Happily, in the case of Alan Wake, Microsoft was able to renegotiate the music rights and get the game back on sale with all of its original soundtrack intact. Years after a show or game has wrapped production, it's extremely difficult for either of those things to happen. The music either has to be removed from the show and replaced with something else, or new deals with license holders for each song need to be made. This isn't unique to gaming-we've seen it happen to TV shows like The Wonder Years and WKRP in Cincinati, which can't be re-broadcast or sold once the rights to the music used on the shows have expired. Grid, Dirt 3, F1 2013, Tony Hawk Hawk Pro Skater HD, and numerous other games have vanished from Steam and other digital marketplaces due to music licenses expiring.
It's common for a game developer to pay for the rights to songs for a certain period of time-seven years, in the case of Alan Wake-and when that time expires, the game can no longer be sold if it still contains those songs. You can buy Alan Wake on Steam-but for a while, that wasn't the case. The Epic Store will be the only place you'll be able to buy it. Satisfactory, the first-person open world factory building game, no longer has a Steam store page. Some, however, have ditched Steam entirely. Many of these games with Epic exclusive deals will eventually arrive on Steam and other digital marketplaces ( Maneater, for instance, will come to other services a year later, as will Exodus), and these games still have store pages on Steam.
Those who bought the game on Steam can still play it there, and they will receive any updates and patches, but Exodus can no longer be purchased on Steam. Metro Exodus is the most notable example, as it took preorders for months on Steam before going exclusive on Epic just weeks before its launch. As a result, a number of developers and publishers have agreed to exclusive launches on the Epic Store. It doesn't hurt that millions already use Epic's launcher to play Fortnite, either. The Epic Games Store arrived with quite a splash late last year, luring developers to its marketplace with a better revenue cut than Valve offers, as well as revenue guarantees.
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