Overview of available services

Using Steam as the starting point, this guide maps Steam features to Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) and Microsoft Azure PlayFab features.

The following table maps core Steam gaming features with similar features in the GDK and PlayFab ecosystems (collectively referred to as the Xbox ecosystem). Developers can use this table to find comparable services across platforms.

Steam features.	Xbox ecosystem: you'll use one or more of these related features.	Steam to Xbox ecosystem guide for these services.	Xbox, PC and Mobile requirements
• Steam Stats and Achievements	• Title-managed Achievements overview (GDK)	Achievements	• XR-055: Achievements and Gamerscore • XR-057: Unlocking Achievements • XR-058: Achievement Names and Descriptions • XR-060: Modifying Active Achievements • XR-062: Achievement Names and Descriptions
• Steam Voice	• Azure PlayFab Party overview	Chat	•XR-015: Managing Player Communication
• Steam Cloud	• Cloud Storage	Cloud saves	•XR-003: Title Quality for Submission •XR-052: User State and Title-Save Location, Roaming and Dependencies
• Microtransactions	• GDK Commerce Systems	In-game purchases	•XR-007: Cross-Network Play, Data Usage, and Companion App Interactions •XR-036: In-Title Pricing Information •XR-039: Common Purchase UI
• Steam Matchmaking & Lobbies	• Multiplayer Activity (MPA) feature overview • Lobby invites (Microsoft Azure PlayFab)	Invites	•XR-015: Managing Player Communication •XR-045: Xbox network and Account Privileges •XR-064: Joinable Game Sessions and Online Play •XR-124: Game Invitations
• Steam Leaderboards	• Azure PlayFab Leaderboards overview	Leaderboards
• Steam Matchmaking & Lobbies	•Azure PlayFab Lobby overview • Multiplayer Activity (MPA) feature overview	Lobbies
• Steam Matchmaking & Lobbies	•PlayFab Matchmaking	Matchmaking
• Steam Multiplayer	• Multiplayer overview (GDK) • Multiplayer with PlayFab	Multiplayer	•XR-064: Joinable Game Sessions and Online Play •XR-067: Maintaining Multiplayer Session State
• Steam Networking	• Azure PlayFab Party overview	Networking
• Steam User Authentication and Ownership	• User identity and XUser	Player sign in	• XR-045: Xbox network and Account Privileges •XR-047: User Profile Access •XR-048: Profile Settings Usage •XR-052: User State and Title-Save Location, Roaming and Dependencies
• Steam Stats and Achievements	• Azure PlayFab Statistics overview	Player stats
• Enhanced Rich Presence	• Rich Presence	Rich presence	•XR-045: Xbox network and Account Privileges •XR-074: Loss of Connectivity to Xbox and Partner Services
• Steam User Authentication and Ownership	• Authenticating your service with the Microsoft Store APIs	Service-to-Service authentication
• Workshops	• PlayFab User Generated Content	User-generated content	•XR-018: User-Generated Content

See also

Porting Your PC Game to the Microsoft Game Development Kit and Xbox Services

This talk covers how to implement core GDK functionality on your PC game by using Xbox services for Achievements, Auth, and Xbox Connected Storage.