Hundreds of free demos await you as Steam Next Fest kicks off a full week of fun, all in celebration of upcoming games on Steam.

There are so many awesome demos to play, I want to encourage you to stop reading this THIS INSTANT and head straight there!

Ah, you're still here. Well, we'll at least tell you how these demos are of games that HAVEN'T EVEN RELEASED YET and you can play as many as you like all week for free! Wishlist your favorites and you'll stay in-the-know for when those games have their official launches.

Valve/Steam hosts Next Fest three times a year (February, June, October) as a way to give developers from around the world a captive audience for their demos on games they haven't released yet. If you already have a bunch of genres that are your faves, feel free to search that way. BUT we also encourage you to try something new-- check out the video player at the top of the main Next Fest hub for a new sprinkling of demos each day and perhaps discover your NEW favorite genre or theme!

Several developers are hosting livestreams as well, so be sure to check those out. Play free demos all week, and wishlist your favorites so you can be notified when the full game officially launches at a later date!

Steam Next Fest is on now through June 16th at 10am Pacific!

• Albert's Ark Idle: Albert’s Ark Idle is a 2D clicker/idle game filled with exciting adventures! Buy and upgrade buildings, play minigames, make money, sail the seven seas and revive fantastic mythical creatures to bring magic back to the world.
• Bang Bang Barrage: Survive the treacherous sea in this quirky multiplayer shooter game! Play solo or team up and fight off Cthulhu's minions. Master a unique recoil-based mechanic to blast enemies and chart your course. Mix and match upgrades to craft the perfect sea-surviving strategy!
• BitCraft Online: Join thousands of players in a true single-world MMORPG. Carve out a cozy nook, master a player-driven economy, or band together to transform the ancient wilderness into thriving cities. From humble beginnings to legend, your choices matter - because in BitCraft, your actions shape our world.
• Bouncemasters: Launch a penguin across the globe! Whack, bounce, and soar through crazy obstacles in this fun physics-based arcade game, inspired by the legendary YetiSports! Escape the North Pole and find love - or just keep failing hilariously.
• Dracamar: Join Caliu, Foc, and Espurna on a journey full of adventures in the magical island world of Dracamar. Run, jump, and fight to free the Okis. Collect all the Moki-balls to rebuild the bridges and reconnect the islands. Get ready to fight the evil King Crad and save the world with your friends!
• Cleared Hot: Cleared Hot is a nostalgic helicopter shooter with satisfying physics and light tactical elements. Shoot, dodge, move your squad around the battlefield, and pick up almost anything with your rope and magnet.
• Crown Gambit: Play as three intrepid paladins through a terrible war of succession to save a sinister medieval kingdom from political turmoil. Pick a side amongst noble families to choose the future monarch and crush those who stand in your way through board-shattering tactical card combat!
• Escape Simulator 2: Sequel to the best-selling escape room game, brings a fresh take on first-person puzzles with a variety of new rooms to explore solo or with friends. Solve intricate puzzles, uncover hidden secrets, or craft your own escape rooms with Room Editor 2.0.
• Find or be Found: Burglars wanted! In this asymmetric co-op horror game Demo, one hacker and one robber must collaborate and communicate to locate cursed items. Search and survive to earn money and progress, but beware because you're not alone.
• Flesh Made Fear: Tank controls. Fixed cameras. Pure Terror. Set in a haunting world of twisted experiments and occult nightmares, this game brings back the survival horror mechanics you know and love while pushing the genre into terrifying new depths.
• Forgotten Fragments: Test your skills in this puzzle-platformer game: Help Enid, Ryder, and Dayen recover the Forgotten Fragments in this beautiful pixel art adventure. Hundreds of hand-crafted levels split between the single-player and co-op campaigns!
• Frosthaven: From the creative mind of Isaac Childres, the highly acclaimed board game moves to the digital realm in the video game adaptation of FROSTHAVEN! The dark fantasy tactical RPG features deep mechanics and challenging yet satisfying gameplay both in Single Player and Co-Op Online Multiplayer.
• Hark The Ghoul: Slash, kick and magick your way through an adventure brimming with secrets and curious encounters! HARK THE GHOUL offers a meticulously handcrafted world to explore, inspired by the interconnected nature of Hollow Knight and DARK SOULS.
• IronHive: Ironhive is a deckbuilding strategy game about surviving in a dying world. Build your colony, ensure the survival of your people, create a legacy that will be passed on to the next generations. As the Ironlord, you are their only remaining hope.
• Kimono Cats: Pop bubbles, collect coins, and build a dream cat village in Kimono Cats – an uplifting festival adventure set in old Japan!
• Livber- Smoke and Mirrors: Livber: Smoke and Mirrors is an interactive psychological horror story shaped by your choices: one steeped in love, obsession, and madness. Every decision you make, every step you take, will pull you deeper into your own personal insanity.
• Lost Isle: Explore a new take on open-world survival in a unique and procedural fantasy world. Build your own settlement and protect it from monstrous beasts and players alike. Craft weapons and equipment from a land bathed in cosmic power.
• Morsels : Morsels is a fast-paced creature collecting roguelite with a rotating roster of characters to switch between at will. Overcome a clique of killer cats as you fight your way out of the sewers in this unique, action-packed journey.
• Nightmare Frontier: Behold the first-ever Tactical Extraction Looter where you pit your courage and leadership against fears made manifest: the Dreadweavers. Lead a band of scavenger roughnecks into a devastated boom town of the alternative 1900s. Get in, face the monsters, grab what you can carry and get out. Alive.
• Operation Octo: Play as an Octopus scientist fighting off sunken skeletons in this frantic aquatic Tower Defense! Discover sea life turrets from unique biomes: Pistol Shrimp! Navy Seal! Death Ray! Deploy turrets whilst dodging enemy bullets as you venture the seven seas!
• Pixel Starships 2: First Glimpse on Steam Next: Build, Configure, and Manage every aspect of your own Starship. An FTL-esque game in a MMO setting. Pre bundled with deep strategy, exploration, PVP, market economy, trading, mining. Basically everything a star captain wants to do after a day at the office :)
• Proxy Adventure: Simulation Room: Simulation Room is a fast-paced 2D auto-battler with deck-building mechanics. Unleash powerful program combos, upgrade abilities, summon allies, and equip weapons. Control the battlefield by altering terrain and weather, using gadgets to outsmart enemies. Every move counts—strategize and dominate!
• Ra Ra BOOM: Grab your pom poms and gear up for 4-player co-op action with a modern twist! Ra Ra BOOM rockets you to a future Earth overrun by rogue AI. Battle waves of enemies and upgrade your ninja cheerleader’s skills as you beat ‘em up, shoot ‘em up, and smash through the chaos!
• Rhythm Storm: Rhythm Storm is a roguelike bullet heaven with stunning vector graphics, rhythmic action, and overwhelming swarms of enemies. Your vehicle aims and fires freely while everything else dances and moves to the beat in this spectacular audio-visual experience.
• Speed Demons 2 : Speed Demons 2 is an arcade highway racing game featuring explosive action, breakneck speeds, and very intense TRAFFIC. With a pulse-pounding soundtrack, unique side-scrolling perspectives, and TONS of varied modes, vehicles, and races, Speed Demons 2 is a thrilling blend of speed and chaos.
• Starlight Re:Volver: Starlight Re:Volver is a 1-4 player co-op action roguelite, set in a nostalgic, anime-inspired MMO universe. Connect with other Divers in the city and explore dreamlike biomes, teaming up for thrilling adventures, minigames, fishing, and crafting.
• Sweet Slaughter: Face endless waves of enemies in this action roguelike! Choose a hero, enhance your stats with Modifiers, and unlock powerful Augments. Can you survive for 15 minutes?
• The Necromancer's Tale: A story-rich gothic RPG. Master the rituals of an ancient spellbook. Raise an undead army to march against your enemies. Commune with the realm of the dead & struggle with your descent into madness. Progress through secrecy, diplomacy, blackmail, coercion & seduction until ready to reveal yourself.
• Theropods: Face dinosaurs, solve puzzles and travel back to the time of ginormous lizards and pixelated adventure games.