Why Alan Wake 2 Isn't On Steam
Remedy's long-awaited sequel is launching on October 27, but you can't buy it on Steam.
By Eddie Makuch on
One of 2023's most-anticipated games, Alan Wake II, launches on October 27 across console and PC. But on PC, it's exclusive to the Epic Games Store and will not come to Steam, at least not at launch. Why is this? As it turns out, there is a pretty clear reason why this is the case for Alan Wake 2.
Epic Games funded the development of Alan Wake II, and presumably part of the deal between Epic and Remedy was that Alan Wake II would be exclusive, at least at launch, to the Epic Games Store. Epic also funded the development costs for the 2021 Alan Wake remaster. Epic is also the publisher of Alan Wake II and presumably gets to decide where the game is sold.
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In an effort to promote the Epic Games Store, which is a relatively new platform compared to Steam, Epic is known to pay developers or offer them other incentives to bring their games to the Epic Games Store instead of rival platforms.
«A handful of major exclusives really moved the needle … and the smaller games, especially games that had a smaller audience that was typically on Steam, we found that a lot of those players weren't willing to move over,» Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney said about this strategy.
In August this year, Epic announced it would give developers and publishers 100% of a game's sales revenue for the first six months of sales if they choose to launch exclusively on the Epic Games Store.
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