steam-demo

Plan a Steam demo by defining a dedicated demo App ID, configuring depot sharing rules, and documenting cloud-save assumptions. This approach ensures your demo build is aligned with store page coordination and separates demo content from the base game distribution.

A Steam demo QA scope and release calendar plan includes demo availability windows, QA success metrics, call-to-action funnels for the base game, and event timing alignment. It documents depot usage and App ID assumptions to ensure launch readiness.

Structure depot sharing and cloud-save assumptions by documenting rules for shared content between the demo and base game, ensuring the demo CTA funnels players correctly, and defining availability windows. This produces a markdown artifact for production tracking.

You can align your Steam demo by generating a context-aware plan that reads existing release and calendar documents to avoid conflicting assumptions. The plan documents demo App ID strategy, QA scope, and event timing in a standardized markdown file.

The plan focuses on documenting assumptions for App ID strategy, depot sharing, and QA scope rather than executing the Steamworks backend configuration. It produces a markdown planning artifact, meaning teams must still manually configure depots and store pages in Steamworks.

Document Steam demo success metrics and base game CTA funnels by creating a structured plan that defines QA scope, availability windows, and depot sharing rules. This ensures the demo effectively drives player conversion back to the full game.