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Updated information to reflect the changes Unity made involving their pricing in November 2025

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	On 12 September 2023, [[Unity]] implemented sweeping changes to the pricing model for its Unity Engine that would affect all developers using it, forcing them to either adopt Unity's per-download fee or de-list their games.		On 12 September 2023, [[Unity]] implemented sweeping changes to the pricing model for its Unity Engine that would affect all developers using it, forcing them to either adopt Unity's per-download fee or de-list their games.

			On 10 November 2025, Unity backtracked on the runtime fee and implemented a pricing system based on the revenue of the companies/individuals using the software.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-11-10 \|title=Changes to Unity subscription plans and pricing \|url=https://unity.com/products/pricing-updates}}</ref>

	==Background==		==Background==
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	===Unity Personal===		===Unity Personal===
	Costs nothing and allows you to the Unity game engine to produce commercial works up until your revenue from the product created using the Unity game engine reaches ~~100~~,000$ at which point you're required to change license to one of the higher tiers.		Costs nothing and allows you to the Unity game engine to produce commercial works up until your revenue from the product created using the Unity game engine reaches $200,000 at which point you're required to change license to one of the higher tiers.

	===Unity Pro===		===Unity Pro===
	Costs ~~[TBD]~~$ ~~yearly~~ per seat, and allows you to continue working on your projects ~~past the 100~~,000$ revenue ~~limit and gives additional features~~.		Costs $210 monthly per seat, and allows you to continue working on your projects if your business made over $200,000 in funding or annual revenue.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web \|title=Plans & Pricing \|url=https://unity.com/products}}</ref>

	===Unity Enterprise===		===Unity Enterprise===
	~~[TBD]~~		Uses a custom pricing model that requires you to get a quote for. It is required for businesses making more than $25M in annual revenue.<ref name=":2" />

	==Runtime fee==		==Runtime fee (Defunct)==
	On September 12th, 2023, Unity announced a "Runtime Fee that’s based on game installs," which fundamentally altered their monetization model. This runtime fee aimed to charge developers a small amount every time an end user installed their application. To qualify for the fee, games must have passed a minimum revenue threshold within the past 12 months and a minimum lifetime install count threshold. The following table (taken directly from the original announcement) lays out specific thresholds and install costs that the new model would impose on engine users.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|first= \|date=2023-09-12 \|title=Unity plan pricing and packaging updates \|url=https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-updates \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230912135629/https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-updates \|archive-date=2023-09-12 \|access-date=2025-06-16 \|website=Unity Blog}}</ref><table class="table-responsive" style="width:100%;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><tr style="background-color:#2196f3;color:#ffffff"><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="15%"></th><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="28%"><strong>Unity Personal and Unity Plus</strong></th><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="29%"><strong>Unity Pro</strong></th><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="28%"><strong>Unity Enterprise</strong></th></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"><td colspan="4" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>Unity Runtime Fee thresholds to be met</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>Revenue Threshold (USD)</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$200,000 (last 12mo)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$1,000,000 (last 12mo)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$1,000,000 (last 12mo)</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>Install Threshold</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">200,000 (life to date)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">1,000,000 (life to date)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">1,000,000 (life to date)</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Installs over the Install Threshold</strong></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Standard monthly rate</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>1–100,000</strong></td><td rowspan="4" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.20 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.15 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.125 per install</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>100,001–500,000</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.075 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.06 per install</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>500,001–1,000,000</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.03 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.02 per install</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>1,000,001+</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.02 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.01 per install</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Installs over the Install Threshold</strong></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Emerging market monthly rate</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>1+</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.02 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.01 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.005 per install</td></tr></table>		On September 12th, 2023, Unity announced a "Runtime Fee that’s based on game installs," which fundamentally altered their monetization model. This runtime fee aimed to charge developers a small amount every time an end user installed their application. To qualify for the fee, games must have passed a minimum revenue threshold within the past 12 months and a minimum lifetime install count threshold. The following table (taken directly from the original announcement) lays out specific thresholds and install costs that the new model would impose on engine users.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|first= \|date=2023-09-12 \|title=Unity plan pricing and packaging updates \|url=https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-updates \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230912135629/https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-updates \|archive-date=2023-09-12 \|access-date=2025-06-16 \|website=Unity Blog}}</ref><table class="table-responsive" style="width:100%;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><tr style="background-color:#2196f3;color:#ffffff"><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="15%"></th><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="28%"><strong>Unity Personal and Unity Plus</strong></th><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="29%"><strong>Unity Pro</strong></th><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="28%"><strong>Unity Enterprise</strong></th></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"><td colspan="4" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>Unity Runtime Fee thresholds to be met</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>Revenue Threshold (USD)</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$200,000 (last 12mo)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$1,000,000 (last 12mo)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$1,000,000 (last 12mo)</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>Install Threshold</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">200,000 (life to date)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">1,000,000 (life to date)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">1,000,000 (life to date)</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Installs over the Install Threshold</strong></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Standard monthly rate</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>1–100,000</strong></td><td rowspan="4" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.20 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.15 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.125 per install</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>100,001–500,000</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.075 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.06 per install</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>500,001–1,000,000</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.03 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.02 per install</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>1,000,001+</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.02 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.01 per install</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Installs over the Install Threshold</strong></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Emerging market monthly rate</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>1+</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.02 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.01 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.005 per install</td></tr></table>
	These fees were to be applied retroactively to any product using the unity runtime, including those released prior to this change.<ref name=":1">Needs citation		These fees were to be applied retroactively to any product using the unity runtime, including those released prior to this change.<ref name=":1">Needs citation

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	==Consumer response==		==Consumer response==
	The yearly GMTK Game jam released a series of statistics on engine usage within the jam, both in 2023<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Brown \|first=Mark \|date=2023-07-18 \|title=game engines that people used to make 6835 game jam games \|url=https://x.com/gamemakerstk/status/1681376508688883713 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=~~http~~://web.archive.org/web/~~20250708194840~~/https://x.com/gamemakerstk/status/1681376508688883713 \|archive-date=~~8 Jul 2025~~\|access-date=2025-06-16 \|website=Twitter}}</ref> before the runtime fee announcement and in 2024<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Brown \|first=Mark \|date=2024-08-21 \|title=game engines that people used to make 7,711 game jam games \|url=https://x.com/gamemakerstk/status/1826184926393491689 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=~~http~~://~~web.archive~~.~~org~~/~~web/20250708194840~~/https://x.com/gamemakerstk/status/1826184926393491689 \|archive-date=~~8 Jul 2025~~\|access-date=2025-06-16 \|website=Twitter}}</ref> afterwards. The 2023 results showed 59% of jam entries were made in the unity engine, while the next largest engine, Godot, (a free & open source competitor to unity), took a 19% share. The 2024 results see unity's share drop by 16% to an overall 43%, and Godot's more than double to 37%, Illustrating a significant exodus of talent from the unity platform correlating with the release of the runtime fee.		The yearly GMTK Game jam released a series of statistics on engine usage within the jam, both in 2023<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Brown \|first=Mark \|date=2023-07-18 \|title=game engines that people used to make 6835 game jam games \|url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/gamemakerstk/status/1681376508688883713 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260321165148/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/gamemakerstk/status/1681376508688883713 \|archive-date=21 Mar 2026 \|access-date=2025-06-16 \|website=Twitter}}</ref> before the runtime fee announcement and in 2024<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Brown \|first=Mark \|date=2024-08-21 \|title=game engines that people used to make 7,711 game jam games \|url=https://nitter.us.catsarch.com/gamemakerstk/status/1826184926393491689 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0322-0154-40/https://nitter.us.catsarch.com:443/gamemakerstk/status/1826184926393491689 \|archive-date=21 Mar 2026 \|access-date=2025-06-16 \|website=Twitter}}</ref> afterwards. The 2023 results showed 59% of jam entries were made in the unity engine, while the next largest engine, Godot, (a free & open source competitor to unity), took a 19% share. The 2024 results see unity's share drop by 16% to an overall 43%, and Godot's more than double to 37%, Illustrating a significant exodus of talent from the unity platform correlating with the release of the runtime fee.

	==References==		==References==

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	[[Category:Unity ~~engine~~]]		[[Category:Unity]]
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	~~Unity Software Inc. (aka: Unity Technologies)~~, ~~a publicly traded software company known for their~~ Unity ~~game engine,~~ implemented sweeping changes to ~~its~~ pricing model for Unity that would affect all ~~users of the engine~~, forcing ~~users~~ to either adopt ~~their~~ per-download fee or de-list their games.
			On 12 September 2023, [[Unity]] implemented sweeping changes to the pricing model for its Unity Engine that would affect all developers using it, forcing them to either adopt Unity's per-download fee or de-list their games.

	==Background==		==Background==

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	==Consumer response==		==Consumer response==
	The yearly GMTK Game jam released a series of statistics on engine usage within the jam, both in 2023<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Brown \|first=Mark \|date=2023-07-18 \|title=game engines that people used to make 6835 game jam games \|url=https://x.com/gamemakerstk/status/1681376508688883713 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~9dTO1~~ \|archive-date=~~10 Jan 2026~~ \|access-date=2025-06-16 \|website=Twitter}}</ref> before the runtime fee announcement and in 2024<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Brown \|first=Mark \|date=2024-08-21 \|title=game engines that people used to make 7,711 game jam games \|url=https://x.com/gamemakerstk/status/1826184926393491689 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~AaQQk~~ \|archive-date=~~10 Jan 2026~~ \|access-date=2025-06-16 \|website=Twitter}}</ref> afterwards. The 2023 results showed 59% of jam entries were made in the unity engine, while the next largest engine, Godot, (a free & open source competitor to unity), took a 19% share. The 2024 results see unity's share drop by 16% to an overall 43%, and Godot's more than double to 37%, Illustrating a significant exodus of talent from the unity platform correlating with the release of the runtime fee.		The yearly GMTK Game jam released a series of statistics on engine usage within the jam, both in 2023<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Brown \|first=Mark \|date=2023-07-18 \|title=game engines that people used to make 6835 game jam games \|url=https://x.com/gamemakerstk/status/1681376508688883713 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708194840/https://x.com/gamemakerstk/status/1681376508688883713 \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025\|access-date=2025-06-16 \|website=Twitter}}</ref> before the runtime fee announcement and in 2024<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Brown \|first=Mark \|date=2024-08-21 \|title=game engines that people used to make 7,711 game jam games \|url=https://x.com/gamemakerstk/status/1826184926393491689 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708194840/https://x.com/gamemakerstk/status/1826184926393491689 \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025\|access-date=2025-06-16 \|website=Twitter}}</ref> afterwards. The 2023 results showed 59% of jam entries were made in the unity engine, while the next largest engine, Godot, (a free & open source competitor to unity), took a 19% share. The 2024 results see unity's share drop by 16% to an overall 43%, and Godot's more than double to 37%, Illustrating a significant exodus of talent from the unity platform correlating with the release of the runtime fee.

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	''Unity Software Inc. (aka: Unity Technologies), a publicly traded software company known for their Unity game engine, implemented sweeping changes to its pricing model for Unity that would affect all users of the engine, forcing users to either adopt their per-download fee or de-list their games.''		Unity Software Inc. (aka: Unity Technologies), a publicly traded software company known for their Unity game engine, implemented sweeping changes to its pricing model for Unity that would affect all users of the engine, forcing users to either adopt their per-download fee or de-list their games.

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	==''Runtime fee''==		==Runtime fee==
	On September 12th, 2023, Unity announced a "Runtime Fee that’s based on game installs," which fundamentally altered their monetization model. This runtime fee aimed to charge developers a small amount every time an end user installed their application. To qualify for the fee, games must have passed a minimum revenue threshold within the past 12 months and a minimum lifetime install count threshold. The following table (taken directly from the original announcement) lays out specific thresholds and install costs that the new model would impose on engine users.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|first= \|date=2023-09-12 \|title=Unity plan pricing and packaging updates \|url=https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-updates \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230912135629/https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-updates \|archive-date=2023-09-12 \|access-date=2025-06-16 \|website=Unity Blog}}</ref><table class="table-responsive" style="width:100%;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><tr style="background-color:#2196f3;color:#ffffff"><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="15%"></th><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="28%"><strong>Unity Personal and Unity Plus</strong></th><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="29%"><strong>Unity Pro</strong></th><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="28%"><strong>Unity Enterprise</strong></th></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"><td colspan="4" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>Unity Runtime Fee thresholds to be met</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>Revenue Threshold (USD)</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$200,000 (last 12mo)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$1,000,000 (last 12mo)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$1,000,000 (last 12mo)</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>Install Threshold</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">200,000 (life to date)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">1,000,000 (life to date)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">1,000,000 (life to date)</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Installs over the Install Threshold</strong></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Standard monthly rate</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>1–100,000</strong></td><td rowspan="4" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.20 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.15 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.125 per install</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>100,001–500,000</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.075 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.06 per install</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>500,001–1,000,000</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.03 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.02 per install</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>1,000,001+</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.02 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.01 per install</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Installs over the Install Threshold</strong></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Emerging market monthly rate</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>1+</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.02 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.01 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.005 per install</td></tr></table>		On September 12th, 2023, Unity announced a "Runtime Fee that’s based on game installs," which fundamentally altered their monetization model. This runtime fee aimed to charge developers a small amount every time an end user installed their application. To qualify for the fee, games must have passed a minimum revenue threshold within the past 12 months and a minimum lifetime install count threshold. The following table (taken directly from the original announcement) lays out specific thresholds and install costs that the new model would impose on engine users.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|first= \|date=2023-09-12 \|title=Unity plan pricing and packaging updates \|url=https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-updates \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230912135629/https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-updates \|archive-date=2023-09-12 \|access-date=2025-06-16 \|website=Unity Blog}}</ref><table class="table-responsive" style="width:100%;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><tr style="background-color:#2196f3;color:#ffffff"><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="15%"></th><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="28%"><strong>Unity Personal and Unity Plus</strong></th><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="29%"><strong>Unity Pro</strong></th><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="28%"><strong>Unity Enterprise</strong></th></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"><td colspan="4" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>Unity Runtime Fee thresholds to be met</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>Revenue Threshold (USD)</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$200,000 (last 12mo)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$1,000,000 (last 12mo)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$1,000,000 (last 12mo)</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>Install Threshold</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">200,000 (life to date)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">1,000,000 (life to date)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">1,000,000 (life to date)</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Installs over the Install Threshold</strong></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Standard monthly rate</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>1–100,000</strong></td><td rowspan="4" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.20 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.15 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.125 per install</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>100,001–500,000</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.075 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.06 per install</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>500,001–1,000,000</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.03 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.02 per install</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>1,000,001+</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.02 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.01 per install</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Installs over the Install Threshold</strong></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Emerging market monthly rate</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>1+</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.02 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.01 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.005 per install</td></tr></table>
	These fees were to be applied retroactively to any product using the unity runtime, including those released prior to this change.<ref name=":1">Needs citation		These fees were to be applied retroactively to any product using the unity runtime, including those released prior to this change.<ref name=":1">Needs citation

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	==Consumer response==		==Consumer response==
	The yearly GMTK Game jam released a series of statistics on engine usage within the jam, both in 2023<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Brown \|first=Mark \|date=2023-07-18 \|title=game engines that people used to make 6835 game jam games \|url=https://x.com/gamemakerstk/status/1681376508688883713 \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-06-16 \|website=Twitter}}</ref> before the runtime fee announcement and in 2024<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Brown \|first=Mark \|date=2024-08-21 \|title=game engines that people used to make 7,711 game jam games \|url=https://x.com/gamemakerstk/status/1826184926393491689 \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-06-16 \|website=Twitter}}</ref> afterwards. The 2023 results showed 59% of jam entries were made in the unity engine, while the next largest engine, Godot, (a free & open source competitor to unity), took a 19% share. The 2024 results see unity's share drop by 16% to an overall 43%, and Godot's more than double to 37%, Illustrating a significant exodus of talent from the unity platform correlating with the release of the runtime fee.		The yearly GMTK Game jam released a series of statistics on engine usage within the jam, both in 2023<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Brown \|first=Mark \|date=2023-07-18 \|title=game engines that people used to make 6835 game jam games \|url=https://x.com/gamemakerstk/status/1681376508688883713 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/9dTO1 \|archive-date=10 Jan 2026 \|access-date=2025-06-16 \|website=Twitter}}</ref> before the runtime fee announcement and in 2024<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Brown \|first=Mark \|date=2024-08-21 \|title=game engines that people used to make 7,711 game jam games \|url=https://x.com/gamemakerstk/status/1826184926393491689 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/AaQQk \|archive-date=10 Jan 2026 \|access-date=2025-06-16 \|website=Twitter}}</ref> afterwards. The 2023 results showed 59% of jam entries were made in the unity engine, while the next largest engine, Godot, (a free & open source competitor to unity), took a 19% share. The 2024 results see unity's share drop by 16% to an overall 43%, and Godot's more than double to 37%, Illustrating a significant exodus of talent from the unity platform correlating with the release of the runtime fee.

	==References==		==References==

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	~~''Summary~~ and ~~key issues~~ of ~~prevailing sentiment from~~ the ~~consumers that can be documented via articles~~, ~~emails~~ to ~~support~~, ~~reviews and forum posts~~.''		The yearly GMTK Game jam released a series of statistics on engine usage within the jam, both in 2023<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Brown \|first=Mark \|date=2023-07-18 \|title=game engines that people used to make 6835 game jam games \|url=https://x.com/gamemakerstk/status/1681376508688883713 \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-06-16 \|website=Twitter}}</ref> before the runtime fee announcement and in 2024<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Brown \|first=Mark \|date=2024-08-21 \|title=game engines that people used to make 7,711 game jam games \|url=https://x.com/gamemakerstk/status/1826184926393491689 \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-06-16 \|website=Twitter}}</ref> afterwards. The 2023 results showed 59% of jam entries were made in the unity engine, while the next largest engine, Godot, (a free & open source competitor to unity), took a 19% share. The 2024 results see unity's share drop by 16% to an overall 43%, and Godot's more than double to 37%, Illustrating a significant exodus of talent from the unity platform correlating with the release of the runtime fee.

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	==''Runtime fee''==		==''Runtime fee''==
	On September 12th, 2023, Unity announced a "Runtime Fee that’s based on game installs," which fundamentally altered their monetization model. This runtime fee aimed to charge developers a small amount every time an end user installed their application. To qualify for the fee, games must have passed a minimum revenue threshold within the past 12 months and a minimum lifetime install count threshold. The following table (taken directly from the original announcement) lays out specific thresholds and install costs that the new model would impose on engine users.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|first=~~Unity Technologies~~ \|date=2023-09-12 \|title=Unity plan pricing and packaging updates \|url=https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-updates \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230912135629/https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-updates \|archive-date=2023-10-14 \|website=Unity Blog}}</ref><table class="table-responsive" style="width:100%;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><tr style="background-color:#2196f3;color:#ffffff"><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="15%"></th><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="28%"><strong>Unity Personal and Unity Plus</strong></th><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="29%"><strong>Unity Pro</strong></th><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="28%"><strong>Unity Enterprise</strong></th></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"><td colspan="4" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>Unity Runtime Fee thresholds to be met</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>Revenue Threshold (USD)</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$200,000 (last 12mo)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$1,000,000 (last 12mo)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$1,000,000 (last 12mo)</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>Install Threshold</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">200,000 (life to date)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">1,000,000 (life to date)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">1,000,000 (life to date)</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Installs over the Install Threshold</strong></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Standard monthly rate</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>1–100,000</strong></td><td rowspan="4" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.20 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.15 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.125 per install</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>100,001–500,000</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.075 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.06 per install</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>500,001–1,000,000</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.03 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.02 per install</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>1,000,001+</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.02 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.01 per install</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Installs over the Install Threshold</strong></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Emerging market monthly rate</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>1+</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.02 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.01 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.005 per install</td></tr></table>		On September 12th, 2023, Unity announced a "Runtime Fee that’s based on game installs," which fundamentally altered their monetization model. This runtime fee aimed to charge developers a small amount every time an end user installed their application. To qualify for the fee, games must have passed a minimum revenue threshold within the past 12 months and a minimum lifetime install count threshold. The following table (taken directly from the original announcement) lays out specific thresholds and install costs that the new model would impose on engine users.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|first= \|date=2023-09-12 \|title=Unity plan pricing and packaging updates \|url=https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-updates \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230912135629/https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-updates \|archive-date=2023-09-12 \|access-date=2025-06-16 \|website=Unity Blog}}</ref><table class="table-responsive" style="width:100%;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><tr style="background-color:#2196f3;color:#ffffff"><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="15%"></th><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="28%"><strong>Unity Personal and Unity Plus</strong></th><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="29%"><strong>Unity Pro</strong></th><th style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000" width="28%"><strong>Unity Enterprise</strong></th></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"><td colspan="4" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>Unity Runtime Fee thresholds to be met</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>Revenue Threshold (USD)</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$200,000 (last 12mo)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$1,000,000 (last 12mo)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$1,000,000 (last 12mo)</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>Install Threshold</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">200,000 (life to date)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">1,000,000 (life to date)</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">1,000,000 (life to date)</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Installs over the Install Threshold</strong></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Standard monthly rate</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>1–100,000</strong></td><td rowspan="4" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.20 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.15 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.125 per install</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>100,001–500,000</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.075 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.06 per install</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>500,001–1,000,000</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.03 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.02 per install</td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>1,000,001+</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.02 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.01 per install</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"></tr><tr style="background-color:#000000;color:#ffffff"><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Installs over the Install Threshold</strong></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#ffffff"><strong>Emerging market monthly rate</strong></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000"><strong>1+</strong></td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.02 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.01 per install</td><td style="padding:10px;border:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000">$0.005 per install</td></tr></table>
	These fees were to be applied retroactively to any product using the unity runtime, including those released prior to this change.<ref name=":1">Needs citation		These fees were to be applied retroactively to any product using the unity runtime, including those released prior to this change.<ref name=":1">Needs citation

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