What is steamplay?

[BridgetFisher]

What is steamplay? How do I use it or is it like a feature or something? If anyone has a thread please post i tried searching but it came up with so many results of people just mentioning it not explaining it.

(if its a feature, I think someone should make it so if I click the word it takes me to a page explaining what steamplay is and how to use it or whatever it is.)

[Black Blade]

were you seen that?

[BridgetFisher]

i see it on pages for games like "I have no mouth but I must scream". It says "steamplay" where the price is. Many games say it but this is an example.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/245390/?snr=1_7_15__13

[Black Blade]

Początkowo opublikowane przez BridgetFisher:

i see it on pages for games like "I have no mouth but I must scream". It says "steamplay" where the price is. Many games say it but this is an example.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/245390/?snr=1_7_15__13

Dont really remmber... i think it may mean it has Steam things in it... like things that work with Steam... or something...

[BridgetFisher]

Im surprised noone knows what it is, is it that new? I only noticed it today so maybe it is.

[Laptop]

It means that buying it will automatically let you play the game on the OSX and Linux OS, for no extra charge. So you buy one copy of the game and you can play on all 3 OS's.

[BridgetFisher]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Laptop65:

It means that buying it will automatically let you play the game on the OSX and Linux OS, for no extra charge. So you buy one copy of the game and you can play on all 3 OS's.

oh thanks! thats helpful.

[Black Blade]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Laptop65:

It means that buying it will automatically let you play the game on the OSX and Linux OS, for no extra charge. So you buy one copy of the game and you can play on all 3 OS's.

thanks for the info

Początkowo opublikowane przez BridgetFisher:

Im surprised noone knows what it is, is it that new? I only noticed it today so maybe it is.

Thanks for asking as now i know

[Kargor]

Actually, "SteamPlay" doesn't automatically let you play on the other platforms -- only on the platforms supported by the game.

The idea is that you buy the game once -- and you can use it on whatever platform it's available for. So you don't buy the "Mac" or "Linux" version of a game -- if the game has a Mac version, for example, you just buy "the game" and play it on your Mac.

If the game doesn't have a Linux version, however, you can't play it on Linux (unless you use an emulator, but that's not the point here. You would be playing the Windows version then, not a Linux version).

It just takes the "you can install it on as many computers as you like" a step further by including multiple operating systems as well. They are missing Android, though -- since the last Humblebundle I own a few Android games as well (I don't even have a mobile gadget, though), but Steam doesn't include those. I can only get Win/Mac/Linux versions through Steam.

[Starboy]

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[BridgetFisher]

Werid, all games should be steamplay, silly to buy it on pc and mac and linux. that is just weird, I get it costs a little more to do it multiplatform but just spread the pain around to everyone, sheesh.

[ChakLong]

Początkowo opublikowane przez BridgetFisher:

Werid, all games should be steamplay, silly to buy it on pc and mac and linux. that is just weird, I get it costs a little more to do it multiplatform but just spread the pain around to everyone, sheesh.

All multi-platform games that I have purchased on Steam can be installed regardless of platform. I did not have to purchase extra copies. I purchased most of my games to play on my PC, but I can install and play loads of them on my Mac.

Games that are not multi-platform do not magically become multi-platform when sold on Steam.

However, if you are trying to say that all multi-platform games that are sold through methods other than Steam should be sold as a product suitable for all the platforms a game versions for instead of a single version supporting a single platform, it does cost more and also takes more time, since you have to do additional coding and what-not.

[El Umpo]

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