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dub3's pixel tribute to Steam Greenlight in 2012: a Modern-era games portal
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2012 page

dub3 card · steamcommunity.com/greenlight

Steam Greenlight (2012)

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Cost
6 RAM
Power
13
Rarity
Common
Family
Commerce
Era
Modern (2009 on)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: Enemy cards cost 1 more to play here.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 6 RAM to play and brings 13 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Commerce cards grow every round and make your opponent pay more to play.

The site, in 2012

A Steam service where players voted on submitted games to decide which ones went on sale in the store.

Developers posted their games, players pledged votes, and Valve picked the winners. It opened in August 2012 and added a $100 listing fee, paid to charity, to curb junk entries. Steam Direct replaced it in June 2017.

Modern era, 2009 on. Phones, feeds and cookie banners. The web got fast, flat and very sure about notifications.

The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2012 page.

Put it on your site

Run Steam Greenlight, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:

Steam Greenlight is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2012, then plays a short scene. Want Steam Greenlight in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.