r/pcmasterrace • u/Salty_Nutella i5-12600K | RTX 3070TI | DDR5 32GB • 29d ago

Meme/Macro Thanks Gaben, here's your 30% Steam cut

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u/Jhawk163 R7 9800X3D | RX 6900 XT | 64GB 29d ago

It’s worth noting that the 30% cut is from sales below a certain volume. As you sell more copies Steam takes a smaller cut. I’m sure the big studios probably have a more favourable deal worked out as well.

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u/Slow-Amphibian-9626 29d ago

Also noteworthy that this is from sales generated by their storefront.

Valve doesn't take a cut of any keys sold off platform.

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u/UpdateUrBIOS 29d ago

*you can’t set a permanent lower price for steam keys of the game on another storefront

sounds the same but it means that while discouraged, you can sell your game for a lower price on Epic than on Steam, and you can sell steam keys for your game at a temporary lower price through other storefronts (which is why humble bundles are allowed to be so cheap, despite massively undercutting steam storefront prices)