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Baldur's Gate 3 has a new contender in this Steam Next Fest RPG demo filled with talking fish, clones, and very violent bubble tea

Moves of the Diamond Hand elevates the humble six-sided die into your primary way to interact with its strange, off-kilter, and utterly captivating world – and comes to Early Access soon

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SnowRunner fans think RoadCraft's Steam Next Fest demo isn't hardcore enough, but I just moved 3 logs 500 meters and it's one of my proudest gaming accomplishments ever

It took about five minutes for me to get an SUV flipped upside down in 10 feet of mud

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Oh no, the anime cat girls are winning me over: the coziest demo in Steam Next Fest might be this cafe life sim with coffee ASMR

Kemono Teatime is eerily relaxing

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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

The Knightling feels more like a platformer with some cool open-world ideas

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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

Cubic Odyssey almost feels like a Minecraft mega-mod, but it's a whole open-world game

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The spirit of Burnout Paradise lives on in this fabulous bicycle racing game from the makers of my favorite indie fighting game – a true Steam Next Fest gem

Wheel World is an immediate delight

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This 'overwhelmingly positive' Steam Next Fest autobattler demo feels like someone bolted a Path of Exile-style map onto Halls of Torment, and I fear for my future productivity

Conquest Dark joins a host of other autobattlers that devour my free time.

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Super Mario Odyssey and Wind Waker collide in this expressive Steam Next Fest 3D platformer that's already an early GOTY contender for me

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

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The scariest horror game I've played in 2025 is a Steam Next Fest demo that triggers my thalassophobia even more than Subnautica

The Void Below is not for the faint of heart

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The most popular Metroidvania in Steam Next Fest is just what I'd expect from one of the best names in anime games, and it's also coming to consoles

Inti Creates' Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark feels like another round of classic search-action fun

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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

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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

Mecha Break is dominating every category at Steam Next Fest - almost

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Dying becomes a skill in this JRPG from the Danganronpa devs, and its Steam Next Fest demo is already Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam

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

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I've waited 3 years for this high-speed roguelike-flavored runner, and now that it's finally playable in Steam Next Fest my eyeballs can hardly keep up

Haste: Broken Worlds is already climbing the Next Fest charts

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The weirdest Steam Next Fest horror demo is only 5 minutes long, but I've been thinking about its freaky Severance vibes for days

Qualia is a subtle apocalypse

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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

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

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Persona and Metaphor: ReFantazio composer's new JRPG gets a Steam Next Fest demo, and it's basically a turn-based Metal Gear Solid

Guns Undarkness is a stealth game while on the field and a turn-based RPG when the fighting starts

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OG BioShock director recommends one very BioShock-y Steam Next Fest game that already has 500 "very positive" reviews

Set in a twisted take on Disney World... need I say any more?

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Steam Next Fest 2026 and beyond: all the dates, details, and everything else you need to know

Steam Next Fest is coming back in 2026, so here are all the dates, times, and details to know about the future events

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Steam Next Fest hasn’t even started, but I’m already obsessed with the subtly Soulslike demo for this “hardcore” action RPG with over 3,000 reviews of its own

The First Berserker: Khazan makes a great first impression

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PUBG's top-down tactical shooter spinoff Project Arc now has an official title, and a demo is coming to the Steam Next Fest later this month

Say hello to PUBG: Blindspot.

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The Initial D-inspired open-world racing game that took over Steam Next Fest in 2023 finally launches this March

I've had my eye on JDM: Japanese Drift Master for years, and the wait is finally coming to an end

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I've got high hopes for this League of Legends and Overwatch-fueled Steam Next Fest hit, but I'm worried history will repeat itself

Supervive was a smash - but it did seem pretty familiar

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Multiplayer games dominated Steam Next Fest with extraction shooter Delta Force wearing the crown, and even the top roguelike and weird sim are technically co-op

Police sandbox The Precinct is the only fully single-player game in the top 10

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Off the back of an impressive Steam Next Fest demo, Lovecraftian city-builder Worshippers of Cthulu leaps straight into early access

And it's already getting excellent reviews

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