Is Steam considered a monopoly?
Epic Games waives the fee entirely for the first $1,000,000 in revenue, whereas Valve decreases the percentage for games that earn more money. Plus, a recent industry whitepaper from Rokky found that most game developers (72% of the 306 surveyed) believe Steam does function as a monopoly in the PC market. Steam takes a standard cut of 30% of each game sale. For games that earn over $10 million (£8m), the Steam cut is reduced to 25%. For games that earn over $50 million (£40m), the Steam cut is reduced to 20%.
Does Steam charge $100 per game?
As long as your game complies with the Steam Terms of Service, you will only need to create an account and pay a one-time fee of US$100 to publish your game on Steam. They will, however, give you the money back if your game makes $1,000 in gross revenue from sales on the Steam store. In order to get fully set up, you will need to a pay a fee for each product you wish sell on Steam. You can pay this fee with any payment method supported by Steam in your region, except methods that use the Steam Wallet.