In just 48 hours Steam Next Fest will close its doors. As usual every year, Valve organizes a week for developers from around the world to upload demos of their video games to Steam, so that users can test their projects before they are released.
The amount of demos available is incredible, so finding one that might interest you is not easy. And for that simple reason we are here: we tell you which are the best games of the Steam Next Fest, so you can try them before the event is over.
Radio The Universe
A pixel art aesthetic reminiscent of the old days, all with a touch of role-playing, action and vast exploration. Radio The Universe has been in development for over a decade by a single person, 6E6E6E. After so long, the creative is releasing his long awaited game in demo form. We don’t have a release date yet, so this has a long way to go.
Bleak Sword DX
Previously released on the Apple Store, Bleak Sword DX now comes to PC and Nintendo Switch to open up to a wider audience if possible. To do this, it returns to the style of the smartphone version, but now with adapted controls so that all gameplay is more fluid and according to what it proposes. 12 very well set chapters make up the final game (in the demo there is only one). No date has been announced yet.
Shadows of Doubt
Imagine that you have to solve crimes in a vast futuristic city, with touches of science fiction, but this city is procedural! In other words, the city is constantly changing, as it happens in video games like Minecraft. Well, this is Shadows of Doubt, a game where we play a detective and where the location varies with each game. Not bad, right? No release date has been set yet.
Gestalt Steam & Cinder
Inspired by classics of the 16 and 32 bits, this Gestalt Steam & Cinder is an action-packed platformer. The idea is, of course, to kill as many enemies as possible while solving the platforming problems that we find along the way. It is worth mentioning the impressive work it has in the animations, where the team has shone in a spectacular way thanks to the pixel art. Its release is scheduled for 2023.
Wandering Sword
If you have played titles like Octopath Traveler, Triangle Strategy or Live a Live, the visual style of Wandering Sword will surely ring a bell. In fact, behind this pixel art 2.5 HD, which is the name it receives, is a turn-based RPG video game where skills and our good work in battle mark the future. It will be available in 2023.
Mineko’s Night Market
Do you like Animal Crossing? If the answer is yes, this Mineko’s Night Market is the ideal title for you. With a very active social component, the work of Meowza Games aims to make people spend a pleasant evening while they carry out a multitude of tasks, each one more varied than the next. In addition, all seasoned with Japanese culture. There is no release date yet.
1000xResist
Imagine you are a clone at the end of the world, a denouement where only one human being exists: the creator. However, you realize that not everything is what it seems, that there may be deception and that you have been living a lie for more than 1,000 years. That is the plot of 1000xResist, one of the titles that is attracting the most attention during this demo festival. Developed by the Chinese studio Sunset Visitor, its release date is scheduled for 2023.
Slave Zero X
And we close this compilation of demos with Slave Zero X, a game with a 2.5D style that not only recalls the video games of yesteryear, but is based on the same universe as the Slave Zero that was released in 1999. In other words, the studio has resorted to this old graphical look as much for an aesthetic decision as to have parallels with the old work. It’s fast, frantic and very addictive, as the action is really well achieved. No release date has been set yet.
