First wave of successful Steam Greenlight games announced

The Steam Greenlight initiative got off to a bit of a rocky start, but that hasn’t kept it from doing what it was created to do: Bring more games to Steam. Valve has announced the first 10 games to garner the upvotes required to receive full releases on the Steam platform, and it’s a pretty impressive lineup. From diehard survival horror fans to random-aliens-getting-high-in-the-jungle enthusiasts, there’s something here for everyone.

The Steam Greenlight initiative got off to a bit of a rocky start, but that hasn’t kept it from doing what it was created to do: Bring more games to Steam. Valve has announced the first 10 games to garner the upvotes required to receive full release on the Steam platform, and it’s a pretty impressive lineup. From diehard survival horror fans to random-aliens-getting-high-in-the-jungle enthusiasts, there’s something here for everyone.

The almighty list:

Black Mesa
Cry of Fear
Dream
Heroes & Generals
Kenshi
McPixel
No More Room in Hell
Project Zomboid
Routine
Towns

Not all of the games are ready for proper release, and as such they’ll arrive on Steam at various points in the months ahead. I’m especially looking forward to the release of Black Mesa, McPixel and Routine, but really every single game on the list deserves its spot. My wallet is already weeping profusely.

Greenlight has only been around since August 30, so it’s surprising to see that some games have already received the votes necessary for Steam release. If things continue the way they’re going, we’ll likely be seeing another wave of games in just a couple of weeks!

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Five of the weirdest games on Steam Greenlight
By Tom Christiansen
Every few weeks Valve will release a new list of games which have been approved through Steam Greenlight, their system for allowing the public to vote on which games achieve publishing deals with Valve. While the votes themselves are not the exclusive deciding factor, they certainly help Valve target which games to allow onto their platform. The lists of approved games often reflect the most popular titles which have attained large amounts of industry attention due to an exciting innovation or by sheer luck. However, not every game on Steam Greenlight gets approved and put on one of Valve's lists.After spending some time digging through the most recent games posted to Greenlight, I'd like to show you five of the weirdest games I came across.