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I still don't feel like it's a monopoly when there is nothing stopping developers from selling the game as a paid download off their own site. Players can even add that game as a non-Steam game and still get a mostly complete experience as if they brought the game from Steam. Companies selling their game on Steam was always a option and not a necessity.
None of that is what defines a monopoly.
There's only one store that matters. They have unthreatened supermajority marketshare. Customers go there by default - sometimes exclusively. Developers can sell there, or they're basically fucked.
What you're concerned about are anti-competitive practices. But some businesses don't need those, to lack any relevant competition. It can just happen. They didn't do anything wrong. They're still monopolies.