Gamedev is a pipe dream folks, meant to create steady labor force for publishers to squeeze work from for profit because they fire you after your game gets released, even if it does well.

By the way, Valve can do more here. This is something they can choose to invest more in. People don’t have to be satisfied with the effort Valve has made so far and can instead choose to expect more.

Indie games pump Valve’s stock—they should get some profit sharing even if they don’t sell IMO but that’s just me. Like a community dividend.