Is your interface reasonably sized on various resolutions? Can customers adjust resolution to make sure it fits natively on their monitor? These are all options that are pretty standard in successful PC titles. …

We’ve seen some games that have had that kind of format on mobile switch to a premium model on PC where all the content is unlocked and unrestricted, which seems to work better. Where it makes sense, there are options on Steam to sell additional content as [doclink=store/application/dlc]DLC or expansions[/doclink] but the core game should be a full experience without requiring an additional purchase. …

Custom engines are welcome to build for a wide range of platforms with the large variety of compatibility tools Steam now has available but we recommend either targeting Android 10 or Linux Arm64. …

Please note, however, that the transaction confirmation dialog displayed to customers will show the pricing and currency that you have specified; the conversion takes place as the transaction is finalized. In the previous example, customers in Russia would see a USD $9.99 price in the confirmation dialog but would be charged 614.90 pуб when the transaction is finalized. We recommend that you provide custom pricing for each currency in which you expect your customers to transact regularly. Note that the [code-inline]amount[/code-inline] you pass needs to be in the format that matches the [code-inline]currency[/code-inline] code you pass. …

[/b] A: No- we don’t have an editorial team picking games for Top Sellers, Popular New Releases, Popular Upcoming, or other storefront charts. Those are all based on player data. [b]Q: Will every customer see my game if it’s a top selling title?[/b] A: The top selling list respects each player’s content preferences, and customers can filter out certain categories of content from the store if they wish. …

[/b] A: The default store front page view is territory-specific, so customers might see different games depending on what’s popular in their area. However, all users can click through to see the global Top-Sellers list.…

As content is released, customers who have purchased the Season Pass will gain access immediately. [b]By offering a Season Pass, you are promising future content. …

[/b] If you're considering offering a Season Pass for your game, it's a good idea to think about whether there's a customer benefit to buying the upfront Season Pass. For example, a customer might benefit from a lower overall price on all the content, or extra content thrown in for free. …

Max size - 128 characters[/td][/tr] [/table] [b]Example response: [/b] [code] "response": { "results": [ { "partnerid": "10500", "date": "2025/05/01", "line_item_type": "Package", "packageid": 123, "bundleid":777 "package_sale_type": "Steam", "platform": "Windows", "country_code": "AU", "base_price": "3995", "sale_price": "1995", "currency": "AUD", "gross_units_sold": 10, "gross_units_returned": -2, "gross_sales_usd": "311.7201", "gross_returns_usd": "-25.5322", "net_tax_usd": "26.0431", "primary_appid": 999, "additional_revenue_share_tier": 0, "net_units_sold": 8, "net_sales_usd": "260.1448", "combined_discount_id": 8888, "total_discount_percentage": 50 }, { "partnerid": "10500", "date": "2025/05/01", "line_item_type": "Package", "packageid": 456, "package_sale_type": "Steam", "platform": "Windows", "country_code": "CA", "base_price": "5999", "sale_price": "5999", "currency": "CAD", "gross_units_sold": 100, "gross_units_returned": 0, "gross_sales_usd": "4309.0101", "gross_returns_usd": "0.0000", "net_tax_usd": "517.0812", "primary_appid": 1099, "additional_revenue_share_tier": 1, "viw_grant_partnerid": "5200", "net_units_sold": 100, "net_sales_usd": "3791.9288", }, { "partnerid": "10500", "date": "2025/05/01", "line_item_type": "MicroTxn", "appid": 1099, "game_item_id": 1, "country_code": "US", "currency": "USD", "gross_units_sold": 2, "gross_units_returned": 0, "gross_sales_usd": "9.9800", "gross_returns_usd": "0.0000", "net_tax_usd": "0.9980", "primary_appid": 1099, "additional_revenue_share_tier": 1, "net_units_sold": 2, "net_sales_usd": "8.9820", "avg_sale_price_usd": "4.9900" }, { "partnerid": "10500", "date": "2025/05/01", "line_item_type": "Package", "packageid": 123, "package_sale_type": "Retail", "platform": "Unknown", "country_code": "AE", "primary_appid": 999, "key_request_id": 7100, "gross_units_activated": 10 }, ], "key_request_info": [ { "key_request_id": 7100, "key_request_notes": "Keys for Key Markets", "game_code_id": 842, "game_code_description": "Retail Distribution - Middle East & North Africa", "territory_code_id": 0, "territory_code_description": "UNUSED" } ], "package_info": [ { "packageid": 123, "package_name": "Grate Expectations: Cheese Preparation Simulator - Deluxe Edition" }, { "packageid": 456, "package_name": "Grate Expectations 2: Curd Your Loins - Launch Edition" } ] "app_info": [ { "appid": 999, "app_name": "Grate Expectations: Cheese Preparation Simulator }, { "appid": 1099, "app_name": "Grate Expectations 2: Curd Your Loins" } ], "bundle_info": [ { "bundleid": 777, "bundle_name": "Grate Expectations Deluxe Bundle" }, ], "combined_discount_info": [ { "combined_discount_id": 8888, "combined_discount_name": "Bundle Discount", "total_discount_percentage": 50, "discount_ids": [11111] }, ], "game_item_info": [ { "appid": 1099, "game_item_id": 1, "game_item_description": "500 Grams of Whey", "game_item_category": "Essential Cheese Product" } ], "country_info": [ { "country_code": "AE", "country_name": "United Arab Emirates", "region": "Middle East & North Africa" }, { "country_code": "AU", "country_name": "Australia", "region": "Oceania" }, { "country_code": "CA", "country_name": "Canada", "region": "North America" }, { "country_code": "US", "country_name": "United States", "region": "North America" }, ], "max_id": "29481179373" [/code] [section=GetAppWishlistReporting]GetAppWishlistReporting[/section] [code=http]GET https://partner.steam-api.com/IPartnerFinancialsService/GetAppWishlistReporting/v001/[/code] [b]Request values[/b][table] [tr][th]Name[/th][th]Type[/th][th]Required[/th][th]Description[/th][/tr] [tr] [td][b]key[/b][/td][td]string[/td] [td]✔[/td] [td]Steamworks Web API [url=https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/webapi_overview/auth#publisher-keys]publisher key[/url] with [b]Financial[/b] permissions.…

You will need to get a list of unsold keys from each of your retailers and ban them using the [url=https://partner.steamgames.com/partnerbatchbancdkeys/]Ban CD Key Tool[/url] [*][b]Communicate the change to your customers[/b] - It’s important to explain the situation to your customers. Don’t make promises you can’t keep, but do let your users know what to expect, especially if your game relies on hosted servers that customers will no longer be able to access. [/olist] [section]Frequently Asked Questions[/section] [b]Q: What about Free to Play games?[/b] A: Treating customers fairly is the most important thing to us, so we ask that you give your customers at least 90 days notice before retiring a Free to Play game. …

v=RHC-uGDbu7s [olist] [*] [h4]Use your in-game economy to improve your product and make customers happier, not as a means to extract revenue from unhappy customers.[/h4] Artificial barriers to progress and virtual currencies that obfuscate value tend to make customers regret their purchases over the long term. If you’re viewing in-game transactions as an opportunity to halt your customer’s enjoyment to ask for money, they’ll be inclined to abandon the product over time. Paying money to eliminate frustration is not a sustainable business model, and the marketplace is competitive enough that customers have lots of better alternatives for their time and money. [*] [h4]Build systems wherein customer purchases make your game better for other customers.…

You focus on making an awesome game and describe it accurately to customers on your store page and Steam will work to show your game in appropriate places based on customers’ interests, preferences, and feedback. …

Get the community excited and build an audience. Put up a 'coming soon' page, and post announcements. Some customers may need to see your game dozens of times before it catches their attention. [b]Q. Can I pay for my game to show up to more customers?…

This gives your title the biggest opportunity to create buzz and visibility at a point where customers can actually play the game and share their excitement with their friends. Customers playing your game also means those customers’ friends are seeing them launch the game and post screenshots, discuss in the forums, etc., which can drive those other users to check out the game themselves and take advantage of the limited-time discount. Most pre-purchase campaigns just don’t bring in much in the way of sales, and it's far better--in terms of both revenue and customer awareness--to save that buzz and excitement for when customers can actually play your game or use your software. Running a prepurchase/preorder can also be a risk for both customers and Valve. …

Older reviews will phase out over time and any reviews written during Early Access will be labeled as such. [b]Q. Do customers need to have purchased my game in order to write a review of it?[/b] A. Purchase is not required. Customers may write a review for any product they have launched via Steam. …

Only reviews posted from an account that has purchased on Steam and played the game will count toward the review score for that game. [b]Q. Can customers write a negative review?[/b] A. Yes. Customers can leave a negative or positive review for any reason. If customers are unhappy with the product, or don't believe that it is delivering on what it promises, they may use the review to tell other customers why they do not recommend it. …

[subsection]Bug Fixes & Patches[/subsection] Updating and patching your game is one of the best ways to communicate with customers. If you hear about customers experiencing issues with your game, there is no better response than to fix the issue as quickly as possible (if reasonable). Steam makes it easy to deploy updated builds anytime you wish, so make use of it to iterate on your product and help customers with issues. When deploying an update, it's helpful to post an announcement in your Steam Community Hub so that customers can tell what has changed. …

Remember that these customers' reviews will not count towards your review score, and these customers are also not eligible to receive Trading Cards for your game. By default, Free to Keeps are not promoted anywhere on the Store, aside from your game’s own store page. Customers that have your game on their Wishlist are not notified, nor is there a dedicated place on Steam where customers can browse these offers. …

German regulators have specified that all games must have an age rating in order to be offered to German customers on Steam. [callout]Starting on [b]November 15, 2024, [/b]Steam will no longer display games to customers in Germany if the game is missing a valid age rating.…

s&jump=usktitle&post_type=usktitle]official website[/url]. [b]Q. Will this affect customers who already own a license to my game?[/b] A. No. If your game does not have an age rating this will affect the visibility of your game on the German Steam storefront but German customers who already own a license will be able to continue to access and play it without restrictions. …

Some common issues developers run into: [list] [*] [b]No items show up[/b] - This can happen if no prices have been set for your item definitions. [*] [b]Item Store is not visible[/b] - Your Item Store will only be visible to everyone if your app has been released and you've manually set the Item Store live, which you can do from the store page settings for your app. [/list] [section=Customization]Customizing your Item Store[/section] We’ve made it easy to customize your store with a background image as well as options for a grid or list view and the ability to define tags that can appear as tabs to be used to filters for the items shown. As an example, you can see in the screenshot above that the developers of Rust have customized their Steam Item Store page with a custom background and tabs for easily finding different types of items. [subsection]Naming your store[/subsection] You can enter a name for your store and localized versions of that name for display in different languages. …

When you make major updates to your application, add new content, release new DLC, or ship new features, is a great time to remind new and existing customers about your product. We've built a feature for doing exactly that. With Update Visibility Rounds, we've dedicated space on the front page of the Steam store to highlighting products where the developer has a major update they would like to tell customers about. …

[/i] [section]How Update Rounds Work[/section] [olist] [*] When you have a major update that you'd like to communicate to customers, simply click the 'Start Update Round' button on your applications' Marketing admin page. [*] You will be prompted to enter a short description and select a recent community announcement where customers will be able to learn more about your update. …

Indonesian regulators have specified that games must have an age rating in order to be offered to Indonesian customers on Steam. [callout]In the near future, Steam may no longer be able to display games to customers in Indonesia if the game is missing a valid age rating.…

If you are unsure whether your game has a IGRS rating, please check on their [url=https://igrs.id/]official IGRS website[/url]. [b]Q. Will this affect customers who already own a license to my game?[/b] A. No. If your game does not have an age rating this will affect the visibility of your game on the Indonesian Steam storefront but Indonesian customers who already own a license will be able to continue to access and play it without restrictions. …

DLC can have actual files that you distribute to customers, or it can also just be a license entitlement. Either way, your game should check ownership via the BisSubscribedApp API to make sure the customer actually has a license to the content. …

The vast majority of featuring on Steam is algorithmic based on customer interest. The store looks for bursts of customer interest, typically measured in revenue, and reacts accordingly with additional featuring on the store. …

. [*] Display game achievements in their Achievement Showcase. [/list] Games that do not have these profile customization options do not count towards Game Collector or Achievement Collector totals. Steam automatically enables profile customization features as games reach certain player and sales metrics that give confidence that a reasonable number of customers that are engaged with your game. …

Steam doesn't mark your game "bad" or "fake" - we will automatically recheck your game against our sales and player metrics several times per day. We do not find that lack of profile customization options is a major factor for customers who are deciding whether to buy your game. In general this mainly affects games whose [i]only [/i]value is in profile features (trading cards, emoticons, etc). …

[docimg=steamworks_steam_input_custom_config.png]steamworks_steam_input_custom_config.png[/docimg] And from the selection below, select "Add Custom Configuration." [docimg=steamworks_steam_controller_custom2.png]steamworks_steam_controller_custom2.png[/docimg] [*] Paste the file ID of your public configuration into the box, and click the OK button. …