From GameWatcher: “Koch Media, the publishing company responsible for releasing Metro Exodus as an Epic Store exclusive, has recently commented on that topic, saying that they’re “very happy with the commercial results so far.”
Klemens Kundratitz, the CEO of Koch, has said that he still believes that we should welcome Epic and their business model, but that the company maintains a strong relationship with Steam as well, citing Iron Harvest as a prime example of that.”
Source: N4G PC Koch Media says it "welcomes Epic's bussiness model", but has a "strong relationship" with Steam