Steam was temporarily blocked in Indonesia, but has now been reinstated along with several other online services.
As first reported by Niko Partners' Daniel Ahmad earlier today on August 2, Steam had unfortunately been banned in Indonesia by Kominfo, the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. It turns out this was because Valve had actually failed to register with Kominfo prior to an imposed deadline, and were now subject to being blocked for all Indonesian users.
The good news is that Valve has registered with Kominfo and Steam is now officially unblocked and accessible in Indonesia. However, Epic Games Store / Services and EA's Origin still remained blocked and there is no official confirmation on whether they plan to register yet. https://t.co/0BwK16HpzlAugust 2, 2022
The block list didn't stop at Valve though. The Epic Games Store and EA's Origin client were also blocked throughout the nation, as were PayPal and Yahoo. All these companies, just like Valve, had failed to register with the Indonesian government and were subjected to the complete ban.
The good news is that now Steam, PayPal, and Yahoo have all been reinstated in Indonesia. Thanks to Valve and company having now registered with Kominfo and the Indonesian government, their services have finally been unblocked, and normal service can resume for PC gamers throughout the country.
In fact, Kominfo has actually apologized to Indonesians for blocking Valve and Steam. As reported by Tech Nave (opens in new tab), director of Kominfo, Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, said he felt gamers' frustration and sympathized with them, partly because he's also partial to a video game or two (apparently he's an avid fan of golf games).
Unfortunately, the Epic Games
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