Valve launches Steam Direct on June 13 and shuts down Greenlight

A tectonic shift for PC gaming is here — at least for developers and publishers.

Steam Direct is launching June 13. This is the new service for submitting games to Valve’s PC-gaming platform. With Direct, anyone who meets a basic set of criteria to determine legality and appropriateness can launch a game on the massive online store by paying a $100 per-game fee. In preparation for this launch, Valve has also cut off submissions and votes for Direct’s predecessor, Steam Greenlight. That service enabled Steam customers to vote on which developers should get to release games on the Steam store.