Fieldnotes
Fieldnotes: Free Steam Launch Planner and Checklist for Indie Games
A release workspace for small teams shipping on Steam.
Fieldnotes turns the Steam launch checklist into a working plan: a 30-day calendar you can drag, a strategy board with required files for each step, Steam event deadlines, a creator tracker and ready-to-edit posts. It runs in your browser, with no account.
- Free
- No sign-up
- Runs in your browser
What it does
01
30-day launch kanban
To do, doing and done columns with every launch task dated. Drag cards to replan when a review takes longer.
02
Store page checklist
Capsules, screenshots, trailer, description and tags, each with the files it needs and a check when they are in.
03
Steam events calendar
Next Fest and seasonal sale dates in one view, with your own notes per event.
04
Creators and communities
Track who you contacted, when they replied and what they posted. Log subreddits and their self-promo rules.
05
Post templates
Short video, Reddit, Steam announcement and creator email drafts built from your game's briefing.
06
Private by default
Plans stay in your browser storage and attached files in IndexedDB. Export or import the plan as JSON.
How it works
- 1
Write the briefing: genre, promise and audience.
- 2
Follow the strategy cards and attach the files each one asks for.
- 3
Move the calendar cards as you finish, and watch the event deadlines.
When to use it
Before your Coming Soon page
Use the strategy board to get the capsules, screenshots and trailer ready before you submit the store page for review.
The month before launch
The 30-day calendar spreads outreach, posts and builds so launch week is not a scramble.
Planning a Next Fest demo
Keep the event deadline, the demo build and the press list in the same place.
From the studio that made it
Questions
Yes. There is no account, no paid tier and no limit. It is a static web app made by Imersa Studios.
In your browser's local storage, and attached files in IndexedDB. Clearing site data removes them, so export the JSON from time to time.
The checklist links to Steamworks documentation for store page, assets, Coming Soon and Next Fest. Rules change, so confirm dates and sizes there.
No. Targets like that are planning numbers, not Valve rules. The planner treats them as hypotheses you can change.
Not live. Each person works in their own browser; share the exported JSON to pass the plan around.