Race The Sun Struggling Without Steam Release
Flippfly, developers of procedural racer Race The Sun, have released some rather depressing stats that prove just how important a Steam release is for a small indie game. Race…
Early Access: Paranautical Activity
Considering the rant I wrote about the failings of Steam Greenlight a while back, it's only natural that I cover Paranautical Activity. This modest little FPS Roguelite by Code Avarice…
Greenlight Spotlight Vol. 7
Wow, so Valve has been busy since my last article. There were two normal sized batches over the last few weeks, then Valve went crazy and released a mega batch…
Papers, Please Review
I started playing Papers, Please around 7:00 on a Thursday night. Around 45 minutes into my session, I distinctly remember thinking to myself that I couldn't see how the game, while…
Eleven More Titles Get Greenlit
Another batch of titles made it through Greenlight a few days ago. The total this time is eleven, with eight games and three pieces of software: Actual Multiple Monitors (Software)…
Greenlight Spotlight Vol. 5
As I pointed out in a news article several days ago, another wave of games was recently Greenlit. This time, Assetto Corsa, DreadOut, Ether One, GunZ 2: The Second Duel,…
Six More Games Get The Greenlight
This news seems to have slipped past most people's radar in the wake of last week's E3 fervor. Once again continuing the trend of smaller, more frequent batches of Greenlit…
What is the point of Steam Greenlight?
Ever since I first heard this story around a week ago, I knew I would need to write something about it eventually. After all, much of my work here at…
Greenlight Spotlight Vol. 4
My previous few Greenlight articles focused primarily on games with active crowd-funding campaigns. Most of those campaigns are over now, so let's take a quick look at the results: Among…
Valve Greenlights Six More Games
Continuing Valve's recent push towards more frequent, smaller waves of games to make the Greenlight process faster, six new titles have been Greenlit. This time around we have Bleed, Game…
Monaco: One Vault at a Time
Monaco is an action game that gives you and up to three friends the opportunity to break out of jails and rob banks or rich old men. While the game…
Greenlight Spotlight: Kickstarter Edition
Before I get to the real meat of this article, it's time for a quick Greenlight update. As I reported, 18 games have been Greenlit since my previous article. Of…