In this thread we commit the greatest crime of them all: having fun playing videogames.Discover demos, play demos, share demos.https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfestDevs are encouraged to promote their games, please show us your talent and save us from the dumpster diving of the steam next fest.Nothing against cicadamata, I enjoyed it too but the other thread didn't really seem suitable.Previous:>>733736195Note: you can have a chromium window open from within steam if you middle click any link or image in the app, making opening multiple tabs easier. Have fun!
RepostingAny cunny core games expect those?https://store.steampowered.com/app/3024120/Elettahttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3568960/Valeriehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3282500/SweetsDevilhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3441990/Withering_Realms/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3866890/Mona_The_Endless_Journey/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3107530/Danchi_Days/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3562120/Magical_Princess/
Any Nessie mains in
>>733776372Wait, isn't Withering Realms is just Withering Rooms but in 3D?
>>733776487Yes but now instead of Withering in your Rooms you're Withering in the Realms
>>733776517Sounds based as fuck.>>733776372Magical Princess looks interesting.
>>733776610True. Fun fact the Withering Rooms dev started with Clock Tower SNES before making the game.https://x.com/WitheringRooms/status/1851453791230656876A very solid foundation.
>>733776307https://store.steampowered.com/app/4041880/KARATE_ROGUE_Demo/Reposting for those that have not played it. It's a turn-based RPG in a procedurally-generated dungeon and you fight using karate moves which you can chain up if you have stock. You can learn passive skills, and sub skills which you can trigger that do not use your turn. You cannot name your character, instead, the game gives you a set of random names. There's a story mode with a tutorial and an arcade mode with no tutorial in which you play for score.
>>733776553Previous steam next fest threads (february 2026)Newest to oldest:>>733736195>>733700397>>733667359Press preview:>>733553225>>733461860>>733326854>>733219323https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/733106223/https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/732988504/https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/732851979/(redone cuz I replied to the wrong OP)
>>733776725I need to kill myself
post your single most favourite demo so far
>>733776897So far, Deep Snow Delivery, it's pretty comfy.
>>733776412game name?
>>733776897The Last Salvage Squad for me. I really like the aesthetic and it's all I needhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3551190/The_Last_Salvage_Squad/
>>733776897CICADAMATA
DenshattackI want the full fucking game now.
>>733776897Boost Vector EX is pretty cool
>>733776897MUPO, I'm a rhythm game enthusiasthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4146650/MUPO/
>>733776897It's nothing special and I've played better demos this next fest objectively, but Valeriehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3568960/Valerie/Very curious about the story which doesn't happen often in genres that aren't walking sims or VNs
>>733776897cicadamata. finally actual gameplayhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3817250/CICADAMATA/
>>733776487I still haven't played Withering Rooms but other anon already answered that>>733776610It is interesting, very well made. At first I was slightly disappointed because I thought we only have 36 months of raising her but saw in the trailer that you will also be with her during her childhood so I am hopeful.>>733776897Either https://store.steampowered.com/app/2090390/Schrodingers_Callor https://store.steampowered.com/app/1971670/Panic_Floor
>>733776897cheating because it's not part of the fest but inarihttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3910680/INARI/otherwise Croak, Cat Squeeze, Cicadamata, Schrodinger's Call, Panic Floor, Denshattack, FamCram, Video Editor, CHASM SHIFT, Valerie, Puppergeist, Prolegomena, AOKAKI, and Gunboat God were all excellent
>>733776897the sushi horse race gamehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4113050/Wabisabi_SushiDerby/
>>733776897mecha forcehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4036130/Mecha_Force/It only has two basic bosses to fight for now, so you don't really need to do anything interesting with your movement, but it feels like it could go pretty hard, and maybe add some boosters and the sort as upgrades in full release. A bit unhappy with "random upgrades between stages", but eh.A disclaimer to change voices to JP if you don't want the navigator to be a british women.
finally a thread with people who have the decency to post store links
>>733776897Starship Troopersalso taking suggestions for the next thing I play
where are the ace attorney clones, danganronpa clones, zero escape clones, famicom detective club clones, jake hunter clones, raging loop clones, gnosia clones, paranormasight clones, the silver case clones, the 428 shibuya scramble clones
>>733776897The one I previously posted: >>733776724Will try this one today: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4244590/GRID/
>>733777928note: I already know about dead watch
>>733776897basic ass answer but it's denshattackhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4142750/Denshattack_Demo
>>733777059Royalty Free For All
Seems like weeb games are winning bigly this time.
>>733776897https://store.steampowered.com/app/4109100/Magical_Princess_Demo/
I'm gonna be honest: I tried Withering Realms and I thought the gameplay was severely underbaked. However I'm willing to admit this might just be a major lapse in my own skills or judgment. Which is why I'm posting about it in this thread. I want to see if there was something I was "missing" that everyone else seemed to get.In my experience, the challenge was designed all wrong because enemies suffering no hitstun means that every encounter revolves around a cycle of strafing, spacing, attacking, dodging, and repeat. The problem with this is that the game clearly wants to be a test of consistency. But the only viable strat itself (as far as I found) was liable to get you hit, even if you were patient and careful. Am I missing some mechanic that balances this out or makes the combat more interesting?
>>733778524No, it's a 2D game where you roll to the left and right of the enemy turned to 3D
>>733778568I just thought it was weird because I've seen nothing but unanimous praise for it in these threads. I couldn't help but feel most of the story was just a mad libs formula for Souls plot and that the gameplay was just Souls except none of what made it work? Harsh as that may sound, I kept thinking over it with consideration and that's still what I ended up coming to every time.
>>733778684>the story was just a mad libs formula for Souls plotThe ghost you're playing as is the spirit of the girl from Withering Rooms I'm pretty sure. As for if it's a Souls-like, idk I guess you could call it that.
>>733776897So far>Absolute Must-PlaysMightreya > Denshattack! >= In Falsus>High Up ThereTohotopia >= Cicadamata>Pretty GoodRepterra>GoodMaids of Storm even if it rips entirely off the Yakuza 0 hostess minigame>Good (but not for me)Boost Vector EX>Thought it needed a lot of workWithering RealmsNext on my list>Gunboat God>Crack in the Dark>Lost Host>Matcho>Goblin Vyke>Airframe Ultra>Annihilation>The Last Salvage Squad>Alabaster Dawn
>>733778684>>733778754I didn't beat Act 3 of Withering Rooms though. It was a Clock Tower Roguelite which is a very niche genre.Apparently she becomes a doll at the end
>>733778754That's the part that made me really interested. When the story wasn't a Souls mad lib it was good. When it was, I wasn't really into it.Also not saying it's a Souls-like. I'm saying more like it's clear how much it lifted from Souls, but also how much they changed the system to be one that doesn't really fit what was taken. So it ends up way less functional than its inspiration despite all the difference and ends up as a worse version of the same thing IMO.
>>733778464>flatgross
>>733776897Croakhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2616540/Croakit's just great
>>733779138Are you lost?
>>733778464I hope theres a route where she marries her father
>>733779138YOU're gross.https://store.steampowered.com/app/1971670/Panic_Floor/Also if the panic floor dev is lurking you can get softlocked in room 12 with no possibility of suicide, you can't reach the spikes at the top if you get stuck on the left section. You're forced to quit the game. A quick restart button would be great
So now that silksong came out no devs are trying their hand at making metroidvanias (or very close) games anymore?It's a shame. I kinda enjoyed nine sols, bo path of the teal lotus and so on
Anyone tried High Above?
>>733780058Devs confirmed that there will not be such a route.
great atmospherehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4299650/Membrane_Demo/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4072240/Woman_Simulator/
>>733777306did you try infalsus
There's a surprising amount of cooking games.
>>733780483why did it have the gay tag I still am unsure
>>733776897Haven't played that many demos yet but this one has already earned a spot on my wishlisthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2638080/Annihilated/At a glance it looks like roguelite deckbuilder slop, but it's not really a deckbuilder since the "cards" are weapons/items with limited uses. Surprisingly fun if you're into resource management. Also you can disarm some bosses mid-combat and use their own weapon against them, which is cool
>>733780765let them cook
Guys, I found it; A game actually made by indians.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3581040/Bharat_Police/
>>733780836holy ai sloppa
>>733780836this is the police from wish
In for recs of good anime games, esp with hot girls. I don't have time to waste with ugly characters anymore.
>>733777306looks miserable to read
https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/1rct7r4/did_steam_just_nerf_next_fest/>almost 3 hours after start I barely got any more people on the stream counter than before the event started>redditor's game:https://store.steampowered.com/app/4380110/Copa_City_Demo/https://www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/comments/1re5h20/interested_in_a_roguelite_game_with_board_game/>0 replies, 0 upvotes or downvotes>his game:https://store.steampowered.com/app/3006090/Crystant/https://www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/comments/1rcrf2g/my_teams_first_steam_game_terminal_outbreak_has_a/>Its available as a part of Steam Next Fest and I'm HOPING we can wade through all the SLOP and find the playerbase it needsoh no no no no the lack of self-awareness is staggering>his game:https://store.steampowered.com/app/3479820/Terminal_Outbreak/During my search for absolute bottom of the barrel trash to laugh at, I actually found good games at least to me, I didn't expect that at allhttps://www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/comments/1rdgyqz/our_rhythm_game_lily_fantasia_is_currently_on/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2527300/Lily_Fantasia/very fun and dynamic rhythm game, does nothing special for gameplay but I wasn't boredhttps://www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/comments/1rdcohk/looking_for_advice_how_to_get_more_wishlists/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1933960/Venice_After_Dark/good point&click, music and art especially surprised me
>>733776897Earth has opened up for Alien visits and you have to make sure no troublemakers get in. It's fun to see the quirks of different species and each day you can read in a newspaper about what's going on in the world right now, which also depends on who you let in. The game's humor is definitely for me and I'll get it day 1.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3971730/Donutal/
>>733782029>AI generated aliensEw
all trashyou'r all trash too
>>>733766850/agdg/ had attempted murder by gathering the nigger count.
>>7337829701v1 me in Royalty Free-For-All
>>733782970>>733783313Old McDonald's Barn, Nessie only
Looking for games with hot/thick girls that are decent. Someone had that ghost roommate one. Anything else, doesn't have to be h games just hot fucking girls.Tired of dei slop.
>>733777895https://store.steampowered.com/app/3755420/FFFF_YOU_MACHINE/
>>733783436>games with hot/thick girls that are decentThere is no such thing. Hot girls and good game design are mutually exclusive because their target audiences have no overlap.
>>733783051cool manI asked
>>733783436kotama and academy citadel is something that was on a past fes and feels like the closest thing to what you're asking for.
>>733776897Can't pick one, too many good games.Noticing that not enough people are mentioning dungeon crawlers so i guess i will mention them. I liked Dvergholdhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4216280/Dverghold/Underkeep is too mechanically simple but beautiful. Dat mushroom ending.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2411200/Underkeep/Dungeons of DUSK was a pleasant surprise for mehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4176460/Dungeons_of_DUSK/>>733782029>Deny entry to Yeti who wanted to eat humans and even booked the restaurant already.>He posts an angry tweet about it and exposes the human trafficking ringI really enjoyed this one too.
>>733781987> music and art especially surprised memusic is AI rentard
>>733777928As far as detective related games goes I've found these three the most interesitng but I haven't played their demos yet.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2611210/Connected_Clue_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1696770/The_Mermaid_Mask/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4280150/A_Study_in_Blue/I did play demo for The Big Hollow: 1982 and it has some potential. I wish it wouldn't handhold you so much, but I hope it's just for the tutorial.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4012690/The_Big_Hollow_1982/
>>733782843Continue to cry meatcel.
Great:>Pragmatahttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3357650/PRAGMATA/>Monster Hunter Stories 3https://store.steampowered.com/app/2852190/Monster_Hunter_Stories_3_Twisted_Reflection/>Darwin's Paradoxhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2989180/Darwins_Paradox/Solid:>Retro Rewindhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3552140/Retro_Rewind__Video_Store_Simulator/>inKonbinihttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2723430/inKONBINI_One_Store_Many_Stories/>Town of Zozhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1748110/Town_of_Zoz/Neutral:>Cleaning Uphttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3835650/Cleaning_Up/>Shiba Sweethttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3015360/ShibaNaschwerk/>hozyhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3326230/Hozy/>Witchspirehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2679100/Witchspire/Trash:>Angel Clickerhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4247760/Angel_Clicker/>Plush Paradehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3943690/Plush_Parade/>People of Notehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1626170/People_of_Note/>Kingdom's Returnhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3882650/Kingdoms_Return_TimeEating_Fruit_and_the_Ancient_Monster/
>>733781987Go back.
>>733782029>The game's humor is definitely for me and I'll get it day 1.You like Reddit humour?
>>733785174How is it Reddit humor?
>>733785203How is it not?
The vampire survivor game is goated, dude never misses.
>>733785253Why are you like this anon
Yup this is another must-buy. Inkonbini or something is the name
>>733784851>Pragmata
>>733785350I haven't played the demo. How am I suppose to tell you how reddit its humor is? Just answer the question and explain how not-Reddit the game is.
>>733785593Well I haven't played the demo either, so how do you expect me to explain how not-Reddit the humor is?? Kinda interested based on the concept, but don't trust Arc System anymore after all the troon and CCP cucking they did with the latest Guilty Gear.
>>733785385why would I ever buy that game?
>>733785751I don't trust them either so...We'll just have to wait until the original anon defends his shit game.
>>733781987>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4380110/Copa_City_Demo/I'm surprised they got license deal with the big football clubs.
>>733776897most favorite demo ever.. diablo 2 beta?
>cleared 5 demos>still have 19 to go throughthis shit doesn't last long enough
>>733776307>Boost Vectorbarefoot mod how soon?
>>733776307Running list of High Quality Demos:https://store.steampowered.com/app/2537470/Vultures__Scavengers_of_Death/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3726370/Heavy_Metal_Death_Can/https://store.steampowered.com/app/764930/Hubert/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3157170/Data_Fantasy/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3008700/Eagle_Knight_Paradox/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4111250/Alonitaire/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1451050/Sherman_Commander/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3464670/Dead_Watch/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2913610/What_Awaits_Aleksey/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3337980/Ivayami__Cradle_of_Fog/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3103560/SideEye_High/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2007430/Blast_Cats/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4012690/The_Big_Hollow_1982/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3983000/Parasite_Mutant/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3281970/Deep_Snow_Delivery/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4017820/The_Angels_Devil_Tail__One_More_Question_2/
Got two stages into the Dungeons of Dusk demo, it plays alright but I think the aesthetic doesn't work nearly as well for a dungeon crawler as it does for the FPS. The floors are super boring to look at (the store page screenshots don't even imply the existence of environments other than brick sewer), the muted colors make it hard to read the map if you don't full-screen it, the skill tree looked pretty boring with a lot of levels necessary to get to anything more than +5HP or +1% accuracy, I just don't really see myself playing it for more than an hour or two for the novelty and then going back to something like EO if I actually want to crawl a dungeon.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4176460/Dungeons_of_DUSK/
>>733786756not clicking that shit without knowing the genre of each game
>>733786871That's intentional. Dumbasses don't get to play! When you're dumb, you're not fun. No demos for dummies, I always say.
that was unexpected>The SkyShard Demo includes the full unrestricted game until we enter Early Accessguess I don't need to wishlist lmaooo
>>733786756this is spamming/flooding
>>733785757>inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories is a cozy slice-of-life game about running a small-town convenience store, inspired by early 1990s Japan. Meet regulars, stock shelves, and watch quiet, everyday moments turn into meaningful stories.Where do you think we are?
>>733787149this is coping/seething
>>733781987>CrystantI actually played thisIt felt so disjointed, cheap, counterintuitive and chinese that I quickly uninstalled it out of fear of catching malware.
I'm pleasantly surprised that more and more games are supporting the Switch Pro controller, they detect it and show the correct buttons, thank you Mr. Steam.
>it's all unity asset flips paired with AI generated cover art and no taste namesOh the misery...Everybody is my enemy....
>>733784449https://store.steampowered.com/app/3600360/Rose_Academy/
>these games are using a motherfucking video game enginenext fest is ruined. Who the fuck told them they could use game engines to make games? They are completely fucked in the unfuckable place.
>>733787520Yeah, my gf basically gave up on trying these games, too much AI sloppa
>>733787660At least the no talent devs get to put their slops of shit on the store and feel good about themselves. lol.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4036270/nyanjet/This could be interesting, a jetpack action game
>>733787774That looks like your game, Anon.
>>733787660yeah my cousin who's bloodline is distant enough that sexual connections can be performed on odd days of the week send me an email saying that Next Fest has been Ruined.This is very classified information, do not squander.
>>733783838huhI passed on so many dungeon crawlers but underkeep looks.. unique. I'll try it.
>>733787947Why are you posting like an Indian?What's your angle here
>>733788101>he squandered it immediately
>>733788101the whole "indian insults others by calling them indian" arc is kinda overdone at this point.
>>733782843Retard
>>733782843To be fair people are praising the parasite eve clone and their last game, that was a metroidvania, have the story being told by AI generate imagines lmao
>>733788508If only those demos were as good as your english.
>>733786804You're not wrong about skill tree but i disagree about environments. I find them appropriately moody.
>>733777671gonna check this out, overlooked it but after you spotlighted it again, realized there might be something there after all
>>733788779Is this roguelike deckbuilder bullshit?
>>733776897CicadamataBoost Vector EXNeuron Activationin that orderGOTTA GO FAST
>>733788983>Take DUSK>Turn it into an RPG/Dungeon crawlerLiterally this
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3846430/TrailRail/Here's an action game in which you need to make your own platforms to progress.
>search co-op>90% westcartoonfriendslop
Hubert is the superior dog game. Hubert > Barkourhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/764930/Hubert/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1920290/Barkour/
>>733776897https://store.steampowered.com/app/3388080/Crack_In_The_Dark/Crack in the Dark just edges out Croak for me since it's a more unique experience. I really enjoy drawing map games.
>>733786756You actually going to tell us what's high quality about them?
>>733781987I like the look of Venice After Dark but the animation is extremely rough. And the protag's voice just rubs me the wrong way. Stopped after confronting that crazy dude.
Has anyone tried this game yet? https://store.steampowered.com/app/3340480/Lets_Build_a_Dungeon_Demo/I’m downloading it right now to try it looks really cool.
>>733789218it's basically DOOM RPG for mobile phones but DUSK
>>733785548Is he calling the based department?
>>733790094No, I don't do that. The purpose of the festival is to play games. If you want to know what the games are like, better get playing.
There's no rule 34 of Last Flag. Nextfest is ruined!
Anyone tried Runeomicon?
Pragmata looks great on switch 2
>>733790094The desperation of non gamers is so pathetic. They'll go to any lengths to avoid playing games. They'll show up at a music concert wearing earmuffs. They go to a movie theatre wearing a blindfold.
>>733790706This is first time I see hacking grid that isn't shaped like a square in this game
Any deck builder kino?
Got any grapes?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4205060/DopePie_Survivors_3D/
>>733790357I had fun with it. You don't get many defense options in the demo but drawing runes for resources is surprisingly engaging. It just doesn't help when the demo moves between entire worlds and you have to memorize new batches of runes immediately
>>733790357I did. As someone who overall finds tower defense games a tad dull, I found the whole system of having to draw runes to get resource a nice addition to spice up the gameplay. Also giganto sexo.
>>733790983Annihilated isn't really a deck builder but if you like deck builders you might like ithttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2638080/Annihilated/
>>733791413yeah im thinkin' slopkino.
>>733789558Actually, the best dog game is puppergeist
>>733777475>file.jpg>not mary.jpgyou had one job
>>733792007that's not a dog game, dumbass. literally who is excited to play as a woman. we want dogs.
Anon was right, Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster is meh.
>>733792240just another inti game that only has cute girls as a plus.
More games of giving gamers what they want?
>>733792340>more games of giving gamers what they wantI'm really disappointed there's only been 1 mech game so far.
>>733792240sad, inti hasn't made a good game in a hot minute.
>>733792450Which mecha game are you talking about?>>733792502For all their faults, I could still have some fun with iX2, GV3, Card-En-Ciel, and Majogami. This is legitimately just hotdog water.
FF9 I’m on ozma and little more for the end, time stranger I’m waiting for the 3rd dlc to finish it and ignore binary domain, so wich of the 3 over there should I play first?
>>733792669>I don’t have anywhere else to post this, so y’all going to help me, what game you I play next?forgot to add that kek
Vampire Crawlers is going to be a smash hit, I can tell.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3265700/Vampire_Crawlers_The_Turbo_Wildcard_from_Vampire_Survivors/
>>733792815I like it because it is a combination of all the things that make seethers seethe. Cards, rogues, survivors, pixels, fun, etc.
>>733792815It looks cool, but the assets reuse makes me think it should have been a new mode to vampire survivor, also the constant flashlights on the screens are going to leave me blind.
>>733792635>Which mecha game are you talking about?That one. I don't count mega man stuff as mech, for the record.
>>733792102I just copied it from steam screenshots D:
>>733792635>>733792995Which game is that one
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2512450/SoulQuest/
Deep Snow seems cozy but it's obviously aimed at truck sims and death stranding autists which I'm not. Shame, I expected something like Ex Machina with simulated world and factions.
>>733793086You'll find when you actually play games, you don't need to be told names at all.
>>733776897King of the Dwarvesthe only demo I finished
>>733793086Mecha Forcehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4036130/Mecha_Force/
>>733793238Ohh yeah that one's on the backlog, thanks
>>733792669Why not binary domain? it's fun. go dungeons then.
>>733776307This shit somehow wasn't nearly as bad as I feared.https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/2760560/
>>733789309I got filtered when trying TrailRail and gave up. Puzzle game demos this time around don't pull their punches, it's like famcram level 15
I first thought CICADAMATA was a speed-based game but you can actually take your sweet time as long as you rack up points. Not sure if this is a good design decision
>>733793342It's such a weird tonal shift. Goes from RE7 "Go Tell Aunt Rhody" opening to diving in the dark and being chased by Deep Ones. There seems to be a framing device somewhere in there, and Cthulhu meets 2050s setting is certainly a choice.
>>733792815An anon said this is more like slots than a deckbuilder. Is this true?
>>733792450>>733792995Well, there's also.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3127770/ACE_Strategy_Mecha_Nova/And I know this cheating since I'm pretty sure they're just straight up robots rather than mechs, but this also looks kinda neat and has mech in the titlehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4214140/BioMech_Vendetta/
>how could I have expected that I would have to dive underwater in a game about Cthulu and abyssess and with octupuses on the coverdamn it was like whiplash. I didn't expect it!
>>733793994Play the demo or shut the fuck up. Those are your choices.
How to next fest?
>>733794114I have so many demos I still need to play already and not enough time...
>>733790983All crap so far. Will give Echo Generation 2 a look later, maybe.
>>733794121Look through list of games or recommendations.Download demos of things that look interesting.Play the demos and form an opinion.
>>733794231I already finished every demo in the whole festival so it's obviously a personal problem.
>>733794018>deckbuilderwell, probably one of the reasons I didn't notice it, I mentally filtered it.whatever, might as well give it a shot.
Anon was right, CICADAMATA is nice.
>>733794381alright maybe i wrote this one off too quickly
Sweet. Esoteric Ebb's coming out March 3rd. Guess I'll start on the demo this weekend.
I love 2D metroidvania slop recommend me the best one from this steam fest
>>733794359Damn are you a neet?
>>733790280Then don't call them high quality. Just say you liked them>>733790778Yeah the reason I'm asking why someone's recommending a demo must be because I don't play them.You're fucking retarded
>>733794843Surprisingly, I didn't find any that was good like MIO or Nine Sols or Bo Path Of The Teal Lotus or Biomorph or I forgot which metroidcanias had demos. Even the inti creates one wasn't that good
>>733794868No, actually, I just sort of optimized everything. I actually have a job and attend school. But my job is construction site medic and I don't have to do anything at all if no one is hammering their thumbs. Hardly anyone hammers their thumbs. So I sit there and I play video games. and study for class and watch tv and stuff. Whatever I want, really. And I get paid really well.
>>733794840I know the save carries over, but Ill just wait. Curious on how long it will be, I'd imagine maybe 10 hours
>>733794843recently finish kotama academy and it was okish, if I have to describe it will be “silksong and nine sols fuck and have a child that turns out to be an anime girls”, is 2.5d btw
Some cool games I found on Spotlight>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3002740/Project_Solaris/>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3807690/Yami_Kids/>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3804370/The_Piper_of_Dawn/>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3128360/Touhou_Akis_Farm/>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4009450/Petunias_Purgatory/>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2524850/Denshattack/>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3866890/Mona_The_Endless_Journey/>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2348250/13Z_The_Zodiac_Trials/>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2638080/Annihilated/>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3214610/Cinderia/uoh I wanna play with Mona's and Lisa's little toes I want them to step on me and call me a freak ToTAlso check out the cunny curator in case you wanna find other cunnyge that's coming out in the future. I'd recommend Dungeon Picnic, Hazuki Dies, Where is Mabel, Am I Nima, and Haunted Room! Urami-chan to start. https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45865908-Cunny-Playable-Spotlight/?appid=3866890
>>733794981>Then don't call them high quality. Just say you liked themYou are legally required to preface every statement you make with the introduction: "Hello, I am a dumb stupid ugly freakshow."The reason being; You are a dumb stupid ugly freakshow. And I suppose if you do that, then I will throw you a bone and refer to them as liked demos instead of quality demos.
>>73379525725-40 hours supposedly.https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2057760/view/563648694026502274
>>733795062Steam Next Fest has only been going on for not even two days. There's hundreds of demos out which can take up 30 minutes to an hour on average. So you're somehow telling us you have a job, you attend school, and somehow in not even 48 hours, you've finished at least a hundred demos. Which, at lowest, would be 50 hours.There something you wanna re-explain?
>>733776897I really liked Cinderia. Shit looks cute.
>>733795417No need to be mad at other people because you can't speak English proper
>>733780626If you mean this (In Falsus) then thank you because this became my new favorite rhythm game demohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3971950/In_Falsus/
>>733776897Deep Snow Delivery and Nebula Veil, although I'm not sure if the latter is even actually a part of this fest
>>733795438Nope. Everything is precisely as I said it. It's not precisely as you said it, I suppose, but it's hardly my fault that your reading comprehension is poor. But what can you expect from a loser like you? You have one thing to do, play video games in your basement, and you can't even pull it off? I have a full time job and part time studies and I still play far more demos than you can even dream of. Abysmal. You lack ambition. I lack it to, I think, but that doesn't stop me.
[v] I will now play you're game!
As a person who's played the original boost vector on roblox, I enjoyed EX a lot more than expected, hopefully the same devs remake neon knights outside of roblox too.
>>733795438Many of started playing demos with the press preview link nearly 2 weeks ago >>733776725Also a lot of people in 1st world countries have meme """jobs""" where they sit in-front of a computer barely ever doing any actual work.
>>733795729Okay so you're lying and you're mad you got caught lying lol. Thanks
>>733795438>he doesnt knowAs gaming press for the prestigious Anonymous Accolades magazine I was given early access to the next fest showing.Maybe next year youll get invited, champ.
>>733776897FamCram. I know it's just a sokoban but I find it really cutehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4109040/FamCram/
>>733795593>6 lanes AND a mouse functionrhythm is the one genre that actually makes me kneel. I just know there will be one stage that you have to be using all your fingers and I wouldn't clear it no matter how much I tried.
>>733776897For me, it's Panic Floor. First time I ever see a /v/ game that isn't a vn or otherwise slower-paced that feels really good to play.Usually the good /v/ games are either horror or experimental 3D RPGshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1971670/Panic_Floor/
>>733795930You say that like there's a reason anyone should be obligated to care>>733795808I see. That explains it a lot better. Thanks
>>733796064apparently in this game theres a way to make her tits big but i couldnt make it work, how do you do it
>>733795317I never knew Alice in the Nightmare Land devs are making new game and that they released their games on steam. Neat.>>733796194There is combination in steam description. Use it in menu.
>>733795983try hypnosync4 lanes but 12 different inputshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2986590/HYPNOSYNC/also try relapse, I think it was made by a /v/ anon. much easier but I love the music sheet look it has, it's comfyhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4146170/Relapse/for something more hybrid like necrodancer you can try GRIDBEAT, I enjoyed it despite the cringe voiceshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3243370/GRIDbeat/Rhythm GODS are eating good this next fest
>>733776897Dead Watch, of course. For my HERO ben sharmutahttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3464670/Dead_Watch/
>>733796324I got filtered hard by hypnosync, 12 differing inputs where color indicates whether you do top/bottom/both is not fun to read and the default keybinds are shit.It sort of clicked when I saw them demonstrate with an 8-button fightstick.I also hate their name I cannot find other art that their artist did, he isnt even attempting to thinly veil this fetish I know he's got more somewhere.
>>733780206Give Valdis Story: Abyssal City a try. It's not very well known and severely underrated in my book
>>733796545>I got filtered by hypnosyncYou're not alone
>>733796137When you're not totally moronic, basic concepts don't need to be explained to you.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3079160/Dont_Lose_Aggro/Vampire survivors but you are an mmo tank. My expectations were pretty low, but I have to admit I actually had a good bit of fun with it. It's a good fit for the survivor formula.
>>733790983Vampire Crawlers
>>733796921Didn't a dev anon shill a similar concept in a previous next fest but as the healbot instead of the tank?
>>733776897Airframe
>>733796545Same. It's very much designed for an arcade stick and I don't have one. Couldn't find a comfortable way to rebind it on keyboard either.
Where are the posters who kept saying there would be "no hype left" because of the press preview thread?https://store.steampowered.com/app/4178210/Video_Editor/
>>733796420ben sharmuta means son of a bitch/whore in hebrewthe dev thinks he pulled a fast one but any israelite/arab knows
>>733777981>Lumiwtf I know her, her game's goodPlay OutCore if you haven't. It's free.
i am still here and you still killed the hype, tranny the thread is full of agdg troon circlejerk weeb tranime trash slopthere's only one anon other than me with actual taste ittkill yourself
>>733780772people like to headcanon things. there's nothing outwardly woke or gay in membrane, not that I could see in the demo at least
Mama's Sleeping Angels was fun. Fantastic style and music, really sets itself apart from other friendslop stuff by having real attempts at art direction. Collect items for mama in dream worlds, behead your friends to revive them, kiss them to share health. Items have curses that you can analyze and affect you as they carry them. As you progress, it appears you expand your house (lobby).https://store.steampowered.com/app/2918310/Mamas_Sleeping_Angels/
potato PC bros..what are some demos? im talking extremely FUN ones
>>733797404
I am done with every demo I have been interested in. What now?
>>733781987Not a demo but this is a funny posthttps://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/1refyio/after_5_years_of_development_i_released_my_indie/>spent 5 years developing a JRPG>first seconds of the trailer feature westoid eng dub and a brownoid>generic rpg maker assets>not even pornhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2937520/Sacred_Earth__Reverie/kek
>>733798107I believe the next... Next Fest, is in June?
>>733798107Go wild and play something you normally wouldn'thttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3851470/BarrelBots/
>>733798107play your backlog
>>733792653Game name? Please don't be a meta joke about how I should investigate if I want to find a mystery game
not bad I guess but I think I have enough stealth stalker games honestly, they're not THAT fun. You're some spoiled brat who works illegally at a studio for some reason, as if it's illegal to sing at age 16. You can sing whenever you want. Then you get stabbed in the neck and are probably already dead when the game starts.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3997370/Perfect_Porcelain/
>>733797569What I've found fun so far:https://store.steampowered.com/app/4053760/5/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4297450/Magical_Girl_Final_Pink_Star/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3894520/Keines_Expanding_Class/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3349980/BrebeMan/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4055020/TOMOHIGARA/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3551190/The_Last_Salvage_Squad/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3759130/Island_of_Ruin/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4084630/_/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4164140/Break_Shoot/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4019180/ULTRA0/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3729530/Knitewings/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2393870/Whispers_of_the_Luminaries/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4036130/Mecha_Force/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4205060/DopePie_Survivors_3D/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4285110/Tunnel_Escape_Fates_Entwined/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4017820/The_Angels_Devil_Tail__One_More_Question_2/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4249320/Evoluth/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4102700/GAL_VS_VILLAGE/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1971670/Panic_Floor/Varying degrees of potato-friendly, but ultimately I played them all on a handheld (or a desktop with even worse performance). Aside from 4 of the games, they're all either Japanese, Korean, or some flavor of Chinese developed.
>>733798267It's Code 9. No need to hide the name, if you're shitty at deduction, you won't last a minute in the demo anyway.
>>733798174It is time to hibernate then after I review every single demo out of around 40 I have played>>733798223Hard to pick something considering I play really niche stuff like Aden. Guess I will finally try out Withering Rooms or Outcore and finish Theta and Paralldoxes Worldlines>>733798245Luckily I do not have a backlog, I just play whatever I feel like playing
>>733797375>Play OutCoreSeconding this. Everyone ITT should play OutCore.
>>733797375>>733798531Thirding this. Play OutCore.
>>733798417Thanks anon. No need to be abrasive, I just like doing detective work in games. Here I would expect sharing to be the focus
>still has no demo 4 days into the festit's over for spell triggerhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4005330/Spell_Trigger/not like it looked that good anyway
>>733798465Let me know when you have the reviews of KARATE ROGUR and GRID/
>>733798590https://store.steampowered.com/app/4111040/Grgoire_Lefbvre_Investigations__The_Vow_of_Hate/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2913610/What_Awaits_Aleksey/
Help me Cleaner Sama is a very low effort sokoban and the animation would have been good if it was still the 2000's on newgrounds.
>>733798715At some point between the press preview going up and and the trve gamer fest going up, it got removed. Pretty gay, was looking forward to trying that one.
indie devs please stop shoehorning rhythm mechanics into your game just to make it stand out, if you're not even going to even make sure the music is halfway decent
>>733798917What game are you talking about?
All of the demos I've tried so far that were passable are just fun little games that aren't reaching for the stars, like Pluto, Bloodletter, and Grid Gladiators.Goob Wants an Android Girlfriend feels like it was a porn game without the porn. Hate when normalfaggots do that shit.
>>733791672It’s alright, but I don’t know what the game is trying to be. I thought it was a Slay the Spire clone, but the progression feels more like a traditional linear RPG with multi-branch visual novel elements.
>>733798398thanks anon, hope they are extremely FUN
>>733798964https://store.steampowered.com/app/4154870/Alpha_Nomos__Demo/I only played because of the cute clown girl
PSA REMINDERSince it it now Wednesday the algorithm will now be recommending you popular demos so you no longer have the right to complain about being recommended bad games. If you ARE recommended bad games then that's your fault for playing garbage and Steam recommending you similar stuff.Hope you enjoy the rest of the fest and enjoy the games.
>>733798972Some people are naturally awful at finding games. It means you have no taste and you're going to need to rely on majority rule. Feel free to choose something from the top of the charts such as burgling gnomes.
>>733799356Far Far West is pretty good, all anons here should play ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX5XZZvAyo4&list=RDgX5XZZvAyo4&start_radio=1
Literally didn't ask, lol
>>733776897I know it's friendslop or whatever buzzword is floating around these days but Sledding Game has been actually so much fun to play with friendshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4029310?snr=5000_5100__
>>733798582guess I'm taking a break from demos
>>733798107now YOU make the demo
>>733799356Perfect. This means the crying posts on twitter and reddit will start to appear. Hehe he. Hihihihahahahaha
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4211230/AUDIOMECH_your_music_transformed/Turns out Audio Mech is pretty cool. Except for that one round where I decided to try Bob Dylan. Power Metal is definitely the way to go...
>>733796860Yeah which is why I'm saying no one needing to give a fuck about your pretentious gamer club is a good thing
>>733799356>multiplayer slopgreat taste...if you like the taste of multiple unwashed cocks
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3499790/Ashes_of_the_Singularity_II/>Demo only features skirmish mode>*sad anon noises*The game itself is ok if you're into macro RTS, i guess?
>>733799613meant for >>733799225
>>733777981>haha lumi is so silly i love her>oh? the game is actually a sequel? i wonder if they first game is any good>OutCore was one hell of an experience
>>733776724you should read the karate isekai, it's really good
>Hey sweetie, I got you that game you like so much. I didn't remember the name, but the nice man in the store helped me find it.
>>733776897Everything is Crab, Vampire Crawlers, Voidling Bound
>>733800418I'll check it out, thanks anon. I think I read in a Japanese interview, don't remember if it was from Game*Spark, that the author of this manga is involved with the game.
'Operation Eventide' stands out as a pretty unique visual novel about a dark take on magical girls with scifi involved.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4200970/Operation_Eventide/
Why do the Nextfest recommendations start with "on your wishlist"?Steam how do you think those games got on there?
>>733800778It is pretty good. This will be full release of free VN that is on itch.io but with additional content>>733800259I just started playing it and so far it is great
>>733776307When are devs gonna start a deforestation movement for other devs? There are clearly too many games so no one gets anywhere.
>>733800676>that the author of this manga is involved with the gamenow I have to play it, that's crazythe theme is so fun that I thought other must have thought of it too. that surprised me I've read a decent amount of isekai sloppa and this one really transcends the genre and becomes actually decent. the first two chapters a bit rough, but after that it's ace. I don't want to spoil it but basically it doesn't fall into much of any of the common tropes. btw I'm refering to 野人転生 ie "Yajin Tensei Karate Survivor in Another World", not "Karate Baka Isekai" which I haven't read and is probably sheit
>>733801468Maybe stick to (((consoles))) if you don't like the raw unbridled chaos of a free market you commie faggot.
>>733786804Pretty much my exact same experience. Felt very soulless to me, which I guess makes sense seeing as the original dev isn't credited.
>the free market is bad, I need to be controlled. We cannot seriously live in a world where anyone is allowed to release a video game.
>>733801495>Karate Baka IsekaiI read a few chapters of this and dropped it, and I'm the kind of guy that reads all kinds of isekai slop.
>>733794250And it's crap despite nice graphics, especially the controls. What were they thinking.
What did I play? You feed pie to the dragon, then fly around hexagon based world map without any goal and at the end you get a tarot reading. Whole demo took around 5 minutes. I just wanted a good game with dragons, man.
>>733801780yeah it looked like a turn from the images I saw when searching for an image to go with my post. I've read a few hundred different isekai so I know what you mean. there are maybe ten or so I would consider good, idk why I subject myself to this genre when I know there are thousands of good series out there I won't have the time to read before I die even if I start now
>>733800778>magical girls>darkIt's okay, the last full decade of nothing but edgy magical girls will pay out in the cutest and most disgustingly innocent PEAK magical girl content to be released soon enough, I just need to wait a bit more.
>>733787402Fine. I'll pre-order this shit game.I won't even bother playing it. I will 100% believe you. I'll hunt you down if you lied to me and the game was bad tho.
>>733797375I want to but I have smut on my desktop and I don't want to expose Lumi to it :(
>>733793238>Mecha ForceAt least they are honest lol.Sadly the game just goes dark after cutscene, typical asisan technical aptitude, expected after trying to force controllers.
>>733793414You draw a L-shape so that it gets stuck against the wall while jutting through so you have a platform to jump on.
>>733802150You'll have to wait until adults stop being interested in them. Who do you think corrupted the genre in the first place?
My plan for every next fest...If it has brown people or gays then I slm the ignore button forever banishing it from my sight.This is how i avoid bad games and software.
>>733789558I was looking at hubert the other day and I'm glad you just confirmed the game was worth a download. I'll give it a go.Barkour looks retarded so hard pass. I don't care about rocket dogs or rocket cats.
>>733802724If Hammerfight came out now, you'd be missing out. Brown people aren't all bad.https://store.steampowered.com/app/41100/Hammerfight/WHY THE FUCK IS THE HUMBLEBUNDLE UPDATE NOT ON THE STEAM COPY OF THE GAME FUCK
>>733802552Guessing because it started as a VR game so only motion controls were ever truly considered in the design phase
>reading this threadThe word slop has lost all meaning.
I've played 70+ demos so far. The last ten or so Fests I've made elaborate graphical charts with images and blurbs of my thoughts on each game. this time it feels like there are way too many to play to divulge time for such a thing. I might do it later - usually I rate games on a S - A - B - C - D - E - F scale, but if I do it now it would be something like Wishlisted - Decent - Not for me / Needs more workmany of the titles in the Decent category should really be in the "Not for me" one insteadnot that anyone will read this anyway lol 230 downloaded demos to go
>>733802862>started as a VR gameReally?I would give it a spin on my googlesBUT IT GOES DARK AFTER STARTING THE GAMEGoddamn asians and their "testing"
>>733802012I love next fest for just stumbling upon weird stuff you didn't even know existed
>>733803078works on my rig, sorry bro
>>733802932this is depressing to read
>gamers are choosing games for themselves instead of the ones corporate boardrooms choose for themwe have to shut this down NOW. next fest is ruining everything.
>>733801415itch.io thanks, i barely know the site. are you the anon that mentioned the site for ghost room mate a thread ago?any other good vns? scifi like zero escape, or just good ecchi is fine.>>733802150what else beyond magi madoka?
>>733802831>If Hammerfight came out now, you'd be missing out.I don't need to imagine when it came out. I just clicked the ignore button on your game. Looks like shit.
>>733803115Samehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3934270/How_Many_Dudes/
Why is Windrose so popular? I look at the trailer and I'm not convinced to even try it out.
>>733803306Inshallah infidel I will hit you with my shoe for disgracing HighFleet's ancestor.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2820850/A_Tale_of_Silent_Depths/Looks neat at least.>>733802932Don't agree with some of your opinions but i really appreciate lists like this.Thanks, anon
>>733802932>didn't like vampire crawler the literal best game in the entire festThis invalidates your entire list I'm afraid. I can't take you seriously anymore since you clearly don't understand fun.
>>733803184That wasn't me.I have only played 3/4 VNs this fest. The two other ones are:https://store.steampowered.com/app/3500550/Schrdingers_Call_Episode_1_Demo/VN with light mystery solving elements. Great artstyle and music.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3220050/Big_Beautiful_Women_Giantess_Dating_ActionGiantess dating simhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4380660/Prolegomena_To_a_Hyperdimensional_Interface_That_Will_Be_Able_to_Manifest_From_ThreeMinute_Interchanges_Experimental_Demo/This one is more of experimental game than VN but I recommend.>what else beyond magi madoka?Man you just reminded me about piece of shit that was Mahou Shoujo Site. I remember laughing a lot during pic rel moment.
>>733802743Why would a dog even give a fuck about human criminal organizations?Dog's priorities:1. Protect my human2. Take down the wolves.
>>733802831Ignored your brown game. Thx for helping me find one id missed.
>steam is finally recommending me games I'm actually interested inThank god this fest is finally fixedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnWCcwdLiMA
>>733803115Yeahhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4032290/Exercise_your_Demons/
this trailer is the future of gaming lolhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4255350/Ramming_Turtleship__1592_The_Imjin_War/
Dead Watch is one of the few games I've ever encountered that exactly matches my sense of humorCan't wait for the full release
>>733776307What are the highlights? Downloaded that Diablo with destructive enviroment and Blades of Fire.
>>733803115This piece of crap. Can't even have a good laugh over it because it refuses to work properly.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4209380/REBELLION_PRINCESS__Demo/
>>733803665is the giantess one any good? much rather deal with giantess than all the futa /ntr bullshit most of vns are
Any good horrors? Preferably old school style.
Any traditional roguelikes?
>>733805794I haven't play it much because I am not into giantesses personally but it seems like wholesome giantess dating sim with decent humor. Overall I would say it is good, definitely lot better than most of slop you can find on steam
>play Vampire Crawlers>my recommended genres all change>card battler>deck building>card gamesThanks for the variety, assholes
>>733802831i actually used to play this a lot back when it was called Hammerwatch, just set a high mouse DPS and start crushing shit
>>733804027I NEED a gym thot of my own.
>no RE9 demoit's unironically so over for Capcom. They know it's so fucking shit they won't even allow a demo to release. Every other Resident Evil game in existence since RE2 has received a demo.
>>733780206I enjoyed Being and Becoming
pajeet simulator?https://store.steampowered.com/app/3484850/Scam_Center_Simulator_UnderKingdom/
>>733806503Just embrace the change bruh
Any good tank control/fixed camera horror games?
Anyone try Ammossum?
>>733798775wtf why isnt it listed under my wishlist on the next fest page?seriously the page is fucking useless, I would have missed like 3 games already if I didnt browse the thread
>Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient MonsterThis one reminds me of actriser expect it somehow feels grindy, the combat feels stiff and is pretty much rpg oriented. It does feel like a slog and that it will be boring after 3 hours. It does have skills and 4 classes so maybe with a bit of patient there is more fun to find.>NopheniaLike someone said in this thread a 3d yume nikki. it looks nice, the couple enviroments in the demo aren't outlandish dreamscape but liminal spaces so far. I did felt like someone was inspired by russia.>unanchored SpaceshootingAlright, you shoot and it pushes you and you slide everywhere, the bullets push you as if you shot a kamehameha and you have only 4 shot. good luck gaining some semblance of control. play for like 4 seconds, died, maybe I'm being unfair but this sucked.>Clockwork AmbrosiaGeneric metroidvania, way too simple and got bored, the boring music didn't help at all either.>Deep SheolIt didn't work, the cursor dissapears so I couln't even choose lenguage.>Hell World ReinvigoratedIt wasn't good, is a doom wad and a bad one at that. some enemies are incredible annoying like the jaguar lady which move fast as hell and tank a lot, if you don't use the bombs is a boring slogfest, then hell head which are cacos and I dropped it when I took the key and a bunch of ghost appeared and blocked the tiny bridge. maybe it would improve if I get better weapons? dunno, is a shit hexen and hexen wasn't very good anyway.>Last Salvage SquadIt was ok, is an arena shooter, kill some enemies with your weapon of choice, you have a few hits and so does the most enemies. It was a fun little fps. not much to say.
Deep Snow Delivery is gonna be a day 1 for me, really vibed with it.
>>733782843you lost and got raped
>>733788406>it's not AI generated and here's my proof>*posts statement saying they used gen AI*Damn you fucking owned him epic style
I played Airframe Ultra. I don't fully understand what happened in it, but I played it. Also I kicked local player 1 to death.
>>733778898not liking weebslop is gatekeeping me from half the demos people here rate highly
>>733808372sucks to suck
>"this game looks int-">card battlerffs
>>733808523i like card battlers, post interesting ones no weebs
>>733808372>people hereThere's a very easy solution to your problem
>>733808372get better taste then. You're in a CHAN.
>>733808143bodied that freak.
>>733808523which one? I love card battlers and card games in general.
>>733808523Post card battlers. Japanese ones preferred (don't post Chinese knockoffs)
I remember something looking like sci-fi Road Rash from the other day. Anyone know what the name of it was?
games i don't like shouldn't be allowed to exist actually
>>733778464I just finished the demo and liked it a lot. Thanks for the recommendation, anon.I played and loved Volcano Princess so I was looking for another "number go up game" with cute anime girls.
>>733808889Airframe Ultra?
>>733808523This but roguelites
>when it's been ten seconds since the last time you seethed about roguelites
>>733808965That was it, thanks.
Rare opinion here: Card games make me angry. I throw a tantrum and roll around on the floor. I'm doing it right now. I have a wireless keyboard so I can scream and shout about card games from over here. In about 30 seconds, I'll post again about how angry card games make me.
>>733809269Me but with roguelikes
90% of my recommendations are still multiplayer slop and top down 3rd person soulslike slop
>>733808817>>733808879https://store.steampowered.com/app/3548560/BLOODLETTER_Demo/Cool town doctor fights horror corrupting the town
>>733809664Yeah, I tried that one. I feel like it could be good with slightly more complexity. The loop can slog a bit if you get unlucky with purity card gains. Also didn't realize at first that you could only get one relic at a time and was forced to trad off the helpful "when you play 3 cards on a villager, clear the slots" relic for some other trash.
>>733808879>>733810180Ok how about thishttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3127770/ACE_Strategy_Mecha_Nova/Gundam in a grid
Found this 2D Metal Gear clone on my recommended list.It's really just Metal Gear (closer than 1 than Ghost Babel) but with weapon/item swapping buttons, a dash button and some extra UI elements. It's a bit annoying how the character doesn't stop moving immediately after you release the analog stick, and making everything green for that "Retro™ experience" really wasn't the best choice.I wish it was a Ghost Babel clone (you know, with more than one color) but at least it's not a deckbuilding roguelite about depression.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4152490/Spy_Drops_Gaiden/
Any?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2947280/Solateria/Hollow Knight with Blasphemous parry combat. Seems decent and is very nice to look at. Bit confusing in the beginning, since they use a fancy fantasy word for everything.
>>733812027Nah.
>>733811664why don't more people like gundam?
>>733811862Did they really make a gameboy port of their game?
>>733812267>modern Gundam is moe shit aimed at women>Gundam games in the last three console gens have been shit 95% of the timeGee I wonder.
>>733812267How many more people do you need to like Gundam? Because all things considered it's incredibly fucking popular even though almost all the AU stuff and half the UC is complete ass.
>video on steam page dipping below 20fpssovl.
>>733803509Red their patchnotes and you will understand,Devs are wholesome and not afraid of experimentation.
Shall ask again because I got no answer last time, are there any games this fest that aren't H-games that actually have panty shots?
>>733813868Legitimately very good and extremely important question. I would like to know this as well.
Bombun desperately needs a longer and better music loop
Alright, what are the kemono game recommendations this time around? No western styles.
>>733814368It desperately needs to be a better game.
>>733807809I completed two missions in this game and it was really cozy, but after the second base I already had most shit unlocked except the topological sensor. The game is even more simple than deaths stranding, especially after you've unlocked the cruise control. How could you not get bored after 30 minutes of this? Please, PLEASE just play Mars First logistics instead. It's very similar in theme, but you get to customize your vehicle for each delivery mission. You have to design a vehicle that not only can transport the specific object for any given mission, it also has to be able to load and unload the object. The building is done through a very simple and intuitive interface, very controller friendly. I know Deep Snow Delivery will sell 100x what Mars First did, and it hurts me. I'm even saying this as a fan of the manga Deep Snow took inspiration from.
>>733815001I like the character dynamics and the aesthetic, and I think the first area is obviously designed to be safer and make you kind of listless to see the rest of the game. The stuff with the ice in the metro cave was neat, I'd like to see more stuff like that.
>>733813868Everyone says that Mightreya doesn't and while that is true for the main character (she's wearing shorts) her friend that follows you around does have panties.
I haven't had the time to dive into them yet but I've installed all of the following demos:>Airframe Ultra>AUDIOMECH>Brave Rounds>BrebeMan>CICADAMATA>Dash'n'Drops>Denshattack>Dogfight Darlings>Gunboat God>Knitewings>Mega Kaiju Boom Ball>MIGHTREYA>ULTRA0Anything along the lines of these also worth looking at? Seems like there's less beat-em-ups than the past couple Fests but more shmups.
>>733815001I got 4 hours out of my first session with deep snow and didn't even leave the first area, I think it's more fun when you have to work with what you've got and picking stuff up along the way can lead to disaster.
>>733815384>Airframe UltraI played with a controller and it can take a bit to get used to the controls. The Mp lobbies are a shitfest but in a good way. I'm unsure if you need to get good at aiming or if there's some auto-target.>CICADAMATAVery worth trying it out if you're into fast-paced score attack fps platformers. The closest game I can think of that is Lovely Planet. It can be a bit overstimulating with how noisy the visuals are and I can see it being a deal-breaker.
>>733815453>I think it's more fun when you have to work with what you've goThat's the core essence of MFL, you get limited parts and often have to redesign and rethink your solutions several times to manage unless you're some kind of lego genius In Deep snow you just place the handful of objects you can manage in a hole and hold W until you reach the next destination. At most you'll throw out a couple of lesser objects along the way to make room for more expensive scrap.
>>733815384Personally my favorites on that list are Denshattack and Mightreya. Gunboat God for me wasn't bad but also wasn't good. Airframe Ultra is an awesome idea that needs way more time to bake. Feels like the devs tried too hard to make it extreme by forcing more hazards and deaths than was reasonable. Which makes multiplayer feel more obnoxious than cool or fun like it could be. Cicadamata is one of this Next Fest's strongest entries by far. While not for me, it's worth checking out at the very least. Haven't played anything else on that list.
>>733815384https://store.steampowered.com/app/4297450/Magical_Girl_Final_Pink_Star
>>733815745>The Mp lobbies are a shitfest but in a good way.Getting third or fourth place in a race, entering a Quick fight, only to get killed just in time for the next race section is fucking maddening. But somehow it's all right because you know the other people will wipe out into oncoming traffic or you'll merc them in the next battle anyway. It's fun. I do have a hard time judging how to spend cash though. EMP nades seem OP, I've gotten 3-4 kills with each throw in battle sections on 8 man lobbies.
>>733815001yeah, that was basically my impression as well. I played a few missions and felt like I was playing MFL without the good part. I did like the vibe though, especially how your pilots sometimes randomly chatted while driving.
>>733815892But your car is always meant to handle the shipment, it's the premise of the game, and I just want to organize and re-organize to see if I can fit another rail spike or i-beam into a full box and not immediately dump everything else trying to make it work.
>>733801495>btw I'm refering to 野人転生 ie "Yajin Tensei Karate Survivor in Another World"Not the guy you were replying to, but I just picked it up on your recommendation and just finished volume 7. The author's notes in particular are super interesting. Really good stuff.
Any good idle/incremental?I finished Dwarf eats moutains and it was pretty good.
>>733815745>I'm unsure if you need to get good at aiming or if there's some auto-target.yeah the whole weapon system confused me a lot. Some weapons I just didn't really know how to use. It was fun in a clusterfucky way though.
>>733816012>Airframe Ultra is an awesome idea that needs way more time to bakeIt's really fun as it is, but each level has hundreds of bugged sections where you can get stuck or splatted by random chance. That's not necessarily a bad thing - the levels feeling dangerous does go hand-in-hand with the theme and I actually enjoy the uncertain nature of taking shortcuts when you know you have an opponent on your tail which could kick you into dangerous geometry if you give them an inch
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4302110/CHASM_SHIFT/PLAY THIS!Super fun precision/puzzle platformer. Great movement, very cool visuals and manages to work without a single word. Genuinely would buy this right now if it was possible.
>>733815745>Very worth trying it out if you're into fast-paced score attack fps platformersHonestly can't say I'm that into them; I bounced off Neon White (though the story was just as much reason why). But it does look really slick so I'll try it.>>733816012All that sounds about what I expected.>>733816056Skipped over this when I saw it because it's legit just Flappy Bird Survivors with a magical girl sprite attached to it but I will say watching the gameplay again made me realize the music is very nice.
>>733816165>>733816180>>733816182
I'm trying out Repterrait seems to be some sort of weird fusion of Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis and a real time strategy game.I'm not super into the genres of this game but I downloaded because dinosaurs + good production value and the game seems quite cool.
>>733816182>and just finished volume 7that's really quick reading lollet the pages breathe for a bit, damn
>>733807809Probably the only game I've seen that got close to Girl's Last Tour aesthetic. Mainly just hoping there's more to it later on.
Disappointed in Denshattack's trick system inputs. That shit's as inaccurate as graffiti sprays in Jet Set Radio. Wish it had SSX/THPS trick inputs instead, and the charged jumps similar to Mario Kart World are also abhorrent.
>>733813868super alloy crush
>>733816165Excactly. It's a shame. Overall I whish we'd see the MFL dev take on a snow planet with more dialogue. Honestly, comparing the two game engines it's like night and day. MFL is soo much more polished and optimized. Still, DSD has really nice word building. Maybe they could merge...
>>733816262I don't think it's a bad thing that the levels are so dangerous. I do think however it's a bad thing that the levels involve a ton of hazards that conflict with your options or what's even fun about them.>Annoying turns that force you to slow down and zigzag or crash>Finding the goal is often obnoxious because paths jut at the weirdest angles that don't make sense for a game of this speed>Some routes actually just have hazards that can't be reacted to in order to avoid crashing>Game can lock you out of skill-based counterplay at many points if you don't have the right itemsJust to name a few of very many issues.The high death count would be great if there was a sense of high reward to go with the risk. But it's just high risk low reward for basically everything you do which is plain annoying.
>looking through the queue>see streamer reaction cam video as the trailer>open game and and click ignore>continue back to the queueI wish I could filter all games that do this shit.
>>733815001It's a very different experience from MFL but I like both. Funnily enough I discovered MFL through the next fest as well
>>733816941Is it up to the dev whether they have that or not? I don't wanna punish devs for something that's out of their hands.
>>733816440>All that sounds about what I expectedIf you've got tastes that are anything like mine, I'd highly recommend also checking out In Falsus and The Last Salvage Squad. Those two + Mightreya and Denshattack have been the Four Heavenly Kings of my Next Fest, personally speaking.
>>733816850Seems like two different audiences desu
>>733817081It was a montage of clips, so I assume it was one of the videos they put on their game's page.
>>733816852>Annoying turns that force you to slow down and zigzag or crashThis is not a negative imo, going at max speed all the time gets boring. It's the acceleration and sharp turns that builds thrill into the spikes of speed. Holding L1 to slow down and turn is a must >Finding the goal is often obnoxiouYeah some levels I didn't know where the fuck iI was supposed to go. Again, thematically I can see how a biker gang sets a weird course throw odd alleys and such, but that only makes sense when you know the town inside out. So - the first few times you play the levels you'll be lost, but in the end, complex levels feel kinda refreshing imo >Some routes actually just have hazards that can't be reacted to in order to avoid crashingEven worse - some routes have invisible walls which funnel you towards dead ends, killing you if you don't slow down or turn in time. The invisible walls/digital walls are what makes this bad. Just make it an in-game object instead >Game can lock you out of skill-based counterplay at many points if you don't have the right itemsYeah, and the game makes it more and more hard to catch up - the leader always gets the first attempt to pickups and the first pick of gear in combat zones. It makes boosting early a must - you need to be in the lead. Only keep one boost on you for rebuilding speed after crashes. All valid complaints, but I haven't played enough to say how I'd do it differently
>>733816214https://store.steampowered.com/app/4247760/Angel_Clicker
>>733816986>Funnily enough I discovered MFL through the next fest as wellyeah me 2>>733817220I can see how a DSD fan would look at MFL and only think of those PVP vehicle combat games with floaty, janky physics, but they really are quite similar. MFL even has a narrative, but it is very light hearted
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3812500/Profana_Demo/The music is awful and the gameplay needs to feel smoother, but I like the idea of simple 2D DMC combos and having to time your jumps just right for i-frames
>>733816772Fucking kek, I can't believe you caught that. Based ninja-reflex panty expert. Even more excited for this game now than I already was.
>>733778898>Mightreya>Actual former DMC devWow, that might actually be goo->talks about how it's simple and focuses on easy one button combosOkay then.
My tierlist so far>Day 1 buyN/A>Great/Will most likely buy The Last Gas Station>GoodScritchy Scratchy>OKSimpliPlanes 2, Trailmarks>BADDeadline Delivery, Project Liminal 2Its been somewhat lackluster for me so far unfortunately which is a shame. Hope i can find the hidden gems. Deadline Delivery was a big disappointment for me cause i liked the concept but the car controls like complete ass and its also super restrictive on some of the demo levels
what is this creature?game is evercastle
>>733801468Valve just needs to add a filter by country button.
Fuck. Withering Realms was too good. I want the full game on my plate now. It was just so to the point what it wants to be and it did it well.
>>733812267I prefer military style mecha over toy robot looking shits
>>733811862>Found this 2D Metal Gear cloneThat's just a Metal Gear clone. Metal Gear Solid is the 3D.
>>733815001Deep Snow Delivery seems more like a comfy feels based game while Mars First Logistics is actually about the functionality of the vehicle and travel. Different target audiences with some overlap imo.
which chink shill tried to get me to fall for a data harvester
>>733819061this is one? man, I was about to test this shit because I want some strategy game. There was some weird shit around it, I suppose.
>find a demo for something that seems to nail Suda51's art style>the gameplay looks even worse than the worst Suda gameWon't be name dropping it because it doesn't look like it deserves the publicity, but it is funny.
>>733819208asked to create an account as soon as I booted it up, and apparently it's always online. Absolutely the fuck not.
>Twilight Imperium as a vidyaha ha uh oh
>Dosa Divas>An Indian themed game in 2026I almost feel bad for the guy, he puts passion and clearly has vision but it is such dogshit and the art style is terrible. Did he intentionally pick Why did he pick Corporate Memphis? Thirsty Suitors didn't look like this.
>>733818541Someone who has wasted too much time with TDA models.
>>733819270If you want a good game that gives Grasshopper vibes there's Promise Mascot Agency
Gonna try out Spaceman Memories
I like the general atmosphere of Cyclopean II but I feel like I just don't have the particular brain worm required to play a game like this
1-4 i'll most likely get 5-10 is interesting enough to keep an eye on11 & 12 seem good but not for me13 - 20 are not intresting/good21 requires friends lol22 probably stole my information
>try out What Awaits Aleksey>realize the days are actually timedah fuckgranted the first mystery isn't too hard to solve but i'll probably get decision paralysis and not see something obvious added to the wishlist tho
>>733819637https://youtu.be/yKN7Ul2odyk
>>733819537Already played it and Paradise Killer and they were both pretty good and their own things, this was a shameless Killer7 imitator though for some reason it had soulslike combat with fucking terrible animationsFuck it I'll give it the namedrop since the guy seems to at least earnestly like Suda based on his other shit, but I ain't playing that demo
Annihilated was mid. I'm sorry, but a VN with timed hits isn't compelling. Even as someone that likes isekai slop, I was left feeling a bit unconvinced.
>>733818191>bad>Deadline DeliveryI was a bit dissapointed honestly. I saw it on instagram and I thought it was going to be a Crazy Taxi esque game but it just feels like a cheap "le wacky" indie game I'd find for $9
:(
Some anons in an earlier thread mentioned Operation Eventide and after trying it I thought it was pretty cool. Yuri Visual novel about some magical girl soldier who's revived as a cyborg. Written with sort of a body horror slant which was interesting.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4200970/Operation_Eventide/Also found out that the game is already out in it's entirety on itchio for free. Steam version is basically a 'definitive edition' with new stuff.Yes there are H scenes, but not in the demo.
>>733819892Such a weird mash up of things. Black mc and soulsslop are instant turn offs but the aesthetic had potential. Animations indeed seem a bit too amateurish.I remember Malebolgia from the same dev and seems like he really hasn't gotten better at animating in 10 years which doesn't bode well for this guy. It's his 4th steam game so you'd think he'd be getting better at it.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2190700/Altered_Alma/Metroidvania that plays a bit like Megaman Zero. The main gimmick is a teleporting dagger that can be used for platforming and combat. It has some technical issues (the dagger can be unreliable at times, especially in combat) but gameplay-wise it's pretty decent.Honestly I didn't enjoy it but I'm sure someone here is looking for a jump'n'exploran game with:>female MC with romance options (a alien dude and a punk girl. I assume the lizard girl and the brown girl from the trailer are also romanceable)>lots of excuses to explore and grind money (combat skills, equipment slots, passive skill tree)>very few checkpoints and limited healing (you slowly recharge your cyber-potions by hitting enemies after teleporting to them)>cyberpunk world with giant dildo traps and more spikes than the entirely of Megaman X6
>>733821186>female MC with romance options (a alien dude and a punk girlThanks. Dropped.
>>733819892Can we have a different mc
>>733821186>>733820817MORE dyke games? Zamnm
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4123600/Alisas__Incident_Report/>looks like an h-game>plays like an h-game>even has a bad translation (Gurard instead of Guard)>previous game by the dev is an hgame>is in fact, NOT an h-gamrI might check this one out just because of how odd it is based on everything surrounding it
>>733820634Its not even that good of a wacky game either. The woods levels with incredibly restrictive boundaries for no reason other than a wrist slap for the sake of it along with slippery controls made it feel lame as a "wacky game". You cant have both stupid slippery controls and restrictive boundaries and a time limit on every stage. It goes together as good as ketchup and icecream
The fucking Hi Score Girl mangaka made a damn tower defense
>>733821628It is an H-game, the dev just got fucked over by Steam apparently. It has already been released on DLsite.https://www.dlsite.com/maniax/work/=/product_id/RJ01409255.html
>>733795773im listening
>>733822952>Hi Score Girl mangaka>didn't make a fighting gameWhat the fuck
>>733815384Added these to the pile:>Stardust: Wish of Witch>DownSouth>Jenny The Witch>Titanium Court>Future Knight>Blast Cats>Ecrazeus Castle>Saint Slayer: Spear of Sacrilege>Kingdom's Return>Damon and Baby (I need to see Daisuke's vision)>Panzer Dragoon Zwei Remake (I need to see how bad they fucked up)Now I actually need to play all these.
>>733824007One last batch:>Ruin Beast City>Scott Pilgrim EX>Galaxyz Neo>Curse Chapter: Dawnthief>Obey The Insect God>RIG Riot>PragmataOkay now I'm done installing.
This game is fucked up.
>Bobo BayStraight up SA2 chao garden ripoff and it's done pretty well for the most part. Scavenging for money/fruit's kind of boring, consisting of just a few tiny random islands with fruit and boxes to open. Though the full game seems to promise this gets expanded with new areas and more stuff to do. Also releases pretty soon. wishlisted, I need more of this and SEGA seemingly despises chao.>ProlegomenaThe game seems like one of those cool fourth wall breakers, but idk wtf is going on. She complained about me muting her but I didn't touch anything? Probably a linux moment.>DenshattackKino. onrails Skate but on a train with MGR-tier absurdity going on. wishlisted>Sushi Derbypet racing game where you buy and train living sushi. Sushi can get eaten midrace, which kills it instantly. You do get paid for this and sushi lose stats as their freshness wears down anyways, which encourages rotating new ones instead of focusing a single one. Sorta fun, but needing to constantly rotate means there isn't much in terms of building your pet>airframe ultrarace+brawler where you race to an arena, beat the shit out of eachother, then hop back on the bikes and repeat until someone reaches the point limit. Really fun but I suck at it. Also needs an offline mode
Thank you to whoever recommended HYPNOSYNCIf anyone wants a decently difficult rhythm game with lots of style and owns one of these, I'm having a lot of fun
>>733817832The game is made to be simple at the most basic level. But if you look past what works at the bare minimum, I think the combat system that's actually there is great. Overall a step in the right direction for 3d action games.
>>733827096Is the music good tho
>>733816407This anon fucks
Went through like 300 and grabbed that ones that looked interesting (anime, vns, strategy or rogue)I tried about half today and will write up the rest later:a: operation eventide - a true indie vn that has soul and fun art, dark vn about magic girl killed and brought back as robotb: sakura arms - fun 1v1 card game based on a board game ghost roomate - surprinsgly charming and hot vnc. ace strategy - very bland, felt super rough around the edges, deckbuilders already crowdedd. soul trigger - combat takes way too long, and 'card based' doesnt feel goo here ashes of sigularity - too much stuff is going on, way too many resources and buildings happening at once, very bad ui glitches toopreledomena - didn't hook me, typical 'meta' storyas some other anons have pointed out two of the vns you can apparently get or soon get on itch.io for free.
>>733828441>>733816407Fun demo, I just hope it isn't like his other game monumentum where the full game hardly progressed past its demo.
