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.

Spend Steam Next Fest playing as many demos as you want; just don't forget to wishlist your favorites so that you can stay in-the-know with the developers when they officially launch.

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.

The February edition of Steam Next Fest, on now through March 2nd. See you there!

• 60 Seconds! Souper Scavenger: In the atomic wasteland there is but one god: SOUP. Run fast, jump high, and scavenge like crazy, or there will be no soup for you. Survive the dangers of the postapocalypse, bring back all the soup you can find, and become the SOUPER SCAVENGER.
• 868-BACK: 868-BACK is a computer-hacking strategy roguelike game where your mission is to dismantle capitalism one server at a time! Use hacking powers to fight enemies, steal the servers' data, and face increasingly nasty situations before being disconnected (again!) by the richest corporations on earth.
• A Planet Full of Cats: A Planet Full of Cats is a hidden object adventure with metroidvania-style exploration in true Devcats fashion. Explore diverse biomes, unlock new powers and uncover ancient secrets!
• Above the Snow: Join the shelter crew and create the best Alpine resort in this cozy narrative tycoon! Enjoy rich character stories, attract and rescue alpinists, manage your resort, and forge new trails. Grab your map, pour a warm cup of tea, and brace for the harshest winter of the 1960s!
• Animalkind: Forage, frolic and zoomie as an intelligent, aww-dorable animal who discovers an ancient mech. Pilot the mech and use a suite of powerful tools to gather resources, shape the land, and build your ideal town alongside a growing cast of characters—solo or with up to three friends.
• Annulus: Annulus is a unique dark fantasy tactical game! You will play the role of the head of a mercenary regiment, constantly collect and cultivate resources such as mercenaries and weapons with unique attributes, and create their own mercenary regiment. Survival and glory, the battle is endless!
• Apopia: Sugar Coated Tale: Apopia: Sugar Coated Tale is a comedic adventure with dark mysteries. Help young girl Mai to find her way home. Progress by solving puzzles and outsmarting enemies in minigames. Make friends and foes with talking animals. Unravel the mystery of Mai’s identity from her dark and blurry memories.
• Ashes of the Singularity II: In this massive RTS game, command vast armies fighting for control of entire worlds. Control the forces of Earth, the mechanical AI Substrate, or the enigmatic Post-Human Coalition as you battle across the solar system in single player, cooperative multiplayer, or competitive multiplayer.
• Ashes of the Damned- The Forgotten Ward: Trapped in a looping asylum, stalked by something in the dark. Explore, uncover hidden truths, and survive in this first-person psychological horror.
• Astrobuilder: Navigate a living, AI-driven universe spanning 150+ planets and 600+ intelligent NPCs. Rise from a rookie trader to a galactic tycoon: manage storefronts, forge a Commerce Guild, and become the nexus between Factions, steering the fate of the Galaxy.
• ATMOSFAR: ATMOSFAR is a sky-high odyssey set on an alien planet of floating islands explored by flying crafts and a mobile airbase as you uncover the fate of your collapsed colony.
• Bad Delivery: Pizza Your Heart: You're the new girl at your local pizza place. Make pizzas, go on delivery runs, and collect tips to save enough money to pay your rent (and maybe find love along the way)!
• Barkour: BARKOUR is a fast-paced stealth-action platformer where you play as Agent T.H.U.N.D.E.R. - a tail-wagging canine with a knack for parkour, gadgets and barking at villains. Join a secret organization to stop evil schemes in a world full of charming absurdity.
• Beyond Words: From the creators of GoldenEye & TimeSplitters comes Beyond Words the genre-defining fusion of roguelike strategy and word-crafting. Build powerful combos, unlock upgrades, and master a challenge where victory is spelled one letter at a time.
• Blacksmith Tales: Enter a colourful, anime-inspired realm as a first-person blacksmith. Craft weapons for daring warriors, meet curious creatures, and shape epic battles with your forging skill - or risk dooming heroes to defeat.
• Blade of Wiz: Blade of Wiz is an action roguelite featuring dual-soul symbiotes: command a spectral cat, wield shifting weapons and magic, and conquer the cursed city. Team up, battle, and break the cycle of fate together.
• BLOODLETTER: Bloodletter is a medieval deck builder all about using your cards to heal bizarre villagers. Protect their bodies and minds from the torment of mysterious entities by customising your unique deck and enhancing your dubious healing methods.
• Bounce Castle: The Kingdom’s Flow Crystals are under attack, and your heroes are the last line of defense! Sling them through chaotic trap-filled Chambers in a turn-based physics strategy adventure as you battle enemies and upgrade abilities on your path to a final epic clash with the Queen in her Throne Room.
• Box Knight: A funny, silly and irreverent action RPG roguelike. A mix of ‘the Office’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’ with a comic like aesthetic.
• Code of Shadows: Code of Shadows is a fast-paced real-time roguelite where you fight alongside powerful support drones. Pause on demand, evolve mid-fight, and push back relentless rift-spawned hordes across shifting dimensions. Adapt your build, master the chaos, and survive each run.
• Coffee Talk Tokyo: Coffee Talk Tokyo is the newest entry in the beloved series, set in a late-night café in Tokyo. Brew drinks, meet humans and yōkai, and experience heartfelt stories in a cozy, story-rich world.
• Collector's Cove: All aboard! Collector’s Cove is a cozy farming adventure on the high seas. Sail with your animal friend to uncharted waters, cultivate your floating farm, and discover new islands, crops and fish on your quest to become a Named Collector!
• Connected Clue: Connected Clue is a quarter-view detective adventure game inspired by the atmosphere of 19th-century mystery novels. Gather clues, see through lies, and uncover the identity of the culprit shrouded in secrecy!
• Dadum The Dice: Plan, roll and outsmart your enemies in this turn-based tactical puzzle adventure. Show a higher number to defeat foes, discover new mechanics in every world, and face challenging bosses that twist the rules. Think ahead, take your time… and master the Great Die.
• DeckLand: DeckLand is a rogue-lite combining deck-building with the Korean traditional Yutnori game. You are a guru returning to the kingdom of morning calm. Use various cards and tools to break through obstacles, defeat strong enemies, and approach the source of the catastrophe plaguing the kingdom!
• Deep Snow Delivery: A delivery exploration game set in a snowy wasteland. With your tank's storage bucket & claw arm, you must collect and sell junk, make deliveries between settlements, and buy upgrades. The world is treacherous. Care must be taken to keep packages (and yourself) in good condition.
• Disc Golf Masters: Step onto the course in Disc Golf Masters' Demo, the most realistic disc golf game ever. Featuring the world’s top athletes, throw real-world discs on authentic courses. Start your pro career, refine your skills, and push the limits of the sport in the world's first true disc golf game!
• DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain: Try the opening of DIVE or DIE in this free demo. Experience the complete tutorial and survive your first 10 days. Every descent is a deadly gamble. DIVE or DIE in the cursed abyss, face Eldritch horrors to uncover the mystery of the black rain. Scavenge and upgrade, recruit and sacrifice.
• Don't Kill Them All: THE ORCS ARE BROKE! Embody their Warchief and lead them out of misery in this brutish strategy game with base-building, where progress comes from what you DON'T destroy. Forge bonds between units, shape their personalities, and unleash their true potential both in and out of battle.
• Echo Generation 2: Embark on a sci-fi deckbuilding RPG odyssey. Gather your crew, craft powerful decks, and battle across the stars to find your way home. Deal the cards. Defy the cosmos. Embrace the adventure.
• Esports Manager 2026: Build and lead your own professional esports organization. Scout players, manage contracts, develop talent, hire staff, grow your brand, and compete for championship titles in a deep and realistic management simulation.
• Ex Sanguis: Bleed the world back to life in a series of tactical, turn-based bloodbaths! Lead your STILLAE, elite warriors in the fight to save a dying world from the forces of STASIS. Slay foes, kick them back on the timeline, and trigger chain events where elegance and blood flow as one.
• Farever: Forge your legend in a forgotten realm! Farever is an online co-op action RPG set in a vast fantasy open world. Alone or with allies, explore wild landscapes and epic dungeons, build your own playstyle, craft powerful equipment and carve your path through dynamic combat and playful platforming.
• Find Your Words: Find your community at summer camp, one friendship at a time. Take a beat, enjoy a breath of fresh air - all while playing at the beach, strolling in the woods, and dancing with friends. This short cozy game was created by two dads, celebrating their kids’ journeys to find their voices.
• Forged: Reconquest: Forged: Reconquest is a couch & online co-op blacksmithing RTS for up to 4 players. Team up as master smiths to forge magical gear, arm your armies, and wage war against otherworldly foes in a battle to reclaim your world.
• Galactic Vault: Build your weapon to its full potential in Galactic Vault, a fast-paced FPS roguelite. Discover endless upgrade combinations, craft diverse builds, and unleash devastating abilities. Get ready to infiltrate high-security vaults and recover lost tech.
• Goblin's Die: An Action-Adventure RPG with a hint of 90’s PC games. You, and up to 4 online goblins, are the new worker recruits. Explore, Scavenge, Craft & Eliminate. Loot everything. Be greedy. Contribute only what you dare to part with. Turn your Hive into a force to deal with. Goblins might die in progress.
• GRIDbeat!: Dungeons! Danger! Rhythm Action! You just hacked into the biggest corporation in the world and stole an unfeasibly valuable amount of data, but getting in was the easy part. To get back out you’ll need to explore the Mainframe, solve puzzles, battle security programs… and do it all on the beat!
• Helix: Descent N Ascent: Journey into the forgotten world of Helix, where ancient powers awaken within you. Unlock and combine embodied abilities to unravel the mysteries of a lost civilization. Descend into a tale that will challenge your mind and soul, solving intricate puzzles as you ascend to the light of a new day.
• Hell Architect: Survivors: A darkly ironic action roguelite set in Dante’s Hell, where sin is power. Play as a demon architect hell-bent on overthrowing Lucifer, rebuilding the underworld, and unleashing forbidden powers with an unholy arsenal.
• Inky Blinky Bob: Fly a weaponized hot air balloon across a chain of dangerous islands overrun by failed experiments. Scavenge resources, upgrade your flying machine, and dismantle the defenses of an occult biotech corporation before its greatest creation breaks free.
• Lelu: Get your gears in motion for a captivating monochromatic adventure where you play as Lelu, a small but determined clockwork toy who has gained consciousness and found a taste for freedom!
• Lootbane: Lootbane is a minimalistic RPG of risk and reward where insatiable greed drives every decision. Explore shifting regions, build synergistic warbands, and descend into dangerous dungeons for legendary loot
• LUCID: Discover your own legend in LUCID. Platform through a crystalline world torn apart by calamity, absorb powerful abilities that expand movement and enhance combat against a diverse cast of enemies and bosses, all in gorgeous pixel art inspired by the golden age of 2D sidescrollers.
• MapleStory M: The MapleStory you missed is calling you. MapleStory M is an MMORPG full of MapleStory's signature charm and worldview. Enjoy jobs bursting with personality, lighthearted battles, an easy leveling-up system, and even co-op gameplay. Begin your own adventure in this adorable 2D side-scrolling world.
• Midwest 90: Rapid City: Midwest 90: Rapid City is a story focused, restaurant- tycoon, horror game. Overcome the struggles of running a restaurant during a Monster Apocalypse by serving monster meat dishes. Defend your customers from monster attacks. Make business decisions that will save or doom Rapid City.
• MMO 98: An incremental game where you go from small-scale MMO development studio up to global market domination. Improve your server infrastructure, address the technical challenges of running an MMO, release new games, and become the world's #1 MMO game studio.
• Panzer Dragoon Zwei- Remake: Panzer Dragoon Zwei: Remake is a refreshed edition of the second entry in the legendary rail shooter series, taking you into a unique world where ancient ruins, imperial power, and mysterious creatures shape the fate of an entire continent.
• Pluto: A roguelike deckbuilder where you cast elemental spells, outwit monstrous foes, and escape prison on your way to your niece’s birthday party.
• Pumuckl und die Krone des Piratenkönigs: The famous German kobold Pumuckl is back with a 3D puzzle adventure game “Pumuckl and the Crown of the Pirate King”. The player controls Pumuckl through 3D puzzle levels, plays mini-games, solves tricky challenges and has to defeat scary enemies. Try out the first levels in the demo!
• Pilgrim of Darkness: PVE CO-OP horror survival game for 1-4 players in the cursed lands. Eternal night rules the world, demons rise from molten abysses, and darkness devours mankind. Only the Sun Cult guards the last light. You are the pilgrim-monk who must gather crystals and bring back the Sun.
• Repterra: Repterra is a base-building survival RTS set in a world overrun by dinosaurs. Manage your colony while battling massive dino hordes. Breed and ride your own dinos, unlock permanent upgrades, and fight to reclaim the world for humanity.
• RUIN: Beast City: Assassinate your targets with style, as you uncover a plot of world domination and ancient horrors in this boss fight action game. Dive deep into the dark ruins of the Beast City, where only lunatic killers remain.
• Runeomicon: Cast runes to summon the goddess of death, unleash eldritch horrors to fend off villagers, and wield dark magic in this unique tower defense. Balance your power between summoning and fortifying as waves of enemies close in. Can you complete the ritual before your defenses crumble?
• Rushcremental: An incremental game about searching for scraps and drag racing to rule over all the territories in the wasteland.
• Scramble Star Crossing: Embark on a stellar action-puzzle adventure! Scramble Star Crossing is a competitive-puzzle game with a cast of wild characters, each with their own powers. Hone your skills as a Star Clearer single-player modes, or take the fight online with 2–4 player matches to become the star clearer champion!
• Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts: Play the free demo of Scriptorium to make and share the most beautiful and bizarre medieval art imaginable! Manage and grow your manuscript workshop by illustrating manuscripts, using friendly tools and a range of drag-and-drop artworks from the deepest reaches of history.
• SENARA: The Sacrament: "SENARA: The Sacrament" is a first-person survival horror aboard a ship. Uncover the truth while escaping fanatics and unspeakable horrors. In a place where blind faith and salvation intertwine, you’ll be forced to make choices that go far beyond survival.
• Shift At Midnight: An online co-op detective horror for up to 3 players. Work together across randomly generated shifts to investigate your customers, as some are only pretending to be human. Make one mistake, and you’ll be forced to board up, set traps, and hide.
• Shutter Story: Examine a family's photo album to reveal signs of the paranormal, as the horror unfolds in the house around you. Their fate is in your hands.
• Space Control: You've been abducted by an intergalactic megacorporation, Glorpo Inc! Work off your debt with your alien crew - abduct new recruits, take care of alien babies and cook up some questionable space snacks!
• SpaceCraft: The Universe is yours. SpaceCraft is an online space exploration and building game. Explore a vast galaxy of solar systems and planets, mine and craft resources, design and build ships, automate planetary bases and interplanetary logistics, trade and cooperate.
• Spinera: Spinera is a chaotic, fun civilization management game… decided by a slot machine. Pick a leader, build Wonders, and see if luck favors your empire. Light, surprising, and perfect for short, fun runs.
• Stoneguard: To protect the magical Lifestone, you must strategise, manage and build a fortified settlement. Lead your fellow survivors into battle against waves of nocturnal monsters who wish to take this precious Lifestone from your world.
• Sudden Strike 5: Sudden Strike 5 delivers real-time tactics in epic WWII battles. A host of tactical options and more than 300 playable units open-up multiple approaches to reach your objectives in a 25 mission campaign on historical battlefields in Europe and North Africa.
• Sunken Sky: Welcome to the world of Sunken Sky and get ready for an epic action adventure through a vast open world. No place is beyond your reach - from the tallest mountains to the very minds of others. Battle bizarre creatures and befriend even stranger people. All in a detailed, hand-drawn 2D style.
• Swarm Me: A minimalist horde survival arena where you’re hunted by an endless swarm of drones - kite the horde, bait them into deadly traps, upgrade your defenses, use special items and survive as long as you can. Every minute the swarm grows denser, faster, and deadlier.
• Sydless: Sydless is a chaotic, nerve-wracking movement shooter where your only weapon is an unpredictable bouncing ball that grows faster – and a hell of a lot deadlier – as you grind through every slide, jump, leap, and punch to escape a warped 90s fast-food.
• Teeto: Explore a world of mayhem and Michaels! Join Teeto the blob and Nory the bunny in this 3D adventure platformer to stop the shadow corruption from spreading. Absorb wild powers, help eccentric characters, and save the world - one Michael at a time!
• The Eternal Life of Goldman: In this breathtaking platformer adventure, explore a vast hand-drawn Archipelago, inspired by ancient fables and depicted in classic frame-by-frame animation, and defeat a mysterious Deity.
• The Piper of Dawn: Welcome to Diamond City—a sealed-off “Paradise”. You play the role of an alchemist running a one-stop empire: farming, "people farming," shopkeeping, and alchemy. Choose your companion and set out on a fantastical journey where rich storytelling blends seamlessly with deep simulation gameplay.
• The Skin Stapler: The Skin Stapler is a retro-styled PSX grindhouse horror adventure set in the rotting, crime-soaked sprawl of Carrion City. Players follow jaded detective Dick Slater and his eager rookie partner Robbie Knox as they hunt a mysterious serial killer known only as The Skin Stapler.
• The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall: At nightfall, the sieged city falls. Yaoguai came to massacre. You are nothing but a scholar on the brink of madness, trying to survive alongside a courtesan you met years ago. Experience two intertwined storylines created by the developer of the best-selling Chinese visual novel.
• Trackastrophe!: Trackastrophe! is a wholesome train puzzle game. Build railway tracks across dreamlike isometric levels and grow your train with collected cars, as you navigate ever-whackier obstacles. It's totally choo-choo!
• Ultimate Hunting: Where each virtual action captures the true essence of hunting: REAL, BRUTAL, UNFORGETTABLE. Embark on a hunting expedition, returning with valuable trophies and memorable experiences. Customize your gear and adapt your hunting techniques to explore vast, realistic environments.
• Usurpator: Usurpator – The ultimate extraction melee slasher. Wield powerful weapons, master brutal combat, and battle the forces of Evil. Team up or face off against other players, unlock talents, and forge your path to glory. The land is yours to conquer - will you rise or fall?
• Void Reaver: Inventory management meets bullet heaven. In this sci-fi roguelite, your backpack determines your fate. Master the art of item layout to create game-breaking synergies and turn a humble arsenal into a screen-clearing storm of destruction. Collect 300+ items and annihilate the Void.
• Voidling Bound: Hatch, evolve, and upgrade powerful space creatures in this action-packed sci-fi 3rd person shooter that reinvents the monster taming genre!
• Wanderburg: Drive your Castle on Wheels into battle in this minimalist medieval roguelike of roaming fortresses! Devour entire villages, build your modular arsenal of siege weapons and arcane machinery as you grow with every stronghold you crush.
• What Surrounds Us: What surrounds us? Come find out and restore balance to an abstract and colorful ecosystem where every individual matters.
• Way of the Hunter 2: Feel the thrill of the hunt and keep an eye out for the wild and wonderous species that are roaming the Canadian wilderness.
• Wild Blue Skies: Wild Blue Skies reimagines the classic on-rail adventures of the '90s. Join Bowie Stray and the Blue Bombers as they soar through the skies on a mission to save the world in this action-packed, nostalgic journey!
• Wolley's Dungeon Adventure: The land of Ballonia was thriving and peaceful, until the evil sorcerer Malvolio corrupted the land and its inhabitants. Wolley, the last Ballonian, gifted with special powers, sets off on a journey to restore and reclaim Ballonia from Malvolio's grip!
• Zero Parades: For Dead Spies: From the creators of Disco Elysium - The Final Cut comes ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies – an espionage RPG. You're a brilliant but tormented operant on one final desperate assignment. Gather your broken network, untangle a web of lies, and prove yourself on the world stage - or blow it all up again.
• ZomButcher: Monster Business Simulator: Meat shop simulator where you play as a ZOMBIE! Sell meat to humans by day, butcher them by night, and manage a dark business through stealth and resource management all while eating BRA-A-A-INS!
• Zoo Life Simulator: Build the zoo of your dreams! In Zoo Life Simulator, play solo or with friends as you care for animals, keep visitors happy, and expand your park in a relaxing and realistic simulation experience.