Elite-fans har lenge mast på Frontier Developments etter Steam-nøkler til Elite: Dangerous, noe som har tiltatt etter at spillet faktisk ble sluppet til Valves plattform for en måned siden. Nå har utvikleren lovet å fikse dette, og alle som har kjøpt spillet direkte vil få Steam-nøkler slik at de kan aktivere spillet 28. mai. På det offisielle forumet skriver de:
"We'll soon be offering Steam keys to anyone who bought Elite: Dangerous from the EliteDangerous.com store who would like a key, and to anyone who buys the game from our store in the future. We always appreciate it when you buy direct from our store because it means we can put more into supporting and developing Elite: Dangerous, but we know a number of long-time players and backers like to play through Steam and we think it's fair everyone has that option, not just new players."