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  "atlas": "Earning Paths Atlas",
  "id": "steam",
  "name": "Steam (Steamworks)",
  "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
  "atlas_url": "https://earningpaths.dev/platforms/steam",
  "markdown_url": "https://earningpaths.dev/platforms/steam.md",
  "playbook_url": null,
  "license": {
    "id": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "disclaimer": {
    "de": "Keine Rechts- oder Steuerberatung. Fakten aus den verlinkten Quellen, Stand siehe geprueft_am; vor Entscheidungen Originalquelle prüfen.",
    "en": "No legal or tax advice. Facts from linked sources as of geprueft_am; verify the original source before acting."
  },
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    "id": "steam",
    "name": "Steam (Steamworks)",
    "url": "https://partner.steamgames.com",
    "category": "app_marketplace",
    "category_label": "App marketplace",
    "summary": "Sell PC games and software on Steam.",
    "ai_content": {
      "value": "bedingt",
      "rule": "Disclose AI content in the Content Survey (pre-generated / live-generated); reviewed like all other content, live-generated content has extra requirements.",
      "label": "Conditional"
    },
    "bot_operation": {
      "value": "unknown",
      "api_upload": null,
      "rule": null,
      "label": "Unknown"
    },
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      "count": 2,
      "minutes": 45,
      "estimated": true,
      "steps": [
        "Steamworks onboarding: bank, tax and identity data, agreement",
        "Complete Content Survey incl. AI section"
      ]
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      "value": "required",
      "details": "Identity verification in onboarding; account holder must match the onboarding name.",
      "label": "Required"
    },
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    "payout_minimum": {
      "amount": 100,
      "currency": "USD",
      "label": "100 USD"
    },
    "payout_methods": [
      "Bank"
    ],
    "vat": {
      "value": "unknown",
      "details": null,
      "label": "Unknown"
    },
    "top_ban_reason": null,
    "last_checked": "2026-10-19",
    "source": "https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/gettingstarted/contentsurvey",
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    "has_playbook": false,
    "has_documented_risks": false
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      "wert": "bedingt",
      "regel": {
        "de": "KI-Inhalte im Content Survey offenlegen (vorab erzeugt / live erzeugt); gleiche Prüfung wie andere Inhalte, live erzeugte Inhalte mit Zusatzpflichten.",
        "en": "Disclose AI content in the Content Survey (pre-generated / live-generated); reviewed like all other content, live-generated content has extra requirements."
      }
    },
    "bot_bedienung": null,
    "menschliche_schritte": [
      {
        "schritt": {
          "de": "Steamworks-Onboarding: Bank-, Steuer- und Identitätsdaten, Vertrag",
          "en": "Steamworks onboarding: bank, tax and identity data, agreement"
        },
        "minuten": 30,
        "minuten_geschaetzt": true
      },
      {
        "schritt": {
          "de": "Content Survey inkl. KI-Abschnitt ausfüllen",
          "en": "Complete Content Survey incl. AI section"
        },
        "minuten": 15,
        "minuten_geschaetzt": true
      }
    ],
    "kyc": {
      "erforderlich": true,
      "details": {
        "de": "Identitätsprüfung im Onboarding; Kontoinhaber muss zum Onboarding-Namen passen.",
        "en": "Identity verification in onboarding; account holder must match the onboarding name."
      }
    },
    "gebuehren": {
      "de": "Steam Direct: 100 USD je App, zurück nach 1.000 USD bereinigtem Bruttoumsatz.",
      "en": "Steam Direct: 100 USD per app, recouped after 1,000 USD adjusted gross revenue."
    },
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      "betrag": 100,
      "waehrung": "USD",
      "hinweis": {
        "de": "Zahlung ca. 30 Tage nach Verkauf (Monatsende); außerhalb der USA per USD-SWIFT.",
        "en": "Paid about 30 days after sales (month end); outside the US via USD SWIFT wire."
      }
    },
    "auszahlungswege": [
      "Bank"
    ],
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    "laender_einschraenkungen": null,
    "bekannte_sperrgruende": null,
    "quellen": [
      "https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/gettingstarted/contentsurvey",
      "https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/gettingstarted/appfee",
      "https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/finance/payments_salesreporting",
      "https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/gettingstarted/onboarding"
    ],
    "geprueft_am": "2026-10-19",
    "hinweise": null,
    "id": "steam",
    "name": "Steam (Steamworks)",
    "kategorie": "app_marketplace",
    "url": "https://partner.steamgames.com",
    "kurzbeschreibung": {
      "de": "PC-Spiele und Software über Steam verkaufen.",
      "en": "Sell PC games and software on Steam."
    },
    "notes": {
      "bot_bedienung": {
        "de": "Nicht geprüft.",
        "en": "Not checked."
      },
      "gebuehren": {
        "de": "Umsatzanteil in den geprüften Seiten nicht genannt.",
        "en": "Revenue share not stated in the checked pages."
      }
    },
    "nicht_zutreffend": []
  }
}