It’s obvious now that this case is different. We’ve been shipping many features over the years aimed at allowing community creators to receive a share of the rewards, and in the past, they’ve been received well. We’ve done this because it’s clear we didn’t understand exactly what we were doing. We talked to the team at Bethesda and they agree. For anyone who spent money on a mod, we’ll be refunding you the complete amount. We’re going to remove the payment feature from the Skyrim workshop.
However, after much of the community reacted negatively to the implementation of paid mods, Valve issued the following statement on the Steam Workshop:
The arrangement would have allowed modders to release Skyrim mods on Steam with both Valve and Bethesda collectively taking 75 percent of the cut. Valve and Bethesda have announced that they will be cancelling their plans to monetize fan-made mods for The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim after waves of negative feedback since the feature’s announcement.
