Discord opens Activities, in-app games and features, to all developers

Discord announced today that it is opening development for Activities, its in-app ecosystem of apps and games, for all creators. This means that any developer can create, distribute and monetize apps on Discord via its Embedded Apps Software Development Kit. This means that Discord offers all developers an ecosystem on which to launch games and other software.

Discord first launched a developer preview of its Embedded Apps SDK earlier this year, with some early partners launching games and apps such as Death by AI, Farm Merge Valley and Krunker Strike FRVR. Developers can not only build and distribute their apps within Discord, but also monetize: Activities supports in-game or in-app purchases and marketplaces. Discord also offers different tiers of growth, with its platform fees going from 30% to 15% for the first $1 million in gross sales generated by a developer’s app.