Issue and revoke game bans using the Steam ICheatReportingService

domain: steamworks · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Collect cheat evidence server-side; never rely solely on client-reported signals
  2. POST to https://partner.steam-api.com/ICheatReportingService/RequestPlayerGameBan/v1/ with your publisher API key, the offending steamid, appid, reportid (your internal reference), cheatDescription, duration (0 = permanent), and delayBan (bool for delayed visibility)
  3. Store the returned banid for future revocation
  4. To revoke, POST to https://partner.steam-api.com/ICheatReportingService/RemovePlayerGameBan/v1/ with the banid
  5. Optionally use ReportCheatData (requires a standard web API key, not a publisher key) to submit cheat evidence files to Valve for VAC consideration

Known gotchas

Related routes

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