Steam Guide and Information

Greetings Apprentices! Many of you have voiced your opinion on how you would like to receive your copy of the finished product of Faulty Apprentice, and we have listened. The final release of Faulty Apprentice will be distributed to Patrons through Steam!

Click [ here ] for Faulty Apprentice's Steam page, if you add Faulty Apprentice to your wishlist, it improves our position in queue and give more visibility to the game ^^

How Steam works with Faulty Apprentice

Faulty Apprentice will still be primarily developed through funding on Patreon. We do not expect Steam to support the development itself, but rather allow us to gain visibility and allow patrons to get easier access.

Patrons (You <3) will continue to get special Discord roles, developer posts, and early access to DLC. In addition, after pledging for a total of $25 USD, you can now request a Steam key from us (continue reading for more details and how to obtain a key from us). 

The big change is that once you have a key, you can claim the game on Steam and then use Steam’s updater to save a massive amount of hassle and space with downloads! Steam automatically chops the build up and only updates what’s needed and Steam servers are lightning-fast.

New Content releases will continue to be split up beginning with a Patreon build. Patreon builds will still be hosted like before, but will also be uploaded as a Steam “beta branch”. If you own the game on Steam (either by purchasing it, or by receiving a key from us), you will be able to use a “beta branch” password (that will be posted with the Patreon build post) to download the Patreon build through Steam. The Steam version will leave its “beta” state after no less than a week or two of testing and then become live to any Steam owners of the game. During that time we can continuing polishing the build and receive feedback from Patreon supporters. 

Raw explanation:

• Patreon build: This will stay identical to how we currently share Patreon builds and will always be the most up to date version (including any changes made to the Steam “beta branch”). 
• Patreon Steam “beta” build:  This is the Patreon build, but on Steam. When we post a new Patreon build, a Steam “beta branch password” will provided on Patreon for anyone that owns the game on Steam to download the Patreon build through Steam instead. Downloading through Steam will be faster and require less data to be downloaded.
• Steam build: After no less than a week or two of testing and bug fixing on the “beta branch”, the Patreon build will go live for all users that own the game on Steam.
• Public build: This will stay identical to how we currently share public builds.

How to claim your key?

$25 tier Patrons - If you are currently (or ever have been) a $25 Royal Guard tier supporter you will be automatically sent a Steam Key via patreon messages at the time of release on November 12th.

Patrons below $25 tier pledging after Nov. 12th - Once you’ve pledged a total of $25 USD and haven’t already requested or received a key, you are eligible to request a key from us. We currently do not have an auto system to do the check for you, so you will have to go to Patreon and check your billing history and confirm you have pledged the amount overall (you can check your pledge history from [ here ].

Once you have checked it, and are 100% sure you have pledged the required amount, send us a Message over Patreon that you would like to request a Steam Key.

After you have sent a key request, it will take a few days for us to confirm and process it, and then we will send you your key in an email. Dote note that we do not check the requests daily, so it may take sometime to get a key!

To redeem a key, you must have a Steam account (you can create a Steam account here) and have the Steam client installed on your computer (you can download a Steam client here). After launching the client and logging in, click on 'ADD A GAME' in the bottom left and then click 'Activate a Product on Steam…' (Also available in the Games menu at the top). Then read and follow the steps to enter the code you received by email from us.

Accessing the newest Patreon release on Steam

Each Faulty Apprentice Patreon release comes with a Steam “beta password”. This will allow you to download the Patreon release on Steam if you bought the game on Steam or redeemed a key from us. It is fairly straightforward process.

Once you have bought or redeemed Faulty Apprentice on Steam, you can right click on the Faulty Apprentice name in your 'LIBRARY', select 'Properties', click the 'BETAS' tab, paste the password into the 'Enter beta access code to unlock private betas' field, and then click 'Check Code'. If the code is correct, the drop down menu will now have the new Patreon build. Once selected, Steam will automatically update Faulty Apprentice for you.

If you’re not in a rush to have the latest build as soon as possible on Steam or wish to opt out of the “beta”, you can also wait in the 'NONE' beta branch (it’s the default, if you haven’t ever changed it) and Faulty Apprentice will automatically update once the Patreon build goes live for everyone who has a Steam version.

Censoring on Steam

Faulty Apprentice, is not censored anywhere in game (unless you click the censor button in the options menu). Only the Steam screenshots and video have censoring because Steam requires game’s store pages to be clean even when they’re behind an age gate. The version on Steam is just as uncensored and porny as the Patreon version.

There are no uncensored patches nor any fiddling with files required. (=

Can I somehow hide what I'm playing on Steam?

Sadly not. This is a feature that has been requested by many over the years, but Valve hasn't allowed it. Maybe one day Valve will allow that on Steam, but today is not the day. Fear not!

For here are a solution and option!

You can create a new account on Steam for free, and then use that account to store your adult games (such as Faulty Apprentice) hidden away from your family and friends! Steam allows you to quite easily switch between accounts, and purchase NSFW games on the safe account.

Changing between accounts, once you have your NSFW account, is done via the Steam Client and from the top menu. Click Steam and then Change Account... from the sub menu <3

Click [ here ] for Faulty Apprentice's Steam page, if you add Faulty Apprentice to your wishlist, it improves our position in queue and give more visibility to the game ^^