If that name sounds familiar, it’s because Epic Games is the creator of, you guessed it, Fortnite, and of course, Unreal Engine. Joining that mix is now Ubisoft, who announced that The Division 2, a much-anticipated multiplayer shooter, will not be coming to Steam either.Īccording to Polygon, Ubisoft has instead opted for newcomer Epic Games’ Epic Games Store. Activision-Blizzard is still selling some titles, but last year,dropped Steam support as well. EA has already dropped Steam completely and no longer sells its games on the store. These studios are responsible for blockbuster franchises like Battlefield, Destiny and Assassin’s Creed.

Why give away revenue to a third-party, right? Notably, we have EA’s Origin store, Ubisoft’s UPlay store and Activision-Blizzard’s. As with any app/game store, Steam took a 30 percent cut of the revenue from every game sale.Īs the gaming community has grown and internet speeds increased, big-name developers and publishers have started shying away from Steam and have started promoting their own game stores.

Today, things are changing.Īt the time Steam started catching on, Valve - Steam’s owners - were still making great games (the last Half-Life game came in 2007) and the store sold virtually every PC game that mattered.

Publishers like Ubisoft and EA have made some efforts to promote their own online marketplaces and communities, but Steam was simply too big to challenge. For nearly a decade, Steam has been the go-to place for anything and everything related to PC gaming.

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