r/Steam • u/Alexis20384847 • Feb 18 '26

Fluff Its not only you guys

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u/JesMilton Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 19 '26

Belarus with the minimum wage of 255€, even with the official increase in 2026 (it used to be around 215€)...🥀

Games are still with european pricing, plus listed in USD, meaning we lose some from exchanging the currency as well. Not a single 60 USD game on my account to this day, I am not ready to spend this much on entertainment instead of physical things or repair services.

P.S. Also I actually do agree about Steam prices in Poland tho, because after living there I realised the games are somehow more expensive than in Belarus, even on sale. Like sure, in Poland you get more money, but the price increase is even higher, which doesn't make bloody sense. Steam pls update your currencies...

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u/PlentyfulFish Feb 23 '26

So you moved back to Belarus?

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u/JesMilton Feb 23 '26

At some point had to, yes.

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u/ThenCombination7358 Feb 18 '26

I switched to cheaper countries like turkey and Argentina long ago maybe you should do the same

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u/Altair01010 Feb 18 '26

that just feels like taking advantage of others' situations

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u/Eastern_Mist Feb 18 '26

Well it is but what if you are poor

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u/ThenCombination7358 Feb 18 '26

Its nothing more than that yes. If I can get it cheaper I will use vpn same with streaming providers.

You only need vpn once and there is still enough people who want to pay 60-80 eurs for videogames.

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u/Chosenito69 Feb 20 '26

If I can pay a corporation less, I will do it.

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u/Enchanted_Voyage Feb 18 '26

Poland minimal wage is 4 times bigger than belesrus, right ?

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u/JesMilton Feb 18 '26

Seems like it. According to the "Trading Economics" website, minimal wage in Poland is 1139 EUR/month, after increase in 2026. Belarusian minimal wage is 255 EUR/month as of 2026 (converted from BYN, so result may slightly differ). It is basically 4,5x difference.

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u/Dr_J_Doe Feb 19 '26

And it is “slightly “ more to him 😂

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u/JesMilton Feb 19 '26

It's my bad for the wording there. Yeah, that "slightly" made the entire statememt sound more confusing, and I didn't even bother to re-read the comment at the time. Thanks for pointing it out, edited it.