Publish on STEAM

[aircompressor 1]

I plan on eventually putting a game on the STEAM store. I need a good tutorial, video, hand puppets (etc) on how to do this. Any help is appreciated.

 

Be Safe.

[PhoenixSoul 1,404]

There's a flat fee with Steam Direct. Be sure you have that much or else, no dice, not even for the underprivileged.

How much? It's 100 USD last I checked.

[roninator2 257]

21 hours ago, aircompressor said:

I plan on eventually putting a game on the STEAM store

Welcome to the club. (I'm still working on my game)

First I would recommend to come up with a name for your company.

Second make an email address for it.

Third sign up for steam with that email

Fourth pay the $100 USD fee for 1 slot.

Fifth make you game

Sixth read all the documentation that steam direct will provide you when you are ready to publish. They will help.

Seventh publicize.

Eighth  keep up with social media posts and emails and questions and ....

Edited April 27, 2020 by roninator2

[aircompressor 1]

After you make your STEAM account, do you just drag and drop your game file to STEAM or is it more complex?

[roninator2 257]

Not really sure, but I suspect that it's not an ftp to their servers.

Upload the game files and then they check it out.

All of this is in the documentation if you were to read steams terms of use.

[Kayzee 4,032]

11 hours ago, roninator2 said:

Welcome to the club. (I'm still working on my game)

First I would recommend to come up with a name for you company.

Second make an email address for it.

Third sign up for steam with that email

Fourth pay the $100 USD fee for 1 slot.

Fifth make you game

Sixth read all the documentation that steam direct will provide you when you are ready to publish. They will help.

Seventh publicize.

Eighth  keep up with social media posts and emails and questions and ....

 

Wait, shouldn't you, you know, make the game before trying to figure out how to sell it or paying $100? I mean sure, you could do an early access thing, but you should still have enough game to be worth showing don't you think?

 

Also, I wouldn't really bother with a company name unless you actually have a company. Or a least a team you can give a team name too. Cause honestly if you are mostly working on the game yourself, having a company name seems a bit silly to me. You don't see book authors with company names that often do you? A pen name or other alias? Sure. A company name? Not so much. A second email is still a good idea anyway though.

Edited April 27, 2020 by Kayzee