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We all yearn for construction jobs as simulator RoadCraft takes a podium spot in Steam Next Fest's most-played demos just behind PvP mech game Mecha Break
By Issy van der Velde published
News You all really love construction, huh?

This roguelike city-builder casts you as a benevolent Lord of the Rings villain, and its Steam Next Fest demo accidentally consumed my entire evening
By Ali Jones published
News The King is Watching is filled with a host of lazy citizens

Steam Next Fest 2025: all the dates, details, and everything else you need to know
By Emma-Jane Betts last updated
Guide Steam Next Fest is returning soon, so here are all the dates, times, and details to know about the event

A single D&D spell in Solasta 2's Steam Next Fest demo proved to me that not every RPG needs to be Baldur's Gate 3
By Ali Jones published
News I'm Shattered

Survival horror clatters into soccer royalty as "Silent Hill mixed with FIFA 98" offers up a Steam Next Fest demo that I could never have imagined would work this well
By Jordan Gerblick last updated
news FEAR FA 98 is going to give me some real weird dreams

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
By Oscar Taylor-Kent last updated
Hands-on 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

The Stardew Valley stan in me is more excited than ever to play this cozy farming sim for real next month, after its Steam Next Fest demo blew me away
By Anna Koselke last updated
News My heart belongs to Sugardew Island

Legendary indie dev returns with a farming sim that couldn't be more different from the game that made them famous, all about an ex-warrior who hates the cozy life
By Kaan Serin last updated
News Wanderstop is a tea-brewing sim about trying to recover from burnout

This roguelike strategy game puts you in charge of a dieselpunk alt-WW2 mech squad, and its Steam Next Fest demo is wonderfully bite-sized
By Oscar Taylor-Kent last updated
Hands-on Grit and Valor – 1949's dieselpunk mech theming is an interesting alt-WW2 twist, and I love how the roguelike structure makes each RTS skirmish feel like a tasty snack
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