How much would it cost to buy everything on the Steam store?
How much would it cost to buy everything on the Steam store? We may earn a commission from links on this page. I can't believe I've never seen or wondered about this before, but it turns out you can scrape data from Steam and find out how much the entire service's catalogue would cost to purchase.
Why is Steam so cheap?
Steam isn't a conventional retailer. They operate on what's known as the “agent model” - the publisher is selling stuff on their platform, rather than them buying from the publisher and then selling at a profit. Valve takes a cut of the sale price.