Steam, the most important platform in the gaming world, has been offering countless productions to players in Turkish Lira for years. Due to the recent high exchange rate volatility, Steam made a critical decision.

Steam games will be calculated in USD

According to the announcement made by Steam  , since it has become more difficult to adjust prices in Turkey and Argentina, USD pricing will be implemented as of November 20. The balances of users with Turkish Lira in their accounts will be converted to Dollars at the exchange rate of that day.

Steam announced that it will remove Turkish Lira support on the platform. The digital game distribution platform will convert games and existing balances into dollars on the application as of November 20.

Steam , a digital video game distribution platform  , is used for wide distribution of games.

Steam, which also serves in Turkey, announced that it will now withdraw its Turkish Lira support.

DOLLAR  RATE WAS FIXED AT 10 TL

Steam fixed the dollar exchange rate from 1.8 TL to 10 TL in 2022.

However, the digital  game  distribution platform announced that as of November 20, all games on Steam will be sold in dollars and even existing balances will be converted to dollars.

Thus, the games on the platform will increase by approximately 200 percent.

In the statement made by Steam,  "The high exchange rate volatility experienced in Argentina and Turkey in recent years has made it difficult for game developers to choose appropriate prices in these currencies and keep them constantly updated.

We encounter this feedback very often in our developer meetups and chats. In addition, we have experienced significant difficulty in keeping Steam payment methods up-to-date and working due to constant exchange rate fluctuations, fees, taxes, and logistical issues in these countries/regions.

"Changing prices to USD for Steam customers in Argentina and Turkey helps us provide a more standardized and consistent service to both players and partners, while also meaning we can continue to offer a variety of payment methods to Steam users living in these countries/regions." .