Harrington shared her story inlengthy post on Medium, which wasrecently picked upby Rock Paper Shotgun.

Third-party developers could release their games and content on the platform without needing to pay hefty publishing fees.

Valve, although still making games, does so at a notablyslow pace.

Amazon tried to buy a stake in Valve long before Steam became a reality

“I know that Valve wouldn’t have been successful without Mike.

It wouldn’t have been successful without Gabe.

And it wouldn’t have been successful without me,” Harrington stated.