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This time, the Epic Games Store exclusivity expired much quicker than usual. Red Dead Redemption2is currently available through three digital marketplaces: Epic, Google Stadia, and direct from Rockstar via the publisher’s new(ish) launcher. Soon enough, it’ll be four.
Red Dead Redemption 2is coming to Steam before the year’s end. That much we already knew. But, it turns out the vague window of a December release lends itself to an early date.Red Dead Redemption 2will be sold through Steam on December 5. That’s exactly one month after the PC port originally launched on November 5.
Red Dead Redemption 2 for PC is coming to Steam on December 5 pic.twitter.com/IBi3zIcAZE
— Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) November 27, 2019
The slight delay makes sense from a business perspective. Rockstar takes 100 percent of the revenue from sales through the Rockstar Launcher; it takes 88 percent from sales through Epic. Steam’s revenue share model is more convoluted — and Rockstar possibly has a custom, more publisher-friendly deal negotiated — but that rate is likely closer to 80 percent. Additionally, Epic and Google are probably paying one way or another for the privilege of selling Red Dead Redemption 2on PC.
There’s no shortage of places to buy Red Dead Redemption 2, and now it’s coming to the most popular store. The wild west is about to get a little more crowded with cowpokes and ne’er-do-wells.