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New Rules for Steam Store Page Descriptions (self.gamedev)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by berin to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://mastodon.social/users/Berin/statuses/112958975936924665

New Rules for Steam Store Page Descriptions

TLDR You may no longer add:
- Links to external sites (use dedicated fields instead)
- Links or images pointing to other games on Steam
- Images that mimic Steam UI elements

https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/4145017/view/4201376568915048835

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*Edited for more clarity

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The post is a bit misleading. It's not that links to external sites are outright banned, it's instead they should use dedicated fields (which already existed) instead of cluttering the space in the written description. Steam states the point is to make the written description focused on the game with no distractions. Surely enough this reduces the visibility for the links but I think it's not necessarily a bad change.

[–] berin 5 points 4 months ago

That's right, thanks for pointing it out. I edited the post to reflect that detail 👍