Epic Game Store adds 95/5 tier — Unreal-using studios get the better deal

Epic kept the 88/12 base split but added a 95/5 tier for first-party engine titles. The math gap to Steam is now real.

Epic Game Store kept its 88/12 base revenue split but quietly added a 95/5 tier for titles built on Unreal Engine 5+ shipping with EOS integration. The Unreal-using studios get the better deal — a structural pull toward the Epic ecosystem at the expense of Steam.

Steam still has the install base advantage by a wide margin, but the math gap is now real. A studio that ships exclusively on Epic with Unreal saves a meaningful percentage off the Steam standard split, and the friction to a multi-store launch with one of the stores at 95/5 is small enough that publishers are taking it.