Valve Allegedly Threatened To Remove Games Like Rainbow Six Siege, Middle-Earth: Shadow Of War, If They Were Cheaper On Other Stores
Valve is facing a class action lawsuit alleging it maintains a monopoly over the PC gaming market. Developers claim that Valve threatens to remove games from its platform if they are sold at lower prices on competing stores. The lawsuit highlights Valve's 'Platform Most Favored Nation' clause, which allegedly restricts developers from offering better deals elsewhere.
- ▪Valve has been accused of maintaining an unlawful monopoly in the PC gaming industry.
- ▪The lawsuit alleges that Valve penalizes developers for selling games at lower prices on other platforms.
- ▪Evidence includes testimonies and emails suggesting Valve threatened to delist games if they were discounted elsewhere.
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Valve Allegedly Threatened To Remove Games Like Rainbow Six Siege, Middle-Earth: Shadow Of War, If They Were Cheaper On Other Stores 'Supracompetitive' Epic GamesLegal MattersSteamValve By Rebekah Valentine Published June 3, 2026 | Comments (0) | 𝕏 Copied! © Valve For the last five years, Valve has been at the center of an ongoing class action lawsuit in which a number of developers are alleging that Valve is a monopoly using its chokehold on the industry to fend off competition and overcharge developers for use of its service. Among the many ways plaintiffs allege Valve is doing this is by, as court documents suggest, penalizing developers for selling their games at lower prices on other storefronts. The lawsuit, which has been ongoing since 2021 in the U.S.
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