VPN recommendations for playing Japanese, Korean, etc gachagame that have ip block, georestriction, vpn usage block and don't have global server yet (free, no limitations, have Japan server)

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1. Primary and most recommended method: vpngate via OpenVPN or vpngate via your native system build-in vpn

Explanation: this is by far, my most recommended method because the new protonvpn’s rule forbid free account from choosing specific free server and assigning free user to a random fastest free server

Note: (bold text below means the method’s advantage)

Setting-up difficulty: medium, but really worth it (this is based on my own opinion)

Account required: none

Account price: none (free, no account required)

Account type: permanent (no account required)

Account period: forever (no account required)

Device connection per-account: 1 OpenVPN app for 1 supported device with interchangeable OpenVPN config file (the OpenVPN config file is also interchangeable between any supported operating systems) (no account required)

Credit card required: none

Bandwith limitation: none

Speed limitation: none, based on server loads

Advertisements: none

Server options: free user can choose which server they want to connect, whenever and anytime

Free server: Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, United States, and many more

Residential IP (for minority of game that block vpn usage): Available

Company server’s IP (for majority of game that don’t block vpn usage) : Available

Supported operating systems/platforms: Windows, android, macOS, IOS

Company based on (OpenVPN): California, United States

Company based on (vpngate): University of Tsukuba, Japan

Installation and setting up tutorial for vpngate via OpenVPN only, (for your native system build-in vpn please refer to their own manuals):

Note: (bold text below means important and/or recommendations)

  1. Download and install openvpn based on your operating system:

Windows: Connect to VPN Gate by Using OpenVPN Protocol

Android:

MacOS:

IOS:

  1. After downloading and installing you can refer to the above guide for connecting and choosing the vpn servers or you can download the OpenVPN config file via this link:

VPN Gate - Public Free VPN Cloud by Univ of Tsukuba, Japan and then choose the highlighted option of your preferred country or host (download the OpenVPN config file) in the OpenVPN column in the vpn list table.

You can choose which country’s server you want but sometimes those servers were offline or available for educational purpose only (some Japanese server), so you can use this vpngate checker (recommended) to check wether the server is online and can be used for non-educational purpose (opening game or apps, browsing, etc), you can also directly download the OpenVPN config file via the site, see where the server was hosted, and check if it banned or not by the game

Vpngate checker link: https://www.umavpn.top/

You can refer to this guide for using the site and learn more about vpngate and its’ server (this guide is taken from umamusume guide but can also be used for other game, apps, or browsing)

Vpngate checker guide link: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/18m9wHT4_AIh5ePKSo_ZYH9nSgNh492YQx76bIxmgqyc/mobilebasic

2. Alternative method: ProtonVPN

Explanation: new ptrotonvpn free account can’t no longer choose which free server they want and this method is no longer viable, but if you insist of doing so because of less hassle or other causes then you can use this method…

Note: (bold text below means the method’s advantage)

Setting-up difficulty: easy (this is based on my own opinion)

Account required: yes (there’s no cost nor credit card requirements for creating an account)

Account price: free

Account type: permanent

Account period: forever (no account expiration)

Device connection per-account: 1

Credit card required: none

Bandwith limitation: none

Speed limitation: none, based on server loads

Advertisements: none

Server options: free user can’t choose which free server they want to connect but can connect to different server using reconnect option (reconnect option have 2 minutes cooldown before you can change country server)

Free server: Japan, Netherlands, United States, Romania, Poland, and your own country

Residential IP (for minority of game that block vpn usage): not available

Company server’s IP (for majority of game that don’t block vpn usage) : Available

Supported operating systems/platforms: Windows, android, macOS, IOS, Linux, ChromeOS

Company based on: Geneva, Switzerland

Installation and setting up tutorial:

Windows: How to use the Proton VPN app for Windows | Proton VPN

Android: How to use Proton VPN on Android | Proton VPN

macOS: How to use the Proton VPN macOS app | Proton VPN

IOS: How to use Proton VPN on iOS and iPadOS | Proton VPN

Linux: How to use Proton VPN on Linux | Proton VPN

ChromeOS: How to use Proton VPN on your Chromebook | Proton VPN

Additional note: both methods above can also be used for browsing, bypassing internet censorship, opening other apps, creating spotify account country profile in another country, getting youtube music recommendation from another country, and many more…

*disclaimer: i don’t advertise nor sponsored by protonvpn, openvpn, university of tsukuba, vpngate, and umavpn i’m just trying to help those who seeks vpn for playing gachagames, feel free to give any additional method or advice

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You need a stable high speed vpn that can bypass geo-restrictions. I would recommend nordvpn which has servers in Japan and Korea, and is also the vpn that is being used the most by people connecting to/from Asia. It’s only like $3 per month and this reddit post even has a verified discount.

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I recently realised that new proton vpn free users can no longer freely choose their server location. This is chosen at random. Therefore, proton vpn can only be recommended to a limited extent for this usecase.

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Dev of umavpn.pro here.

Leave comments for the site here! You can also ask questions and I can try to answer.

Thank you for using the service! It is a fun side hobby.

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Never Use a Free VPN, you are paying with your data.

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thanks man it’s easy to connect on open internet and network settings rather then using these tools

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Are free VPNs like openVPN safe to torrent (PS: I am trying to torrent games from fitgirl)

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ok, thanks for the tip, will check it out.

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That’s really unfortunate, i just checked the protonvpn’s reddit upon seeing your comment, and apparently there’s new rule which new created account can’t no longer choose which free server they want…

I already edited the guide, thanks for the news in advance!

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I’m new to proton (one gatcha game (Nikke) seems to disconnect me a lot randomly, some weird issues), and at first I was getting connected to Japan so ping was terrible from Europe. Started reconnecting to get either European country or usa, worked usually after 2-3 retries. Now all I get is my own country so good enough…

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Hey, I’ve been using your site for working South Korea servers, but Korea listings seem to be removed recently. Is this intentional?

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Hello i am on a samsung device, i choose a ip then click download, however i cannot open the file (.ovpn ending) i tried open in a app but onlyy another ovpn file downloads. Is there something i am missing?

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Hello, i just want to say thank you so much for making that site!, that site is so useful for me to find an active vpngate server.
I know your site from that umamusume guide, and btw do you post your project on github?

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This is simply a wishful thinking fallacy that “If I pay for my Premium VPN service, they will obey my money and not collect any of my histories.”. Some of the VPN companies are under jurisdictions that requires logging by law, and they can be provided under request by authorities.

As the sole owner, maintainer, and developer of https://www.umavpn.pro, I don’t charge a cent from my users. Why? It’s PITA to do so. In one way, players gonna pay extra to play the game. And in the other, I am gonna need to make a bunch of tax reports on these internet money transactions. All the VPN servers listed on my site are tested by my probing servers to check for accessibility for a game, and are sourced by the VPNGate project, which the servers are provided by volunteers around the world.

How can you ensure that your data won’t be stolen? You can use a split tunneling setup as mentioned in the guide that is also written by me. That way no other traffic than the game itself is going through the VPN. Other providers? Should also work but I can’t guarantee.

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Google already sells my data…

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I think it’s depend on the VPN provider on openVPN

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This is just my assumption, but there’s some game that don’t like it when you’re using company server’s ip and all of protonvpn’s free server were company ip, that might explain the reason why you’re disconnected
But unstable connection or high server load can be the issue also

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It is not. The testers does not filter by country, but based on the connectivity to a particular service. It is possible that from time to time, VPNGate gives me a random list of servers which may not include the SK servers.

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Nvm i look through the faq and found it thanks for the service

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Yes, the project is open-sourced at