What the same game costs in another country
The top games of the last three years, priced in four first-party digital stores across 28 markets.
Game prices on every market
Hover over a cell to view the local price. Markets are ordered from the most affordable to the most expensive by median, with the baseline column and the comparison column outlined.
On a phone the map scrolls sideways: swipe to see all the markets, tap a cell for the local price.
median difference, regular prices
median against the UK
median against the UK
Markets from cheapest to dearest
Median across games of each market's price against the same game in the baseline market.
The table
Regular prices in the baseline market and in the market picked above, in local currencies; that market's euro equivalent at the day's rate; and the difference. * on promotion that day (regular price shown), † excludes sales tax.
| Game | Platform | In EUR | vs baseline |
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Where the differences come from
Publishers do not convert prices; they select a tier. Within the US PlayStation Store, each of the 30 titles sits on one of nine tiers ending in .99, from 14.99 to 79.99 USD. In other regions the same title is assigned to the corresponding tier in the local currency.
The euro carries the same number as the dollar. In 18 of the 28 PS5 games the German and the US price have the same figure, 69.99 for instance. But a euro is worth more than a dollar, and the European price includes VAT while the US price does not. That is why the euro zone pays well over ten percent more than the US.
Tax. In the US, store prices do not include state sales tax. In Europe and Japan the tax is already in the price: VAT in the EU ranges from 17 to 27 % depending on the country, the UK applies 20 % and Japan 10 %. The disparity in tax alone accounts for most of the price gap between the US and Europe.
Regional pricing. Stores give publishers tools to price each market separately. Valve's Steamworks documentation outlines three methods for converting a base dollar price into 37 currencies and 4 regional groups: by exchange rate, by purchasing power, or a combination of both. This explains why India, Ukraine, Turkey, Brazil and Argentina are 19 to 42 % less expensive than Poland, whereas Switzerland and Israel are 8 and 16 % more costly.
Exchange rates. Japan is 37 % more affordable because its yen prices sit on tiers of 8,800 or 9,800 yen, and the yen has lost a lot of value in recent years. Publishers avoid updating price lists every quarter, so a weakened currency keeps the market cheap until an adjustment is made.
Poland is priced in line with the West. The median gap relative to Czechia stands at 1 %, while the euro zone and the UK show a 1 to 2 % gap. Publishers equate the zloty price to the euro price, omitting the discount usual for developing markets. Poland does not overpay against the West; it merely lacks the reduction afforded to poorer markets.
How to read this
- Exchange rates from the day the prices were collected. Euro figures are the PLN equivalent divided by the EUR rate.
- United States: in the digital stores games are sold at a price without state sales tax.
- Only base editions are compared — Deluxe, Gold or Ultimate editions are excluded.
- Prices are regular prices; promotions are not shown.