>discovery queue so filled to the brim with AI slop and barren of good demos that it killed anons' motivation to play videogamesGABEN FIX THIS NOW!!!https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest_june26_press/please /v/ devs shill your own games or something
>>740578116will there be another airframe ultra pen beta? literally the only thing I'm looking forward to. last one was fun
added>Razehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4279790/RAZE/not added>Shadow Dungeon (installed twice and wouldn't launch)https://store.steampowered.com/app/4423580/Shadow_Dungeon/
just wait until it actually starts, there are 0 good demos
>>740578762most demos that participate in steam fest are uploaded before the event starts. going through everything in one week is tiresome
>>740578762Despite the look of the MC I actually enjoyed this, rare to see platformer physics done right these days.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4315900/LURRUNA__The_Island_of_Towering_Automatons/
>>740578116>please /v/ devs shill your own games or somethinghttps://store.steampowered.com/curator/46126132/sale/TheV3Expo2026
>game has no video trailerskip>game trailer wastes 1 minute or more on le story and logos and barely shows any gameplayskip>demo has unskippable cutscenesskip
>>740578116previous (active) steam next fest threads>>740243252>>740243252previous threads that died early and no one unfortunately cared about>>740411105 >>740359658>>740314624 let history not forget the game journalists who tried
>>740579604holy kino
>>740579620le wholesome gamer grandma
>>740578116>filter for RTS>it shows slop that does not even count as Strategy, let alone RTSBut sometimes you get surprises like this one little gem
>>740578116https://store.steampowered.com/app/4770550/The_Heart_of_Gold_Demo/
>>740578762https://store.steampowered.com/app/4145130/ORPHEUS_TO_HELL_AND_BACK/Zelda but you play as pit who does music
>>740579769I forgot the actual most recent previous thread>>740421712
The only thing that can save this NEXT fest is an Order of the Sinking Star demo
>>740579324>most demos that participate in steam fest are uploaded before the event starts.And most of the demos that are actually worth a shit aren't added until the proper start.
>>740578116>please /v/ devs shill your own games or somethingI can shill you my cunny curator instead, if that pleases you.https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46065114-Cute-and-Funny-Playable-Spotlight/You're bound to find something you'll like, I guarantee it.
>>740580441Will there be stuff like nanoapostle or mirage feathers
>>740580673Obviously. Aesthetics-wise I'd recommend Package Runner or Last Command.
>>740291136might interest you, if you havent played it already. its also from the adgd-devhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3060130/Cosmic_Call/
>>740581423Didn't know about package runner but knew about last command. Kino gameHave you played the demo of INARI? The MC is some goddess but maybe it fits the cute and funny lookhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3910680/INARI/Sinker Sound is likely in your list toohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3600990/Sinker_sound/
any god hand clones that aren't forastero or stellar blade 2
>>740581643Both of those're in the curator already, yeah. Think I even backed INARI too since I loved how cute the MC's design was.Package Runner is honestly pretty fun, even if it's largely lacking in anything action-y and it doesn't even have any music. Still, the Engrish and weird way 22 talks is endearing, I think. Plus it scratches the weird organizational/item managemwnt and sorting itch I didn't know I had. If you like having a shitton of items to categorize and sort, it's a fun game.>>740581864Fairy Bloom Freesia might be up your alley, anon. Same with Sakuna of Rice and Ruin.
Neat shironagasu island 2 is a thinghttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4782040/_Demo/
>>740580206Cool. I'm downloading this. >>740580160This game kind of confuses me a little, but I'm trying this too. As for myself. My strongest recommendation so far would probably be Catechesis. But I guess it's a fairly famous example already and might not need much of an extra push, since the dev's previous game was already semi-known already, and this new one was featured in some showcases. But I've been busy watching all the showcases myself, and playing Mina the Hollower. So I haven't had time to play many demos yet. But Catechesis is a very weird game. Kind of like Yuppie Psycho. And though it leans into a narrative a fair bit, that doesn't mean it has no gameplay however. It mixes some genres and there are lots of hidden secrets and odd things or interactions. They might not all be consequential. But it really is an interesting game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2593320/Catechesis/I'll have more obscure recommendations later. But this one shouldn't be overlooked if you can fancy an odd but interesting game.
>>740584127I can see why you're posting the splash art rather than gameplay screenshots.
Demos suck
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3255500/Ved_Recure/This had potential but the gameplay is too simple fuck
>>740580352That's only tryhard III publishers that want 100% of the demo plays to count towards the epic leaderboards(which granted, do contribute a lot to the financial success)
>>740584956I posted the splash art because it had the title on it. But the in-game portrait art is cool at least. Including menu art. And the short animations. The base 'normal' art is kind of whatever though, indeed, but even then the creature designs are fun and at least the simplicity of that artstyle gives the gameplay some clarity. But yeah the game is kind of all over the place, not just in gameplay, but in visuals. Jumping from different kinds of presentation back and forth. Like picture related.
Demos are also getting so bloated now. like you'll be stuck downloading multiple gigs just for a little demo just because of Unreal engine's bloat...don't matter the game could just be 3 empty rooms inspiring liminal horror in zoomers it'll still be a fat download
>>740585485Yeah that prevented me from downloading a lot of stuff actually. I stick to demos below 1GB
nice brain teaserhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4502500/Monocre/
>>740580327I am surprised that nobody did study on how showing faces of the team affect sales. Because when I see ugly faces of devs i kind of lose most of interests. That goes double for fat roasties
>>740587094it depends on the gameI saw some dodgeball action game trailer the other day with the male/female devs playing the game themselves with switch joycons. I thought that was cool
>>740580327When are we getting it? Also. Imagine playing this game while Blow himself sits in the chair, silently judging every block you push.
>>740585485This. Last time I tried to download a demo it was like 70gb fuck off man
Next Fest Official Bingo.
>>740578762while you people are used to playing trash so I don't know why that would matter?
Roguecraft DX Demo is up.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4598140/Roguecraft_DX_Demo/
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4106800/Project_Titan_The_Redacted_Files/We future resident evil at home.
>another fucking mouse protagonist gameThese people need to do market research because if you asked everyone what the worst possible animal there is, 100% of people would say the mouse. NO MORE MOUSE GAMES.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3856530/About_Fishing/
>>740591849name of the game??
>>740592067https://store.steampowered.com/app/3853160/Lost_Eclipse/
>>740590785i'm fine with mice, but i hate 2D graphics when we are in 3D era for several decades already. no more outdated graphics
>>740592107Thanks
>>740590785List of underused animals that don't fucking suck:>ferret>totodile>Boa Constrictor>Rabbit>Eagle
Alice's idle gamehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4529120/Alices_Gaze/
>>740592245>rabbit>underusedNigga you serious?
Based tittymonster
>PC gaming is bigger than ever >the summer show still happens on Sunday night>with 90% indie gamesWhy is this happening?
Conditional wishlist, I suppose. Seems to be a decent mystery game but probably not a mystery game worth paying full price for.
>>740592914Because all the AAA games coming to PC are already announced on the ps and xbox directs, they don't waste space to double announce games and most indieshit games only launch on pc first
dialogue was dry and uninspired. pass. next!https://store.steampowered.com/app/4511000/NULL_Demo/
>>740592514meh. too edgy. next!
>horror pazzle gameheh
h-help>>740578762suuuuure
Above average first person shooter, I suppose.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4695210/Fossilfuel_3_Demo/
the store page had english screenshots but I didn't see any english language option in the settings menuhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3126170/Cyber_Paranoia/
>>740578116:3
>>740594948https://store.steampowered.com/app/4224200/Riftaway/
>>740594910My dystopian robot girlfriend but for girls, finally. thanks for posting this, fujosisters are eating good
>>740595126https://store.steampowered.com/app/3473430/All_Our_Broken_Parts/
>>740595126Im still upset that steam blocked its release because the robot with D cups has an anime face.Fucking bullshit
>>740590507pretty good, you can play as wizard, thief, warrior and useless chicken. but I'm not a huge rogue fan. pass.
>we need to tie you up for uh this video game I'm developing I swear it's reallmao. based.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4576510/Casualties_Unknown_Demo/
>>740596183it didn't even start up
>>740578116I literally can't browse this shit because if any games get filtered by my blocked tags, the Show more button also disappears along with themI don't know how they achieved this
>>740596613Another whiny freak blaming other people for his problems. You wanted them blocked and you got them blocked and now you're just a freakish fucking loser who can't do anything right because he's so stupid he shouldn't even be alive.
>>740596742kill yourself AI freak. die
>>740596847
>>740597001kek ok maybe ddr5 ram deserves to cost $1000
ok now show me the non overpriced gems
>>740597483>overpriceddemos are free thoughever
lmao FMV games with low budgets are the best they didn't even pay for good microphones so when people are standing on the opposite end of the room from the camera I can't fucking hear what they say. And not much is explained, apparently I was accused of having my heartdisk overly focused on a certain woman and they downloaded the data and I don't know if it was a thick accent or a bad translation or if there are digital heart records of how much I love women that can be used against me in interrogations anyway I stole his badge and used it to break further into the police station evidence room to solve the case instead of escaping.the murder victim is like a foodtuber but she does shit like, that doesn't look like how people cook at all you just have random bottles and cups and like a bowl with one egg in it, a greenscreen that isn't working and some sort of teapot from the middle ages that I only ever saw in cartoons about merlin. I've always been more impressed by trainwrecks than I ever am about good games.The password entry screen literally says Birthday where it should say password and the questions are nonsensical. Do you mean, if Livia Orlando was a slave, how much would she cost? That doesn't seem related to the murder at all.wishlisted
Are Metroidvanias more flooded than regular action platformers?
MORE MOUSE SHITDIE MICEhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4607010/Moss_The_Forgotten_Relic_DEMO/
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2950790/IRON_NEST_Heavy_Turret_Simulator/This is the only game im excited for, im even fucking pissed off the dev has edged me for so fucking long. i dont get why he has to be suck a tranny and wait until steam fucking nextfest like who gives a fuck.
All the dialogue options are the same why even give me the choice and you took too long to get to the point anyway. uninstalled. pass.
>farming roguelikeyessssss I love roguelikes and all farming games are too easy I need droughts and hail and bullshit to ruin everything.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3408160/Cactus_Flats/
>you could have any animal in the world for you demo>you choose>the mousehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3646000/Mouspionage/
>>740578116>please /v/ devs shill your own games or somethingit's not spam if anon asks for it! check out my game>https://tintodev.itch.io/project-goblin>https://x.com/tinto_gamedev
>>740600626>no steam pagedie /v/ermin
Is there a non-Metroidvania platformer game that features an anime girl?
People who recommend demos but don't post steam links or images showcasing the demo they're talking about deserve to be ignored
>>740601225oh no!anyway
kino trailerhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4772420/The_Server_Demo/
>>740600595I was interested until I saw the animals were just lazy silhouettes in game.>Several preview images are covered in skunk gasyuck
It'd be pretty cool if mice could fuck off and die please.https://store.steampowered.com/app/1950950/Mouseward_Demo/
>>740578116I'm making a game with arkham-inspired combat. The protag is a dude carrying a briefcase that has a genie girl inside it that helps him out.Got a YT for updates but its growth is going pretty slow:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sjlFxkWGdM
>>740603110Genies live in lamps, are coloured pink, and have big breasts.and no bras.
/v/ Next Fest threads should start a hall of fame of games that got big (or at least big for an indie) starting from their NF demos, like Signalis and Pacific Drive.
>>740603209Well she IS a lesser genie afterall. Game will feature bosses with more "powerful" genies
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3520120/UDONGEIN_X2/
>>740578116My VN is not on nextfest but has a demohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2816590/Convento/>imb4 VNs are not games, yea I guess
>>740599482lmao did someone really make a ripoff of PVKK already
>>740603328motorslice and balatro and ground zero
I enjoyed Pirate Annohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1368140/Corsair_Cove/
>>740605361Wasn't there already a different pirate Anno in previous next fest?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3284260/Blades__Battles/Pretty good 2D beat'em up. You got quite some attacks and specials to joggle enemies around. It's fun.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2824880/SHRIMP_GAME_OVERKRILL/
>>740592914Too many events and sales so none of them really matter. Back in the day when you had summer and winter sales everyone wanted to stand out to be noticed. Nowadays they know next is probably a month away.
>>740604281already bought your game, fren. thanks for ending it. loved it
>>740600626wow it's like the sega saturn
>>740601225trukeI ignore posts without screenshots and or links
>>740604996motorslice was already big on twitter before the demo (and coincidentally it killed my excitement)
>>740604854they're very similar but it's more likely they got inspired from the same source than one ripped each other off when both dont even have a demo out yet. just promotional mateiral.
>>740578116I won't be able to participate this month since I'll be on vacation for the rest of the month, but I did get to try a couple:>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4247100/Exone_Rift/Colony sim/tower defense, looks kinda mobile game-ish, nothing particularly interesting but simple and somewhat addicting gameplay loop. Wishlisted, but will wait and see for more content. >https://store.steampowered.com/app/2478820/Area_37/Retro Run N Gun, surprisingly it doesn't put you through a linear stage, instead you have to search branching paths for quest items before you can fight the boss. Controls are sluggish with high inertia on the player and the boss is definitely bugged. Not wishlisted.>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4422430/DAICE/Roguelite 'deck'builder where you roll dice to attack or perform actions, where each component requires specific values to operate. The biggest standout among these few, you don't build a deck so much as you collect parts for a ship and fight your way through various scenarios, carefully managing your resources. Do you use your two 6s for a powerful attack, or use one to stop a missile from doing 5 damage? Or do you sacrifice dice to generate energy for special skills instead of fuel for repositioning your weapons? Wishlisted.
>>740609452FYI anon, what youre describing is called a tableau builder, not a deck builder.Hopefully this information helps you find vidya or tabletop that falls into a similar category.Off the top of my head that would include games like Dicey Dungeons, Ahoy, One Deck Dungeon, Spellrogue, Astrea, or Dobbel Dungeon
ok otome games seem to be heavily promoted this time around but I need my BL
>>740594236Why is pregnacy on list with gore and suicide?
>>740610180NTA but I just call them dicebuilders or dicebattlers
>>740612616You can have a tableau builder that doesn't use dice and instead uses a different resource that is amassed every turn. There's a lot of variety in the tabletop space and not all of it is making it into vidya design.
>>740578762ZWAARD is very very good.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2251170/ZWAARD/And here's a few others that I plan on trying that were already on my wishlist that didn't have demos beforehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2401910/Dart_Racer/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4300500/IRON_NEST_Heavy_Turret_Simulator_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3045340/SHATTERFARMS/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3401570/Abyss_Ring/ (wanted to try this since monster cooking was a big topic last year but I have my doubts on it being good)
nobody careswait 'til the 15th
Which one would you rather play? Answer truthfully.
>>7406139642 cakes
>>740613964Right because there's less HUD cluttering the screen. But left doesn't necessarily look bad.
>>740613964I already played both.
>>740604854I'm really excited for PVKK but my patience with the devs is running thin with all the delays. I welcome some clones if it lights a fire under their asses.
>>740613964Right.
>>740613964Right because I can find enjoyment in even the stalest of Metroidvanias. But left looks potentially okay too.
>>740613964I thought Acrolyte was a little disappointing.
>>740604854I wouldn't even call PVKK the pioneer of this because the idea of a turret/battery sim isn't new, but were either more simplistic or in VR forever. Had a similar experience when Ironclad came out, busted to shit, but then people are like, "OH FUCK MOUTH WASHING FINALLY MADE A TANK FRIENDSLOP GAME" one month later.
Is this shit worth it or is it just a tranny version of touhou 6? https://store.steampowered.com/app/882710/_TouHou_Makuka_Sai__Fantastic_Danmaku_Festival/
>>740613964left obvs vobs
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4297720/Crescent_Break/
>>740613964Paloo Spiral, purely based on aesthetics. I don't like the castlevania/metroid look of the game on the right but I enjoy metroid games still, my favorite being AM2R and Super. Nothing against Acrolyte but it doesn't appeal to me. I might try it now that it has a demo though so thanks for shilling
Can't wait to try out "What if Subnautica but bad"https://store.steampowered.com/app/3474620/EXONAUTIS/
>>740602207So how many of them are gay?
>>740616485Mega Man if furry?
>>740613964Definitely right. It looks bland but on the other hand left is visual vomit with blatantly copy pasted environment assets.
>>740599292>flatscreen demakeBruh
>>740615316What are the other VR games
>>740613964Left should turn into a Metroidvania, right should turn into a Contralike.
Promising looking puzzle-adventure game with some story focus. I wonder what the title could mean.https://store.steampowered.com/app/1895460/Dtopia/
>>740618176This one is popular
https://youtu.be/0IrV9uYrIX8
Magical Blush was cool. Another game about being the Avatar. Animator had some priorities.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3488640/Magical_Blush/
>>740585714I liked it. The block mechanics are kind of like Catherine. It's 2D instead of 3D so it's a bit simpler but swapping colors should make for some interesting puzzles.
>>740618176>Annapurna Interactive
>>740618046only one i can think off the top of my head was a submarine hunter game. same idea of limited reconnaissance and pulling all the dials to launch missiles. don't even know if it left early access it's been so long since i had a working vr headset
>>740592514>>740594236game is called RUNT
>>740619726uh yeah I know it says it right in the disclaimer and I can read?
>>740618663I tried this but wasn't impressed. Dropped it during the ghost area.
>>740590785A mouse is meek and unthreatening, like the modern gamer. It isn't out of place.
>>740619968Except me, I'm a rat; I'm vicious.
>>740619965I tend to like games centered around using the elements and I liked that there was some utility to the spells like the earth one making a wall.
>>740603110that's legit impressive. you a solo dev or have a team?
>>740620212I am a rat and I am calm and placid. Because I teach turtles how to become ninjas.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HZJhHpwjPg
Been monitoring the demo situation for a while nowHop on Delta>enjoyedhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3714420/Delta/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4615080/Hypnagogia__Broken_Dreams_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3695930/Penguin_Colony/>looks interestinghttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3807830/The_Wells_Blessing_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4176140/End_of_Eden/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3892520/Claire_Detective_1__The_Monster_of_Flavoria_Lake/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3930950/FARCRAFT/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4650080/hookkick/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4702340/False_Hero_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4579270/MagosWadeholke/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3976150/Sonkis_Lagoon/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4491050/The_Comyths/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4793300/ASEMA_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4807300/ABISMO_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4250680/AGX_GP/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4598140/Roguecraft_DX_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4663910/Dungeon_Settlers_Demo/
>>740620212The rat viciously played the nextfest indie roguelite demo.
>>740603110>game is actually called "HIRE THIS MAN"kek
>>740620328Thanks it's just me, I learned to sculpt and texture by watching courses>>740620681it's too kino a title to pass up, also it's relevant to the lore
>>740620635I hate rogue likes. I hate Vampire Survivor clones. I hate deckbuilders.
>>740620590>deltaOkay I'm starting to believe that art direction is actually very important to a game. I normally don't like these types of games but seeing the trailer really makes me want to try it.
>>740620893Bingo!
>>740620965It's an incredible distillation of what made movement maps in quake and source special and it nails the vibe
>>740620590I'm firmly in the camp of skill checked by Delta, but that's partially a need for better explanation of some of the mechanics.I'm generally better at rocket jumping than I am bunnyhoping/air strafing but felt the opposite in Delta. I get the feel for the air control pretty quick but couldn't get the timing for a basic full height rocket jump without horizontal movement.How it handles input will take a lot of getting used to, especially with the gravity shifting mechanic. If you hold forward and look past directly above the player, you start moving backwards. Crossing the y axis directly above or below the player also inverts the horizontal mouse input for a fraction of a second or something. Lots of quirks I noticed in an hour of playtime.I can already tell there is a massive skill ceiling, which is a good thing, but not the exact type of time trial type game I want to dump time into.I prefer vehicle based time trials, or surf like https://store.steampowered.com/app/3267460/AVENGE_MYSELF/ which still has a demo available from a past next fest.>>740620965I was prepared to hate the visuals, and expected them to give me a headache or eye strain but found them comfortable after a couple minutes. Upping the internal resolution in the settings helped a lot.
>>740620965Those quality of stylized period accurate graphics let you know it's something special
>>740620893Daaaaamn shawty
>>740595126Fujo means the girls is only into boys love (gay shit). The word you want is Yume, which is the female version of what we call waifufags.
Oooh, a boomshoothttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2627350/Silicon_Scars/
>Ctrl+F>Dust Front RTS no resultsI'm the only one looking forward to it then?
Noooooooooooooooooo the things i like need to be popular I can't be the only one or else I can't like it at all I can't like unpopular stuff no no no no this is not okay my friends are dead
>>740623507>My dystopian robot girlfriendI've always been historically bad at them because I want to watch my units doing things instead of focusing on winning a battle
>>740621470Putting jump on rmb really helped me with getting rocket jumps down
>>740624042>Reliefhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3929330/Relief/StS clone about how tipping the fedora turns world into hell.While its at level of a "advanced StS mod" its carried hard by artistic touch (a relief if you are beset by AI sloppa). Need Google lenses to switch to english.GHOST-CHAN A CUTE!
>Roguelike>Roguelike>Rougelite>AI art>Metroidvania>Roguelike with AI art>Card battler>Roguelike card battler with AI artGrim. It's even worse than the open-world survival crafting fad from years ago.
>>740624551poor little freak
>>740621525I should also mention I don't play FPS games so I don't know what people like about them. Maybe make it sonic-go-fast and add heavy metal music like Ultrakill. Idk I still won't play it probably.
>>740587094Do you really think that's a thing? I mean you might think that cause you're here and autistic and mentally deficient but what about 99% of people?
>>740624551hey are you still mad about roguelikes you sound mad
>>740624551I wish indie devs were as creative as they are touted to be instead of the trend-chasing money grabbers that they actually are.
>>740626520But I like roguelites!Have you tried to like games?Or playing games your like?Or sucking less cock?
Anyone find any interesting simulation style games, besides that pvkk clone above?
>>740624551>>Rougeliteyou had it right the first two times, is this a fucking autocorrect downloaded into everyone's goyphone or something?
>>740628478if your use your entire stupid brain all at once you might just be able to figure out this very simple problem you dithering dumbcunt
>>740578116Previous next fest game Am I Nima got a release date for October 8th this year. I remember this game got quite a bit of discussion in the threads during its fest, and so it felt appropriate to share the news here.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3224600/Am_I_Nima/
>>740628664he's a coomer?
>>740630405there are also good games with upcoming release dates too!
Is there a way to view the press preview within the steam client? I hate having to log into my browser.
>>740594736sorry betty but I'm gonna pass
I played the demo of Runt I feel like I've just peered into the dev's childhood.
>>740602572why do these mice need pronouns, fucking hell
>>740624551Endless boomershooter clones were ass too but I feel like that fad died quicker and had more good games in it.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4575730/DragonSword__Awakening_Demo/Apparently the devs wanted to make a normal game while the publisher wanted to make a gacha, then the devs broke off from the publisher and are releasing the game as an offline single player experience. It still has plenty of remnants from being designed like a Genshin clone and from the demo I'd say they're probably still in the process of reworking things, but it was fun anyway. Combat feels weightier than the typical gacha fare and I like the cast and their designs. Each character in the demo feels decently distinct too.
>>740634721total shit compared to dragon nest
>>740620590
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3936340/Hell_Wait/no demo but there is a playtest now
>>740632024steam://openurl/<insert link here>
I need more rogue like psychological horror deck building auto battler tower defence games.
Show me the 4chan games
>>740578116So once it starts do they just call it fest or what?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4677550/Courier_Beware_Demo/
(You) me with puzzle game demos
>>740634721>wrestle the camera to look under the gyaru gal's skirt>black void>try the same with the pink haired one>black void
>>740638672It's not the festival that's 'next' you retarded sack of shit.
>>740639505Okay I played some more and there's also this chick who has her entire ass out so I guess it's not all bad.
>>740639505Are you retarded? Neither of them have voids, the dark elf is obviously wearing shorts, the pink one less obviously but she also has shorts. Three of the other playable characters in the demo have panties.
>>740640372Black shorts might as well be black voids but you're right about the second part.
Any cute boy games?
>>740630405https://store.steampowered.com/app/2840000/Lumina_Veil/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1623730/Palworld/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2121510/Tenebris_Somnia/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2458980/Dimhaven__The_Lost_Source/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2823200/Mousebusters/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2771220/The_Tragedy_at_Deer_Creek/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1091870/Theropods/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3394840/Clawed/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2466790/KIYO__Bunny_Tyranny/
>>740641290hdr monitor?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4234320/Dithered/
>>740620590>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4250680/AGX_GP/This shouldn't be buried in the bottom of a nondescript list, that shit was amazing. Best futuristic racer I've played since Wipeout HD, and it helps that it's not just a clone but doing its own thing. Day 1 buy for sure.
SLOOPSLOOPhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3948910/Sloop
>>740641681I kinda dig the smoking e-girl fairy.
>>740620590I've been playing Dungeon Settlers, it's like Rimworld + Mystery Dungeon (but not turn based). You get a small hub you can improve with resources you pull out of a procedurally generated dungeon. I think it has potential but few things have me cautious. >It's advertised as "hardcore." Default difficulty is "hard" and the tutorial says dying and losing is to be expected.>Humping the pause button is required to avoid enemy attacks and play strategically. It's even recommended by the tutorial.I'm concerned there will unbalanced and unfun enemies that will be waived as "well the game is supposed to be hard." On normal difficulty I encountered a self-healing slime that took forever to kill because I couldn't output enough dps. I made a new save on easy difficulty and it went smoother.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4663910/Dungeon_Settlers_Demo/
HELP CRITTERShttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4315260/Fairy_Springs/
>>740642125earlier I said out loud "please give me something that isn't fucking slop" then this showed up and gave me a good laugh.It seems okay
Crazy how anons killed the fun of nextfest threads
>>740642854Nextfest threads are always kinda ass until the Fest actually starts, since the preview doesn't have the absolute worst slop filtered out yet.
>>740642897Yeah, last time I dabbled with the discovery queue before the actual event only for it to reset when the real event went live and I had to wade through the same slop again
>>740642939Exactly. Obviously people are going to complain a lot when 90% of what they see is complete garbage.
>>740641839I liked the new stuff but not having any ship tilting bummed me out quite a bit.
This is the only game that matters, everything else is slop.
solid:>Virtue and a Sledgehammerhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3743260/Virtue_and_a_Sledgehammer/>Gretel & Hanselhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3299820/Gretel__Hansel/>Your Forever Friendhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3948370/Your_Forever_Friend/Neutral:>Spiritsteadhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3501540/Spiritstead/>Moonfrosthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2561630/Moonfrost/>Gossip & Potionshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2691410/Gossip__Potions_Tales_from_the_Witch_Shop/
yeah im not clicking any of your gay links sorry
>>740643484you don't have to :)enjoy your demos
>>740642854This is just that pizza autist freak who eats the same food for 30 years and has a tantrum if anything disrupts his routine, that's why he spends his time seething about next fest threads that start before he gets permission from his OCD demons in his stupid little useless brain he didn't get the good autism that build rockets he got the bad-screeching-at-his-mom autism.
>>740591849I can already tell this is a dogshit GB Studio VN behind an emulator and a CRT filter.
>>740643484>>740642854maybe if you tried clicking links the fun might happen. Probably not though, you seem like a joyless loser, regardless of what you do.
>>740635747...megastructure surfing? Okay.
>>740643727The sort of retard who points out the obvious, but thinks he's smart for doing so. You seriously think you're the only person who can recognize emulation? This is why you never go anywhere in life. You got no awareness beyond the self and I doubt you even have that honestly.
anyone tried the "about fishing" demo? the fishing mechanics kinda filtered me, but the game seems really cool. should I try again?
>>740643908It's not about the emulation, it's about GB Studio. I have never played a single good game made in that engine.
>>740640749>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2458980/Dimhaven__The_Lost_Source/O shit I didn't see that got a release date. Played the demo during next fest like a year ago and have been excited for it ever since.
>>740618901proof even a broken clock is right twice a day
>>740639384https://store.steampowered.com/app/4094660/Rivage/>go to link other demo I played>their demo is gone??????https://store.steampowered.com/app/2459030/Locator_The_Search_for_Abigail_Lidari/geoguessr thing where you get photos of the world and a top down map and you figure out where they are, they only get marked correct in groups of 3 ala obra dinn
>>740644068That was before it was taken over by jewish billionaire's daughter
>>740643484b-but I posted them for you
>>740644005Sounds like you're the problem even the dumbest retard could find (one) game he enjoyed out of an entire library. But not you. You can't do anything. You're completely inept.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4281830/ESPecial_Jobs
>>740634721huh, that's strange, does the gachaslop version of it still exist or what?I put enough hours into dragon nest that I should give this a try, but I don't have high hopes for it
turn based tactics with monster girls. The sprites are pretty nice.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4348610/Codex_Arcana_Grimoire_of_Monsters
Anyone know how to do the air jump in Acrolyte? I did it by accident twice but can't figure out how to actually trigger it.
>>740642854shut your stupid fucking mouth. no one wants to hear you talk. not now, not ever. never.
>>740644005heard you wanted gb studio games or some shithttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2559690/Draco_and_the_Seven_Scales/
>>740644449>updog softwarehehhopefully a demo comes out, i loved Monster Girls And The Mysterious Adventure 2
1200 just in the discovery queue, but I've also done plenty of scrolling too.
>>740592178Funny, Kamikaze Empire came out. I was randomly thinking about the game when I posted the image, completely unaware.
>>740624551Don't let the samefagging tranny subhuman AI jeet convince you otherwise, this batch just sucks compared to previous next fests
>>740639384https://store.steampowered.com/app/4502500/Monocre/
>>740643484Use this>useful violentmonkey userscript (OPTIONAL) https://github.com/kani-ge/DLSite-Links-PlusThis allows you to have a quick glance at the capsule art of steam/DLsite games posted within a thread, jumping straight to the post(s) mentioning said game(s) and so on. (click on "show grid") Useful when anons sometimes dump links without in-game screenshots attached to their posts, and you want to have a cursory look at what they're talking about if you are for some reason too lazy to open links during nextfests.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4342510/Tom_Lander_The_Exiled_King/
Are steam links broken? I'm getting access denied on everything in this thread suddenly.
>>740646606They still work for me (I am a professional streamer and game journalist)No they also don't work for me
>>740646676Had a friend test and it worked for him so I have no idea wtf is up.
PS1 aesthetic yeeesssssssshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3976630/Astrobarian
>>740646606It happens sometimes. I could have sworn it was because they were rate limiting me because of all the crap I was loading at the start of the fest but I haven't been browsing that much today and still ran into it. Fix your shit, Gaben.
>>740645672DEUS V-NIPPON BANZAI
>>740615692this might actually just be the 6th danmaku festival game
>>740630405gaming is saved
>>740630405>>740647809I'm retarded
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2994630/Childrens_Garden/
Too many fucking demos
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4042160/Static_Dread_The_Submarine/This one was pretty cool. You're first mate on a submarine on which spooky lovecraft shit happens. It's half crew amangement simulator and half exploration based horror. Cool thing is that you can do all the things your crew can do as well. So you can tell them to do some stupid chores like distribute food and instead do cool tasks like exploring the ship.
>>740578116Girl here, any horror game?
>Strand got renamed to Rivage>dev claims "it's a different game" when it's the same game in every waySure. Game's still firmly okay.
>>740650087Having a little seethe-down I see. A freakcrown for the freak-clown. Too many demos in the demo festival? too much water in the ocean, maybe? too many potato chips in my bag of potato chips.
>next fest only has slo-ACK
all these faggots shilling their shitty games without providing a screenshot. at least put some effort to it
>>740650412demo festival, dumbass. Not the screenshot festival. You play the games, not whine like a bitch loser constantly that's how it works you are a genuine fuck-up. You are FUCKED.
The rules are simple:1. Play demosUnfortunately, 95% of you are fuckups so you can't even pull off that much.
>>740578116>AI slopluddite
any cunnycore games?
>>740650464your game will flop
I tried out delta cause it looks cool, then i remembered I fucking suck at strafing and all that stuffI'll still to vholume which is for babies like me
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2825860/The_Sinking_City_2/This is basically a complete copy of the RE remakes but with lovecraft stuff. The female zombies have modeled panties.
>>740650651Respectfully, kill yourself
>>740578116Demo for mine should be done for next Next. Car combat boss rush, very early stages yet
>>740650894Really? Their first game was just their sherlock games like right? Just investigation
Can I add the demos to my library and download them later?
>>740650687>>740580441
>>740650894i love lovecraft so much i don't even call it lovecraftian I call it lovelovecraftian
>>740651178Yep. There's shooting, ammo crafting, save rooms, lots of gore.
>>740650894Good, we need more comfy tps horror games (dead space decided to cuck itself with the pozzed remake and the evil within decided to die)
>>740651334Picked. Is first game worth it? Is it a direct sequel?
>>740578116if AI is the future and everyone loves it, why hide that you're using and not put it in your tags and description? curious
>>740651387If AI is so obvious to identify, why do you need tags at all? Scared that you won't be able to make the distinction?
>>740651368No idea. Never played any other Sinking City game(s).
>>740651440Malding lmao. Even in 2026 peolpe can tell
>>740651440Anon I don't want to have to scroll through 200 pages of pure slop. I filter out shit I don't like
>>740651440Because it's not only about art, faggot. I'm not going to play unoptimized vibe coded shit, not from AAA studios, and certainly not from indie developers. Art is only the tip of the iceberg. Kill yourself, AI sloppers like you should just die
>>740650894>The female zombies have modeled panties.Ok fine, I guess I'll try it. Is it a direct sequel to the last game? Does it have a summary if so?
heckin robot pupper!!https://store.steampowered.com/app/4159290/The_Rusted/
>>740651609>an other sidesrolling indie game about depression or whatever with a brown color scaleso original
funny concept and presentation for a rhythm gamehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4348420/PIERCING/the piercing obsession is somewhat disturbing, though...
>>740651501>unoptimized vibe coded shitwhy are you here and not on /vr/ where you belong with the rest of decrepit uncs?
>>740651753they really should've hired an artist>>740650894why is he wearing that gay little hat?
>>740651795Embarrassing non-programmer post.
>>740651795Because there are dev teams of all size who still respect the consumer, something that apparently flies above your head. Keep defending content that no one wanted to make, who's made for exactly no one. You are a low IQ parasite, stop replying to me. I'm already hands full trying to parse game demos with all the AI slop jeets like you love to eat. Die
>>740651872>there are dev teams of all size who still respect the consumerName 5
>game is about literally you but 16 years agohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3195580/lilys_world_XD/men who liked roottrees will likely enjoy this too
>>740650687Nothing particularly great.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4453680/Dawn_Bell/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3192590/Labyrinth_of_the_Crystal_Princess/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4796320/__Spring_at_Dawn_I_Am_a_Monster_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4581690/MEGAKOPUNCH_Demo/
>>740651479>>740651501AI is good, if for no other reason than it infuriates these stupid freaks.
>>740651953yacht club gamesteam cherrybrace yourself gamesgemayue and his friends at crespiritsystem erasurethe cuck who made intravenous games
>>740652067YOU make people mad retard, not AI. KYS
>>740652006Megako Punch looks cute
okay chat, based on my top games what should I play next
>calls her a crown prince>clearly a princessnot quite enough to drop the demo but close
>>740590785>100% of people would say the mouseT. Professor Ratigan
>>740652114lmao. so riled up he can't even think straight anymore. he can't handle anything. got not emotional regulation.
>>740652226>posting something AI could never make way to prove your point tranny
webm rel came out. >early accessit's overhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3569990/Chromadi/
Ended up liking Czar Ry and SIlver Pines.Psycho Dead was fine i think but i don't really like RE-style Survival Horrors.Flux Empyrean seems like a decent mystery/exploration game if you put the work into it.
>>740650894>The female zombies have modeled panties.Show me so I don't have to download it.
>>740652769don't show him so he has to download it.
This ended up being much better than I thought it would be. Only fault I can find with the game is the economy system but other than that it's really great, got me invested in the story almost immediately.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4413070/Red_Chat_Ritual___TSUMIMI_
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3853010/FantasyJourneyDemo/I've played a bakers dozen demos so far and this one is easily my highlight so far. 2D hack and slash, has some over the top crowd clearing stuff combined with Sekiro mechanics, because it's a chinese game so of course it needs to have Sekiro mechanics. Actually pretty fun though, combat feels good and has really satisfying feedback, though I do wish the parry windows were a bit more lenient since it's hard to read the tell when you're covering the entire screen in bullshit attack effects. It looks really nice too, I'm curious how they did the environmental art especially because of just how detailed and varied it is. Also credit to them for not making it a sidescroller. Easily the most a chinese indie game has impressed me, even if it's still another fucking Sekiro clone (why do they fucking love Sekiro so much).
>>740653589This looks terrible.
>>740652179it's actually pretty decent
Echo Weaver's pretty good. I was apprehensive about it calling itself a "metroidbrania" and I didn't like that you have a companion, but the exploration and puzzle solving was promising.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2184080/Echo_Weaver/
>>740653475I used cheat engine. The funnier options were often cheaper anyway kek
you're a fairy who flies around and does favours for people. It's not bad.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4315260/Fairy_Springs/
>>740653803
>>740650121https://store.steampowered.com/app/4342510/Tom_Lander_The_Exiled_King
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4581870/Kaido_Genkai_An_Anime_Racing_RPG_Demo/
I wish I didn't have to drop out of this NextFest sadly, I know by the time the Oct. Next Fest rolls around there will be even more slop.
>>740654712You lacked the necessary werewithal to handle the video game festival, so you gave up. You're weak. And you blame others for it. It's your own fault, little weakling. Couldn't handle the browsing. got btfo. little loser. whiny weakling.
>>740654752RUDE!
MOST MISLEADING TITLE OF THE FESTIVAL AWARD WINNER:https://store.steampowered.com/app/4141640/The_Furry_Protocol/
>>740650894Gotta admit while the demo runs like shit it IS more of the experience I like than the first game. The first game really felt like it didn't commit enough one way or another - not tense investigative spooks nor into the survival spooks.
>>740654623awww yeah i've been waiting for this demo for a while
no no no no no no no I saw a game I wasn't interested in this can't be happening this can't be allowed they can't do this we need to ban everything this is NOT OK. there was a BAD GAME in the GAME LIST. save me please visa and mastercard do not allow freedom of expression. ban it ban it ban it ban it.
>>740654981So what is it, alien isolation in siberia? Resident evil?
Maybe i'll post a list of the best demos so far, yeah I think so I think it's time.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4113400/Slaughterhouse/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3932580/Diorama_Break/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3715040/DekaDuck/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3003310/AngelGaze/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1765670/Aboard_the_Adventure/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4281830/ESPecial_Jobs/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3851600/Pulsebreaker/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4240800/Liv/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4050160/Cold_Case_The_Red_Dress_Murder/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3718500/The_Bagman/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4336290/Tyrania_Enforcers__Visual_Novel/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1773160/Fey_Distant_Daydream/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4360660/The_Long_Wake_What_Remains_Observed/It's all survival horror and point and click and mystery and puzzle stuff and maybe one platformer. That's what I play. A crazy concept for most people here, I think, but whatever. They try to read the whole 4000 demo list, instead of just using a basic filter and scrolling through 100 games in the genre they like.
>>740655973the tag system is useless outside certain specific tags, like I don't give a shit about the average full on horror game, but I can't filter horror because people love to slap the horror tag on games that are like 5% spooky
lots of giver-uppers I see. and filter failures. there's always new stuff to be unearthed.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4629250/Lost_Totem_Trajipon_Homecoming/
>>740656101I agree. You can't filter things properly because you're stupid.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3072050/Mesektet/
>>740578116https://store.steampowered.com/app/4665530/Brigador_Killers_Demo/
Please tell me there are some good retro shooter demos (arenaslop need not apply)
>>740655973>A crazy concept for most people here, I thinkYou are not special
>>740655973>using a basic filterNOThis is a time for complaining that game genres I do not like are being made!
>>740653475Wishlisted
I somewhat broke AGX GP>take a turn at high speed, say a left turn>take it wide>enter slow-mo with a left dash>the moment you hit the wall, release the dashIf you do it right, you'll bounce right off and go mega fast, like 600-800 MPH out of a turn. And the funny thing is you can stack them if the turns are good.
I like the concept and look of this game but for some reason they made the camera sensitivity excruciatingly low so it's practically unplayable unless you do some workaround for it. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4487480/Spyder_Agent_8_Demo/
any intravenous likes
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4663300/Apocalypse_The_Last_RV/As hilarious the idea of trying this slop out based on trailer is, I think just installing it will give me ALL of the viruses.
>>740662319I suppose it's nice they managed to get it under 1GB.
If your demo is more than 5gb Im not installing it
>This is not a beta, alpha, or not even a pre-alpha. This is the earliest prototype version of Hawthorn from more than a year ago, a pre-production build, a similar version that we sent to publishers to explore potential partnerships and funding terms.Kind of lame.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3078150/Hawthorn/
>>740663609WowHow many brainrot character models that even is, unc?Two?
>>740663643>Former developers from Bethesda, BioWare, and Naughty Dog Red flag after red flag lmao, and this is supposed to be a selling point
>>740656843Is the demo updated? Can I keep my save file?
The 2 games which demos I liked last next fest haven't come out. ;'(
>>740652006>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4796320/__Spring_at_Dawn_I_Am_a_Monster_Demo/AI is such a turnoff, I couldn't look at those sprites
>>740653931Thanks, this was peak
BUMP
>>740639384tomohigara is time based puzzle game with a lolihttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4055020/TOMOHIGARA/>download size: 170 MB>disk usage: 7 GBI don't know if I should be more impressed with steam's compression or nips' sheer lack of talent for optimization. Looks like the dev shipped the full game for each available language.
>>7406685147GB into 170MB? That's pretty impressive.
A bump. So that the thread maybe can survive the Nintendo Direct threads.
>>740664353Two games I liked from last next fest have come out and I already played them (Phonopolis and Panthalassa) :)
>>740668514>>download size: 170 MB>>disk usage: 7 GBHow?
bump to survive the new oot nintendies
Every 2D game should remake itself into HD2D slop with the same name as the original.
well the nintendo direct had nothing that interested me bummer
>>740681303I know jack shit about data compression so I can't exactly tell you, though I tried compressing the game folder with 7zip myself and it came out only slightly bigger at 250MB. There are three builds for each language, each about 2.4GB which get compressed to only 90MB. The game really shouldn't be that big to begin with given it's pixelshit though.
>>740684421Yeah,obviously, Nintendo hasn't had a new idea in 20 years
>>740578116>indie>russian audiothat's how you know it's made by russniggers, hard pass
>Hack 95https://store.steampowered.com/app/4159720/Hack_95/Rather popular style this NF.Genuinely good feels about this one. Tries to be a roguelite, but so far it is more of a incremental game (at least so far). Music is banging.
>>740684421>vanillaware game on steampersonally I'm pretty hyped
Is there any new leak regarding Steam Machine and Steam Frame?
>>740690237it's not on steam
>>740690237>>740690481NEVERMINDhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4253770/Muramasa_Revenant_Blades/
>>740690481>>740690557nintendo direct never shows other console but if there's a trailer by the publisher, it usually doeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKXPyW8r4x8
>>740690192made by a troon with bluesky
>>740690237>>740690557DAMNI remember how upset I was they were this dedicated to letting the game with DLCs rot on Vita
>>740690991Pretty sure the main dev is a guy, since he messages you directly in demo.
>>740578116Heavy Duty Inc.Turn-based tactics, very short and easy demo, some humor and lore, le voxel graphics. I don't hate this. 3/5 https://store.steampowered.com/app/4539820/Heavy_Duty_Inc_Demo/
>>740613964You should check out Zexion.
>>740654712At least drop us the title.
>>740694586no. stop being so stupid.
>>740578116AIGods won
>>740639384https://store.steampowered.com/app/4319270/Ambroise_Niflette__the_Gleaned_Bell_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3507130/Club_Soko_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4272020/WOIM/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4779270/Monocre_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4094660/Rivage/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1895460/Dtopia/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2184080/Echo_Weaver/No demos yet but I'm looking forward to these too:https://store.steampowered.com/app/3595450/Object_Impermanence/https://store.steampowered.com/app/499170/Order_of_the_Sinking_Star/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2315050/We_Were_Here_Tomorrow/
>>740664184like it or not there are many who like what those companies were.>>740694586nta https://store.steampowered.com/app/3978590/Warp_Bound/
>>740578116love me some indie card based rogue like auto battlers
