Valve, one of the giants of the PC gaming industry, has managed to leave technology giants behind with a very different business model and an impressive understanding of efficiency. According to the data recently revealed in a lawsuit, it was revealed that Valve overtook the world’s largest technology companies with its revenue per employee ratio. Here are the figures and details…

Valve achieves big success with a small team

Valve manages a platform like Steam with 40 million daily active users with only 366 active employees and dominates a large part of the PC gaming market. In 2021, documents revealed in an antitrust lawsuit revealed that Valve’s revenue per employee rate surpassed giants such as Facebook, Apple and Microsoft.

According to documents leaked to the press, Facebook earns $780,400 per employee per year, while Valve’s exact figures in this area are kept confidential, but it is stated that it comfortably surpasses this level.

Valve’s secret to success is running a large-scale operation with a small but effective team… According to the company’s figures revealed in 2018, the company’s revenue per employee rate has surpassed names such as Alphabet (Google), Microsoft and Netflix. Giants with more than 1.5 million employees, such as Amazon, are far behind in this class.

In addition, the impact of Steam Deck, Valve’s portable game console launched in 2022, on the company’s earnings is not included in this data. Given the success of Steam Deck, we can say that Valve’s superiority in this area has increased even more.

Valve is once again taking a different approach to the world of technology with this business model. The company’s efficiency success sets an inspiring example for both other companies in the industry and small-scale startups. We will observe together whether this success will continue in the coming years.

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