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Ship Your Game: itch.io & Steam

Quest 8 of 8 on the Your First Game path → a finished game

You built a game. Now ship it. This standalone quest works for any finished Godot project, not just the platformer. You export desktop and web builds, make the store art you still need, set up a real itch.io page with a playable in-browser build, then go deep on Steam: the Steamworks account and $100 fee, the store page, depots and builds, the review process, and wishlists. It ends the only way a build-it course should: with your game in front of players.

10

Lessons

1200

XP Reward

Beginner

Difficulty

Desktop builds for Windows, macOS, and Linux
An HTML5 web build people play in the browser
A real itch.io page, top to bottom
Steam, click by click: store page, depots, wishlists, launch
5-8 hours 10 lessons Godot 4.x
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Quest Details
Est. time
5-8 hours
Lessons
10
XP reward
1200 XP
Difficulty
Beginner
Access
Premium

Skills You'll Walk Away With

Export Templates & Builds

HTML5 / Web Export

Store Art & Screenshots

itch.io Page Setup

Steamworks & Launch

Quest Lessons

10 lessons
1

Export Templates & Desktop Builds

Install the export templates, add Windows, macOS, and Linux presets, and export your first real build folder.

2

The HTML5 / Web Export

Export to the browser, handle the SharedArrayBuffer cross-origin isolation requirement, and test the web build locally.

3

The Store Art You Need

The game icon, itch cover and banner, and Steam capsules at the sizes each store actually requires.

4

Screenshots, GIFs & a Trailer

Capture clean screenshots, cut a short looping GIF, and put together a simple trailer that sells the page.

5

Your itch.io Page

Create the project, upload builds, write a description that converts, and tag it so people find it.

6

Pricing & the Playable Web Build

Free, pay-what-you-want, or paid, plus embedding the HTML5 build so visitors play in the browser.

7

Steam: Steamworks & the Store Page

The Steamworks account, the $100 Steam Direct fee, and building a store page that earns wishlists.

8

Steam: Depots, Builds & SteamPipe

Depots, uploading your build with SteamPipe, and using branches to test before you go live.

9

Steam: Review, Wishlists & Launch

The review process, the two-week Coming Soon rule, why wishlists matter, and a launch-day checklist.

10

Marketing Basics & Devlogs

A devlog cadence, where to post, honest expectations, and the habits that keep a game alive after launch.

Is This Quest For You?

Perfect for you if:

  • You have a finished (or nearly finished) Godot game and want it in front of players
  • You want the real steps for itch.io and Steam, not vague advice
  • You'd rather ship a small game than polish a big one forever
  • You want to understand the publishing pipeline, so you can do it again

Not for you if:

  • You haven't built a game yet (build one first, then come back to ship it)
  • You only want engine and gameplay tutorials
  • You expect a guaranteed sales number (this teaches the process, not magic)
  • You want console publishing (Switch, PlayStation, Xbox are a different track)

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You built a game. Now ship it. This standalone quest works for any finished Godot project, not just the platformer. You export desktop and web builds, make the store art you still need, set up a real itch.io page with a playable in-browser build, then go deep on Steam: the Steamworks account and $100 fee, the store page, depots and builds, the review process, and wishlists. It ends the only way a build-it course should: with your game in front of players.

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