Alternate Timelines

Scenarios about 'Valve Corporation'

The American video game company founded in 1996 by former Microsoft employees Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington. Valve revolutionized both game development and digital distribution with groundbreaking titles like Half-Life and the Steam platform, becoming influential in shaping modern PC gaming economics and distribution models. In alternate history scenarios, Valve's technological innovations and business decisions represent pivotal points for exploring different trajectories in gaming industry development.

What If Epic Games Store Never Challenged Steam?

Exploring the alternate timeline where Epic Games never launched its competing digital storefront, leaving Valve's Steam platform largely unchallenged in the PC gaming distribution market.