Founding makers
The first 10 makers to graduate a game pay 0% store cut for life
Post your fan project, take it through the graduation path, and when your game graduates you take one of the 10 founding spots: you pay no store cut on your sales here, for life.
The rules
- Per person, not per game. The spot is yours, so it covers all your games here, now and later.
- Up to $1 million of your lifetime sales here: 0% store cut. Counted across all your games here, before fees. Above $1 million: half the standard cut, for life.
- Store cut only. The card payment fee is still paid, because it goes to the payment company, not to us.
- Not transferable. Selling your account, a game or a studio doesn't pass the spot on.
- Lost only for a serious breach: a confirmed infringement takedown, or fraud. Never for being inactive.
When a spot is counted
When your game graduates: it reaches Standalone with its conversion checklist complete, and a hub editor confirms it. Graduating means the checklist is complete; it is not a legal clearance. Posting a Mod or a Total Conversion puts you among the makers working toward a spot.
Selling games here opens when the first game graduates; the founding rule applies from its first sale.