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Turquoise

Subnautica's rare cozy moments meet my favorite Windows 98 screensaver in this relaxing new life sim

By Anna Koselke published

News Turquoise is a truly tranquil treat

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Raccoin

Balatro's legacy has spawned yet another time-devouring roguelike, and I might have ruined Steam Next Fest for myself

By Ali Jones published

News Even Raccoin's adorable mascot won't make me grant it forgiveness

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Noah holds the rim of his diving suit and screams, bubbles spewing forth, as a tentacled monster stares at him from behind in key art for Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss, cropped for use as a header image

Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss' free Steam Next Fest demo has detective investigation so detailed it threatens to unravel me

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Hands-on Hands-on | Getting in deep trouble in this cosmic horror detective adventure

Hands-on
Everything is Crab boss with elephant and crab features

And so, another excellent roguelike claims a chunk of my life: no wonder this is one of the biggest in Steam Next Fest

By Austin Wood published

News Everything is Crab, including me

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Marathon runner shell assassin with hood and pink-on-black eyes

Valve says Marathon's Server Slam is the biggest Steam Next Fest demo, but I'm not sure that should count

By Ashley Bardhan published

News If that's a demo, then what am I?

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Esoteric Ebb cleric in a pile of apples

RPG dev of "Planescape Torment + Disco Elysium" spent 8 years struggling to pay rent and writing over 1 million words

By Austin Wood published

News Esoteric Ebb is, against all odds, about to launch on Steam

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Moomintroll frowns in an open doorway

The cutest game I've ever played slapped me in the face with character death at the start of its Steam Next Fest demo

By Ashley Bardhan published

News The Moomintroll: Winter's Warmth demo is painfully honest

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In Inkonbini: One Store. Many Stories, protagonist Makoto stands in front of the convivence store she's working at for her auntie. GamesRadar+ Indie Spotlight logo can be seen in the top right-hand corner of the image.

I've been writing about new indie games for years, and these are the 10 best Steam Next Fest demos to play this weekend

By Heather Wald published

Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Get stuck into some indie goodness this weekend with our pick of the best Steam Next demos for February 2026

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A screenshot from Data Center Demo it unsurprisingly shows the inside of a data center

Steam users pile into the demo of a job sim about the very thing wreaking havoc on PC gaming: data centers

By George Young published

News Finally, the windowless room I've already dreamed of

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A plane in the air in Delivery Must Complete

The comically long name of this Steam publisher led me to the discovery of a sick Ace Combat and DMC-inspired roguelike

By Scott McCrae published

News The two coolest series' of all time crossing over is a novel concept for sure

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