Microsoft is another big company to start supporting Steam (thankfully without forcing its Windows Store app on Steam users). EA is another big publisher that left Steam for its own launcher, only to return and release Steam games that incorporate its client. The company's games on the Epic Games Store require Ubisoft Connect integration, so any Steam releases probably would as well. The following November, code referencing Ubisoft Connect appeared on SteamDB, suggesting Ubisoft might release games on Steam that connect to its launcher. Valve's handheld is doing well, but it isn't clear how big Ubisoft expects it to get. That July, Ubisoft's CEO said they might resume releasing games on Valve's client if the Steam Deck became successful. There were a couple of signs last year suggesting Ubisoft was open to returning to Steam. Since then, the company has released games like Valhalla, Far Cry 6, Rainbow Six Extraction, Watch Dogs: Legion, Anno 1800, Ghost Recon Breakpoint, and The Division 2 on the other storefronts. Ubisoft's last major title on Steam was 2019's Far Cry: New Dawn.
The company told The New York Times it considered Steam's 30 percent revenue cut "unrealistic." Valve has since rewarded successful Steam releases by lowering its commission to 20 percent, but Epic only takes 12 percent. Since 2019, Ubisoft has only released PC games on Ubisoft Connect and the Epic Games Store. This week it scraped code referencing Steam versions of Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Roller Champions. The leak comes from YoobieRE, a GitHub project aiming to reverse engineer the Ubisoft Connect launcher.
It wouldn't be the first hint that the company is considering ending its three-year spat with the largest PC gaming storefront. Recently leaked code indicates Ubisoft may be preparing Steam versions of games it has neglected to release on the service. If the studio reverses the policy, it would continue an industry-wide swing back toward Steam among publishers after Epic Games and others challenged its dominance. Something to look forward to: Ubisoft has been one of the biggest PC game companies to withhold titles from Steam over the last few years.
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