[section]Taxes on the Steam Direct Fee[/section] Valve will charge VAT, GST, or other similar consumption based taxes (if any) on the Steam Direct Fee in accordance with country specific requirements. 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.…

[/list] [/list] [/list] [b]Example Response:[/b] [code=json] { "response": { "result": "OK", "params": { "count": 4, "orders": [ { "orderid": "1233", "transid": "1234567890123456788", "steamid": "76561197972751825", "status": "PartialRefund", "currency": "USD", "time": "2024-01-23T18:30:00Z", "country": "US", "usstate": "WA", "timecreated": "2024-01-23T18:15:00Z", "items": [ { "itemid": 100, "qty": 1, "amount": 99, "vat": 9, "itemstatus": "Refunded" }, { "itemid": 101, "qty": 1, "amount": 1299, "vat": 116, "itemstatus": "Succeeded" } ] }, { "orderid": "1234", "transid": "1234567890123456789", "steamid": "76561197972751825", "status": "Failed", "currency": "USD", "time": "2024-01-23T18:40:30Z", "country": "US", "usstate": "WA", "timecreated": "2024-01-23T18:39:00Z", "items": [ { "itemid": 100, "qty": 1, "amount": 99, "vat": 9, "itemstatus": "Failed" } ] }, { "orderid": "1235", "transid": "1234567890123456790", "steamid": "76561197972751825", "status": "Succeeded", "currency": "USD", "time": "2024-01-23T18:40:40Z", "country": "US", "usstate": "WA", "timecreated": "2024-01-23T18:39:30Z", "items": [ { "itemid": 101, "qty": 1, "amount": 1299, "vat": 116, "itemstatus": "Succeeded" } ] }, { "orderid": "1236", "transid": "1234567890123456791", "steamid": "76561197972751825", "status": "Chargedback", "currency": "USD", "time": "2024-01-23T19:55:00Z", "country": "US", "usstate": "WA", "timecreated": "2024-01-23T18:40:00Z", "items": [ { "itemid": 102, "qty": 1, "amount": 999, "vat": 89, "itemstatus": "Chargedback" } ] } ] } } } [/code] [section=GetUserAgreementInfo]GetUserAgreementInfo[/section] [code=http]GET https://partner.steam-api.com/ISteamMicroTxn/GetUserAgreementInfo/v2/[/code] [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]Microtransaction[/b] permissions.…

[/list] [/list] [/list] [b]Example Response:[/b] [code=xml] <response> <result>OK</result> <params> <state>WA</state> <country>US</country> <currency>USD</currency> </params> </response> [/code] [section=InitTxn]InitTxn[/section] [code=http]POST https://partner.steam-api.com/ISteamMicroTxn/InitTxn/v3/[/code] [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]Microtransaction[/b] permissions.…

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?…

Current permissions include: [table] [tr] [td][b][docimg=icon_star.png]icon_star.png[/docimg] Administrator[/b][/td] [td]Allows the user to manage users and permissions on the partner account. Only users with admin rights can pay the Steam Application Fee and activate the application credit. See [doclink=gettingstarted/appfee]Steam Application Fee[/doclink] to learn more.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][b][docimg=icon_actual_authority.png]icon_actual_authority.png[/docimg] Actual Authority[/b][/td] [td]This permission is only assigned to the account that is responsible for signing paperwork on behalf of your organization and cannot be granted to a user by anyone other than Valve. …

. [*][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?[/h4] [b]A.[/b] You can sign up as a limited Steamworks account by following [url=https://partner.steamgames.com/newpartner/?signup_type=6&force_new=1]this link[/url]. …

.) [*]if the recipient does not have a fully onboard partner account, one can sign up through [url=https://partner.steamgames.com/steamdirect]Steam Direct[/url] and pay the Steam Direct fee.[/list] [section]Starting a transfer[/section] To start a transfer, please visit [url=https://partner.steamgames.com/pub/apptransfers/]Transfer Applications[/url] tool, which can also be found under the "Tools" menu on the Steamworks website. …

. [*][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. …