Steam seems to be cracking down on rule violations recently, especially for users who try to circumvent regional restrictions by using VPNs or Steam codes or gift reseller sites.

The immense popularity of Helldivers2 has led to numerous attempts to overturn existing restrictions on Sony's game activation in Russia and Belarus. In combination with users, 20,000 Steam accounts

Steam accounts in Russia and Belarus are no longer able to activate games developed by Sony as of March 2 this year.This reflects the existing 2022 ban on the sale of PlayStation in Russia as a response to the Ukrainian War. Still, it's not stopping many from resorting to less scrupulous means to acquire Sony-published games like Helldivers2, which was released in the same month.

VPN providers and reseller sites are often touting easy ways to circumvent regional restrictions on a variety of platforms. You can also use the following methods: To circumvent the current restrictions, Russian and Belarusian users can spoof locations, purchase third-party Steam gifts, and play banned games.

However, attempts to overturn the restrictions have sparked a Steam ban en masse for accounts deemed to be in breach of the Steam User Agreement. It seems to be (via Overclockers.ru

It's not just Russian and Belarusian accounts that are the subject of Valve's latest crackdown. There have been reports of some cases of accounts where gifts from multiple regions are blocked, but in other cases, Steam users who purchased from the reseller site "Glow

who believe their account was wrongly penalized should contact the Steam Support agent via the Steam Support Help site." We recommend that you contact our site for more information.

This month, the Steam service was also banned in Vietnam, which remains an unknown reason at present. While some Steam users in Vietnam will quickly recommend VPNs to circumvent the new restrictions, this latest wave of bans will allow these accounts to be locked.

Steam is now in an enviable position to dominate the online PC gaming market and has been viewed by many as a repository for their personal digital game library. For however, as these recent account bans indicate, if Valve detects anything in its current Steam subscriber agreement that it deems to be suspicious activity, access to the game

we have contacted Valve for comments on the latest ban and will update this article if we receive a response. In the meantime, if you're considering buying a reseller key, or using a Vpn to circumvent Steam's restrictions, these latest developments suggest it's not really a good idea.

After all, steam certainly does not giveth, but in a moment's notice, it can be taketh away, too.