Genshin Impact will soon no longer be exclusive to Epic on PC, according to dataminers

The massive success of Genshin Impact helped put the studio MiHoYo (now HoYoVerse) on the map, with the highly-popular open-world gacha title being followed up by other successes including Zenless Zone Zero and Honkai Star Rail. Up until now, HoYo’s games have been exclusive to the Epic Games Store on PC. This appears to be finally changing however, with evidence pointing towards an upcoming Steam release.

As discovered by Reddit user ‘hzy980512’ HoyoVerse’s account management system was recently updated to include some Steam-related strings in its ‘localized message file’ indicating that the developer’s suite of popular titles could soon be making their way onto Steam.

As mentioned, Epic and HoYoVerse struck a deal back in the day, with all of the studio’s releases being exclusive to the Epic Games Store on PC. For better or for worse, Genshin Impact; ZZZ and Honkai Star Rail have all found massive audiences and so it being limited to Epic’s platform does present a bit of a barrier to entry.

As such, not only will it be interesting to see how many more players HoYo’s games manage to pick up upon its expected Steam release, but will also offer us a public look at player numbers for the first time – on one platform at least.

Regardless, having HoYoVerse’s library of games on Steam will be a massive boon to both the studio itself and Valve’s platform. Hopefully an official announcement is on its way sooner rather than later.

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