The Epic First Run programme allows developers of any size to claim 100% of revenue if they agree to make their game exclusive on the Epic Games Store for six months.
After the six months are up, the game will revert to the standard Epic Games Store revenue split of 88% for the developer and 12% for Epic Games.
Is this in lieu of an insentive payout up front or is it supplementary to one? If this is supplementary to an upfront payout I could see how it’d be worth it for a small dev. But if you don’t get that payout up front for exclusivity I can’t see how this would make any sense. I can’t imagine EGS sales amount to much compared to what you’d get from a steam release; even with 100% revenue.