But the barrier to entry for publishing a game on Steam is super-low, itβs honestly dead simple. And even though Steam takes a sizeable cut, they do tons of work in exchange w.r.t. promotion, distribution, community management, the modding workshop, Steam Input, testing Steam Deck compatibility, etcβ¦
For indies itβs one of the easiest routes to publish a game. And given the relative success of indies on Steam, it seems to work quite well.
Although I agree that steam has done a lot for indies, the issue remains, no matter how many stans downvote me.