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Legendary indie dev returns with a farming sim that couldn't be more different from the game that made them famous, all about an ex-warrior who hates the cozy life
By Kaan Serin last updated
News Wanderstop is a tea-brewing sim about trying to recover from burnout

This roguelike strategy game puts you in charge of a dieselpunk alt-WW2 mech squad, and its Steam Next Fest demo is wonderfully bite-sized
By Oscar Taylor-Kent last updated
Hands-on Grit and Valor – 1949's dieselpunk mech theming is an interesting alt-WW2 twist, and I love how the roguelike structure makes each RTS skirmish feel like a tasty snack

I got tricked into trying this roguelike dungeon crawler after its Steam Next Fest demo used cozy farm sim features as bait to draw me in, but now I'm converted
By Anna Koselke last updated
News Grimoire Groves, my beloved

This puzzle game almost made me want to talk to strangers after its chill Steam Next Fest demo got me hooked on organizing seating charts
By Oscar Taylor-Kent last updated
Hands-on Is This Seat Taken? challenges you to fulfil the requests of those soon-to-be-seated, with incredibly chill vibes and surprisingly sharp storytelling

I went from "I hope this is good" to "this might be GOTY" within 5 minutes of picking up the Steam Next Fest demo for this ridiculous stealth game
By Dustin Bailey published
News Skin Deep is like a slapstick Dishonored and it's suddenly one of my most-anticipated games of 2025

Steam Next Fest's biggest Soulslike is about to jump from PC to PS5 and Xbox, and everyone seems to love the demo just as much as we did
By Kaan Serin published
News The First Berserker: Khazan is coming to all platforms next month

After 24 years, classic RPG Gothic returns as a top game in Steam Next Fest with a remake demo that has almost 5,000 reviews
By Kaan Serin published
News Serving as a standalone prologue to the main game

The devs of a legendary indie Zelda-like have a new retro action game with "bumpslash" combat, and its Steam Next Fest demo is a gem: "Fans of Ys, take note!"
By Ashley Bardhan published
News Angeline Era is pure pixel magic
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