Valve has announced that submitting a game to Steam Greenlight will now cost $100. Steam Greenlight was announced in July and allows users to vote on which games they believe should be available for sale on Steam, but in an announcement posted on the Steam Community, Valve says there is “unfortunately a significant amount of noise and clutter being submitted, either as a joke or by fans not fully understanding the purpose of Greenlight.”
In order to cut down on that noise, Valve will be charging a $100 fee for developers to post a game to Greenlight. All proceeds from the fees will be donated to the Child’s Play charity, as Valve says “we have no interest in making money from this, but we do need to cut down the noise in the system.” The announcement notes that anyone who has already submitted a game to Greenlight will not be charged the fee retroactively, but they will need to pay for future submissions.
Valve is also changing discoverability in Greenlight, giving users new ways to find games that relate to their interests. “The next time you visit Steam Greenlight you’ll be shown a smaller, manageable list of games that you haven’t rated,” the announcement says. “This view is a mix of popular games and new games to Greenlight.”
Valve concluded by saying it’s “very interested in maintaining an environment that is fair and beneficial to everyone involved, and one that is fun and rewarding to join” and that it will “keep iterating on this system and updating as we learn more about how the community and developers want to utilize it.”
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