[section]Overview[/section] Whether you are completing the Steam Direct signup process or are already an established Steamworks developer, you can now simply pay a $100 USD (or equivalent) fee for each new app you wish to distribute on Steam. Read below for details on how it works. [section]Onboard On Steamworks[/section] When you are signing up as a Steamworks developer for the first time, you'll need to complete a set of digital paperwork. …

As all payments on the Steam Store, including that for the Steam Direct Fee, are made by individual user accounts and not corporate accounts, the invoice for the Steam Direct Fee will also be issued to the individual user that was logged in when the Steam Direct Fee was paid. …

You cannot make changes to your tax information until this process has been completed.[/callout] [*][b]Product Submission Fee[/b] In order to get fully set up, you will need to pay a $100 USD (or equivalent) fee for each product you wish to distribute on Steam. You can pay this fee with any payment method supported by Steam in your region. For more information, please see [doclink=gettingstarted/appfee]Steam App Fee.…

[/td][/tr] [tr][td][b]maxresults[/b][/td][td]uint32[/td][td][/td][td]Maximum number of results to return in report. (Default is 1000 if no value is set) Note that the number of results returned might be less than maxresults, even when they are more results. Maximum number of results is 50000. …

Only required if [code-inline]usersession[/code-inline] in [webapi]ISteamMicroTxn/InitTxn[/webapi] was set to [b]web[/b].[/td][/tr] [/table] Retrieves details for a user's purchasing info. These details are based upon the user's Steam wallet. …

We pay the Total Revenue Share amount as indicated per the monthly Steam Sales Report. We don’t pass any wire fees to you but we cannot control bank fees that may be imposed on you by intermediary banks or your receiving bank. [*] [b]Q. Bank fees consume a large portion of the payment that you send me for my Steam sales. …

There are costs associated with issuing each individual payment as well as potential bank fees charged to you upon receiving money that make it prohibitive to pay out for small amounts of money. Therefore, we may hold your payment until a minimum of $100 payout is earned. [*] [b]Q. …

All information is required, including bank and tax information and app fee even if you intend to distribute your mod for free. [*] [h4]Q. Is there a licensing fee for using the Source Engine?[/h4] [b]A.[/b] There are no fees for using the Source Engine for your free mod. [*] [h4]Q. I’ve got a Source mod that I want to distribute via Steam. How do I prepare my mod under my app ID?…

[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][b]Edit Store Localization Data[/b][/td] [td]Grants permission to edit any data on store setting tabs that include one or more localizable fields, such as product description and graphical assets. Does not grant permission to publish, or marketing tools like visibility rounds. …

This will enable management of [doclink=features/anticheat]Anti-Cheat[/doclink] and [doclink=features/auth#encryptedapptickets] SDK Auth[/doclink] settings for an Application.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][b]Economy/Workshop Support[/b][/td] [td]Allows the user to view/grant economy items in the partner site economy support tool.…

For example, if your game is being distributed on Steam by a publisher, then it's useful for both the publisher and the development studio to be set up with access to the game, even if payments for sales of the game will only go to one of the entities. There are a few ways to grant others access to your applications. …

Your Steam account will either need to be added to the publisher's Steamworks account, or sales reporting visibility can be granted to your own Steamworks account. If the latter, you'll need some help from Valve to get this set up, so please [url=https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/Login?redir=%2Fen%2Fwizard%2FHelpWithPublishing%3Fissueid%3D903&title=Sign+in]contact Valve[/url] if this is the case. [*][h4]If my game is published by a different company, how do I create a new Steamworks account without creating a new app and paying the app fee?…

Note that you should only use the appID for your “base” game--do not use the appID for DLC, Demos, Soundtracks, or other secondary application types. [docimg=stream3.png]stream3.png[/docimg] [*]Set Your Broadcast Permissions By default, your stream is set to “Friends Only”, which means it’s only visible by you and your friends on Steam. …

Below are steps to get your stream set up in OBS. Steam supports any broadcast software that supports the RTMP protocol. [docimg=stream5.png]stream5.png[/docimg] [olist] [*]Navigate to File-->Settings-->Stream [*]In the dropdown menu, select “Custom...” …

Action Set Layers are optional sets of action bindings which can be overlaid upon an existing set of controls. In contrast to Action Sets, layers draw their actions from the Action Set they exist within and do not wholesale replace what is already active when applied, but apply small modifications. …

Decide what input should trigger the action set layer, and open the binding menu, then click the action set activation icon, which is the leftmost special icon: [docimg=bind_action_set.png]bind_action_set.png[/docimg] This brings up the action set activation menu: [docimg=change_action_set.png]change_action_set.png[/docimg] In this case we want to apply a layer, not activate an action set. …

[section]Overview[/section] You can manage the Virtual Reality settings for your application on Steamworks in two places: [list][*]Steamworks Settings - Set the SteamVR input binding mode for your application, as well as launch options. [*]Store Page - Describe your VR requirements and supported configurations[/list] [section]Steamworks Settings[/section] Steamworks settings enable you to define the SteamVR input binding mode for your application, and define your launch options. …

Launch options allow you to let users select these options in a more intuitive way. To set launch options, select "Edit Steamworks Settings" from the App Landing Page. Under "Installation", select "General.…

If you need to transfer a game or other application to another Steamworks partner account, it can be done entirely through a set of tools built into the Steamworks website. These tools manages the approval process and keeps a history of transfers. Transfers may be useful in cases such as when a game changes ownership, or if an individual forms a corporation and needs to move the game to be distributed under the new corporation. …

Please note that only the partner who has payment rights for the game will be able to set pricing and discounts for shared apps. [section]Transfer of Attached Data[/section] All data, including sales, wishlists, followers, user reviews, etc. are associated with the game and will always be associated with the game. …

SteamVR offers a rich set of customizable settings to the user. To ensure that a game will run well out-of-the-box, a developer can suggest tailored default user settings for their game on Steam Frame, including the refresh rate or the display resolution that should be optimal for the experience. A user can further refine these settings in [b]VR Settings -> Video -> Per-Application Video Settings[/b]. A user can also use [b]Reset to Default[/b] to restore the default settings suggested for this game. …

This will allow you to [b]ssh[/b], [b]adb[/b], and [b]rdp[/b] into your headset. You will find this at [b]Steam Settings > System > Enable Developer Mode[/b]. [docimg=steamframe-devmode_1.png]steamframe-devmode_1.png[/docimg] Then on the left, scroll down to the [b]Developer[/b] section, scroll toward the bottom of that page and click [b]Set User Password[/b]. …

[section]Changing Your Device Name[/section] If you are in an office full of other Steam Frames you will want to rename your device so you don't cause network collisions. Once you are logged in you can go to [b]Steam Settings > System > Hostname[/b] and change it to whatever you like. Then anywhere in these documents you see [b]frame[/b] as a hostname, just know to change it to whatever you have set here. …

[b][u]GetDetailedSales Best Practices[/u][/b] [u][b]Step 1:[/b][/u] Call GetChangedDatesForPartner to find the set of dates that have new data. Your first call will use a highwatermark value of 0 and will return every date you have ever had sales or activations on Steam. …

[/td] [/tr] [tr][td][b]highwatermark[/b][/td][td]uint64[/td][td]✔[/td][td]A unique identifier, the point at which to query data forward from. Should be set to 0 on first run.[/td][/tr] [tr][td][b]include_view_grants[/b][/td][td]bool[/td][td][/td][td]Include dates that are visible via view grants in the response[/td][/tr] [/table] Retrieves the set of dates for which financial data has changed since the given highwatermark. …

. [*][b]5) No Selling Placement[/b] - You may optionally charge a participation fee for your event's off-Steam features — such as physical booth space at a convention center or a segment in a produced livestream — but you may not charge for placement on your Steam Sale Page. [*][b]6) No Preferential Treatment[/b] - Games should be organized and grouped in a way that’s intuitive for customers, without giving preferential treatment to your own games or the games of your business partners. …

Remind your participants of any last-minute things they need to be aware of or to set live on the day of the event[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Day 0[/td][td][b]Event Launch![/b][/td][td]Your event begins![/td][/tr] [/table] [section]Example Assets[/section] Here are some example assets we've received from past events. …

[/list] [subsection]Base Game Set[/subsection] Every game has a [b]Base game achievements[/b] set. Achievements that aren't assigned to another set belong to the base game set, so if you don't create any additional sets, all of your achievements are in the base game set. …

[subsection]Deleting a Set[/subsection] Open the set's menu and choose [b]Delete set[/b]. You must move or delete all achievements in a set before you can delete it. …

There are two ways that Workshop items can get version information set: Mod authors can set this information, or your uploader tool can set this information. [olist] [*][b]Mod authors can set supported versions[/b] - Mod authors in the Steam Workshop can set version support by visiting the item history page and using the UI to configure which versions of the game work for each version of their Workshop item. [*][b]Your Workshop uploader can set supported versions[/b] - If your Workshop item uploader tool can validate support for an item, you can automatically mark it as supporting the appropriate versions, or you can build UI to make it easy for the mod author to choose supported versions and ranges at time of upload. …

If the [i]minimum[/i] branch is not set, then the item is valid for all Steam branches older than the [i]maximum[/i] branch, and vice-versa for when the [i]maximum[/i] branch is not set. …

This metadata can be returned from queries without having to download and install the actual content. [*] [api]ISteamUGC::SetItemVisibility[/api] - Sets the visibility of an item. [*] [api]ISteamUGC::SetItemTags[/api] - Sets arbitrary developer specified tags on an item. [*] [api]ISteamUGC::AddItemKeyValueTag[/api] - Adds a key-value tag pair to an item. …

This will only return workshop items that have a key = [param]pKey[/param] and a value = [param]pValue[/param]. [*] [api]ISteamUGC::SetReturnOnlyIDs[/api] - Sets whether to only return IDs instead of all the details on a pending UGC Query. This is useful for when you don't need all the information (e.g. you just want to get the IDs of the items a user has in their favorites list.) [*] [api]ISteamUGC::SetReturnKeyValueTags[/api] - Sets whether to return any key-value tags for the items on a pending UGC Query. [*] [api]ISteamUGC::SetReturnLongDescription[/api] - Sets whether to return the full description for the items on a pending UGC Query. [*] [api]ISteamUGC::SetReturnMetadata[/api] - Sets whether to return the developer specified metadata for the items on a pending UGC Query. [*] [api]ISteamUGC::SetReturnChildren[/api] - Sets whether to return the IDs of the child items of the items on a pending UGC Query. [*] [api]ISteamUGC::SetReturnAdditionalPreviews[/api] - Sets whether to return any additional images/videos attached to the items on a pending UGC Query. [*] [api]ISteamUGC::SetReturnTotalOnly[/api] - Sets whether to only return the total number of matching items on a pending UGC Query. -- The actual items will not be returned when [api]ISteamUGC::SteamUGCQueryCompleted_t[/api] is called. [*] [api]ISteamUGC::SetLanguage[/api] - Sets the language to return the title and description in for the items on a pending UGC Query. [*] [api]ISteamUGC::SetAllowCachedResponse[/api] - Sets whether results to be will be returned from the cache for the specific period of time on a pending UGC Query. …

This sets the content of your homepage to public so that it can be loaded in the Steam store. [*]Set that homepage as active - Return to the main admin dashboard for your homepage, with 'creator home v2' selected in the left-hand set of options. …

Easily add a set of games, organized as a grid or carousel. You can populate the set of games by manually entering individual games, or have it populate automatically based on criteria or filters. …

[section]Global Settings[/section] Before we start a game we'll need to make some basic choices and set some global settings in Big Picture mode. [subsection]Step 1: Pick a Controller[/subsection] If you're reading this, it's presumably because you want to use a certain controller with a certain game. …

" [docimg=desktop_settings.png]desktop_settings.png[/docimg] From there, select "Controller." [docimg=desktop_settings_controller.png]desktop_settings_controller.png[/docimg] From here you can change the general controller settings, as well as change three different global configurations. …