Steam Next Fest

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

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

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

The prettiest platformer I've played since Rayman Legends is Ducktales coded, and has a free Steam Next Fest demo

This might be the fastest I've gotten sucked into a roguelike all year: build the perfect war castle in this Steam demo

A dev made their own Factorio about feeding a monster instead of growing a factory, and its Steam demo is very clever

I finally got to try the cyberpunk Metroidvania I've been following for years, and its Steam Next Fest demo is fantastic

After 8 years, my favorite house renovation sim returns with revamped visuals and all $120 worth of DLC included

As Steam Next Fest gets bigger and more crowded with free demos, these developers are still finding wins: "It's kind of early access for Early Access"

Uh-oh, I can't stop playing Vampire Survivors' new roguelike deckbuilder thanks to this free Steam Next Fest demo

I can't stop playing the demo for this pirate game with Black Flag sailing, Sea of Thieves combat, and Ark crafting

After 9 years, this underrated Lovecraftian detective game is getting a sequel and a free Steam Next Fest demo

Nintendo's made me wait for a new Nintendogs, but now I don't have to – this cozy game is "a tiny dog hotel for pups"

Super Meat Boy 3D's Steam next fest demo proves Team Meat's masocore platformer translates to 3D shockingly well

Zero Parades proves itself a worthy Disco Elysium successor in this free Steam demo, and I shouldn't have doubted it

Indie pirate game with Sea of Thieves-style swashbuckling overtakes Pragmata with its Steam Next Fest demo