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Tom's Hardware
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Valve makes almost $50 million per employee, raking in more cash per person than Google, Amazon, or Microsoft โ€” gaming giant's 350 employees on track to generate $17 billion this year | Tom's Hardware
1 month ago - Research firm Alinea Analytics' head of market analysis posted on X that the Steam platform alone has already made $16.2 billion in revenue, with some suggesting that the company as a whole will hit $17 billion in 2025.
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Guru3D
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Valve posts USD 16.2 billion Steam revenue with only 350 employees
1 month ago - In 2025 the privately-held Valve Corporation achieved approximately USD 16.2 billion in revenue through its Steam platform while maintaining a headcount of around 350 employees.

American video game development and digital distribution company

Valve Corporation, also known as Valve Software, is an American video game developer, publisher, and digital distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. It is the developer of the software distribution platform Steam โ€ฆ Wikipedia
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Formerly Valve, L.L.C. (1996โ€“2003)
Company type Private
Factsheet
Formerly Valve, L.L.C. (1996โ€“2003)
Company type Private
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Wikipedia
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Valve Corporation - Wikipedia
November 20, 2025 - Valve uses a flat structure, whereby employees decide what to work on themselves. They develop games through playtesting and iteration, describing game design as a kind of experimental psychology. By 2012, Valve employed around 250 people and was reportedly worth over US$3 billion.
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How many employees does Valve have?
As of Sep 30, 2019, the latest employee count at Valve is 333.
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tracxn.com
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Valve - 2025 Company Profile, Team & Competitors - Tracxn
Who are Valve corporation's key employees and leadership?
Valve corporation's key employees include: Chief Executive Officer: A. M. G., Ceo: A. E., Ceo: D. M., Ceo: G. N., Chief Executive Officer: G. N..
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leadiq.com
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Valve corporation Employee Directory, Headcount & Staff | LeadIQ
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SaaStr
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5 Interesting Learnings from Valve at $17 Billion in ARR | SaaStr
November 18, 2025 - Valve will generate over $17 Billion in total gross revenue and $4 Billion in 90%+ gross margin Steam commission revenue in 2025 โ€ฆ with an estimated 330-360 employees. Thatโ€™s $12+ million in revenue per employee.
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Tracxn
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Valve - 2025 Company Profile, Team & Competitors - Tracxn
2 weeks ago - Valve has 333 employees as of Sep 19. The total employee count is 1.0% more than what it was in Sep 18.
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Tech4Gamers
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Valve Projected to Hit $17B Revenue, Achieving the Highest $50M per Employee in the World
1 month ago - Valve has made $50 million per employee in 2025, making it one of the most efficient businesses on the planet. The gaming powerhouse had an employee count of only 336.
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Statista
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Valve workforce 2021 | Statista
The Verge, Number of Valve employees worldwide from 2003 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1480954/valve-employees/ (last visited January 14, 2025)
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RocketReach
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Valve corporation Information
Valve corporation is a Software, Computer Games, and Multimedia, Games And Graphics Software company located in Bellevue, Washington with $210.1 million in revenue and 1,615 employees.
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The FPS Review
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Itโ€™s Raining Money for Valve and Its 350 Employees After Posting over $16 Billion of Revenue in 2025, Meanwhile Sony Also Has Reason to Celebrate
1 month ago - With approximately 350 employees, Valve might just be one of the leanest and most profitable companies on the planet. According the the latest report, it has brought in over $16.2 billion thus far in 2025 and has been steadily increasing since ...
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Spreadsheet Point
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Valve Generates Nearly $50 Million Per Worker, Leaving Apple And Google Behind
1 month ago - Tomโ€™s Hardware then combines that with historic estimates that Valveโ€™s total revenue could reach about $17 billion this year and that its workforce sits around 350 people, a figure that aligns with employee counts disclosed in the Wolfire ...
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PC Gamer
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We learned just how small Valve really is this year, but also how good it is at raking in the cash: It's making more money per employee than Apple | PC Gamer
December 25, 2024 - That's bigger than a typical tiny startup, yes, but also a very small fraction of companies like Ubisoft, which reported ยท 18,666 employees at the end of September 2024, Electronic Arts, which had approximately ยท 13,700 people as of March 31, 2024...
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Valve Makes More Money Per Employee Than Apple & Netflix Combined
December 30, 2024 - Thanks to Valve's comparatively tiny staff โ€“ 336 employees as of 2021 โ€“ the studio's money-making machine outpaces major tech giants like Apple, with $476K per worker, Netflix, with $234K, Microsoft, with $143K, and Amazon, which, due to its enormous size of 1.5 million ...
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Tech Times
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Valve's Massive Per-Employee Earnings Is Insane: How They Crush Tech Giants With Tiny Workforce
December 27, 2024 - Contrasted against Amazon, which employed more than 1.5 million people and returned a net profit of about $15,892 for every employee, or almost $1.81 an hour. This alone has proved how Valve excelled with the few in hand.
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Zippia
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Valve Number of Employees, Statistics, Diversity, Demographics, and Facts - Zippia
July 21, 2023 - Valve have 360 employees. Learn more about the Valve's demographics and statistics by exploring diversity metrics and key facts about the company.
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Supercar Blondie
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Valve makes $50,000,000 per employee with gaming company set to generate $17,000,000,000 this year
3 weeks ago - Averaging a staff count of 350 people from its launch in 2012 to 2021, this would put the person-by-person revenue generation at $46,285,714. ... To compare that to Microsoft, which made $281 billion in 2025, its staff average $1,232,456 per ...
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Upptic
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Valve structure, employment numbers, revenue revealed in lawsuit - Upptic
December 10, 2024 - Valve's hidden secrets EXPOSED in leaked lawsuit! Just 79 employees manage Steam's $8.5B empire. Dive into the inner workings of this gaming giant now!