Is Xbox Game Pass Available in Nigeria? Price, PS Plus and Steam
Game Pass isn't on Xbox's country list for Nigeria, and PlayStation has no Nigerian store. Prices, codes, cloud gaming and what Steam charges there.
No. Xbox Game Pass is not officially available in Nigeria. Nigeria isn't on Xbox's list of supported countries and regions as of 11 November, so there's no official sign-up and no price in naira. PlayStation has no Nigerian site either. Here's what the official pages say, what Game Pass and PS Plus cost in South Africa, the only African country where both are officially sold, and what Steam charges Nigerian players.
Is Xbox Game Pass available in Nigeria?
Not officially. Xbox keeps one page listing the countries and regions where its products and services are supported, from consoles and the Xbox app to every Game Pass plan and Xbox Cloud Gaming. Nigeria isn't on it, and neither are Ghana or Kenya. In Africa, the list covers Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, which get PC Game Pass only, and South Africa, the one country south of the Sahara where Xbox sells Game Pass.
Nigeria wasn't part of the 2023 expansion either: when PC Game Pass reached 40 new countries on 11 April 2023, Xbox's list didn't include it. Xbox says that if your country isn't listed, you should "check back with us soon", because it expands its services frequently. It hasn't announced anything for Nigeria.
How much is Game Pass in Nigeria?
There's no Nigerian price, because Xbox doesn't sell it there. The only official Game Pass prices in sub-Saharan Africa are South Africa's. Xbox's South African site listed these monthly prices on 11 November:
- Essential: R139
- Premium: R199
- Ultimate: R239
- PC Game Pass: R209
In the US, the same plans cost $9.99, $14.99, $22.99 and $13.99 a month. Those prices are for accounts in those countries, not an option for Nigeria.
Do cheap Game Pass codes work in Nigeria?
Xbox warns against counting on them. Its support page says Game Pass subscription cards "are only redeemable in the country or region purchased and cannot be redeemed in any other country or region", so that pricing reflects each local economy.
Xbox recommends buying a card from the country you live in, and says that includes "third-party online resellers who advertise lower-priced codes than retail value". A code from the wrong region shows an error saying it isn't redeemable in your country or region, and Xbox sends you back to the seller for a replacement or refund, under that seller's own policy. Xbox gift cards only spend in the marketplace of their currency, so a US card only works in the US store.
We don't cover workarounds. Xbox offers no supported way to subscribe from Nigeria.
Does Xbox Cloud Gaming work in Nigeria?
Not officially: cloud gaming is on the same country list, and Nigeria isn't. Even South Africa, which sells every Game Pass plan and Xbox consoles, is listed as not supported for cloud gaming.
Is PS Plus available in Nigeria?
Not officially either. PlayStation's country selector has no Nigerian site, and no Ghanaian or Kenyan one. South Africa is there, and PlayStation's South African site lists PS Plus at these monthly prices:
- Essential: R149
- Extra: R229
- Deluxe: R279
The top tier in South Africa is Deluxe, not Premium, and the 12-month plans cost R1,109, R1,869 and R2,199. As with Xbox, those are South African prices for South African accounts. We looked at the same question for the Philippines in our PS Plus Philippines guide.
Is Steam cheaper in Nigeria?
No. Steam's store serves Nigeria, but at US prices. Valve recommends discounted US dollar prices for four groups of countries without local pricing (CIS, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia), and Nigeria isn't in any of them. Regular Steam prices for a Nigerian store on 11 November:
- Forza Horizon 5: $59.99
- Baldur's Gate 3: $59.99
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: $69.99
- Starfield: $49.99
- Hades: $24.99
- Stardew Valley: $14.99
All six match the US store. In Egypt, which falls under Valve's Middle East and North Africa group, Hades costs $8.25 and Forza Horizon 5 $32.78. For how Xbox treats a country it doesn't serve at all, see our guides for Pakistan and Bangladesh.
