Latest about Steam Next Fest
This open-world game imagines a cartoony Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom where the Master Sword is the Master Shield – it's coming to all platforms and I dig its Steam Next Fest demo
News The Knightling feels more like a platformer with some cool open-world ideas
This 93% positive Steam Next Fest survival game demo wants to combine Minecraft and No Man's Sky with "RPG-style depth," and so far it's actually pulling it off
News Cubic Odyssey almost feels like a Minecraft mega-mod, but it's a whole open-world game
Super Mario Odyssey and Wind Waker collide in this expressive Steam Next Fest 3D platformer that's already an early GOTY contender for me
Hands-on Demon Tides' open world platformer structure combines with some of the most expressive 3D platforming I've ever played to set its telescopic sights on the genre crown
The scariest horror game I've played in 2025 is a Steam Next Fest demo that triggers my thalassophobia even more than Subnautica
news The Void Below is not for the faint of heart
I know next to nothing about survival MMO Dune: Awakening, but I just spent 40 minutes in its Steam Next Fest demo character creator, so I guess I have to play it now
News Dune: Awakening has the best noses
With backing from Slay the Spire and Among Us devs, this Steam Next Fest roguelike inspired by an unlikely classic immediately stands out – even if I am a little confused
Castle V Castle has the Slay the Spire team on-side
An apparent ex-FromSoftware dev has a janky action RPG in Steam Next Fest, so obviously I had to play it – and yep, the opening shot is straight out of Dark Souls
News Rise of Rebellion is a curious hybrid of Soulslike ideas
PvP shooter Mecha Break is dominating Steam Next Fest with player numbers matching Marvel Rivals and GTA 5 even as it suffers mostly negative reviews
News Mecha Break is dominating every category at Steam Next Fest - almost
I'm getting some good Banjo-Kazooie and Crash Bandicoot vibes from my favorite Steam Next Fest platformer, where you can swap water and lava to break levels
Preview Ruffy and the Riverside is a bopping, colorful platformer with a clever twist – you can absorb and shoot out textures to change the world around you
Dying becomes a skill in this JRPG from the Danganronpa devs, and its Steam Next Fest demo is already Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam
Hands-on The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy shares a lot of DNA with Danganronpa, but is very much its own thing – with over 600 Steam Next Fest demo reviews and a very positive rating it's time for hope to prevail
