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Publisher Account now has two account tracks for PC game studios, and a quick-start guide to what's actually relevant to you
August 27, 2026•3 min
Publisher Account now has dedicated premium and free-to-play account tracks for PC studios, plus a quick-start guide that shows exactly what you've got and how to switch it on.
Publisher Account has always carried a lot, from payments to storefront setup, catalog management, and more. But the challenge was finding relevant capabilities. A flat navigation tree of settings meant studios filed a ticket or pinged a CSM to answer a question that should instead take minutes to sort out on their own, and advanced capabilities attached during contracting often went unactivated simply because nobody surfaced them. These two changes fix that.
Every Publisher Account still starts with the same foundation, whichever account type you're on: setting up your PC storefront, managing your catalog, connecting payments, and tracking sales, all in one place. That baseline hasn't changed. What's new is what sits on top of it, and how easy it now is to find.
Each account track comes with a permanent quick-start guide inside Publisher Account, reachable from the main navigation at any time, not just during onboarding. It lists every capability relevant to the studio's account, with a status on each: Live, Available, or Blocked. A Blocked card names exactly what’s missing, usually a game store, and links straight to setting it up. An Available card links straight to its setup guide, with a heads-up when part of setup needs Xsolla’s team. A Live card links to its live settings.
Premium vs free-to-play: two account tracks built for how PC game studios actually sell
Publisher Account now recognizes two PC Games account types: Free-to-Play and Premium. Each is built around the use cases that fit their respective sales model instead of a single menu for everyone. Premium PC game studios start by launching pre-orders, selling game keys, and building a multi-game store for the entire portfolio. Free-to-play PC game studios can start by selling virtual goods in-game or via a branded web store, distributing a game with their own branded launcher, and starting creator campaigns to attract new gamers. The quick-start guide: every capability in one page, with a statusEach account track comes with a permanent quick-start guide inside Publisher Account, reachable from the main navigation at any time, not just during onboarding. It lists every capability relevant to the studio's account, with a status on each: Live, Available, or Blocked. A Blocked card names exactly what’s missing, usually a game store, and links straight to setting it up. An Available card links straight to its setup guide, with a heads-up when part of setup needs Xsolla’s team. A Live card links to its live settings.
Why a guide, not a new feature
None of this is a new capability in the traditional sense. It's a map to capabilities that already existed. But time-to-first-launch has been slipping for partners who need guidance to find what's relevant to their account. Sometimes you don't need a new feature: all you need is to find and use the ones you already have. The fastest way to see it is to create your Publisher Account and start experimenting with the quick-start guide yourself! Running a live-service PC game? Create your Publisher Account here. Running a premium PC game? Create your Publisher Account here.
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