> Worth noting that Epic's store does not provide most of this. You get what you pay for.

Epic has EOS: https://dev.epicgames.com/docs/epic-online-services

And unlike Steam's solution, they're cross-platform aren't tied to being on EGS, meaning it's actually free, not costing you 30%.

> Anyone making games for Steam should make use of those to get the most out of their 30% in fees.

Not necessarily, because that will lock them into Steam. They should be using something like EGS or a 3rd party solution, because currently they end up needing to roll multiple versions of the game.

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I'm very well aware of Steamworks, but Steamwork's time has passed except for integrating directly with Steam. The features it offered have been completely and utterly commoditized. You've got stuff like PlayFab, Rivet, Photon, Normcore, etc, all taking a hell of a lot less than 30% of your revenue, even at massive scale.