The tenge in Steam: the rate and how to top up the wallet
The tenge (KZT) is the wallet currency of Steam accounts whose region is Kazakhstan. Store prices, the balance and purchases on such an account are all in tenge.
The Steam rate of the tenge
Steam converts sums between currencies at rates of its own. They are refreshed once a day and may differ from the official rate and from exchange offices by a few percent.
The current rate is on the Steam exchange rates page: pick KZT as the base currency and the table shows how many dollars, roubles and other currencies a tenge buys. The chart shows how the rate moved over a week, a month and a year.
How to convert tenge at the Steam rate
- Open the Steam exchange rates.
- Pick KZT in “Base currency”.
- Type the sum in tenge into “Amount” — say, 5000.
- The row of your currency shows that sum converted.
The other way round works the same: pick your currency as the base, type the sum and read the answer in the KZT row.
Mind that the price of a game in tenge is not its price elsewhere multiplied by the rate. Publishers set prices for every region separately, so the same game costs differently in different regions.
How to top up Steam in tenge
If the region of the account is Kazakhstan, any top-up lands in the wallet in tenge. There are several ways:
- the payment methods Steam itself offers in your country — under “Account details”;
- a Steam Wallet code: it is redeemed on the account and credited in the wallet currency;
- a top-up by login. In Play Wallet you enter the Steam login and the sum, pay — and the money arrives in the wallet already in tenge. It usually takes up to five minutes.
A top-up by login is converted to the currency of the account, so the result in tenge may differ slightly from the estimate. If the money is for a particular game, add a small margin.
Why the account suddenly has tenge
It happens to new accounts with no purchases yet: on the first top-up Steam picks the region itself, and it may turn out to be Kazakhstan. See the article about the risks of topping up a new account.
The tenge can be changed to another currency only together with the region of the account. How that works is described in How to change the currency in Steam.
