Reach a Global Audience

With over 132 million monthly active users across 250 countries, Steam gives you access to a worldwide community of playersand it's growing all the time.

[icon-payment.svg] 80+ Payment Methods

We've researched and seamlessly integrated the top ways players spend money in different countries around the world.

Read Documentation [icon-pricing.svg] Pricing in 35+ currencies

Localized currencies make purchases easier for customers. We have built-in support to help you configure prices correctly for each region.

Read Documentation [icon-distribution-servers.svg] Distribution network and servers

With over 400 distributed servers worldwide and 1TB fiber backbone, Steam can quickly get your game to players anywhere in the world.

Read Documentation [icon-language-support.svg] 29 Supported Languages

The Steam client has been optimized to support 29 core languages, making it easier and more enjoyable for global users to purchase games on Steam.

Read Documentation [icon-payment.svg] Easy sign up and distribution

Submitting your game to Steam is easy. Fill out some digital paperwork, pay a small per-app fee, and you're ready to upload!

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Manage Your Game's Business

Steamworks makes your launch and management processes as simple as possible, allowing you to focus on your game.

[icon-sales-data.svg] Real-time sales data

Real-time reports of your sales, player counts, and wishlist, all broken down by regionletting you work smarter.

Read Documentation [icon-play-2.svg] Steam Playtest

Easily control access to a separate game build for early testing and feedback from players.

Read Documentation [icon-funnel.svg] Conversion Tracking

Track the effectiveness of your own marketing campaigns via built-in UTM Analytics

Read Documentation [icon-fraud-prevention.svg] Fraud prevention

You and your players are safer with Steam's automated handling of fraudulent purchases, including revoking content and preventing future abuse.

Read Documentation [icon-piracy--light.svg] Piracy/DRM options

Use Steam's DRM (Digital Rights Management) tools to reduce piracy of your game, implement your own, or leave it out. The choice is yours.

Read Documentation [icon-steam-keys.svg] Steam keys

Get your game to customers any way you can imagine. Use Steam keys to sell your game at retail, run discounts and bundle offers, or run betas.

Read Documentation [icon-coming-soon.svg] Coming Soon pages

Build excitement for your upcoming game by launching your store page as soon as you've got something to show your potential customers.

Read Documentation [icon-automated-build.svg] Automated build processes

Make Steam an automated part of your normal build process to deploy your latest build to Steam servers for internal beta testing and easy public release.

Read Documentation [icon-customstore--light.svg] Custom Store page Content

Put your game in its best possible light with full control over the content and images on your product's store page.

Read Documentation [icon-update.svg] Update whenever you want

Release updates whenever and as often as needed, with tools to help you easily announce and distribute updates to your players.

Read Documentation [icon-fast.svg] Fast Networking

Use Valve's network backbone to route your network traffic for increased stability, speed, and resilience.

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Boost Your Marketing Power

Take advantage of Steam's 1 trillion impressions a day, using an array of unique marketing opportunities built directly into the platform.

[icon-wishlists.svg] Wishlists

Players who wishlist your game will be notified when the game gets a release or a discountand you'll get data on how many players are interested.

Read Documentation [icon-early-access.svg] Steam Early Access

Let your community experience your game while it's still under developmentand safely set player expectations with direct player feedback.

Read Documentation [icon-discounts.svg] Discounts and sale events

Participate in regular Steam sales events open to all developers, or run your own discounts according to your marketing needs.

Read Documentation [icon-announcements.svg] Events & Announcements

Keep in contact with your community using built-in tools, so your players are always up to date on your latest events, activities, and features.

Read Documentation [icon-bundle.svg] Game bundles

Bundle your game with its DLC or soundtrack, or create a bundle of your entire catalog. Or collaborate with other devs to create themed bundles.

Read Documentation [icon-livestream.svg] Feature Broadcasts

Engage with your game's supporters by featuring streamers directly on your Steam page, offering potential buyers a preview of gameplay and community.

Read Documentation [icon-community-hub.svg] Community hub

Fans can congregate in your Community Hub, a built-in home for discussion and newsand they can create content that improves your game.

Read Documentation [icon-forums.svg] Forums

Your community hub has an automatically created forum where fans and potential buyers can discuss your game. No need to set one up yourself.

Read Documentation [icon-curator-connect.svg] Curator Connect

Get your game in front of the right influencers and Steam Curators to the largest possible audience of potential customers.

Read Documentation [icon-reviews--light.svg] Reviews

Games on Steam are reviewed by the people who matter most: the people who play them.

Read Documentation [icon-friends-chat.svg] Chat with friends

Friends lists and a redesigned chat system keep players engaged with Steamand offer yet another way for potential customers to discover your game.

Read Documentation [icon-music.svg] Game soundtracks

Sell your game soundtrack for fans to enjoy anywhere.

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Enhance Player Experience

Steam's unique set of services goes beyond the standard product offering of PC game launchers, increasing customer engagement and satisfaction.

[icon-steam-overlay.svg] Steam overlay

An in-game interface that allows your players to access a variety of community featureslike user-made guides, Steam chat, achievement progress, and more.

Read Documentation [icon-screenshots.svg] Instant Screenshots

Players can easily share their favorite moments in your game with their friends and the wider Steam community.

Read Documentation [icon-user-guides.svg] User-created guides

Fans can publish guides to deepen and improve the experience for othershighlighting interesting moments, explaining complex economies, or solving puzzles.

Read Documentation [icon-livestream.svg] Live streams

Stream your game live right to your store page to promote events, offer a window into game development, or simply engage with your community.

Read Documentation [icon-cloud-saves.svg] Cloud saves

Steam Cloud can automatically store save files on our serversso players can resume their game no matter where they are.

Read Documentation [icon-profile-bundle.svg] Profile customization

Add Point Shop Items for players to customize their Steam Profile with stickers, avatars, backgrounds, and other items featuring artwork from your game.

Read Documentation [icon-rpa.svg] Remote Play

Automatically extend players' Steam gaming experience to phones, tablets or TVs using Steam Remote Play.

Read Documentation [icon-rpt.svg] Remote Play Together

Automatically turn your shared screen or split screen multiplayer game into an online multiplayer game.

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Gameplay Features

We've built the groundwork for a wide variety of gameplay features so you don't have to. Adding them to your game is simple with the Steamworks API.
Please refer to the Feature Documentation for more details.

Basic Features

Games of most genres will benefit from these features, which address basic needs. Steamworks API integration is required, but fairly easy to implement.

[icon-achievements.svg] Achievements

Players expect in-game achievements. Use them to reward dedicated fans, mark special events, and encourage particular activities.

Read Documentation [icon-stats.svg] Game Statistics

Analyze in-game behavior to let players track their own progress and compare it to other players.

Read Documentation [icon-leaderboards.svg] Leaderboards

Rank player progress and skill globally and among their friendswith dozens, hundreds, or thousands of individual leaderboards.

Read Documentation [icon-game-servers.svg] Game servers

Create and host dedicated servers yourself or allow your community to host them.

Read Documentation [icon-game-notifications.svg] Game notifications

Automatically notify players who are waiting to take a turn or join a multiplayer match when they've got to get back to the game.

Read Documentation [icon-openid.svg] OpenID

Safely connect to Steam via OpenID for a range of useful services that you can utilize on your website or in-game.

Read Documentation [icon-steam-voice.svg] Steam Voice

Enable voice chats and voice commands directly inside your game, without the need for third-party software.

Read Documentation [icon-rich-presence.svg] Rich presence

Steam users can see a richer depiction of what their friends are doing in your game, making for a more enticing call to action.

Read Documentation [icon-ddos.svg] DDoS Protection

Our networking backbone authenticates users and limits attackers' ability to disrupt your multiplayer servers.

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