Steamworks - Build & Distribute Your Games on Steam (original) (raw)

Steamworks is a set of tools and services that help game developers and publishers build their games and get the most out of distributing on Steam.

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132 Million

Monthly Active Users

1 Trillion

Daily Impressions

22.1 Million

Players Online

Reach a Global Audience Serving users in 28+ languages and 35+ currencies worldwide Manage Your Game's Business Industry-leading business tools that help you manage your game Boost your Marketing Power Endless opportunities to get noticed by potential players Enhance Player Experience Player-centric features that increase engagement and satisfaction Implement Gameplay Features Tried and tested frameworks to help you add standard - advanced features to your game with ease

Manage Your Game's Business

Steamworks makes your launch and management processes as simple as possible, allowing you to focus on your game.

Real-time sales data Real-time reports of your sales, player counts, and wishlist, all broken down by region–letting you work smarter. Steam Playtest Easily control access to a separate game build for early testing and feedback from players. Conversion Tracking Track the effectiveness of your own marketing campaigns via built-in UTM Analytics Fraud prevention You and your players are safer with Steam's automated handling of fraudulent purchases, including revoking content and preventing future abuse. Piracy/DRM options Use Steam's DRM (Digital Rights Management) tools to reduce piracy of your game, implement your own, or leave it out. The choice is yours. Steam keys Get your game to customers any way you can imagine. Use Steam keys to sell your game at retail, run discounts and bundle offers, or run betas. Coming Soon pages Build excitement for your upcoming game by launching your store page as soon as you've got something to show your potential customers. Automated build processes Make Steam an automated part of your normal build process to deploy your latest build to Steam servers for internal beta testing and easy public release. Custom Store page Content Put your game in its best possible light with full control over the content and images on your product's store page. Update whenever you want Release updates whenever and as often as needed, with tools to help you easily announce and distribute updates to your players. Fast Networking Use Valve's network backbone to route your network traffic for increased stability, speed, and resilience.

Enhance Player Experience

Steam's unique set of services goes beyond the standard product offering of PC game launchers, increasing customer engagement and satisfaction.

Steam overlay An in-game interface that allows your players to access a variety of community features—like user-made guides, Steam chat, achievement progress, and more. Instant Screenshots Players can easily share their favorite moments in your game with their friends and the wider Steam community. User-created guides Fans can publish guides to deepen and improve the experience for others—highlighting interesting moments, explaining complex economies, or solving puzzles. Live streams Stream your game live right to your store page to promote events, offer a window into game development, or simply engage with your community. Cloud saves Steam Cloud can automatically store save files on our servers—so players can resume their game no matter where they are. Profile customization Add Point Shop Items for players to customize their Steam Profile with stickers, avatars, backgrounds, and other items featuring artwork from your game. Remote Play Automatically extend players' Steam gaming experience to phones, tablets or TVs using Steam Remote Play. Remote Play Together Automatically turn your shared screen or split screen multiplayer game into an online multiplayer game.

Advanced Features

Deepen the functionality of your game with these high-value features, which require more effort to implement but will pay dividends.

Steam Workshop

Integrate player-created content into your game. You control how mods interact with your game, while Steam handles the hosting, tracking, updates, and payment process.

The Cities Skylines community has taken city planning into their own hands, with 170,000+ custom mods uploaded.

In Rust, new mods are voted on by the community before being brought into the game, designers get revenue and credit.

Steam Input

Configure your in-game actions with Steam Input to enable players to easily use a variety of popular control devices and customize inputs to their liking.

Controller Gaming on PC

A deep dive into controller usage on Steam and the benefits of optimizing.

Inventory Service

We've solved the hard back-end problems to enable you to get a complex persistent player inventory up and running faster.

Microtransactions

Process in-game transactions simply, safely, and hassle-free, with Steam microtransaction services built on our strong e-commerce platform supporting 80 payment methods across 39 currencies.

Matchmaking and lobbies

Take advantage of Steam matchmaking and multiplayer lobbies, so you can focus on your gameplay. Our system lets players create, search, share, and join lobbies as desired, and supports skill-based matchmaking.