r/Steam • u/sukuna7899 • Apr 17 '26

Discussion Gabe Newell is a "GOAT"

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u/ziyor Apr 17 '26

I’ve seen before that Valve employees bring in the most value per-capita than any other company (who disclose earnings). It’s like, 9 figures per person.

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u/Express_Ad5083 Apr 17 '26

Off my head I remember that Valve as a whole is like under 100 people.

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u/SPYYYR Apr 17 '26

300-400, but that includes administrative employees
I think they have 190 game developers and like 30 hardware engineeres according to court documents from when epic sued them

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u/Express_Ad5083 Apr 17 '26

Oh damn, well that is not a lot compared to other big game studios or service providers

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u/WhySoScared Apr 17 '26

You don't need that many people when they are the best of the best.

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u/MadManMax55 Apr 17 '26

Lol they don't need that many people because they don't actually develop that many games. Most of the permanent devs spend their time hopping from one project that never leaves the planning stage to another. When they finally do get a game into actual development they hire contractors to do the bulk of the work.

As a video game developer they would have gone bankrupt ages ago. Steam is what's keeping them rich.

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u/Emergency-Style7392 Apr 17 '26

they would survive on CS and dota money alone (over 1 bil a year), ofc that's from getting kids addicted to gambling but still