The Steam UK compensation claim against Valve
Valve Corporation, the owner and operator of Steam, faces a compensation claim from UK consumers accusing the digital gaming platform of excessive prices and anti-competitive behaviour.
About the Claim
Are you a PC gamer? Have you used Steam or any other online video game platform?
On 5 June 2024, Vicki Shotbolt filed a ground-breaking legal action against leading PC gaming platform operator, Valve, in relation to its Steam platform. The claim was launched at the Competition Appeal Tribunal and relates to Valve’s stranglehold on the UK PC gaming market.
Vicki Shotbolt, a leading campaigner for children and families’ digital rights, has filed a claim in the Competition Appeal Tribunal on behalf of all affected UK PC gamers.
If the claim is successful, you could be eligible for up to £44 in compensation if you paid for PC video games, or add-on game content, from 5 June 2018 and live in the UK. Consumers who live in Scotland, may be eligible to receive more compensation.
Vicki has launched this claim, with the support of leading law firm Milberg London LLP, as she wants to help all PC gamers in the UK to get back what they’re owed as a result of Valve breaking competition law.
Key stats
13 years old
You could be owed compensation if you are a PC gamer and at least 13 years old.
74,000+
The number of games available on the Steam gaming platform.
Up to 30%
The rate of commission Valve charges for games sold on Steam.
£656 million
The total amount of compensation that has been estimated as owed by Valve to UK consumers.
14 million
The number of PC gamers in the UK who could have been overcharged by Valve.
£22 to £44
The amount of money that affected gamers could be owed.
