#Steam Next Fest - Summer 2025

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balmy jacinth
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Find any cool demos?

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thick light
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Yay! Forum!

red harness
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so far: void/breaker, very nice

halcyon pasture
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the Look Mum No Computer synth demo was fun, although quite short (I finished in ~20 minutes) #ask-suggest-things message

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might be interesting to pull into a live stream collection of multiple demos

balmy jacinth
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Yeah, the Next Fest is purely for steam demos.

halcyon pasture
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fair enough

balmy jacinth
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I'm a little biased, since they sponsored me, but DOG WITCH is real good: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3548520/DOG_WITCH/

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DOG WITCH

DOG WITCH combines the best of dice-driven roguelikes and deckbuilders to deliver a rich strategic experience. With quick runs, you’ll harness diverse item sets, discover new synergies and face a wide variety of wild enemy encounters, each requiring clever thinking to master. If you enjoy the strategic layering of games like Slay The Spire or…

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2062430/BALL_x_PIT/ < is incredible.

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BALL x PIT

BALL x PIT is a fast-paced fantasy roguelite where heroes must find the balls to plunge deeper into a seemingly bottomless pit of monsters. Develop arcane ammunition and resources in pursuit of treasure, recruiting additional heroes to aid you in your perilous quest.

Ballbylon has fallen. After a meteoric and completely unexpected event anni…

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I know I already put up a video on it, but it's genuinely one of the best new roguelikes I've played in ages.

drifting path
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Haven't had the chance to try any yet, but I've already started my list, and this is definitely going on
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2286600/HOTEL_BARCELONA/

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HOTEL BARCELONA

HOTEL BARCELONA ホテル・バルセロナ: A Blood-Soaked, 2.5D Slasher Action Game from SUDA51 and SWERY

A mysterious hotel stands in a remote location on the border between Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Its luxurious appearance hides a terrifying truth: it’s a trap for America’s most dangerous serial killers.…

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Yes, there's a demo

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rocky halo
red harness
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does it feel like having >1000 demos in the nextfest completely destroyed any hope of discoverability and kind of ruins the idea of a "fest"?

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there's so damn many being "highlighted" it's no different from hitting the demos tab any normal day and shuffling

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"recommended for you: wildgate" steam, what part of my library makes you think I want pvp.

inner grail
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Yeah I've been playing through Quatum Break as I never have and apparently the 'recommended for you' bit of Next Fest has decided thats the only game I've ever played on steam. So manual looking it'll be.

drifting path
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I straight up hit "ignore" on that Marvel mobile game port Contest of Champions and they still won't stop recommending it to me.

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pine flare
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2509200/ERA_ONE/

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ERA ONE

Era One is a space-themed game developed by Team Complex LTD.
Combining innovation, customization, and epic space battles, Era One offers a unique gaming experience. Players can customize their own ships using assembly modules, construct stations, warships, bases, and even cities in space. The game seamlessly blends real-time strategy (RTS)…

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July 2025

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Modular Shipbuilding Homeword

drifting path
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Dungeon crawler typing game

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It's almost a "keyboard-builder", in that you get status effects applied to random letters on your keyboard and have to pick the words you type based on that

jolly plover
pine flare
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/3523120/AEROMACHINA/

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AEROMACHINA

AEROMACHINA: Test-Flight, a free standalone mission, available now!

In 2X2X, Earth is ravaged, humanity is absent, and new life is born of old machines. You are Bogey, an amnesic android that awakens to nothing but danger and a dream: to fly away. With the help of new allies, fly and fight through the ruins of human civilization, searching…

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metroidvania platformer

drifting path
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PC Gamer described it as "Balatro but for stock trading"

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balmy jacinth
jolly plover
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damn that site is slick

drifting path
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But slogging through steam is half the fun

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Even when I'm not at my computer, I can refresh the page on my phone and play a game of "was this thumbnail AI generated or not"

drifting path
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/3604470/Kill_Your_Heart/

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Kill Your Heart

On Cupid Island—a sun-kissed paradise where love should bloom—unrequited affection turns into a curse, twisting broken hearts into grotesque monsters. With its inhabitants too afraid to let their guards down, you step up as the reluctant mediator, striving to unite fragile souls. You’ll weave through the island’s vibrant hotspots, dodgi…

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To be announced

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This one caught my attention almost immediately, like a Suda 51 influenced active turn based RPG

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