This spring Valve’s Steam Greenlight will be removed in exchange for a new system, which is called Steam Direct. Greenlight was a service that lets players vote on which products they’d like to be available on Valve’s popular storefront.

The biggest reason this is being removed is because developers are filled with anxiety that they have to campaign for their products to get noticed before they can reach the store. So most developers are uncertain if - or even when - their products will launch.

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Now developers will have a direct sigh-up system to put their games on steam. They will have to go through a ton of paperwork, tax information, and it will cost for each new title they wish to distribute. Which as Steam says "is intended to decrease the noise in the submission pipeline." The biggest fear from people on steam is by removing the option to vote anyone can sign up if they have the cash and the store will get flooded with bad games.

“We talked to several developers and studios about an appropriate fee, and they gave us a range of responses from as low as $100 to as high as $5,000. There are pros and cons at either end of the spectrum, so we’d like to gather more feedback before settling on a number," said Alden Kroll in a press release about the announcement of Steam Direct.

Valve wants to let Developers big and small feel free to make the games they want without any barriers to experiencing their creativity. But as they prepare these changes they will be closely monitored for issues and feedback on Steam as they push further updates to pave the path for Steam Direct.