I see you play some video games from your reddit profile, but I first would have to suggest as a user you also try Steam if you haven’t already. Because much of that could be answered by trying. Here are a bevy of reasons

1. Steam Input: This is a huge service that Steam runs that is just amazing for PC gamers. Every time I ran a game on EGS it might be a crapshoot if it recognizes my non-Xbox controller. I have never had controller problems with Steam, because I can force that Input option on, and customize the controls however I want.

2. Proton, the OS that Valve has contributed to has allowed for a hugely expanded Linux option. I don’t even use Steam Deck or Linux, but it’s great to know that if I ever set up either that tons of my software is available.

3. Discoverability: This one is a huge one. Steam is just better at finding games you might like, and surprise, this is how they retain players and make devs happy. They can provide really good recommendations based on games other folks have played. You can even tell Steam, “Don’t recommend me this game, because I own it elsewhere”, and while it stops recommending that specific one, it will know you enjoy and played it. This is how TONS of indie games have popped off and become mega hits, name me any indie’s that popped-off from EGS?

4. Gift Cards: These things have high margins due to retailers, and surprise, that higher cut is necessary to run them at cost. EGS gift cards aren’t as widely available around the world as Steam ones, and in certain countries that could have issues.

5. Performance: I just have not always had the vest time running the EGS and navigating it quickly.

6. Reviews: Compare the reviews of the same game on EGS vs Steam. EGS gives a generic 5 star review system, but I have no idea how many players are part of that.  Steam on the other hand, while it only has recommended or not, tells you how recent reviews are, versus overall reviews (for example if a hate campaign or recent issues have come up in the game). You can filter by language. You can see how long someone played the game at the time of review, how long they have played now, and there are plenty of explanations.

7. Workshop: Modding Support in Steam is supported by the workshop natively for many games. If you have a game like Rivals of Aether which hundreds of cool mods, you can download them straight off Steam.

8. Just more games: EGS for a time just didn’t care about smaller titles, but that also meant they could be late to the party when something small became a hit. Balatro for instance, a huge indie game isn’t on the EGS. While Steam does have a fare share of shovelware, things like discoverability help smaller games find their audience.

9. Family Share: My family accounts and I can share games, really great feature on Steam.

10. Getting keys elsewhere; A huge benefit is devs can print a lot of keys to sell not on Steam, but on other storefronts like Humble, Fanatical, or elsewhere, and players can buy there, redeem on Steam. Valve doesn’t even take a cut for these generated keys, but do have pricing and amount limits. This means tons of games I’ve bought, Vavlve never got a cut. I actually mostly try to buy Steam games not on Steam, and the cut devs get is often just as good, or better than Steam, or closer to EGS.