Steam has stopped paying salaries to Ukrainian developers
Several Ukrainian developers with almost the same story approached our editorial office. Steam’s digital distribution service has stopped paying them revenue. Based on the available information, Valve has imposed the same restrictions on Ukraine as for Russia and Belarus.
The developers have started receiving emails from the Steam administration stating that their banking information has been deactivated for the following reason:
“Given the current situation, we cannot send bank payments to Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.”
This report looks strange, as international sanctions have been imposed on Russia and Belarus, but not Ukraine.
In a new development, Valve completely ceases sending developer/publisher payments to Russia, Belarus… and Ukraine
This doesn't impact me personally (since I'm not the "owner" of any paid titles), but for anyone relying on Steam as their source of income in these trying times, pic.twitter.com/Ix6YnJM0Xj
— Vadym 🇺🇦 (@YellowAfterlife) March 18, 2022
The e-mail from Steam also says that until the bank information is corrected, Valve will not be able to transfer funds in favor of developers from Ukraine. The company urges developers to correct banking information as soon as possible, after which Valve will be able to pay the balance of the next monthly payment.
So far, Valve has not commented on the reasons for limiting payments to developers from Ukraine.
