Steam Direct: costs and all information
Steam recently replaced Greenlight with Steam Direct. You can find out what that is and how high the costs for developers are in this practical tip.
All information about Steam Direct
Steam Direct is scheduled for release in spring 2017.
- Steam Direct becomes Steam's new platform on which indie games can be published and purchased.
- Steam Direct has a wider range of games than Steam Greenlight.
- While this appeals to more customers, it can also mean that you will see more troll games.
- This is because the curators on Steam Direct no longer review games. Instead, the review will be replaced by higher fees.
- This means that anyone who publishes this fee and who complies with the other formalities can publish games.
Steam Direct: This is the cost of developers
- In addition, as a developer, you must provide personal information and provide tax documents.
- So far, game developers wishing to publish a game on Greenlight have had to pay approximately $ 100.
- How high the costs for developers will ultimately be is still unclear. Rumor has it that the fees will range between $ 200 and $ 5000.
- These high fees are intended to prevent bad game releases. It is meant to deter developers who intentionally want to publish a bad game.
- In addition, developers will have to pay a fee for every game in the future. With Greenlight, you paid $ 100 for everything.
In our next article, you will learn how to save some money on Steam. And when Steam is down, have a look at our other article. There we will explain what you can do in this case.