Steam Next Fest
Latest about Steam Next Fest
![Mouthwashing](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/T2Q5TRSRqJEW3SzvVTo7p3-320-80.jpg)
What goes down in this Steam Next Fest demo is too dark to put in a headline, but this PS2-style indie horror has my full and undivided attention
By Jordan Gerblick published
news Mouthwashing is by far the most messed up horror game I've played in 2024 so far
![Children of the Sun key art on Steam Deck OLED screen](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/J8sZZvG2V6jZTLfCGzK8PG-320-80.jpg)
I found the perfect Steam Next Fest demo for my Steam Deck OLED: a psychedelic shooter where you use one bullet to chain-snipe a bunch of cultists
By Phil Hayton published
News The Steam Next Fest demo for Children of the Sun feels like a perfect match for the Steam Deck OLED and it's fancy new 90hz display.
![Until Then](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cA2D4YPuWpDugKPz5GqxiE-320-80.jpg)
If you loved Life is Strange or A Space For the Unbound, you need to play this visual novel's Steam Next Fest demo
By Hope Bellingham published
News I've never played such an interactive visual novel before!
![Mika and the Witch's Mountain](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2jkPnKdtssTqV2t99HT8ZU-320-80.jpg)
Mini open worlds are my jam, so Steam Next Fest's most charming demo goes to this chill sim about a witch in a Zelda: Wind Waker-style world
By Hirun Cryer published
News Chibig's small-scale adventure is lovely
![Duck Detective: The Secret Salami](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2QtoVBbgmgJ3NUzh7Sj8fc-320-80.jpg)
This Steam Next Fest demo with shades of LA Noire and Tangle Tower saw me play as a gumshoe divorcee duck with a serious bread problem
By Heather Wald published
News Duck Detective: The Secret Salami calls on your powers of de-duck-tion
![Star Trucker](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dVuaj5NaNKpAoyKEFZJ9VA-320-80.jpg)
Star Trucker is such a realistic trucking sim that I somehow managed to jackknife my rig in space in its Steam Next Fest demo
By Dustin Bailey published
News I feel like I should've gotten my CDL before playing going space trucking
![Bore Blasters](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/By37JCmUWcGAQsqsdfUyg3-320-80.jpg)
Steam got a dwarf tag just in time for the screen-destroying, ore-collecting mining roguelike that I'm struggling to put down this Steam Next Fest
By Austin Wood published
news Bore Blasters is exactly what it wants to be: loud, shiny fun
![Dungeonborne](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rLpqPq7erUFCL4KETC9vm-320-80.jpg)
I played the lawless competitive RPG dominating Steam Next Fest like the second coming of Dark and Darker, and I'm immediately biased because I haven't died yet
By Austin Wood published
news Dungeonborne is a primitive but promising spin on Dark and Darker
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