The silence in the room was deafening. The screen went black, and the desktop wallpaper reappeared—the default Windows blue window.

| Error Message | Cause & Solution | |---------------|------------------| | "Product already owned" | You already have ETS2 in your Steam library. Check your library first. | | "Invalid product code" | Typo. Re-enter the key carefully. Avoid confusing 0 (zero) with O (letter). | | "Duplicate activation" | The key was already used by someone else. Contact the seller immediately. | | "Not available in your region" | Some keys are region-locked (e.g., Russian or Brazilian keys). Only buy keys for your region. |

Most of the results were dead ends. Fake generators that promised the moon but delivered nothing but ad revenue for scammers. Elias was about to give up, to scrape together his own meager savings to buy the game legitimately, when he found it.