Since the beginning of 2017, over 6 thousand new games have been released on Steam — 40% more than published on the Valve platform for the whole of 2016.
During 2016, 4207 titles were published on Steam.
The surge in Steam releases occurred after the launch of the Steam Direct service, which allows developers to place the game in the store according to a simplified procedure.
Steam Direct launched in June, after which over 1.3 thousand new titles were released on Steam over the next three months.
According to the ICO Partners service, 88 games were published on Steam last week alone from October 9 to October 15.
According to the author of the analytical service Steam Spy Sergey Galenkin, the liberalization of the rules for releasing games on Steam does not help independent developers earn more.
According to a study conducted by Galenkin, the income of indie developers from sales on Steam has decreased by 50% over the past two years.
However, the expert points out that his calculations do not claim to be absolutely accurate, since they do not take into account VAT and other taxes, the share of Steam, as well as sales and sales of titles outside the Valve platform.
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