Demos

Supernatural spaceship shooter Underspace shows admirable ambition in its Next Fest demo

A self-described "spiritual successor to Freelancer"

Terra Memoria is a cheerful party-based RPG with a touch of Grandia

A time-travelling tale for old timers

Typing dungeon crawler Cryptmaster's demo is a delight

With jokes I actually laughed at

Play as a sheep with a Cloud Strife Buster sword in this fast and fluid action roguelike

Stand-Alone's Next Fest demo is still live and bleating

Palworld devs' next game is a base-building Dead Cells and Hollow Knight mash-up

Never Grave: The Witch And The Curse's demo is actually pretty all right

Handcrafted "interactive music album" Asterism has a delightful Next Fest demo

Explore planets through interactive music videos

My eyes hurt from the extreme 90s CGI style of this Next Fest demo, and I couldn't be happier

Check out Fragrance Point!

Mullet Mad Jack is extremely my kind of unbridled FPS chaos

Retro-anime stylings mixed with a roguelike make for a happy me

With 50 playable heroes, indie RPG Zoria: Age Of Shattering wants to "marry XCOM to Baldur's Gate"

Tiny Trinket Games tell us why they're trading deeper characters for more involving exploration

Pacific Drive's Next Fest demo has good mood but tedious survival scavenging

Love the mood, hate picking litter for crafting

Homeworld 3's new Steam demo has atmosphere, but I'm not sure about the controls

Try out War Games mode, transfer your progress to the full game

Play piano, blag your book report, and navigate high school crushes in this gorgeous Philippines-inspired indie game

A Space For The Unbound likers need to play Until Then's Next Fest demo, stat

Exterminator is what you'd get if Aldi sold their equivalent of Armored Core

Shielded Center

Dusky Depths is an oddly relaxing name for a roguelite bullet hell about escaping a dead planet

Coming soon, has a demo

This papercraft ghost story game is beautiful to just walk around in

Third Eye Open is a Malaysian coming-of-age story with a twist

Supporters only: Five years on, I still love the handmade models of undersea adventure Harold Halibut

I played it at Gamescom in 2018, and it's finally back with a Next Fest demo

Assembling furniture is anything but "wholesome" in this fantastic Steam Next Fest demo

I'm really excited for Miniatures after playing this

Bore Blasters and its mix of Vampire Survivors meets Dome Keeper is, dare I say it, a blast

It's coming out March 8th, but you can play its Next Fest demo now

Shapez 2's Next Fest demo is the purest catnip for factory game lovers

Join me in drooling over endless lines of conveyor belts

Echo Point Nova is an open world FPS with hoverboards, floating islands and sledgehammers

Latest demo includes a boss, new weapons and Steam Deck support

If Inscryption was a fantasy-themed roguelike dungeon crawler, it might look a lot like this

Pyrene is another budding deckbuilding obsession

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Tarnished Blood is Darkest Dungeon meets Monster Hunter with a fancy timeline mechanic

And there's a demo

Final Factory is Factorio in space, with exploration and fleet combat

A demo is available now

Pepper Grinder's Steam Next Fest demo is 15 minutes of pure joy

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