![Steam will always dominate over the Epic Games Store because people don’t want to “cheat on [their] home library with some other shop,” says Witchfire lead](https://i0.wp.com/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NPpMr4xqLXHhSvo7Me22zY-1920-80.jpg?ssl=1 "Steam will always dominate over the Epic Games Store because people don’t want to “cheat on [their] home library with some other shop,” says Witchfire lead")
One game developer has a theory why Steam has remained the dominant PC store for so many years, despite the existence of such high-profile competitors as Epic Games Shop.
Witchfire creator Adrian Chmielarz, who co-founded Polish studio The Astronauts in 2012, attributes Witchfire's success partly to it being an Epic Games Store exclusive in the early days, but he didn't shy away from criticism in interviews FRVR. Mainly, he compared Steam very favorably to the Epic Games Store in terms of community features.
“People don’t really use EGS as their home, it’s not their home,” Chmielarz said. “I don't know if it's intentional or not, but they [EGS] have no written reviews. They don't have forums. There is nothing to do there except buy. So it will always lose out to a store that is also emotional and interactable.”
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