Steam releases are being delayed – and cancelled – in favour of the Epic Games Store

The Epic Games Store launched last week, providing a brand-new platform for fans to buy their games, and a hefty 88/12% revenue split for developers. Just days after the store launched, the popularity of that split is proving pretty impactful, as several devs have announced that they're delaying and even cancelling their Steam store releases in favour of Epic. Among the most abrupt changes was for Satisfactory, the upcoming factory building game from Goat Simulator developers Coffee Stain Studios. In a video posted on Friday, the studio's community manager, Jace Varley, confirmed that Satisfactory's page on the Steam store was gone, and the game would no longer be releasing on Valve's platform. In the video, which you can watch further down this article, Varley said that the decision was made several months ago, and had not been affected by changes to Steam's revenue sharing system, or by the studio's recent purchase by publisher THQ Nordic. But while Satisfactory might be the most abrupt change of direction, it's far from the only one.

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