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> They don't take flat 30% for almost a decade now

Yes Valve is very generous.

They take MORE from developers who make LESS money. I sure bottom 98% of developers never sell above $10,000,000 to decrease cut from 30% to 25%.

Very few indie devs or small indie studios ever sell over 50,000-100,000 copies.

PS: In practice if your project funded by publisher it means that you as developer will make less money from a game than Valve.

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> PS: In practice if your project funded by publisher it means that you as developer will make less money from a game than Valve.

So that essentially means a publisher takes even more than valve, while doing almost nothing.

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Publisher gives you development budget because most games arent made by one person and you need money. At least $50,000 - $150,000 for a small PC games.

Then publisher takes 70-90% before recoup and 50% afte of what remain after VAT, refunds and Valve's 30%.

Problem is when you spent $100,000 and sold lets say for $400,000:

* Valve gets $133,000

* Publisher gets $100,000 + $90,000

And you get $90,000 and real number would be much worse because VAT, refunds, etc.

Oh, dont forget to pay your taxes on $90,000. Good luck!