As a result some of the biggest games out there use it: Pokémon GO and Genshin Impact, for instance, as well as countless indie hits like Slay the Spire and Timberborn.īut the company announced Tuesday morning that starting in 2024, the company would assess a $.20 fee per install of a game once that title had sold 200,000 copies, and the developer had taken in $200,000 in revenue. If a developer had revenue below $100K, it was free, while a Plus tier took one up to $200K, and above that was a Pro tier.
The engine is popular among independent developers as a way to get a game up and running across multiple gaming platforms while minimizing up-front costs. Now the company is reportedly looking to walk back the announcement, at least in part.
Unity, the popular cross-platform game and media development engine, is on the defensive after receiving intense backlash over a controversial new fee structure, which developers using the platform decried as destructive and unfair.
