'User generated content is an increasingly significant component of many games, and opening new avenues to help financially support those contributors via Steam Workshop will help drive the level of UGC to new heights.'Ī number of paid mods for Skyrim, including items, armor sets, visual tweaks and custom locations, are now available in the game's Workshop on Steam. 'We think this is a great opportunity to help support the incredible creative work being done by mod makers in the Steam Workshop,' Valve's Tom Bui said in a release. Starting today, Valve says it's 'putting mod authors in business via a new streamlined process for listing, selling and managing their creations.' Valve notes that more than 24,000 free mods and player-made items for Skyrim are available in the Steam Workshop, and those mods have been downloaded more than 170 million times. Mod makers can now sell their creations to players directly through Steam, Valve announced today, starting with The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim.Ĭommunity made mods have been available through Steam Workshop in Skyrim and other games on Steam since 2011, when the Workshop was introduced.
