[docimg=xbox360_controller.png]xbox360_controller.png[/docimg] [subsection=FaceButtons]Face buttons[/subsection] [b]Digital[/b] The Xbox 360 controller features four standard face buttons labeled A, B, X, and Y. [docimg=xbox360_controller_face.png]xbox360_controller_face.png[/docimg] [subsection=Joysticks]Joysticks[/subsection] [b]Analog, 2 axes[/b] (+ digital "click") Like most other gamepads, the Xbox 360 controller features two analog joysticks, on the left and right side, vertically offset. …

. [*] Narrate headings and subheadings, provide alt text for non-decorative images, and narrate the name, role and state of interactive elements (for example "Volume, slider, 60%") [*] Whenever context changes, such as switching between screens, narrate the new context. This includes user-initiated changes such as switching tabs, and game-initiated changes like leaving a loading screen. [*] Allow users to enable narration as soon as possible when launching the game for the first time, or start with it enabled and allow users to disable it. …

A complete list: [list] [*] Left Trigger Full Pull [*] Right Trigger Full Pull [*] Left Trigger Soft Pull* [*] Right Trigger Soft Pull* [*] Left Bumper [*] Right Bumper [*] Left Grip [*] Right Grip [*] Left Pad Click [*] Right Pad Click [*] Left Pad Touch [*] Right Pad Touch [*] Left Joystick Click [*] Right Joystick Click [*] D Pad Up [*] D Pad Down [*] D Pad Left [*] D Pad Right [*] A Button** [*] B Button** [*] X Button** [*] Y Button** [*] Start Button** [*] Select Button** [/list] [i]*Where available - note that Nintendo Switch controllers do not have Analog Triggers[/i] [i]**Actual label will vary between controller models[/i]…

[subsection]On-Screen Horizontal / Vertical Position[/subsection] Same as in [doclink=features/steam_controller/radial_menus][/doclink] [subsection]Menu Opacity[/subsection] Same as in [doclink=features/steam_controller/radial_menus][/doclink] [subsection]Menu Size[/subsection] Same as in [doclink=features/steam_controller/radial_menus][/doclink] [subsection]Display Binding Label on Button[/subsection] Same as in [doclink=features/steam_controller/radial_menus][/doclink] [section]Menu Buttons[/section] Each "Menu Button X" option can have an action (and/or legacy key binding) assigned to it. The basic configuration screen has four menu buttons, but you can assign up to sixteen (select "Additional Settings" for bindings for menu buttons 5-16). …

In cases where an API key is required, it can be provided either as a standard parameter or by setting the 'x-webapi-key' request header value. [section=user-keys]User Keys[/section] The standard user keys are available to everyone, all that is required is a Steam account and the domain name that will be associated with this key. …

Instead, we ask that you use the new Developer & Publisher homepage for these activities. For clarity, this includes pages such as "Developer X's July Sale", "Publisher X's Autumn Sale", and other adhoc pages. Developer, Publisher, and Franchise sale pages are still available once a calendar year regardless of curation status. …

At the bottom, you can upload an image to help customers compare editions. Simply drag an image (748px x 896px) that compares the various editions of your game. These images help customers understand what content is included in each edition and which purchase option is right for them. …

[subsection]Background[/subsection] You can upload a custom background image, which includes your product branding if you wish to change the overall feel of the store. This image should be 1920px x 1080px and the edges should fade to a solid background color which you can also specify. [subsection]Top-level filters[/subsection] You can associate a top-level filter with one or more tags, which are delimited by the ";" character. …

[section]Customized Tags[/section] [docimg=custom_tags_01.jpg]custom_tags_01.jpg[/docimg] You can also customize the tags that are shown in the left-most column of your tabbed area. You can hit the blue X to remove tags that aren't relevant to the games you make and you can use the controls below them to add other tags that are more relevant. …

Unless others noted below, requests should be HTTP POST requests presented as form data and should set this header: [code]Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded[/code] [Section=RetrieveSteamID]Retrieving the User's SteamID[/Section] Once you have an OAuth token for a user, you can make a server to server call to securely get the SteamID for the user associated with that token by calling: [code]https://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUserOAuth/GetTokenDetails/v1/?…

. [*] If you need to specify another port then 80, it must be "ip:port" in quotes [*] Don't add "http://" in front, HTTPS is not supported [/list] Note: The default location of the Steam executable is: [list] [*] [b]For Windows[/b]: [code]C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\[/code] [*] [b]For macOS[/b]: [code]Steam.app/contents/macOS/[/code] [*] [b]For Linux[/b]: [code]~/.local/share/Steam/[/code] [/list] [b]Note[/b] As of September 2026, Steam will begin requiring newly-created "local" app branches to be [b]password-protected[/b]. …

[subsection=FaceButtons]Face buttons[/subsection] [b]Digital[/b] The A, B, X, and Y buttons follow the physical layout and coloring of the XInput standard seen in devices like the Xbox 360 controller. [docimg=steam_controller_face.png]steam_controller_face.png[/docimg] [subsection=Joystick]Joystick[/subsection] [b]Analog, 2 axes[/b] (+ digital "click") The analog joystick is essentially identical to a traditional controller's, including digital "click the stick" functionality. …

The Steam folder will already have a very similarly named folder so make sure you've put it in the "controller_config" folder and not the "controller_base" folder. Rename the file to the following: "game_actions_X.vdf", where X is your game's Steam AppID. If you don't know what your game's Steam AppID is, it can be found by logging into your Steam partner site. [callout] [h3]NOTE: These are the typical controller_config locations for each platform:[/h3] Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\controller_config macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/Steam.AppBundle/Steam/Contents/MacOS/controller_config Linux: ~/.steam/steam/controller_config [/callout] Now open up the file in your favorite text editor. …

[/td][/tr] [/table] [section]Menu Buttons[/section] Each "Menu Button X" option can have an action (and/or legacy key binding) assigned to it. The basic configuration screen has five menu buttons, but you can assign up to twenty (select "Additional Settings" for bindings for menu buttons 6-20). …

Or, if you're the player and the developer hasn't provided such an action (or you're in legacy mode), bind the center button to some legacy key that the game ignores. Then, choose a nice "X" for this menu button. Voila! Now whenever you want to dismiss this kind of radial menu without committing to an action, you just return to the central rest position and release the input. …

([i]Recommendations: Whenever possible, we recommend you support the Deck's native resolutions of 1280x800 (preferred) or 1280x720.[/i]) [*][b]Text Legibility[/b]: Interface text must be easily readable at a distance of 12 inches/30 cm from the screen. In other words, the smallest on-screen font character should never fall below 9 pixels in height at 1280x800. ([i]Recommendations: We expect Steam Deck will be used in a wide variety of lighting and physical configurations, such as being connected to a TV, monitor or keyboard. …

[list] [*] [doclink=#basic]Basic[/doclink] [*] [doclink=#fps]First Person Shooter[/doclink] [*] [doclink=#action]Third Person Action / Adventure[/doclink] [*] [doclink=#tactics]Turn Based Tactics[/doclink] [*] [doclink=#rts]Real Time Strategy[/doclink] [*] [doclink=#4x]4X Strategy[/doclink] [*] [doclink=#jrpg]Console-style JRPG[/doclink] [*] [doclink=#adventure]Point-and-click Adventure[/doclink] [*] [doclink=#racing]Racing[/doclink] [*] [doclink=#platformer]Platformer[/doclink] [/list] [section=basic]Basic[/section] This is a completely minimal file -- one action set, one digital action, and one analog action. …

[code] "In Game Actions" { "actions" { "GameControls" { "title" "#Set_GameControls" "StickPadGyro" { "MoveCursor" { "title" "#Action_MoveCursor" "input_mode" "absolute_mouse" } "CameraPan" { "title" "#Action_CameraPan" "input_mode" "absolute_mouse" } "CameraZoom" { "title" "#Action_CameraZoom" "input_mode" "absolute_mouse" } } "Button" { "click" "#Action_Click" "cancel" "#Action_Cancel" "select" "#Action_Select" "select_add_remove" "#Action_AddRemove" "select_type" "#Action_SelectType" "select_idle" "#Action_SelectIdle" "move_attack" "#Action_MoveAttack" "move_no_attack" "#Action_Move" "attack_target" "#Action_Attack" "assign_group" "#Action_AssignGroup" "add_remove_group" "#Action_AddRemoveGroup" "select_group" "#Action_SelectGroup" "group_0" "#Action_Group0" "group_1" "#Action_Group1" "group_2" "#Action_Group2" "group_3" "#Action_Group3" "group_4" "#Action_Group4" "group_5" "#Action_Group5" "group_6" "#Action_Group6" "group_7" "#Action_Group7" "group_8" "#Action_Group8" "group_9" "#Action_Group9" } } "MenuControls" { "title" "#Set_MenuControls" "Button" { "MenuUp" "#Menu_Up" "MenuDown" "#Menu_Down" "MenuLeft" "#Menu_Left" "MenuRight" "#Menu_Right" "Affirm" "#Menu_Affirm" "Cancel" "#Menu_Cancel" "Other" "#Menu_Other" "ScrollUp" "#Menu_ScrollUp" "ScrollDown" "#Menu_ScrollDown" "DismissMenu" "#Menu_DismissMenu" } } } "action_layers" { "title" "#Layer_UnitMenu" "Button" { "stop" "#Unit_Stop" "hold" "#Unit_Hold" "patrol" "#Unit_Patrol" "follow" "#Unit_Follow" "queue" "#Unit_Queue" "unit_ability_1" "#Unit_Ability1" "unit_ability_2" "#Unit_Ability2" } "title" "#Layer_BuildMenu" "Button" { "build_0" "#Build_0" "build_1" "#Build_1" "build_2" "#Build_2" "build_3" "#Build_3" "build_4" "#Build_4" "build_5" "#Build_5" "build_6" "#Build_6" "build_7" "#Build_7" "build_8" "#Build_8" "build_9" "#Build_9" } } "localization" { "english" { "Set_GameControls" "Game Controls" "Set_MenuControls" "Menu Controls" "Layer_UnitMenu" "Unit Menu" "Layer_BuildMenu" "Build Menu" "Action_MoveCursor" "Move Cursor" "Action_CameraPan" "Pan camera" "Action_CameraZoom" "Zoom camera" "Action_Click" "Click mouse" "Action_Cancel" "Cancel" "Action_Select" "Select" "Action_AddRemove" "Add/remove from selection" "Action_SelectType" "Select all units of type" "Action_SelectIdle" "Select idle worker" "Action_MoveAttack" "Attack-Move" "Action_Move" "Move (no attack)" "Action_Attack" "Attack target" "Action_AssignGroup" "Assign group" "Action_AddRemoveGroup" "Add/remove from group" "Action_SelectGroup" "Select group" "Action_Group0" "Group 0" "Action_Group1" "Group 1" "Action_Group2" "Group 2" "Action_Group3" "Group 3" "Action_Group4" "Group 4" "Action_Group5" "Group 5" "Action_Group6" "Group 6" "Action_Group7" "Group 7" "Action_Group8" "Group 8" "Action_Group9" "Group 9" "Menu_Up" "Up" "Menu_Down" "Down" "Menu_Left" "Left" "Menu_Right" "Right" "Menu_Affirm" "Affirm" "Menu_Cancel" "Cancel" "Menu_Other" "Other" "Menu_ScrollUp" "Scroll Up" "Menu_ScrollDown" "Scroll Down" "Menu_DismissMenu" "Dismiss Menu" "Unit_Stop" "Stop" "Unit_Hold" "Hold ground" "Unit_Patrol" "Patrol" "Unit_Follow" "Follow" "Unit_Queue" "Queue action/waypoint" "Unit_Ability1" "Ability 1" "Unit_Ability2" "Ability 2" "Build_0" "Build option 0" "Build_1" "Build option 1" "Build_2" "Build option 2" "Build_3" "Build option 3" "Build_4" "Build option 4" "Build_5" "Build option 5" "Build_6" "Build option 6" "Build_7" "Build option 7" "Build_8" "Build option 8" "Build_9" "Build option 9" } } } [/code] [section=4x] 4X Strategy[/section] This is a simple 4X strategy game, where you move units on a main map, colonize territory (whether that's planets or islands or cities), and engage in combat with other empires. …

k_ESteamNetworkingIdentityType_GenericString = 2, k_ESteamNetworkingIdentityType_GenericBytes = 3, // Make sure this enum is stored in an int. k_ESteamNetworkingIdentityType__Force32bit = 0x7fffffff, }} [/code] [subsection=SteamNetworkingIdentity]struct SteamNetworkingIdentity[/subsection] An abstract way to represent the identity of a network host. …

const uint8 *GetGenericBytes( int &cbLen ) const; // Returns null if not generic bytes type /// See if two identities are identical bool operator==(const SteamNetworkingIdentity &x ) const; /// Print to a human-readable string. This is suitable for debug messages /// or any other time you need to encode the identity as a string. …

(Note: You can change the settings to only show the newest events from the last X weeks.) [docimg=NEWS.png]NEWS.png[/docimg] [*][b]Carousel or grid of games[/b] - The basic building blocks for showcasing games. …

. [*] cart - is item definition index numbers separated by commas, with optional xN or *N quantity suffix. Order does not matter. Duplicates are treated as additional quantity. [*] total - is the expected total cost of the cart. …

All requests should be sent using HTTP 1.1 and use a secure TLS connection when possible. The Content-Type must be [code-inline]application/x-www-form-urlencoded[/code-inline] and the POST parameters must be in the body of the request in standard form urlencoding format. Text must be transmitted as UTF-8. …