This will allow developers to offer games at more competitive prices while still taking home a sizable amount of the revenue. There are also no additional revenue cuts for the developers' use of other game engines. In contrast, Epic Game Store only takes 12% of a game’s revenue which leaves the remaining 88% entirely to the developers. In addition, there’s an extra 5% cut for games using the Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, so developers using Unreal Engine will only actually get 65% of the game’s revenue. Using Steam, developers get 70% of the revenue for every game sold while Steam takes 30% as their cut. The game store was conceived as a challenger to Steam by offering developers a more advantageous deal when it comes to the revenue split for game profits.
Background and PriceĮpic Game Store was developed and published by Epic Games, the developers of the massive phenomenon that is Fortnite among many other successful games.
One noticeable difference from Steam is the lack of a user comment or review feature. At the bottom, users will find the minimum and recommended system requirements of the game. The game page features trailers, screenshots, and information about the game. Clicking on a game takes you to its game page.
The price and developer of the games are indicated at the bottom of the artwork. In the game store, available and coming soon games are displayed with beautiful artwork.
