While 11 games may not seem like much, you can bet they’ll offer more than that in time. At least at first, they say they’re aiming for something that feels more like “one of those cozy neighborhood book shops” - which, on day one of the beta, translates to 11 games. Whereas Valve has massively increased the number of games on Steam over the last few years by opening up to third parties through things like Steam Greenlight or (more recently) Steam Direct, Discord is pitching this as a more “curated” offering with a slimmer number of options. It’ll be dabbling in game sales on two fronts: they’ll directly sell some games, while other games will be added perks for its Discord Nitro subscription service.
More specifically, the beta will roll out to just 50,000 users from Canada at first. The company says it’ll launch a beta of the game store later today, though it’ll initially be limited to a small slice of its user base (which now sits at 150 million users). Today, Discord is returning the favor by playing with the idea of selling games through its namesake chat platform. Just a few weeks back, Valve moved into Discord’s turf a bit with a dramatic overhaul of Steam’s chat system.
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