First off, that comes off as racist. Selling camels invokes the orientalist caricature of the people of the middle east. At best you sound like an edgy Twitch streamer. At worst you sound like a bigot. Neither of those is a good look.

Secondly, sure, I'll admit that it's not a great deal for people in poorer countries. Steam isn't a public utility, though. You can post to itch.io for free, and there is a MASSIVE userbase there. Get that $100 there and then bring it to Steam. That isn't a big ask. Is it another barrier to entry for someone from a poorer country? Yes, and that's unfortunate. However, it's not a high bar to clear. If you get popular on itch.io, Steam is a natural progression. And, again, that $100 is more like a deposit than a cost. It comes back after you make $1000 on the game. After that, it's free to host that game. And with it, you get discussion channels, social channels, the Steam Workshop integration, multiplayer hosting, and a ton of other benefits. Steam isn't the enemy you seem to want to make it out to be.

However, all of this is predicated on something that we haven't talked about. Right now, the US has sanctions against Iran. So, no matter what, Steam is legally barred from servicing Iranian accounts. However, this itch.io to Steam pipeline still does work in other countries without sanctions. Places like Brazil, India, and the Philippines are able to do things like this without an issue. I'll reiterate, it's not great that there's an extra step. Still, the extra step isn't a huge one, and if anything, it can help by growing a base on itch.io for free and then bringing that passion over to Steam. There are plenty of games that have famously made that jump and come out better for it.

On the other hand, how many USD sales does it take to buy those camels back? The $100 isn't localized, but neither is revenue... If affording the $100 is really an issue, and you have a game that will sell, you could start a Kickstarter for $150 to cover the submission cost and likely have no trouble getting the funds, no?

I see new games literally all the time. The front page and discovery queue are very good at that.

Literally a steam next fest promoting indies like every month or two? Idk what else you want?

Then you haven't been looking at the MANY indie sales, or the Next Fest they put on every quarter where you can play hundreds of demos for indie games and try before you buy.