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Steam antitrust lawsuit expands to include anyone who has "paid a commission" to Valve since 2017

A 2021 antitrust dispute brought against Steam has now been expanded into a class action lawsuit.

This means the lawsuit now applies to "any developers, publishers, or individuals" who have honoured Steam's 30 percent cut on any and all purchases on or after 28th January 2017. Wolfire Games – which filed a new order this time last year – brought an antitrust lawsuit against the megacorp back in 2021. In this most recent paperwork, Valve purported that the key findings of Dr Steven Schwartz were "based on faulty methods and improper assumptions" and requested the court dismiss his testimony that Valve is the largest PC video game distributor in the world, with a market share exceeding that "of all other platforms combined".

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