It's possible, but risky, as it requires some tampering with Steam's files. You could lose your account because of it.

"Hello Lukas,

We cannot provide support for purchasing outside of your territory.

Unfortunately, this game is not currently available in your territory from Steam.

We are unable to release any information on whether this game will be made available in your area.

Please refer to the Steam store for all news and information on the availability of this game on Steam.

The Steam storefront can be found through the following link:
http://store.steampowered.com/ "

God! They can't answer a single question. I just need an yes or no answer and that's it. All I'm asking them if this is what they said or not, because I didn't understand well and I wanted to rephrase it and ask them if it's what they meant.
What the hell is their probmem?
I'm not asking any more than they told me.
They could at least say "No, we did not mean that, we meant "..." and we can't help you on what you thought we meant." i I got it wrong.

Oh, let it be. That's just some corporation's interests talking. They will only say what they are legally obliged to...

Then should I cancel my physical pre-order, and then just... GET IT FREE? ;'(((((((((((((
I remembered I still have yet to receive a message from Bethesda.
I'll just cancel the pre-order and when/if I receive the reply from Bethesda I'll see if I should pre-order again.

Cancel the pre-order, yes. But then try something local like http://www.gamecard.lt/. Only if that doesn't work will we be forced to hoist anchor . Hey, it's not like it's our fault.

If it doesn't work I can't get my money returned.
Steam says they don't like when people do keys D:
Are you gonna do this?

Yes you can. They have a money-back guarantee in case the key doesn't work. So yeah, I'll give them a try.

Well, when you try them tell me how it goes.

Damn, that is bad that you're not allowed to play Skyrim.

What you could do is find a REALLY cheap game that is blocked in your country and buy that from the US/Europe and see if it works, there are loads of super cheap games on steam.

It's a shame that you might not be able to buy this game, but at least you can get it if Steam fails you (Captain Blackbeard will get some copies into his stock).

Well I'm pretty sure it can be different with every game. I'm not gonna purchase a game just to find out if another game would work. This is just too ridiculous.
I'll just wait for a reply, and if I find out I can't play it, then Bethesda will lose $60 from me.
And yeah, I'll have to get it from Johnny Depp if I can't play it.

Thanks for the idea.

I guess that thinking that this game would be worldwide was a mistake, hearing about Lukas's problems with getting this game is just dire.

+! reason for why Steam = Steaming pile of doggie doo.


I would just like to clarify this:

- Buying directly through steam using a different region is definitely not allowed and will get your account banned
- No one that I know of has been banned from buying a game through steam via their own region, and using a proxy to unlock earlier release dates (done this myself to get some games unlocked early)
- Steam cannot police where you can buy retail copies and keys from. If you buy a retail box from the USA and activate it in Europe, this is not against Steams EULA because you didnt pay for the game through Steam.

The problem for the OP is that Steam flat out do not sell this game in his region. However buying a retail copy and activating the key on steam wont get his account banned.

I understand that if someone would gift me Skyrim from US it will not get my account banned, but there could be other problems like Skyrim not showing up in my game library.
I have no idea what will happen if someone gift me Skyrim from the US through steam because steam "support" won't tell me.

If I receive a gift of Skyrim from US, what would happen? I mean, I also have the option of getting it through Steam as a gift from a friend in US.
I've never received a gift of a game that isn't available in my country, and I just fear that the money will go into oblivion, or some [censored] will prevent me from playing it.

Take a look at http://forum.notebookreview.com/gaming-software-graphics-cards/434799-steam-activations-region-locking.html.

Is that any help?

Thanks.
Not much help though. It seems like they're allowed or not allowed to play different games randomly.

Lukas, I've just sent you quite lengthy private message. Please read

BUMP. Anyone else has any ideas?

Just purchased Skyrim using TF2 items on steam. I will post what happens on 11/11/11.
Excited.

Hello from Latvia
PS

yeah..and people are worshiping steam as being the best digital distributor..scumcorp at its best.Actually bethesda is not friendly either, forcing people to play this game through steam.

Skyrim currently appears in my Steam Games Library. Everything looks fine.

Everything should be universal but nope Beth thinks with their money instead of with their heart.

UPDATE: Skyrim is pre-loading!
Looks like everything will work out!