A way to tip developers.

[MrInvis]

There are times when I am playing a game when I feel like I am enjoying the game much more than what I payed for it, and I would like to give more money to support developers of games I really like. It would be nice if 100% of the tip went to the developer, and if it did not effect the steam v developer cut.

[Lily McFluffy Butt]

Plenty of indie devs have ways of donating to them. Not all of them though, and I don't think enforcing it is a good idea.

[nullable]

If you want to tip the developer, buy more of their games.

[Gwarsbane]

Buy more games and give them out to people on your friends lists that want them.

Some of them have "Donation DLC" that pretty much has nothing in it and gives them money. Some have artbook and what not DLC, has stuff that they had lying around tossed in.

Go ask in the discussion area if they have some place you can donate money to.

Because a donation button adds extra headaches on Valve to have to deal with. Specially with all the different tax codes and stuff all around the world.

Its very doubtful there will ever be a "donate to your favorite developer" button.

[Black Blade]

Originally posted by Snakub Plissken:

If you want to tip the developer, buy more of their games.

This is likely the best
If they got one game, just gift it to a friend

Personally I prefer if someone buys my program to earn money then be given just cash, in one you offer a service on the other you are just getting money
Gifting a friend will also mean that there game is more out there that is good for marketing

[Mad Scientist]

Indie Devs do this with optional DLC such as "Supporter Packs", which is usually cosmetic stuff to help the games development, you can see an example of such for Deep Rock Galactic.

[Brian9824]

A lot of companies actually wouldn't want this as this creates accounting issues with how them any has to be reported. So the system they have set up where the developer can offer this if they want works best.

[Mad Scientist]

Originally posted by brian9824:

A lot of companies actually wouldn't want this as this creates accounting issues with how them any has to be reported. So the system they have set up where the developer can offer this if they want works best.

I've seen a fair amount of people with this support-the-dev pack, seems when these kinds of DLC are made, people love buying it to support the dev when the game is great.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/801860/Deep_Rock_Galactic__Supporter_Upgrade/

[Radene]

Originally posted by Mr. Gentlebot:

Originally posted by brian9824:

A lot of companies actually wouldn't want this as this creates accounting issues with how them any has to be reported. So the system they have set up where the developer can offer this if they want works best.

I've seen a fair amount of people with this support-the-dev pack, seems when these kinds of DLC are made, people love buying it to support the dev when the game is great.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/801860/Deep_Rock_Galactic__Supporter_Upgrade/

But legally this is not a "donation", it's still an exchange.

[Mad Scientist]

Originally posted by Radene:

Originally posted by Mr. Gentlebot:

I've seen a fair amount of people with this support-the-dev pack, seems when these kinds of DLC are made, people love buying it to support the dev when the game is great.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/801860/Deep_Rock_Galactic__Supporter_Upgrade/

But legally this is not a "donation", it's still an exchange.

See this, as it covered this already:

Originally posted by brian9824:

A lot of companies actually wouldn't want this as this creates accounting issues with how them any has to be reported. So the system they have set up where the developer can offer this if they want works best.

Besides, some Devs have outside donation sources as well, but most seem to prefer the optional supporter DLC. Convenience.

[Yzal]

Good (?) ol' CONSUME PRODUCT

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

If you want to send devs a monetary donation/tip, you may have to dig around for a way to do so. Possible methods include:

* a Patreon or Indiegogo or Ko-Fi page. In some cases you might even be able to find Paypal accounts you can donate to. There's usually a fee to these sorts of things; no-fee services are usually not public (for example, Paypal requires you to be friended to avoid their fee, last I checked, to
* an itch.io account. itch has a "pay want you want" setup with a minimum payment amount. It also lets devs choose their revenue share amount, so it's possible that the dev has it set up to receive more than the 70% cut that Steam normally gives devs (but this isn't usually publicly-available information).
* Donation/Tip DLC items on the Steam store. Some devs have added DLC that gives you a little bonus content or even nothing at all but that indicates that the item exists for you to be able to donate money to the dev. Furthermore, in some cases, products that are freeware have been released on Steam with a purchase price, meant to make the product donationware. Steam still takes their usual cut from this, though.
* Choose to buy the game (or extra copies of the game for others) while it's not on sale. Or choose to preorder or back a kickstarter for their next game.