Here’s how much Valve pays its staff — and how few people it employs

/ Leaked payroll data reveals just how small one of the most important companies in gaming actually is.

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Valve is a famously secretive company with an enormous influence on the gaming industry, particularly because it runs the massive PC gaming storefront Steam. But despite that influence, Valve isn’t a large organization on par with EA or Riot Games’ thousands of employees: according to leaked

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