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Add to SafariWhen comparing Steam Greenlight vs Humble Widget, the Slant community recommends Steam Greenlight for most people. In the question“What are the best distribution platforms for an indie desktop game?” Steam Greenlight is ranked 5th while Humble Widget is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Steam Greenlight is:
The Concepts section of Greenlight allows incomplete projects to be put on display and receive feedback, including mock-voting as if they were full Greenlight submissions. This can be a valuable tool for refining design, presentation and marketing techniques.
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Pros
Pro Greenlight Concepts section can help get early feedback
The Concepts section of Greenlight allows incomplete projects to be put on display and receive feedback, including mock-voting as if they were full Greenlight submissions. This can be a valuable tool for refining design, presentation and marketing techniques.
Pro The largest and best-known PC distribution service
Steam's user base is over ten times that of the next nearest competitor, making it by far the largest single marketplace.
Pro Self-service access to sales data, gift key generation
Pro Grants access to customer email addresses
You'll have access to email addresses of anyone who has bought your game.
Pro Great revenue split (95/5)
Best revenue split available.
Cons
Con Registration costs $100
In order to submit games to Greenlight at all, you must first purchase a $100 activation for your Steam account. Note that this does not represent profit for Valve: all proceeds are donated to charity. It is strictly a barrier to entry.
Con Approval process is a competitive market
The Greenlight submissions with the most votes are approved in arbitrary batches, generally 50 to 100 per month. No metric is used other than raw quantity of positive votes.
Con Must apply for access
Con Bring your own web site
If you don't have a site already, you'll need to get that setup first before you can use the Humble Widget.
