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Exporting Standalone - s&box Documentation

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Exporting Standalone

⚠️ Warning: Exporting standalone games is currently in preview. Distribution requires approval from Valve — we're working with them to open this up to everyone. In the meantime, please don't distribute exported builds without a license from us (contact garry@facepunch.com).

Export your game as a standalone executable and distribute it outside of the s&box platform.

  • Steam and beyond — publish to any storefront, as long as it's also on Steam
  • No engine royalties — the engine is completely royalty-free, no revenue share
  • Open source engine — full access to the engine source code
  • PC Only — we don't have any console or mobile exports right now, this could always change in the future
  • Full .NET access — no code whitelist, use any .NET API
Standalone games have no code whitelist restrictions and some additional APIs. See Standalone Codeopen_in_new for details.

Export Wizard

How to export your game
  1. Click the Project menu
  2. Click Export…
  3. Set your icon, splash screen, and Steam App ID
  4. Click Next and wait for the export to complete
  5. Your executable will be in the output folder — click Open Folder to find it
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