Which original Greenlight game ended up being the best?

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » March 30th, 2026, 01:55

https://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/8839

Launch Set of 10 Coming to Steam Soon

September 11, 2012 -- Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the first set of titles submitted through Steam Greenlight have earned critical mass and been picked up for worldwide distribution.

The first set of titles to launch via Greenlight will be released independently in the months ahead (as they are varying stages of completion).

“The Steam community rallied around these titles and made them the clear choice for the first set of titles to launch out of Greenlight,” said Anna Sweet of Valve. “Since launch, hundreds of titles have been submitted, with more coming in every day. We expect to be announcing more titles coming to Steam via Greenlight soon.”

The first 10 titles coming to Steam from Greenlight are:
Black Mesa
Cry of Fear
Dream
Heroes & Generals
Kenshi
McPixel
No More Room in Hell
Project Zomboid
Routine
Towns

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » March 30th, 2026, 01:58

Routine only released a couple months ago, I had to double-check that was the right game but it appears it was in development for nearly 15 years!
(Then again, Zomboid is still in development…)

Post by **J1M** » March 30th, 2026, 02:01

Voted for the only one I recall playing.

Post by **WhiteShark** » March 30th, 2026, 02:04

I've only played Zomboid and that's not even out yet, so I can't vote. Black Mesa looked fun when I watched my dad play it, at least.

Post by **Oyster Sauce** » March 30th, 2026, 02:06

Heroes & Generals was a lot of fun, at least until you level up and vehicles get introduced. Didn't know it was an OG Greenlight.

Roguey · Post by **Roguey** » March 31st, 2026, 01:52

No interest in any of these.