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Sixth Set of Titles Greenlit Today on Steam

Steam released its sixth set of Greenlight titles today.

The list is comprised of 20 items in total–18 games and two software titles–bringing the total to over 90 titles Greenlit since Steam Greenlight launched in August of 2012.

Below is the official Steam tweet:

Sixth Set of Titles Greenlit Today: #SteamGreenlight bit.ly/11gUVAQ
— Steam (@steam_games) April 17, 2013

Here are the titles:

The latest software titles:

  • PlayClaw – This game recorder got votes for its gaming optimization and utilization of multi-core processors for HD video capture
  • GamePlan – This real-time strategy software caught the attention of strategy gamers as a way to help plan strategy and tactics for their favorite team-based online games

The latest games:

  • Agarest: Generations of War – This Japanese role-playing strategy game quickly shot up the charts and will now add to the small but growing number of Japanese RPGs on Steam
  • Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures – Angry Video Game Nerd has built up a huge following on YouTube. That popularity appears to have translated into raging success in Greenlight with the game that bears his name rocketing to the top in only 9 days
  • Battle Worlds: Kronos – This richly-colored turn-based strategy game blew through its Kickstarter goal and jumped quickly up the Greenlight charts with votes of excited strategy fans
  • City of Steam – This free-to-play action RPG received a lot of visibility and votes from their beta at the beginning of the year, and now look forward to running another beta soon
  • Cradle – This first-person adventure game caught the attention of Greenlight voters with its beautiful graphics, unique atmosphere, and compelling soundtrack
  • Dead State – In less than a month, this survival RPG has jumped up the charts with enthusiastic support. Plus, the game blew past their Kickstarter goal in the summer of last year, securing an incredible 10,096 backers
  • Dead Trigger – This popular free-to-play zombie survival game found great success on android, and has since seen updated graphics as the developers set their sights on Steam for PC and Mac
  • Death Inc. – This beautiful and elegant strategy game has garnered a lot of positive press and votes with its unique art style and innovative gameplay
  • Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey – The community clearly wants more from the popular Dreamfall series and quickly up-voted this game
  • Elsword – This free-to-play, action RPG uses classic side-scrolling beat ‘em up gameplay mechanics and has captured the votes of existing fans and potential new customers alike
  • Faceless – This cooperative and non-violent free-to-play survival horror mod for Half-Life 2 received overwhelming support from the community
  • Frozen Endzone – The developers of Frozen Synapse bring the strategic depth of their first game into a new, original and innovative tactical future sports game, capturing the votes of fans and potential customers along the way
  • Hammerwatch – This pixely hack-and-slash adventure game caught the attention of voters with their cooperative gameplay, character building, and modding support
  • Legend of Dungeon – This colorful dungeon crawler has gained a lot of votes as well as critical acclaim from the gaming press
  • Pinball Arcade – Fans of Pinball Arcade have been enthusiastic and vocal, leading to a solid base of support and interest from the community
  • Planet Explorers – Currently in alpha, this ambitious open world RPG caught the attention of voters with its ability for users create new content and change the terrain
  • Rush Bros. – This competitive platforming game caught the attention of voters and the gaming press with its innovative premise and integration with users’ music library
  • Shovel Knight – This action adventure game has been sweeping the Greenlight charts with a style reminiscent of platformer adventure classics. After blowing through their ambitious Kickstarter goal, the developers set higher and higher stretch goals, securing an incredible 14,749 backers

These titles will be released independently in the coming months.

Steam Greenlight is a new platform feature that enlists the community’s help in selecting some of the next games to be released on Steam.

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