Get Steam AppId but never publish the game?
Hey there.
So I have this problem. I am almost finished with my UE game but I just made it for me and my friends and it's not for publishing.
But I use steam for hosting and finding lobbies with the AppID 480. But with this AppID on certain days on certain times I can't find the lobbies. Yesterday was Friday and we tried playing it at around 8pm. No lobby could be found even when trying to change to other download regions. Today, Saturday 10am, everything works great. I read then that there are times when the APPid is so heavily used that my lobbie gets dropped before it gets shown in the search lobbie window.
I am thinking about buying an AppID from Steam but hide the game from the store and never publish it. So with my own APPid these problems should not exist afaik.
Does this make any sense? Is it even possible?
Best regards!