The Steam Summer Game Festival is live with hundreds of free game demos

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The list of free demos on Steam is, frankly, overwhelming

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Demos are great, and the Steam Game Festival: Summer Edition is probably the most extensive collection of free demos out there, with over 900 to choose from at the time of writing.

The third, and biggest-by-far Steam Game Festival runs from now until June 22 at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 6pm BST. Frankly, there isn't enough time in the event's duration to play even close to every demo, not to mention watch developer livestreams, interviews, and playthroughs.

Scrolling through the ever-expanding list, it's clear the focus here is on upcoming indie titles, but you'll also find demos for some older classics like Heavy Rain. As our friends at PC Gamer point out, the event page doesn't link to a dedicated list of every free demo, but you can use Steam's search function to reveal the list.

Correction: The article originally stated that "thousands" of free demos were available as part of the Steam Game Festival: Summer Edition. That number was based on the results from Steam's demo-exclusive search function, which we've learned yields some outdated pages without demos. The article has since been updated and we regret the error.

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Jordan Gerblick
Jordan Gerblick

After earning an English degree from ASU, I worked as a corporate copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. I got my big break here in 2019 with a freelance news gig, and I was hired on as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer in 2021. That means I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my home office, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.