The creator of Garry's Mod didn't want to sell his game, he didn't think anyone would buy it

Anyone who has been on the Internet since at least the beginning of the tenth century has seen bizarre animations with Heavy from Team Fortress 2 or G-Man making faces from Half-Life. The sandbox Garry's Mod has become one of the hallmarks of Steam, and for many, the reason to use the Valve store for the first time.

But Garry's Mod might not go on sale. The game recently turned 18 years old, and sandbox creator Harry Newman shared that when Valve first approached him with an offer to release their Half-Life 2 mod as a standalone game on Steam, he turned it down. Newman thought: well, who will pay money for this?

When Valve first brought up the idea of ​​selling Garry's Mod on Steam, I said 'no' because… 'who's going to pay for it?'

As it turns out, a lot of people. Newman shared that at this time…