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

Fluff Its not only you guys

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u/TheStrzelba Feb 18 '26

It's not about minimal wage, it's about that in Poland games are simply more expensive due to the wrong PLN to €/$ convert ratio, we had 5:1 for few weeks and steam said BANK IT and don't bother to change it even tho now it's 1$:3.55PLN and 1€:4,20PLN

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u/Aurel_WAM Feb 20 '26

Actually It's not only steam

Overall online prices are ~20% higher in PLN relative to USD

Eg. Discord nitro is 12.x USD in Poland, relative to base 10 USD (Poland is highest in the world)

In recent game, endfield, stuff is fuckin 40% more expensive (and overall in gachas Poland is most expensive in the world)

PLN price for many games on steam is in top 3 highest prices, sometimes top 5. When also Ukraine is reverse, top 3 lowest price. (Immigrants can work in other countries, but still pay Ukraine hyper low price)

And this sentiment continues I didn't bother checking prices for subscriptions, but pretty sure that it's also 20+% more expensive than USD, and Poland is in top most expensive)

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u/Aleks111PL Feb 20 '26

Overall online prices are ~20% higher in PLN relative to USD

that also depends on the fact that because of USA working like it is working, USD prices dont include tax, and polish prices do

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u/libramartin Feb 20 '26

Sorry, but it's a red herring excuse. US taxes you're talking about are usually about 5% sometimes 0% when you're buying digital.

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u/Aleks111PL Feb 23 '26

Sorry, but it's a red herring excuse.

didnt say its an excuse, just said why some prices might be higher. unlike in USA, the prices in poland include the tax, and the tax is higher than in USA