Toolkit for Steamworks 2027

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The complete Steamworks integration for Unity. This asset is included in the Toolkits for Unity Bundle 2027. Steam Achievements, Leaderboards, Cloud Storage, Friends & Social, Remote Play, Controller Input, Workshop, Inventory, Rich Presence, Listen Servers, and more. ✅ 10+ years of Heathen Steamworks expertise ✅ Trusted by thousands of developers, powering hundreds of published games ✅ Our toolkit meets you where you are: code-free tools or full C# access ✅ Built on our free, open-source Foundation for Steamworks, installed automatically, so the core of what you need is never locked behind the paid tier ✅ Extensive Knowledge Base with step-by-step guides ✅ Works with raw for maximum compatibility with other tools and assets WHAT'S NEW: 🕹️ Playable Demo Games (New): A complete multiplayer demo you can run in minutes, with party and session lobbies, chat, colour choice, a level transition, leaderboards, achievements and a Workshop browser and creator. 🔌 Bring Your Networking Library, (New): Demo Game samples for PurrNet, FishNet, Mirror, Netcode for GameObjects and Netcode for Entities, plus a Template version with no networking so you can plug in your own. 🔐 Steam Authentication (New): Server-validated Steam tickets in every networked demo, with a step by step guide. 🧭 Build It Yourself Guide (New): A screenshot guide to building the Steam side of the Demo Game from scratch, with a clear split between what needs code and what does not. 🛠️ Setup check (New): The demos tell you on screen when your App ID settings need a change, with a button that opens the right settings page. 🚌 Game Framework event Bus (New): With Game Framework installed, Steam events are published to a shared event Bus so other packages can react to Steam with no direct dependency. 📖 Data-driven Steam (New): Read and write achievements, stats and leaderboard scores from gameplay tags, for example from an Ogham story. 🐛 Many fixes: Authentication sessions, party session follow, friend level lookup, lobby member data, Workshop subscribed search and more. WHAT'S INCLUDED: 🎮 Achievement System: Unlock, lock, and track progress on any achievement 📊 Stats & Leaderboards: Integer and float stats, global/friends/weekly leaderboards ☁️ Cloud Storage: Read, write, and share save files to Steam Cloud 👥 Friends & Social: Avatars, rich presence, overlay, auth sessions 🎯 Matchmaking: Create, join, and manage Steam lobbies (public, private, friends) 🖥️ Client + Listen Server Support (New): Run a Steam Game Server in the same process as your Steam Client. List your listen server on the real Steam Server Browser with no separate dedicated server build. 🎮 Steam Input: Full controller support with action sets, layers, and mapped actions 📦 Inventory & Workshop: Item management, grants, exchange, UGC upload and subscribe 🔧 Steam App Settings: Define all your achievements, stats, and leaderboards from Unity's Project Settings, then generate an easy to use wrapper 📚 Knowledge Base: More than code documentation and API generated text. Our extensive guides and articles cover every relevant feature of Steam, not just the Steamworks SDK. 💬 Live Discord Support: Direct help from the Heathen team and a community of thousands of fellow developers. Join thousands of developers who use Heathen's Toolkit to Do More with Steam. Chat with us live on Discord Browse our Knowledge Base Check out hundreds of games powered by this tool LICENSE: ✅ Perpetual License You own this version forever, including all 2027 updates 🔁 Yearly Updates Optional 80% off for existing customers 🕒 Grace Period Buy July 1st or later, get the next year free Supported Platforms/Operating Systems Windows Linux macOS Rendering Pipelines This toolkit is not impacted by your choice of rendering pipeline or InputSystem, so it works with them all. Documentation Comprehensive resources available on the Heathen Knowledge Base Live Support Available via the Heathen Discord Server Dependencies Heathen Toolbox: It offers to installed automatically if not already present. Provides version control and dependency management for all Heathen Tools : Free and open-source, Toolbox will offer to install and update this for you if missing. Foundation for Steamworks: Our free, open-source Steamworks base layer. Toolbox will offering to install and update this for you if missing. Heathen Game Framework: Our free, open-source general framwork, provides the Subsystem architecture Steamworks runs on. Key Features Detailed playable Game Demo for PurrNet, FishNet, Mirror, NetCode for GameObjects, NetCode for Entities and a blank template to help you wire in any networking tool you like. Production-Ready Prefabs: Ready-to-use prefabs that simplify Steam integration. Extensive Samples: A wide variety of sample scenes to get you started quickly. Support for DOTS and GameObject Projects: Flexible design that supports both DOTS (Data-Oriented Technology Stack) and traditional GameObject-style projects. Component scripts (MonoBehaviours) are optional but available if needed. Built on Heathen Game Framework: Steam initializes itself as a Subsystem, with no manual boilerplate required, plus an in-editor Build Guard that warns you before you ship with stale configuration. Steamworks SDK Features 100% coverage of the Steamworks SDK, including but NOT limited to App Tools Authentication Clans / Groups Tools Debugging Tools (including Steam Inspector) DLC Management Friends Tools Steam Input Inventory Management Microtransactions & In-App Purchases Crafting System Player Trading & Economy Leaderboards Multiplayer Lobby & Matchmaking Steam Game Server Client + Listen Server Hosting: run a Steam Game Server in the same process as your Steam Client and list it on the real Steam Server Browser (New) Networking Support: (you will still need to use an HLAPI such as FishNet, Mirror, MLAPI/NetCode for GameObjects all of which are supported) Steam Overlay Parties Remote Play Remote Storage (Cloud Saves) Rich Presence Screenshots Stats & Achievements User Tools User-Generated Content (Steam Workshop) Utilities Voice Chat Integration