For indie studiosLimited digital editions
Fractalya is a distribution channel where players truly own the games they buy, resell them and collect them like discs on a shelf. You earn a royalty on every resale. It works alongside Steam and itch.io, not instead of them.
Vision
Digital stores sell a licence, not a copy. A 2024 California law even forced a major store to stop using the word “sell” at checkout. Players cannot resell, lend or keep what they pay for, and when a title leaves a catalogue it can simply disappear.
Studios lose out too. Once the sale is made, that copy never earns anything again.
The disc got it right. You owned it, you could sell it, and nobody could take it back. Fractalya brings that model back in digital form, with limited editions and a resale market designed with studios in mind.
Racing · limited to 100 copies
Your copy would be No. 0042 of 100
Every game sets its own supply. Games shown are fictional, for illustration.
Workflow
For each game you decide how many copies exist and, if you like, a share of rare variants with special cover art. The supply is fixed and visible to everyone.
Players pay in regular currency and receive a copy that is truly theirs. They can play it, gift it, keep it or collect it. No licence fine print.
Players can resell their copy to other players. You can keep resale closed for a while, and you earn your royalty on every resale, paid with your regular payouts.
Our technical team connects your game so it recognises who owns a copy. Your game stays on Steam, itch.io or your own site exactly as it is today.
New value
Earn on the first sale and a royalty on every resale that follows. An older title with a loyal player base can start earning again.
Limited editions and rare variants give players a reason to collect, trade and talk about your game.
Fractalya sits beside Steam, itch.io or your own store. Nothing about how you sell today has to change.
Supply, resale limits and royalty are fixed when the game is created and shown to buyers before they pay.
Control
Try it: one edition, 100 copies (illustration)
Rarity, optional
You can turn any game into a collectible drop. Choose how many cover variants exist and what share of the edition each one gets. When a player buys, the copy they receive is drawn at random, so two buyers of the same game can end up with different art.
Collectors look for the rare ones, so rare and legendary copies tend to resell for more. Your royalty is a share of every resale, which means a higher resale price pays you more. Gameplay is identical for everyone, and you decide whether to use rarity at all.
Try it: Lumen Reach, 500 copies (illustration)
Common
No. 213
of 500 copies
Why Fractalya
Technology
FAQ
Limited editions give each copy a sense of value and rarity, which players love to collect and trade. For you, the benefit goes beyond the first sale: every resale on Fractalya pays you a royalty, so a game keeps working for you long after launch.
A player who owns a copy can list it for sale to another player. The buyer pays in regular currency, the seller is credited, and the copy moves to its new owner. You receive your royalty on that sale with your periodic payout. Nobody involved needs to touch cryptocurrency.
Yes. You can keep resale closed until a date you choose, or until a share of the edition has sold, for example 80%. The royalty on every resale follows the standard Fractalya terms, the same for every studio. These rules are shown to players before they buy and are enforced by the technology itself, not just by our terms.
You are in charge of the balance. Resale locks protect your launch window, you set the price of new copies, and a capped edition with an active resale market can outperform an unlimited one with none. Fractalya is an extra channel, so your existing sales stay as they are.
True ownership means they can, just like selling a disc to a friend. Any resale limits you set still apply, because they are built into the copy. Royalties on sales that happen outside Fractalya cannot be guaranteed, which is why we focus on making our own marketplace the most convenient place to trade.
No. Players create an account, pay in regular currency and play. The ownership record works quietly in the background, like the engine of a car. Your studio does not need blockchain knowledge either.
Rarity is an optional collectible layer. You can offer a share of the copies of a game as rare or legendary cover art variants and choose the percentages. Each buyer receives a copy drawn at random, so two buyers of the same game can get different copies. Rare copies tend to resell for more, and since your royalty is a share of each resale, a higher price means more for you. Gameplay is identical for everyone, and you can skip rarity entirely.
No. Fractalya complements your existing channels. You keep selling where you sell today and use Fractalya to reach players who care about ownership and collecting.
We earn a commission on first sales, agreed with each studio, and a small fee on resales. We start with a pilot that carries no cost for you, so you can see how it works with a real game before committing more.
Our technical team works with you from setup to ongoing support. Your game checks that the player owns a copy, and we handle the rest. Plugins for popular game engines are planned to make this even faster. Your game can be built with any engine and in any genre.
Rentals are planned for a later phase and are not part of the launch. Players would rent a copy for a set period while the owner keeps it, and the studio would earn a share of the fee.
No. There is no token to buy, no in-game currency and no speculation. Blockchain is simply the infrastructure that proves who owns each copy. Fractalya is a distribution platform for games, nothing more exotic than that.
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