Any alternatives to Godot SteamAPI?

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GODOT VERSION
4.2.2

Question
Quite simple, any alternatives for Godot SteamAPI? That has good documentation, and doesnt require using my own server router.

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What is a server router?

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Oh sorry, I meant my own wifi router.

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You mean you want to host servers for your game that don’t run on your machine?

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I’m fine with on machine and hosting servers but not on my wifi router. I’m pretty sure from what I recall SteamAPI has their own servers.

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I don’t understand the wifi router part regarding steam api alternatives.

However there is https://www.w4games.com/ Cloud Service (go to prodcucts and scroll down) that lets you handle creating servers, lobbies etc. for multiplayer. It is especially made for Godot, but it is still in Beta and I couldn’t find ANY documentation and pricing for it.

EDIT: I couldn’t find the docs on their page but google gave me: https://docs.w4.gd/

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You might want to just look at the steam API.
https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/sdk/uploading/distributing_gs

The Godot plugin is just a wrapper, everything will be documented on the steam website.

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This is probably a dumb question, but does it require Steam? (cause if it does ill have to pay a 100 dollar publish fee)

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Yes the Steam API requires your game to be on steam.

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