How much cut does steam take?

Normally, Valve takes around 30 percent of all game sales on Steam, with some exceptions for games from smaller developers in its Steam Direct program. That will remain the case for the first $10 million in sales a game maker or publisher earns.

How much does steam earn per year?

Through releasing its first-party games and other offerings from third-party developers and publishers, Steam generated 4.3 billion U.S. dollars in game sales in 2017. This marks a dramatic increase from the 1.5 billion U.S. dollars of revenue generated in 2014.

How much does steam take from developers?

Steam currently uses a tiered system to determine how much revenue it takes from developers and publishers. Valve takes 30 percent of revenue when a game launches, but now developers can keep an additional five percent of revenue if their games brings in over $10 million in sales through Steam.

How many copies does the average steam game sell?

1,500 copies