Speaking as an occasional contributor: there's a roadmap towards that, but there's a few components that need to finish baking before we release on Steam. e.g. the current lobby protocol isn't capable of handling Steam levels of traffic, so we are working on replacing it.

You only get one chance to make a good first impression, and if the server melts on release day, that's not a good first impression. :)

The Hooded Horse deal is expected to provide some professional development time to help knock out these blocking items.

https://www.beyondallreason.info/development/steam-release#M...

https://www.beyondallreason.info/news/beyond-all-reason-and-...