:
You have to be signed in to SteamDB to access these removed currencies.
SteamDB will keep using Turkey and Argentina to fetch prices for the new regions.
To make comparisons easy, we have taken last history point for the old currencies, converted them to USD using today's currency exchange rate, and added them as the first history point for the new currencies.
Valve suggested prices
SteamDB has fetched Valve's new regional suggested prices, they are equal for LATAM and MENA regions. Here's how the new pricing structure will look:
| U.S. Category | Suggested Price | Old Lira | * | Old Peso | * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.99 USD | $0.89 | ₺11,00 | $0.39 | ARS$ 82,00 | $0.23 |
| $1.99 USD | $1.49 | ₺21,99 | $0.74 | ARS$ 165,00 | $0.47 |
| $2.99 USD | $1.99 | ₺33,00 | $1.17 | ARS$ 249,00 | $0.71 |
| $3.99 USD | $2.49 | ₺45,00 | $1.60 | ARS$ 320,00 | $0.91 |
| $4.99 USD | $2.99 | ₺54,00 | $1.92 | ARS$ 400,00 | $1.14 |
| $5.99 USD | $3.59 | ₺65,00 | $2.31 | ARS$ 475,00 | $1.35 |
| $6.99 USD | $3.99 | ₺75,00 | $2.66 | ARS$ 550,00 | $1.57 |
| $7.99 USD | $4.49 | ₺85,00 | $3.02 | ARS$ 620,00 | $1.77 |
| $8.99 USD | $4.99 | ₺95,00 | $3.37 | ARS$ 700,00 | $2.00 |
| $9.99 USD | $5.79 | ₺105,00 | $3.73 | ARS$ 765,00 | $2.18 |
| $10.99 USD | $6.29 | ₺112,00 | $3.98 | ARS$ 835,00 | $2.38 |
| $11.99 USD | $6.59 | ₺125,00 | $4.44 | ARS$ 900,00 | $2.57 |
| $12.99 USD | $7.29 | ₺130,00 | $4.62 | ARS$ 970,00 | $2.77 |
| $13.99 USD | $7.79 | ₺139,00 | $4.94 | ARS$ 1000,00 | $2.85 |
| $14.99 USD | $7.99 | ₺149,00 | $5.29 | ARS$ 1050,00 | $3.00 |
| $15.99 USD | $8.49 | ₺160,00 | $5.68 | ARS$ 1100,00 | $3.14 |
| $16.99 USD | $8.99 | ₺165,00 | $5.86 | ARS$ 1200,00 | $3.42 |
| $17.99 USD | $9.29 | ₺175,00 | $6.22 | ARS$ 1300,00 | $3.71 |
| $18.99 USD | $9.89 | ₺185,00 | $6.57 | ARS$ 1350,00 | $3.85 |
| $19.99 USD | $10.49 | ₺190,00 | $6.75 | ARS$ 1400,00 | $4.00 |
| $24.99 USD | $12.49 | ₺235,00 | $8.35 | ARS$ 1750,00 | $5.00 |
| $29.99 USD | $14.99 | ₺280,00 | $9.95 | ARS$ 2100,00 | $6.00 |
| $34.99 USD | $17.99 | ₺325,00 | $11.55 | ARS$ 2400,00 | $6.85 |
| $39.99 USD | $18.99 | ₺340,00 | $12.09 | ARS$ 2600,00 | $7.42 |
| $44.99 USD | $20.99 | ₺382,00 | $13.58 | ARS$ 2850,00 | $8.14 |
| $49.99 USD | $22.99 | ₺425,00 | $15.11 | ARS$ 3200,00 | $9.14 |
| $54.99 USD | $25.99 | ₺470,00 | $16.71 | ARS$ 3700,00 | $10.57 |
| $59.99 USD | $26.99 | ₺510,00 | $18.13 | ARS$ 3800,00 | $10.85 |
| $64.99 USD | $29.99 | ₺560,00 | $19.91 | ARS$ 4100,00 | $11.71 |
| $69.99 USD | $32.99 | ₺595,00 | $21.15 | ARS$ 4500,00 | $12.85 |
| $74.99 USD | $34.99 | ₺640,00 | $22.75 | ARS$ 4750,00 | $13.57 |
| $79.99 USD | $36.99 | ₺679,00 | $24.14 | ARS$ 5100,00 | $14.57 |
| $84.99 USD | $38.99 | ₺720,00 | $25.60 | ARS$ 5400,00 | $15.42 |
| $89.99 USD | $41.99 | ₺765,00 | $27.20 | ARS$ 5700,00 | $16.28 |
| $99.99 USD | $45.99 | ₺850,00 | $30.22 | ARS$ 6400,00 | $18.28 |
| $119.99 USD | $55.99 | ₺1050,00 | $37.33 | ARS$ 7600,00 | $21.71 |
| $129.99 USD | $59.99 | ₺1100,00 | $39.11 | ARS$ 8200,00 | $23.42 |
| $149.99 USD | $69.99 | ₺1280,00 | $45.51 | ARS$ 9500,00 | $27.14 |
| $199.99 USD | $92.99 | ₺1700,00 | $60.45 | ARS$ 13000,00 | $37.14 |
* Used exchange rates for 25th October. Lira was converted using exchange rate of 28.12, and Peso using 349.98.
New regions
25 countries/territories in Latin America and the Middle East & North Africa will be receiving regionalized USD pricing for the first time. Some countries/territories in the list below may see pricing increase and others may see pricing decrease depending on how games were priced on Steam by the developer prior to this change.
LATAM-USD Region
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Central America
- Belize
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Nicaragua
- Panama
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South America
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Ecuador
- Guyana
- Paraguay
- Suriname
- Venezuela
MENA-USD Region
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Middle East
- Bahrain
- Egypt
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Lebanon
- Oman
- Palestine
- Turkey
- Yemen
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North Africa
- Algeria
- Libya
- Morocco
- Tunisia
- Sudan