Steam Next Fest

I've been playing Steam Next Fest demos for over 5 years, and here are the 12 demos you shouldn't miss

My favorite Steam Next Fest demo is Tony Hawk's Pro Skater but make it a tanuki courier sim

The new RPG for Sword Art Online feels shockingly close to the legendary anime

GTA and Crazy Taxi collide in Steam Next Fest's biggest isekai surprise

This farming sim horror demo is better than anything you'll play during Steam Next Fest

Steam Next Fest's top demo is basically Dark Souls but PvP Extraction – adding ARPG to the genre might finally hook me

Valor Mortis' Steam Next Fest demo shouldn't work, but the first-person Soulslike combat is too good

The most popular Soulslike in Steam Next Fest makes a good case for adding a shotgun to Dark Souls

One of the best VR games is finally getting a non-VR port, and it's some of the most fun I've had this Steam Next Fest

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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