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by rochak 2756 days ago
That will be sad since most of the games I buy are from indie developers. They put good amount of work in their games and don't charge much too. If Valve keeps doing this kind of stuff and forces them to move to other marketplaces, I will move too.
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If you look into it you will find that you can buy many indie games directly from the developer and still get a Steam key.

If you don't want that Valve charges "too much" from indies, then you should be proactive and join other marketplaces. It's a hen-egg situation.

Just move already! Indie games are much easier to obtain from rival storefronts than big budget releases, and can usually be had with better terms (DRM free etc, like gog.com).

It’s relatively rare for an indie developer to distribute exclusively via Steam.