The highest-rated Indie Games will be the first to get submitted to the Valve approval process, after which they will get published to the Steam digital store. Developers can submit the work they've done on the upcoming title, from an unfinished playable build to screenshots to videos to a beta, that will help give Steam Greenlight users an idea of the finished project. This should allow developers with interesting concepts for Indie Games to get much more exposure and hopes of getting their game published on Steam than ever before.
Steam is the largest and most popular PC and Mac videogame digital download platform in the world. Thanks to rapid-pace sales of AAA games for outrageously cheap prices (90% off in some sales), Steam exploded to become THE defacto way that gamers buy new PC games; replacing physical brick-and-mortar stores of conventional retail.
“Making the call to publish or not publish a title isn’t fun,” said Anna Sweet, in a press release the developer just released. “Many times opinions vary and our internal jury is hung on a decision. But with the introduction of the Steam Workshop we realized an opportunity to enlist the community’s help as we review certain titles and, hopefully, increase the volume and quality of creative submissions.”
