--- title: Valve Might Have to Pay $900 Million in Antitrust Lawsuit description: A UK tribunal has approved a collective action lawsuit against Valve representing 14 million UK Steam users since 2018. The case alleges Valve maintains a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/valve-might-have-to-pay-900-million-in-antitrust-lawsuit-1lwzdlfmg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Valve Might Have to Pay $900 Million in Antitrust Lawsuit | daily.dev og:description: A UK tribunal has approved a collective action lawsuit against Valve representing 14 million UK Steam users since 2018. The case alleges Valve maintains a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/valve-might-have-to-pay-900-million-in-antitrust-lawsuit-1lwzdlfmg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1LWZdLfMg.png og:image:alt: Valve Might Have to Pay $900 Million in Antitrust Lawsuit og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Valve Might Have to Pay $900 Million in Antitrust Lawsuit **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A UK tribunal has approved a collective action lawsuit against Valve representing 14 million UK Steam users since 2018. The case alleges Valve maintains a monopoly through Platform Parity Obligations that prevent publishers from offering better terms on other platforms, forces players to buy add-ons through Steam's interface, and charges excessive 30% commission fees. If Valve loses, it could face damages of £656 million ($901 million). This follows similar antitrust accusations, including a 2021 lawsuit from Wolfire and Dark Catt that became a class action in 2024. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - ["It needs to cooperate fairly, and it's clearly not." 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