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(See the best response by Nadrew.)
I would like to develop a commercial game with art that I purchase.

How would I go about turning the game into an .exe with a patcher (with players connecting to the IP at my domain name on a specific port)?

Is byond capable of this/is it a suitable engine to build commercial games on?

Is byond really free? What's the catch here?
Best response
If your game is not a fangame you can definitely produce standalone commercial games. There's even a few BYOND games on Steam these days.

You can contact support at http://www.byond.com/support/ to get further details.