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Steam Next Fest Is On Now, Hundreds Of Demos Available - Day #2

by Rainier on June 20, 2023 @ 10:21 a.m. PDT

The June 2023 edition of Steam Next Fest is officially underway, with hundreds of free demos just waiting to be played!

From now until June 26 at 10am PST, explore demos from teams all over the world across any genre you can imagine.

These are all games you have a chance to sample before they launch on Steam, so wishlist your favorites to be notified once they do.

Valve are also kicking off an entire week of developer livestreams and chats with the official stream starting today at 11am PST HERE, on the main event page.

(Check the schedule to plan ahead to join any others that interest you throughout the duration of the event!)

Here's a list of some notable demos available.

  • Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical: Gods. Romance. Murder. Musical Numbers?! Play as Grace in a world where Greek Gods live in hiding among us. Change your fate as you draw friends, foes & lovers into song using your powers of musical persuasion to unravel the mystery of the Last Muse's death.
  • En Garde!: En Garde! – the swashbuckler action game! Battle graceless guards and nefarious noblemen in fast-paced fights full of spectacle. Use the environment, your wit and your blade to teach them all a lesson!
  • Jumplight Odyssey: Keep hope alive on your adventure to the mythical Forever Star! Gather survivors, repair and build out your starship, brave black holes, and fend off attacks, all while managing the daily soap opera of your colorful crew.
  • The Devil Within: Satgat: Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.
  • House Flipper 2: It's time to dust off your hammer - House Flipper is back in a brand-new fashion! Buy and renovate run-down houses! Or maybe you want to build new ones? Now you can! Start as a rookie Flipper and make a fortune by helping out the community of the charming town of Pinnacove.
  • CrossOver: Roll For Initiative: Defend your tabletop RPG paper character sheet from invading pixel enemies! Find matches in your tray of dice to power attacks to clear the evil from your shelf full of campaign books. Hardcore match-3 RPG puzzle meets action-strategy tower defence. Far from a casual game!
  • Death or Glory: Death or Glory is the ultimate dueling showdown that plays as a card game. Venture through the fantasy realms and build the perfect champion deck in the roguelike adventure mode. Face off against other champions and climb the ranks in tense battles. How will your duel end, in Death or in Glory?!
  • Genopanic: Genopanic is a pixel-art, Metroidvania-inspired adventure-platformer. Explore corridors of the space station, teeming with secrets and dangers, and engage in boss fights. Solve puzzles and uncover hidden mysteries in the dark atmosphere of a sci-fi research complex. Discover the truth with each step.
  • How 2 Escape: How 2 Escape is an escape-simulation game where two players will need to cooperate on asymmetrical gameplay and devices. "Talk together. Help each other." will be your new motto to survive in How 2 Escape.
  • LAPSUS: LAPSUS is a thrilling 2D Puzzle-Platformer that will make you think in multiple timelines simultaneously. Squeeze your brain to solve challenges in a way never seen before. Manipulate the laws of physics to overcome 80+ levels across unique worlds and push your mind and fingers to the limit!
  • Quest Master: Quest Master is a dungeon maker inspired by the classics that first made us love dungeon crawling. Unleash your imagination, alone or in local co-op, to make dungeons full of puzzles, traps and monsters. Upload them for others to explore and challenge yourself with other players’ creations.
  • Rightfully, Beary Arms: Rightfully, Beary Arms is a bullet hell roguelite that is about much more than collecting loot, dying and losing everything. Carefully choose enemy upgrades against your own, then plan your dungeon crawl tactfully to gun through unique factions of enemies, strategically preserving loot after death.
  • Rungore: Card game mechanics - check; Real time battles - check; Silly humor - check. If this isn't the game of your dreams i don't know what is (Also we have hidden memes everywhere lol).
  • Coreborn: Nations of the Ultracore: A social survival game set in the open world of Ultracore. Build, grow and defend your town. Survive the elements and Sorgoth’s onslaught. Cooperate as you go on adventures to loot, gather resources, and make history. All of it together with friends old and new.
  • Let's School: This is a casual school-building game, you are entrusted by your old headmaster with the glorious task of reviving your alma mater. As the new principal, you will not only need to build a stylized school, but also train teachers, recruit students, run clubs, create your ideal personalized academy.
  • From Madness with Love: This is a dating sim with guys you will never be on the same page with! For some reason, you just can't communicate with the guy you like... An unusual yet extraordinary experience with a cute pixel art style, fully voiced in Japanese.
  • Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin: Rise above the Mirk and protect your ship from dangers unknown in the latest entry in the classic Defender’s Quest tower defense series!
  • Bilkins' Folly: Percy’s on a quest to find his missing relatives, and he needs your help! Join him and his beloved dog Drayton as they adventure through a series of unusual islands, solve puzzles to uncover valuable treasure, and bring to light the foreboding family secret buried beneath it all.
  • In Stars and Time: Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.
  • While the Iron’s Hot: Reforge a blacksmith’s village on an isle of the land’s finest artisans! Step into the boots of an expert smith for a crafty adventure filled with mystery and charm. Explore the land of Ellian, and prove that a hammer, anvil, and your wits can overcome any challenge.
  • Cataclismo: The Cataclismo left us broken. Construct fortresses and defend against waves of Horrors in this mix of tower defense and real-time strategy. Lead an expedition beyond the gates of the last city, and reclaim mist-shrouded ruins as you rebuild humanity—stone by stone.
  • Yomi 2: A fighting game in card form. Learn your character, practice combos, and read the opponent's tendencies. Strategic, turn-based card battling that lets you experience the nuances of fighting games like Street Fighter and Fantasy Strike by a lead designer who worked on both.
  • One Lonely Outpost: An alien world sometimes needs a farmer’s touch to bring it to life. In this sci-fi, colonization-life sim, terraform a barren world: turn wastelands into verdant landscapes while exploring, farming, building, and unlocking all the mysteries of this strange new planet.
  • My Little Universe: Stranded on a barren moon with nothing but your tools, fuelless ship, and celestial powers of creation, you are destined to recreate what was once lost and be the hero of your own Little Universe! Don't forget to call in up to three of your friends to join your journey in the Splitscreen Co-op Mode!
  • Flutter Away: Enjoy the serenity of the Amazon rainforest in this cozy short nature exploration game. As a butterfly researcher on a five-day camping trip, explore nearby tracks, take photos, meet animal friends, and journal the discoveries found along the way!
  • Blade Prince Academy: Blade Prince Academy is a modern take on the tactical RPG genre! It features an anime-inspired art style with dynamic and deep tactical real-time combat with emphasis on timing and combos. Experience the unique city of Abjectalia while becoming a true master of enhanced real-time-with-pause gameplay.
  • Horror Stories: Harvest Hunt: The village of Luna Nova is cursed by the looming shadow of the Devourer. The appointed Warden must use stealth, strategy, and handcrafted tools in order to survive against the emerging horrors of each night. Will you rise as the village’s salvation, or become the next victim of an endless hunt?
  • New Heights: Realistic Climbing and Bouldering:  Experience free solo climbing and bouldering like never before. Go above and beyond on real cliffs and structures. Improve your skills, travel the world and compete against your friends from the safety of your computer.
  • Punch Club 2: Fast Forward: You have come here to read game descriptions and play fighter management sims…and you’re all outta descriptions.
  • No Creeps Were Harmed TD: Employ lethal turrets, traps, and gadgets to defend against an onslaught of evolving creeps! Step into a twisted, hyper 3D, mind bending realm. Upgrade and adapt your defenses. Become a master maze crafter. Collect bizarre artifacts. Rush creeps for lucrative rewards, and succumb to greed!
  • SOULVARS: Get ready to ignite your SOUL! SOULVARS is a pixel art, turn-based deckbuilding RPG inspired by classic JRPGs with a modern twist. Unravel a dark conspiracy as your party of Soulbearers faces off against invading Dominators in dynamic, action-packed battles.
  • Xenotheria: Lead your party through a handcrafted world in this card-based RPG. Master strategic card-play to overcome challenging enemies, customize a unique deck tailored to your playstyle, and delve into an ancient mystery to save the planet from total destruction.
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