Epic has unveiled plans to launch a new Steam competitor that will offer developers a bigger share of the profits.
Epic Games is on top of the world right now thanks to the phenomenal success of its game Fortnite, but the company has even bigger plans for 2019, announcing that it intends to launch a new digital games store to compete with the likes of Steam and GOG.
The Epic Games Store won’t just be selling games built using the company’s popular Unreal Engine, with Epic indicating that even titles made in competing engines, such as Unity, will be available.
Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney spoke of a larger 88% revenue share for developers, compared to the recently revised 70/30 split that’s offered by Valve’s Steam platform.
“In our analysis, stores charging 30% are marking up their costs by 300% to 400%,” said Sweeney. “But with developers receiving 88% of revenue and Epic receiving 12%, this store will be a profitable business for us.
