Owners of the game will be able to generate a Steam key from their account page from 28th May, Lewis added. Lewis added that Frontier had worked with Valve to create a way for players to connect their Steam and Frontier accounts, as Elite: Dangerous runs on Frontier's servers. 'But we know a number of long-time players and backers like to play through Steam and we think it's fair everyone has that option, not just new players.'

'We always appreciate it when you buy direct from our store because it means we can put more into supporting and developing Elite: Dangerous,' Lewis said. Steam owner Valve gets a cut of each sale on its platform, typically set at 30 per cent. In a post on the Frontier forum, community manager Edward Lewis encouraged potential customers to buy the space game from rather than Steam because that way the developer gets all the cash. Frontier will give a Steam key to anyone who has bought or buys Elite: Dangerous from its online shop, as well as those who backed the game's Kickstarter campaign.

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