8.9of 10
Home Ground
Stardew Valley
The gentlest game on the chart, and the one most people keep for years.
Pay once, nothing else everEverything
Canada guide
Game Atlas for players in Canada
The same twelve games, the same four bearings, read from Canada. Prices on the chart are UK store prices in pounds; this guide tells you where to see the Canadian dollar price for each game, how people in Canada usually pay, and what protects the purchase.
Le Game Atlas est publié en anglais. Cette page est le guide pour les joueurs au Canada.
Nothing on the chart is a Canadian price. Convert the pounds for a rough idea, then check the Canadian store before you pay; regional pricing means the two rarely match exactly.
Quick facts
- Currency
- Canadian dollars, plus GST/HST or provincial sales tax at checkout
- Where local prices show
- Steam (set to Canada), PlayStation Store Canada, Microsoft Store Canada, Nintendo eShop Canada, and the Riot, HoYoverse, Digital Extremes and Grinding Gear stores in CAD
- Common ways to pay
- Credit cards, PayPal, Interac Debit where the store offers it, and prepaid cards sold in Canadian shops
- Cooling-off for downloads
- No single national rule; consumer protection is provincial, and digital purchases are usually final once the download starts
- Age ratings
- ESRB, alongside the PEGI ratings quoted on the chart
Reading the chart from Canada
Every entry quotes UK pounds. For the six free games (Dota 2, League of Legends, Valorant, Warframe, Path of Exile, Genshin Impact) the price is zero everywhere; only the shop prices change, and the Canadian stores show them in dollars. For the paid games, Steam, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo each set a Canadian dollar price that is not a straight conversion of the UK one, so check the store rather than a currency calculator.
Paying and protection in Canada
Cards and PayPal are accepted by every store on the chart, and prepaid cards for Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, Riot and Google Play are sold in Canadian shops. Chargeback through your card issuer works the same way as in the UK toll guide. Consumer protection is provincial, so the cancellation and refund rights differ by province; the store's own refund policy (Steam's 14 days and two hours, for instance) is the practical route for most people.
Spending limits
The platform controls on the spending-limits page are the same in Canada: PlayStation family manager limits, Xbox Ask to buy, Steam Families, Nintendo parental controls and the phone stores' purchase approval. Only the currency changes.
Highest bearings
Six entries to start with
8.8of 10
The Long Road
Baldur's Gate 3
Turn-based adventure with real consequences, solo or with three friends.
Pay once, no shopPC, Mac, PS5, Xbox
8.7of 10
Home Ground
Minecraft
The world of blocks that still meets every player at their own level.
Pay once, optional extrasEverything
8.5of 10
Open Country
Elden Ring
The open world as a test of nerve: hard, huge, and sold once.
Pay once, no shopPC, PS, Xbox, Switch 2
8.4of 10
8.4of 10
Open Country
Cyberpunk 2077
A story-first open city, fixed and finished, with no shop attached.
Pay once, no shopPC, Mac, PS, Xbox, Switch 2
Five regions
What games cost, and what you can claim back
The toll guide: payment routes, refunds and the spending limits on every platform.