[subsection=GetLocalTimestamp]GetLocalTimestamp[/subsection] [code=cpp]SteamNetworkingMicroseconds GetLocalTimestamp();[/code] A general purpose high resolution local timer with the following properties: [list] [*] Monotonicity is guaranteed. [*] The initial value will be at least 24*3600*30*1e6, i.e. about 30 days worth of microseconds. In this way, the timestamp value of 0 will always be at least "30 days ago". …

[/section] Ask questions on the [url=http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/discussions/6/]Stats and Achievements discussion board[/url] …

[/i] [section=BuildingYourGameTutorial]Steamworks Video Tutorial - Building Your Game in SteamPipe[/section] This tutorial introduces SteamPipe and steps through building a sample application for Steam via the Steamworks tools. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoNH-v6aU9Q[/url] [section=AddingPlatformsAndLanguagesTutorial]Steamworks Video Tutorial - Adding New Platforms and Languages[/section] This tutorial walks you through adding new platforms and languages to your game by adding depots to your app. …

[h4]Running the app build results in the following error: "ERROR! Failed 'DepotBuild for scriptname.vdf' - status = 6."[/h4] Possible Causes: [list] [*] Account does not have permissions for the app. [list] [*] Check that the app ID is correct in the app_build.vdf. [*] Check that the build account has [doclink=#Build_Account]proper permissions[/doclink] to the app ID. …

For example, if you know your updates during Early Access will break save files, make sure you tell players up front. And say this everywhere you sell your Steam keys. 6.[b] [i]Don't launch in Early Access without a playable game.[/i][/b] If you have a tech demo, but not much gameplay yet, then it’s probably too early to launch in Early Access. …

[table] [tr][th]Name[/th][th]Value[/th][th]Description[/th][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_None][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_None[/b][/td][td]0[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_A][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_A[/b][/td][td]1[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) digital face button A[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_B][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_B[/b][/td][td]2[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) digital face button B[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_X][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_X[/b][/td][td]3[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) digital face button X[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_Y][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_Y[/b][/td][td]4[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) digital face button Y[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftBumper][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftBumper[/b][/td][td]5[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) digital left shoulder button (aka "left bumper")[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightBumper][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightBumper[/b][/td][td]6[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) digital right shoulder button (aka "right bumper")[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftGrip][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftGrip[/b][/td][td]7[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) digital left grip paddle[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightGrip][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightGrip[/b][/td][td]8[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) digital right grip paddle[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_Start][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_Start[/b][/td][td]9[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) digital start button[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_Back][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_Back[/b][/td][td]10[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) digital back button[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftPad_Touch][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftPad_Touch[/b][/td][td]11[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) left haptic touchpad, in simple contact with a finger[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftPad_Swipe][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftPad_Swipe[/b][/td][td]12[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) left haptic touchpad, touch input on any axis[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftPad_Click][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftPad_Click[/b][/td][td]13[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) left haptic touchpad, digital click (for the whole thing)[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftPad_DPadNorth][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftPad_DPadNorth[/b][/td][td]14[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) left haptic touchpad, digital click (upper quadrant)[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftPad_DPadSouth][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftPad_DPadSouth[/b][/td][td]15[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) left haptic touchpad, digital click (lower quadrant)[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftPad_DPadWest][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftPad_DPadWest[/b][/td][td]16[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) left haptic touchpad, digital click (left quadrant)[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftPad_DPadEast][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftPad_DPadEast[/b][/td][td]17[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) left haptic touchpad, digital click (right quadrant)[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightPad_Touch][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightPad_Touch[/b][/td][td]18[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) right haptic touchpad, in simple contact with a finger[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightPad_Swipe][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightPad_Swipe[/b][/td][td]19[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) right haptic touchpad, touch input on any axis[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightPad_Click][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightPad_Click[/b][/td][td]20[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) right haptic touchpad, digital click (for the whole thing)[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightPad_DPadNorth][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightPad_DPadNorth[/b][/td][td]21[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) right haptic touchpad, digital click (upper quadrant)[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightPad_DPadSouth][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightPad_DPadSouth[/b][/td][td]22[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) right haptic touchpad, digital click (lower quadrant)[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightPad_DPadWest][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightPad_DPadWest[/b][/td][td]23[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) right haptic touchpad, digital click (left quadrant)[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightPad_DPadEast][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightPad_DPadEast[/b][/td][td]24[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) right haptic touchpad, digital click (right quadrant)[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftTrigger_Pull][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftTrigger_Pull[/b][/td][td]25[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) left analog trigger, pulled by any amount (analog value)[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftTrigger_Click][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftTrigger_Click[/b][/td][td]26[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) left analog trigger, pulled in all the way (digital value)[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightTrigger_Pull][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightTrigger_Pull[/b][/td][td]27[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) right analog trigger, pulled by any amount (analog value)[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightTrigger_Click][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_RightTrigger_Click[/b][/td][td]28[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) right analog trigger, pulled in all the way (digital value)[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftStick_Move][td][b]k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftStick_Move[/b][/td][td]29[/td][td](Valve Steam Controller) left joystick, movement on any axis (analog value)[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EControllerActionOrigin_LeftStick_Cli…

Release State Override keys will continue to grant access to the base game until they are banned, so be sure to read up on [doclink=/features/keys#6]key management[/doclink] and have a plan in place for your Release Override keys after your confidential playtest is over. [/olist] [callout][b]Surfacing an App on Steam[/b]: Keys aside, details of an app on Steam will become visible to many players and/or third party web crawlers once the app: 1) publishes a Store page, 2) becomes available for Pre-Load or 3) gets Released, even if it is released with a 'Hidden' store page. …

[section]Getting Started[/section] [b]NOTE:[/b] The Steamworks API officially supports C++, using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008+ on Microsoft Windows, GCC 4.6+ and Clang 3.0+ on macOS and SteamOS / Linux. If you're using a third party engine or a programming language other than C++ then you should first look at [doclink=#thirdparty][/doclink] to see if there are more specific instructions to get started with your engine or language of choice. …

Max size - 128 characters[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][b]summary_actions[/b][/td] [td]CPartnerFinancials_WishlistSummary[/td] [td]The summary of all wishlist actions for this language[/td] [/tr] [/table] [b]Example response: [/b] [code] "response": { "appid": 440, "date": "2026-02-15", "wishlist_summary": { "wishlist_adds": 30, "wishlist_deletes": 15, "wishlist_purchases": 10, "wishlist_gifts": 5, "wishlist_adds_windows": 22, "wishlist_adds_mac": 3, "wishlist_adds_linux": 5 }, "country_summary": [ { "country_code": "CA", "country_name": "Canada", "region": "North America", "summary_actions": { "wishlist_adds": 20, "wishlist_deletes": 6, "wishlist_purchases": 9, "wishlist_gifts": 2, "wishlist_adds_windows": 15, "wishlist_adds_mac": 1, "wishlist_adds_linux": 4 } }, { "country_code": "FR", "country_name": "France", "region": "Western Europe", "summary_actions": { "wishlist_adds": 10, "wishlist_deletes": 9, "wishlist_purchases": 1, "wishlist_gifts": 3, "wishlist_adds_windows": 5, "wishlist_adds_mac": 2, "wishlist_adds_linux": 1 } } ], "language_summary": [ { "language": 0, "language_name": "English", "summary_actions": { "wishlist_adds": 18, "wishlist_deletes": 4, "wishlist_purchases": 7, "wishlist_gifts": 1, "wishlist_adds_windows": 14, "wishlist_adds_mac": 0, "wishlist_adds_linux": 4 } }, { "language": 2, "language_name": "French", "summary_actions": { "wishlist_adds": 12, "wishlist_deletes": 11, "wishlist_purchases": 3, "wishlist_gifts": 4, "wishlist_adds_windows": 8, "wishlist_adds_mac": 3, "wishlist_adds_linux": 1 } } ], "time_generated": 1772580513 "app_min_date": "2010-01-01" } } [/code] …

[/td][/tr] [tr=k_ESteamHardwareDefaultConfigSteamMachine][td][b]k_ESteamHardwareDefaultConfigSteamMachine[/b][/td][td]6[/td][td]Steam Machine default configuration.[/td][/tr] [tr=k_ESteamHardwareDefaultConfigSteamFrame][td][b]k_ESteamHardwareDefaultConfigSteamFrame[/b][/td][td]7[/td][td]Steam Frame default configuration.…

[table] [tr][th]Name[/th][th]Value[/th][th]Description[/th][/tr] [tr=k_EWorkshopEnumerationTypeRankedByVote][td][b]k_EWorkshopEnumerationTypeRankedByVote[/b][/td][td]0[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EWorkshopEnumerationTypeRecent][td][b]k_EWorkshopEnumerationTypeRecent[/b][/td][td]1[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EWorkshopEnumerationTypeTrending][td][b]k_EWorkshopEnumerationTypeTrending[/b][/td][td]2[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EWorkshopEnumerationTypeFavoritesOfFriends][td][b]k_EWorkshopEnumerationTypeFavoritesOfFriends[/b][/td][td]3[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EWorkshopEnumerationTypeVotedByFriends][td][b]k_EWorkshopEnumerationTypeVotedByFriends[/b][/td][td]4[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EWorkshopEnumerationTypeContentByFriends][td][b]k_EWorkshopEnumerationTypeContentByFriends[/b][/td][td]5[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EWorkshopEnumerationTypeRecentFromFollowedUsers][td][b]k_EWorkshopEnumerationTypeRecentFromFollowedUsers[/b][/td][td]6[/td][td][/td][/tr] [/table] [subsection=EWorkshopFileAction]EWorkshopFileAction[/subsection] Deprecated - Only used with the deprecated RemoteStorage based Workshop API. …

[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EWorkshopFileTypeGame][td][b]k_EWorkshopFileTypeGame[/b][/td][td]6[/td][td]Unused, used to be for Greenlight game entries[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EWorkshopFileTypeSoftware][td][b]k_EWorkshopFileTypeSoftware[/b][/td][td]7[/td][td]Unused, used to be for Greenlight software entries.…

[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTTPMethodOPTIONS][td][b]k_EHTTPMethodOPTIONS[/b][/td][td]6[/td][td]The HTTP Method is set to OPTIONS.[/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTTPMethodPATCH][td][b]k_EHTTPMethodPATCH[/b][/td][td]7[/td][td]The HTTP Method is set to PATCH.…

[table] [tr][th]Name[/th][th]Value[/th][th]Description[/th][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_User][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeNESW[/b][/td][td]0[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_None][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_None[/b][/td][td]1[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_Arrow][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_Arrow[/b][/td][td]2[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_IBeam][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_IBeam[/b][/td][td]3[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_Hourglass][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_Hourglass[/b][/td][td]4[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_WaitArrow][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_WaitArrow[/b][/td][td]5[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_Crosshair][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_Crosshair[/b][/td][td]6[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_Up][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_Up[/b][/td][td]7[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeNW][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeNW[/b][/td][td]8[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeSE][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeSE[/b][/td][td]9[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeNE][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeNE[/b][/td][td]10[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeSW][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeSW[/b][/td][td]11[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeW][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeW[/b][/td][td]12[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeE][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeE[/b][/td][td]13[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeN][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeN[/b][/td][td]14[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeS][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeS[/b][/td][td]15[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeWE][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeWE[/b][/td][td]16[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeNS][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeNS[/b][/td][td]17[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeAll][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_SizeAll[/b][/td][td]18[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_No][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_No[/b][/td][td]19[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_Hand][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_Hand[/b][/td][td]20[/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr=k_EHTMLMouseCursor_Blank][td][b]k_EHTMLMouseCursor_Blank[/b][/td][td]21[/td][td]Don't show any custom cursor, just use your default.…