https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest3 days of dumpster diving for, reviewing and playing demos left. Make them count. Devs post your games or else.Use the link below if you are tired of the steam algorithm and want something that can help you find games in the genre or theming you wish for:https://weloveit.io/next-festival/Have fun with the steam next fest!!
>>750196263Previous steam next fest october 2026 threads:>>750119928>>750047767>>750001212Previous press preview threads:https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/749857568https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/749675606https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/749503930/https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/749388593/https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/749298693/
thanks for the thread>Codex Lost 2 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3813890/Codex_Lost_2/If you're going to clone something that's over two generations old at least attempt to match it's quality.
so much slopI'm tired boss
0 marketing budget https://store.steampowered.com/app/4958710/Dogeminer_2_Back_2_The_Moon/
>>750195956what is that guy's deal with trying so hard to discourage next fest threads? What is the backstory of this stupid tantrum?
>>750197001There is a large subset of this board that just comes here to be miserable and complain about things. they do not play videogames so when they see people that do without whinging, it enrages them and they lash out
https://store.steampowered.com/app/5333690/Magic_Dragon_Fantasy_Story/
>>750196263>>750197001you need to fucking kill yourself
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4824250/Merc_Commander/?curator_clanid=39049601>legally distinct BattletechAnyone got any info on this one?
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/5213480/Second_Stone_Demo/Legit might be one of the most unreadable, praticle-vomit infested games I've ever seen. Pic related. I literally couldn't even see what was going on. Who the fuck approved this?
>>750197358You are like a little baby.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3857520/Louloudi_Asteri_Save_the_Solar_System_Demo/This one's the most unreadable shmup I've ever played.
>CRYMELIGHThttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3891160/CRYMELIGHT/Action roguelite with visual novel appeal. Fantastic VA and art. Cute writing. Great music, reminds me of Hitoshi Sakimoto from Vanillaware. Action seems basic but decent. Standard controls but really well animated main character attack doll gimmick. There's a poker element I never got to. I quit once I realized it was good, wishlisted, will check out later on again.
>>750197594Ahem
>>750197338You just don't get it, do you? No one listens to whiny freaks. You can tell people not to post threads, or to kill themselves but your words are irrelevant and meaningless. They have no effect. Because you are irrelevant and meaningless, naturally, the things you say are as well.
>>750197832kys just kys freak agdg AI slopper tranny
>>750197338>SAAR why did you redeem the thread you bloody bitch bastard I said do not redeem good morning
>>750197756It's waaaaay worse. Play the demo on hardest (it's still incredibly easy, got a 1CC on my first try) difficulty, it's only like 20 minutes long and absolutely terrible. The screenshot I posted doesn't do the immense amounts of clutter on screen any justice.
finally a wholesome game about ticklinghttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4604700/Serial_Tickler_Demo/
>>750198060Wait a minute... this is porn!
>>750197965Looking forward to it, it's one of like, five shumps that I've added to my list. The other being: >KON-PON SHMUP -Shapeshifter Showdown->Touhou Sousenkyou ~ Land of Oracular Zeitgeist>Alexus 2040>SANASANA
Nice saggy jiggling tits but not very good
>SNAPTIChttps://store.steampowered.com/app/5201040/SNAPTIC/Fun mechanics, great use of the aesthetic, good level design, feels like a toybox. Pleasant surprise. Would have liked more interactive elements to play with. Animation is great and writing seems OK? It seems written as a joke so whatever. Music didn't make an impression. Wishlisted.
>>750199269>>Touhou Sousenkyou ~ Land of Oracular ZeitgeistThat one's super mid, the patterns are all the same every stage, and they're not any good to begin with. Danmaku Festival mogs so hard its not even funny.
>>750197001My guess is PTSD from when jannies were trigger-happy about identifying generals, and would zap them with a quickness.That was back when they cared about doing their job, though.
give wife
Had to uninstall this shit to bring myself to play some other demos.
>>750197001it's probably the same sad guy who cries in the press preview threads
>>750199289*only if you disable the feature in options
>>750199540I stand corrected.
All the demos I played, in order of most to least recommended.https://store.steampowered.com/app/5247680/Welandes_Demo/Old English translation puzzle game. I liked the art style and humor. If someone gets the good end to the quest then let me know what happens, I fucked something up.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4918680/LEXICON_Lingua_Obscura/Roguelite Scrabble. It has some sort of Inscryption-style spooky meta lore thing going on, which hopefully won't turn out to be an Inscryption-style bait-and-switch. The max word size is 8, which feels a bit restrictive since you get 16 letters to play with.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3967580/Hexograph/Hex-based Picross. Later puzzles have multiple colors.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2153760/Stronghold_4/It's Stronghold. Seems good, I haven't played since Crusader so I'm out of the loop on what they've been doing with the series. Apparently they really shit the bed with Stronghold 3.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4669160/The_Zibbo_Show_Demo/Roguelite dice game. The actual gameplay is pretty good despite the zoomer mascot horror bullshit aesthetic.https://store.steampowered.com/app/673100/Code_of_The_Savage/Ultima-style top-down RPG. It's alright.https://store.steampowered.com/app/5207160/High_Roller_Penny_DEMO/Balatro-ish pachinko. Nice tits but there's no interactivity so you just sit there hoping your board wins the game for you.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4791910/Alethra/Balatro but it's yahtzee. Too easy to be interesting.https://store.steampowered.com/app/5366460/Dungeon_Sweeper_Plus_Demo/10% Minesweeper and 90% casual incremental bullshit. Pass.https://store.steampowered.com/app/5192690/Subgloom/Noita-style exploration platformer. It looks pretty, but I hate the traversal and the combat and those two things are basically the entire game.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3161310/Hela_of_Mice__Magic/Looks cute but it has a EULA popup so I didn't play it.
I'm putting an END to big titty goth girls
nerdwife
>>750196263>>750196284I genuinely cannot think of a more pathetic general right nowthe games you faggots recommend are low effort flash game garbage if not AI slop. gaming is dead and you're worse than gachafaggots
Mostly reposting impressions because I'm lazy.>EVIL MOON: UnspokenLow-poly nuns with wide hips shoot demonized humans that were corrupted because the moon heard them speak. Really cool premise and presentation but kinda faked me out by being more first-person Metroidvania than boomer shooter (lock-on, infinite ammo w/ overheating, grappling hook upgrade). 8/10>Minglecute game where you move a character around a scene to find their match and then change to find another until it's empty, surprising variety for the few levels. 6/10>AppulsePinball on spaceships but you ball can get guns with recoil. Slick presentation, good controls, good feedback, and of course it's a fucking roguelite. Still, might be worth a try. 7/10>Olympus RangersPretty blatant Pokemon Stadium-like with a few new mechanics like positioning and assists from party members and small tweaks like that. Only tried because the dev made a great arcade-style shooter called Candy Rangers. The music is EXCELLENT. 7/10>Generic Fighter MaybeIt's a very standard 2D fighting game with simple goofy characters and slick animation. Fun & simple without being casual. 8/10>Elta: Defy All GodsDecent TPS-camera melee combat game crossed with Metroid Prime. Neat painterly textures and cool alien/armor designs PLUS you get a little dragon buddy. Clearly an early build though, only demo that crashed on me. 7/10>Louloudi AsteriNothing I could describe would work as well as seeing it in >>750197594 and it's a fucking mess.>Ball BustersRoguelite about doing juggle combos to a dummy. I've thought of a game with a similar premise but this is a bit too janky. Girls are hot and the music is great though so maybe. 6.5/10
>>750200767>TeaknightsSin & Punishment but with that over-exaggerated Y2K style a lot of things are going for now. Nothing exceptional but I do appreciate the attempt and the main girl is very cute. 7.5/10>Annalynn MDDr. Mario x Puyo Puyo in a beaker (aka a cylindrical playfield you can rotate). I could actually wrap my brain around this one and it's great. Super charming presentation as well. 8/10>SLAM TANKInsanely fun and goofy premise but commits hard to it and controls like a dream while running quite well even with tons of fast particle effects. The mixture of simple vehicle handling with melee combat makes it feel like basically nothing else. Shame I could sniff out the AI usage from the loading screen and the page confirmed it so I'm docking points and I hope they can replace it with proper assets. 8/10>SPLATTER KINGSimple hand-drawn single-screen arcade game. You slash at enemies and dodge attacks so monsters don't scare/take your babes and you don't die. Very unforgiving, very Dragon's Lair. Charming but I don't see it having a lot of depth. 6.5/10>Raging Blasters IIPixel-perfect vertical shmup with simple, effective mechanics and nice music. Very PC Engine-coded. 8.5/10>Alexus 2040Galaga with a bunch of temporary power-ups, bosses, and unlockable ships. Actually really nice and understands it scope very well. 8/10>Godzilla Destroy All Monsters MeleeI mean all they had to do was not fuck up an easy slam dunk and they didn't fuck it up based on what I played. Plus they knew to have based Gigan playable in the demo. All I needed to know.
>>750199462technically not a next fest demo but agree I spend so much time on the demo really hyped for the release
>>750199971Sometimes EULAs are actually non-invasive, which kinda confuses me as to why they even add those to begin with, but I went to check the mice game's EULA and saw the 3rd party account requirement and noped the fuck out without even clicking.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3642910/Wyldheart/This game actually had a non-invasive EULA, I think. I didn't see any "Don't say the A word or B word or C word or we'll steal your money" clauses.
>>750200865didn't know Raging Blasters was getting a sequel, cool, thanks for informing me.
>Heatwarpedhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4846360/Heatwarped/Felt really good to play, the nailed the Underground vibe. Drifting was more fun than drag racing. AI is dogshit though, needs work. I like the forum, but it would be cool if it had a more engaging story to match. Too easy to deck out the car. Gor first place in all races but only a C-rank on drifting, with 50k in score, 20k above the second place. You could do better for sure but just let me play against some better AI please.Still, wishlisted.
Damn I didn't expect a curveball like that, this is difficultrhythm heaven fans will enjoy step theather for surehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4264410/STEP_THEATER/
>>750198060god damn it, that's my fetish, I have to play a porn demo now
>>750202556Shame the music is so uninteresting, but I don't hold that against the dev, obviously he can't afford big bands. But it's definitely one of those very few retro games that perfectly manages to replicate the look of the source material it's copying from. You could show anyone a screenshot of this and tell them it's some eurojak NFS clone, and they'd 100% believe you. Even more so if you set the graphics to "authentic".
If anyone wants to play Cardaire, here's a lobby codenextfestfaggotry
>>750202657nvm it was easy but it took a lot of focusnow just like in rhythm heaven groove threads I'll mock people who got filtered by the moon game
TRIEDEDzombillionaire: takes too long to get to the fun stuff in seen in trailer, you basiclaly just hold m1 on zombies and either have the dps to kill them in time or do not, way too much of the skill tree is just + income for the skill tree. when im selling all my oil in like 10 seconds, why are there still like 10 more upgrades to selling faster? guns of echachton: controls fine,neat world, good presentation, i just dont like the gimmick. its completely nonsensical with absolutely no attempt made as to why shooting a guy in his RIGHT FOOD LEFT ARM HEAD would kill him faster than any other order. also really poorly balanced. any enemies you can see are trivial to parry so i was only ever threatened by being shot off-screen, something that has seemingly nothing to counteract at all. there's no hint WHERE you are being shot fromdeus exia: neat, but also let down by balance. you can just spam jump slashes to stunlock everything.fater son holy guns: bad. absurdly low damage, absurdly tanky enemiesnot going well so fart
Play this if you want a truly horrible experience.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3669620/Warhammer_Survivors/>slow as fuck>no weapon variety>aids of shitmar instead of proper fantasy, so all the named characters are literal whos no one's ever heard ofHope this bombs so hard the studio shuts down.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4809830/Kopernicus_Incremental_Suffering_Demo/Kopernicus might as well be the best game of this fest. It's a proper twin stick shooter, not a vampire survivors clone. Gets hard carried by the art and the artstyle (guy who made it won multiple awards before and released few games already) very reminiscent of webcomic scene from 20 years ago. You shoot fetuses, vaginas, anuses, big heads which explode into homing maggots, you can stomp dead children into resources. Which fits thematically as the plot is about a father and his child. Game unfolds at some point and instead of a twin-stick shooter you get additional incremental mining game. And if that was not enough unlocking memories is done through old russian egg catching minigame.Every fucking screen has some clickable element which often results in an easter egg, most of them might not make any sense if you never went to Kraków city, often it's some half-screen-sized animated pixelart.
>>750203135true, and since they mostly seem to take trance artists they have thousands of talents who would jump at being featured in such a otherwise nice production. at least it's the easiest element to replace for players
>>750197348I tried the demo, it sucks. Mechs are weightless and slide on the ground. Targeting is bad. NPCs are no threat. Oh and it's AI sloppa. Just play MwchCommander
>>750203856Yeah trance is a super weird genre choice. It'd fit for wipeout, but not mid 2000s NFS or Midnight Club.
>>750203139Offer rescinded
>Angel Gaze's very first "puzzle" is a literal needle in a haystack where you find a pixel in the sand that changes color when you stand in a specific spotUhhh. Okay. I really don't know what drives adventure game devs to do this.
>spellloomhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3587900/spellloom/Spellcrafting but everything around it is lackluster. As someone with 600+ hours in Noita it should be up my alley but the start is just so dull. Some enemies have interesting projectiles but it's just not enough. They all feel the same and move in similar manners. Spell combination order doesn't seem to do much. It takes too long to find alternative spell modifiers. Will keep track of this but eeh.
>>750203817>Le goofy animalkino i love dogs
>>750204047nah, I like the choice of trance, it fits, since this seems to be thematically slightly earlier than Underground. Trance was everywhere during the mid to late 90s. but the artists and tracks are pretty mid
>Best game of thread>Because the art is appealinggrim, so there are no good games in this fest?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/5170070/Homeward_Wanderer/very simple little exploration game. Neat visual, but quite unintuitive to me which lead to me not finishing the demo. Also how frequently you get blocked from exploring due to it being a demo was annoying.
>>750205102has the demo been updated? I thought it had great vibes when I played it back in 2024 but the puzzle by the vending machine? didn't trigger as it should, shit was fucked that first puzzle was retarded though
>>750205526>slightly earlierI guess but it's copying Underground and Midnight club hard, so I would've expected similar sounding music.
>>750205726true
>>750205602>Derelikt>Glow Stick Pirates>How to Train Your Spirit: The Exorcism of a Busty Ghost are what I personally wishlisted.
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4411580/Geareo/Looks interesting, probably not autistic enough for it
https://store.steampowered.com/app/5155860/Third_Bloc/Found a semi text based city/empire builder thing set during the Cold War Didn't try the demo but it looks cool for anyone into this stuff
>AIslopfestlmao
>GRIP 2https://store.steampowered.com/app/4475750/GRIP_2_Combat_Racing_Evolved/This game is pushing my shit in. I've replayed the tutorial four times but can't make it above 3rd place and the fucking demo wont let me progress lmaoThe AI seems to be completely unfazed by weapons. I can nail someone in front of me with a full machinegun and they barely slow down. Meanwhile, the slightest hit and I get flung outside of the course. What the fuck am I doing wrong?
so far my top 3 arehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3628050/Tamara/love the style of this one, it surprised me how much they shower you in guns and ammo but it still feels slow and tactical taking out enemies because there's so many of themhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3734220/Guns_of_Eschaton/western soulslike shooter with insane gun porn down to switching chambers to use different types of ammo and cocking the hammer after every roundhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4598790/Lust_of_the_Dead/RE if it was extra janky and all the zombies were having sex. what surprised me about this one is that one of the puzzles actually made me think. this one mainly just appeals to my love of insane naked bitches chasing me
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4554510/SHIFU_Traffic_Masters/Very soulful game about driving through traffic in 90s (?) China, good variety of activities too>physics based delivery where you have to not spill stuff from the bed>bus driving where you have to drive gently or the passengers get upset>taxi driving with the same setting, and a VIP mode where other cars will attack you>police mode where you have to stop a carGreat little game
>>750207119>eros-9 virus kek
>>750202556Are you sure this map isn't just straight copied from NFSU2?
>>750205847>AI slop porn game>wishlistedGRIM
>>750207848>Ai SLOPWhere? Neither of the eroge I posted use AI.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/5101980/Dungeons_Dynasties_Demo/Now this is spreadsheet gaming. Game is under 20MB.Football Manager but you're managing an adventurer's guild instead.Absolutely not for me but I'm sure there are some people for whom this will be amazing.
>>750207951>Chinese dev>not AIPick one.
/v/ is dead
>>750208284I pick those games. They're obviously not AI. Stop being paranoid.
>>750207119Sunset Devils from a previous fest also had some gun autism if youre interested.
>>750208389you have such shit taste and eyesight that you can't recognize AI slop anymore kekthese threads are useless. you and your twitter friends have ruined /v/
schizo melty
>>750205847>tfw no loser smoker gf
>>750208135Jesus this looks amazing but I'm too stupid for games like this.
>>750209013Smokers taste like ashtrays. But losers tend to have lower standards, I'll give you that.
any good spooky/horror demos this fest?
>>750205650I didn't play much longer after that. SteamDB says it was updated 5 months ago though, and it actually isn't part of the fest now that I look again. I just downloaded it because it was mentioned in a previous thread.I played Eye of Vala right after and loved it.
stop posting
The fuck is up with demos this time around and buggy/nonfunctioning controller support? I'm at 6 out of 9 demos with this issue.
>>750209756I liked Derelikt. The Bagman looks interesting but I just don't have the patience for these types of point and clicks anymore.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4551060/Salt_and_Soil_A_Frontier_Family_Sim/Gameplay wise it's not really my thing, too much just going around menus, but interesting premise. You guide one family across America over the course of 300 years. It uses AI for generating events and I think some artworks,
stop posting this AI garbage
>>750203595at this point they're just slapping "survivors" on everything to see what sticks, it's kind of sad to see
>>750208293>/v/ is usable againftfy
nobody cares about your AI slop. stop posting it
>>750209756https://store.steampowered.com/app/4882000/The_Hollowing/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3927170/CH13_Rest_Stop/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1779750/The_House_Before/
when will you stop shilling your AI garbage?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4163270/Half_Grip/I've been enjoying Half Grip. Makes my fucking hand hurt though since you have to hold the steering wheel with a mouse click.Still, its a really neat concept. The menu shows it will have multiplayer, which should be ridiculous.
Besides the meme AI shit that people had meltdowns over the first two days (as usual), what's the prevailing theme/trend of this Next Fest bros?
>>750210953No idea. I don't remember or pay attention to games I scroll past
decisions, decisions...https://store.steampowered.com/app/5070070/wagamom/
>>750210265>ch13 rest stopThat's a very specific and familiar fear made into a game. Looks great but wouldn't play.
>>750210953The amount of horse slop in very transparent hopes of getting the uma audience surprised me
Bros, there must be a way to filter out and ignore WEG games only. And somehow Steam considers 2D tag to be the same as 3D.
>>750210953incremental slopclean up slop
>>750211451Is that a... ?
>>750196263Has anyone played No Need for Flowers?It looks interesting but I don't want to play it if it's yurishit
>>750210953>Survivors>Slay the Spire>streamerbait/friendslop>vibecoded idle/incremental gamesIs that I'm seeing the most of.
>>750211451Just use the anime tag, duh.
>>750210953"Tidy up" games. There's a fuckload of them.
>>750211728I remember this from a previous next fest, pretty sure it was october 2025
>>750211839the tagging system is fucked
>>750209765>Eye of Valathat's not even legally distinct, it's just Indiana Jones, even the girl looks like the redhead from the Atlantis game
>>750211951Ah, it appears that I'm retarded and misread some dates.Still interested if any anons played it.
>>750210953I had to filter out incremental and co-op to make the fest browsable
>>750212017The actual problem is Steam refuses to give you a "exclude this tag" option, at which point you would filter out "realistic"
>>750212017i think you can filter out tags from your search list
>>750207718yeah, that's the gimmick
>>750212040I wanted to like Eye of Vala but every character just loredumps and loredumps and loredumps.Also devs made a retarded decision to put the interact command on left mouse button and the look command on right mouse button which results in the player picking up everything and solving all puzzles before they even get a chance to think.
>>750208770damn that sucks brobest you leave for greener pastures
>>750212040He's got a scarf and his shirt's different. That's all you need.
>>750210752>Makes my fucking hand hurt though since you have to hold the steering wheel with a mouse click
>>750212218>>750212194The issue seems to be that you cannot apply filters to all sorting types. The filters apply to "all" and "New" sections but not to "Top sellers" and "Top rated". Which is fucking retarded desu senpai.
>Arisen Force: Vonimirhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2359660/Arisen_Force_Vonimir/Way too easy, feels like a musou where you only face a handful of enemies at once. Environments and characters look decent. Writing is pretty stiff and generic, but I liked how grounded the plot started as. I played on Hard, the second easiest out of for difficulties. Would try again on the hardest option but there is just too much dialogue to run through before you get to a fight and I have other demos to play. A disappointment so far. Removed from wishlist, sadly.
>>750210953Definitely the new cleaning / sorting genre, which might be the most braindead shit we've seen in a while, but I want to point out that we have TWO games themed around the MSN Messenger logo
>>750212901nigga that's all the games>no 2D>no 3Dyou want 4D games?
>>750213325>Be Miegakure>15 years in development and still nogame
fucking stop bumping this AI garbage thread already
>>750213325>retard doesn't know how Steam filters workFilters SHOW games with that tag, not hide them.
>>750213118>we have TWO games themed around the MSN Messenger logoI assume snaptic is one, what's the other one?
GREAT:>Sombrashttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4553370/SOMBRAS_negative_frames/>Stupid Never Dieshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3486530/Stupid_Never_Dies/>Imprintedhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4442860/Imprinted_Demo/>Spooky Taleshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/5072590/Spooky_Tales_Demo/>Beastfolk Barberhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4920000/Beastfolk_Barber_Demo/>Lemonade Apocalypsehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3427820/Lemonade_Apocalypse/SOLID>Geek Shophttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4336940/Lenin_Street_Geek_Shop_Demo/>Starless Umbrahttps://store.steampowered.com/app/5120420/Starless_Umbra_Demo/>Apple Crumblehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4110770/Apple_Crumble/>Donut Panichttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4400230/DONUT_PANIC_Demo/>Shallow Pondhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2950750/Shallow_Pond/NEUTRAL>Springs Eternalhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/5285140/Springs_Eternal_Demo/>ELTAhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2659410/Elta_Defy_All_Gods/>I Shall Name the Deadhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4881350/I_SHALL_NAME_THE_DEAD/>The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Questhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2749920/The_Transylvania_Adventure_of_Simon_Quest/>Human.exehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4016270/Humanexe/>Magnavale: Eternal Soulhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3704270/Magnavale_Eternal_Soul/sorry, if they are not all part of next fest
>>750214447Don't apologize, more demos to play no matter the source is a good thing. I don't mind people using these threads to sneakily shill demos from other sites like itch.io or even kickstarter, I never care about them outside of events like this so the more exposure niche good things get the better for me. Thanks for posting, I liked beastfolk barber
>>750211912People looked at Stardew Valley and how much money you can make by appealing to women, and now everyone's trying to get a piece of that pie.
>>750214447Stupid Never Dies is actually out already.
>>750209756>Pumpkin NightMan that's a title I have not thought about in years
help, i remember seeing a "danganronpa but it's kind of historic/ancient" game in the queue yesterday and forgot about iti know there are mystery fags and death game enjoyers itt. help me outit's not pic rel, that would be kumitantei
>>750062228>>750138631>>750145789>Where is my SwordCutest game of the year for sure. Robot girl dev does it again. Not only is it cute, it's one of the most fun MMBN clones I've played in a while. Love the buddy system. Wishlisted.
>>750214447did you do the picture? crazy effort posting
>>750214827:)>>750214961yeah, a bit sad it god mid reviews and got released in such a busy month. I myself didn't buy it yet, because I have so much to play already. but I'm gonna get it for sure
>>750215227yes, I'm autistic
>>750215292based autist
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4959410/Valkyrja/Volgarr the ValkyriePretty short and nothing out of the ordinary, but enjoyable nonetheless
>>750199971>Balatro-ish pachinko. Nice tits but there's no interactivity so you just sit there hoping your board wins the game for you.You can tilt. This pushes the ball left or right very strongly. It has like 2 seconds of cooldown. This completely changes the game.
Any demos from non-indie games, like the Godzilla game for example?
>>750213784oh right>>750213653that's a name I haven't head in a long time damnwasn't it in development simultaneously as Fez?>>750209960>The Oregon Trail HD DX Neocool
>>750214214nevermind, the others weren't part of the fest, but here they areSNAPTIC was good btw
>>750215554What keys to tilt? the controls literally do not mention it so I can only assume youre a fucking liar.
>>750214827based demo enjoyer
>>750210953>>750215909
As someone who enjoys bus and truck simulators, I was positively surprised that there's actually a decent cab/rideshare simulation behind Rideshare "Stimulator", set in a very nicely designed European city. The AI-generated localization and VO sucked though, so I would definitely recommend playing this in English.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2366590/Rideshare_Stimulator/
>>750215909It's like back then was... the past or something...
>>750215568surprisingly few this fest. Tropico 7 and Stronghold 4 are probably the biggest non-indies. Then you have this: >Stupid Never Dieshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3486530/Stupid_Never_Dies/GRIP 2 and Dungeon Automata have industry vets behind them. ATOM RPG 2 maybe?
>>750215909lol I went looking for one that I thought was the one you meant and it was neither of the ones you posted, it's some home decor thinghttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4558980/Frutiger_Home_Demo/there's another one that's trying to be a social platform but that doesn't have a demo...and an incremental released earlier this year, and probably more that I just don't know about
>>750215161I'm curious about it too, do you have any more info? Things like setting/time period/artstyle?Kumitantei looked alright at first but I'm not into card battlers and there are already countless abandoned DR-like episodic releases.
>>750214447Play thishttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4348910/Probably_Stolen_Cyberpunk_Shopkeeper_Sim/
>>750216251>Tropico 7 Nothing against city builders, but they're just not my genre. >Stronghold 4I don't like how it looks, but I might give it a try. Crusader is still my favorite.>Stupid Never DiesPlayed this already.>Grip 2I'm more of a Burnout or Most Wanted kinda guy.But Dungeon Automata looks cool, thank you.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4702080/RWRRenegade/First person game with fun melee, that drifts into normal shooting pretty quickly. Resist using the guns unless you are in serious danger, its more fun that way.
>>750215980Q and W on keyboard. Pretty sure it's the shoulders or triggers on joystick.I do not lie.
>>750216568Interesting choice of clothing
>>750216634Fun game but her tits should jiggle when you click them in the car
>>750215161>>750216385FOUND IT BACKthank god lol. I had to parse the queue for 5 minutes it's 7komadahttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4760770/7Komadamy description wasn't that accurate lol but the screenshots made me think of danganronpa
>>750196263>its all *AI* slop cancerLOL! Thank god that GOG exists!
>>750216643It's to showcase her flatness.
>>750216745agreed
>>750216537>shop simI will, thanks
>>750216807>doesn't show feetcowards
>>750216312you know, I think you're rightI saw it linked earlier but can't find itit's probably in one of the earlier threads anyway, check this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c6IsD84Jls&list=RD6c6IsD84Jls
>>750210752Seconding this, half grip is amazing. Doesn't make my hand hurt but there are a few times where the default shifter is a little clunky.I've ended up playing this at the end of every night since I found it even though there's not enough time for all the demos.
>>750210953
is this how every japanese person feels? this VN is depressing lol what the fuck
>>750216936well actually now that I look that game came out a while ago, but either way there's a lot of these gamesI actually like the aesthetic though despite the memes, hopefully panline turns out to be goodgood video btw
>>750217797holy crap they got prince cosigning their game
It's MOTHERFUCKING GAMING time!
so the employees of this hotel also use space to advance text in real life huh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKRtm7ma-mE
>>750217604yeah me too, although at the time I thought it looked gaudyI was into vaporwave pretty early on which gradually acclimatized me to the idea lol if panline is good I'll be a happy guy, been loving first person platformers lately. Lones lure, white knuckles, peaks of yonder, DELTA, BAIONLENJA, stuntboost, avange myself... good shit
>>750214447I like how the artist for Apple Crumble draws faces in the photos.
>>750218017Post your sim rig.
>>750218387Yes, the "faces", sure...
>>750196263AIfags are so fucking cancer, holy shit.
>>750218017https://youtu.be/zvLrHrLHk6M?list=PLNHN85H6IxA1V2biKMSSRHpGGO0ZC_51D&t=307
>>750218494
>>750218207>succubus prison 2It's probably for the best that we forget the real one
>>750200720>I genuinely cannot think of a more pathetic general right now>>750180719
>>750218686there is a real succubus prison 2? I just used that as a filename for situation succ because the art is clearly done by shiki but I didn't know there was a sequel
>Me and Youhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/5150970/Me_and_You_Demo/>baba clone>only playable in co-op>fml
>>750218916given this is a puzzle game it theoretically could be played all alone unless this has timing based puzzles
>>750218990true but I can't be arsed
>>750199442game?
>>750218802lol lmaoowned
>>750218916You can play it solo by playing as both players. Honestly though, you won't get anything out of it that you could just get from playing Baba.
>>750219118solobut playing baba is you in mulitplayer should be fun
>>750218914From the same dev, yes, but it only uses art by cool-kyou
>>750218483>that face
Steam Slopfest
October fests are always the fucking worst because of all the horror dogshit
>>750217034it took me 8 minutes to reach the credits neat though
>>750219976
>>750219092Elzypon, it's a blobber
>>750218914Yes, it follows the ending of the oppai loli who age regresses you
>>750210953I think the algorithm actually prioritizes games in the lineup according to your preferences, because I got hit with a bunch of sailing games after getting a craving for them outside of the fest. I also keep getting hit with low engagement literalwhoware both in my calendar and in the nextfest, most likely because I actually play tons of underappreciated games, so the algo might've tried to pick up on that. I'm still kind of upset at how good some of this stuff is despite getting no traction, like Malignus.
>>750218017crazy graphix
Lenin Street Geek Shop is basically https://store.steampowered.com/app/3426150/I_Have_No_Change/but quirky chungus version instead of soul.
>bringing a tool to a sex fightnot gonna work...
>>750215472is parrying the only way to beat the boss?
Stupid never dies is a lot of cutscenes...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/5147910/Gypt_The_Eternal_PharaohWe've got Gypt and Numb Digger
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4995060/The_Tallyfound something cool
>>750223224>PS2 style.....no?
>>750222074I did it by blocking a hit and then attacking during his attack windup. Had a much easier time with daggers than with sword throwing.But if you loose your shield you seem to be pretty much out of options, yeah.
>>750223224I can appreciate the comical use of one of the stock-image guys.
With how often Nightmere got mentioned in previous threads, I was expecting something at least decent but it was kind of mediocre. Felt like I was reading a teenager's mystery novel draft. A lot of little naive things just bug at me like how they apparently sent 4 investigators to look at what is supposed to be a minor case of someone getting locked in a room, the lifeguard that called them in being absent in the first place and not present for questioning, them going "Oh no! The pool's about to close!" like they're school children on a field trip that have to follow the rules, getting into a really pointless argument about inspecting the crime scene alone, and the extremely weak and speculative arguments that all of the MC's colleagues put up which is common in these games but makes you wonder why they're even there because they're nothing but deadweight.
Well, played Emberville and my final conclusion is... boring. Just boring. Didn't really feel anything. The pacing needs some real work and frankly so does the combat. I was under the impression building up the town was going to be a big part of the game, they really should have shown that off. As is it was just a below average action game.
>>750223531It could be a good mix of Slormancer and Core Keeper. Definitely needed to see the settlement building.
>>750223531>>750223621It could at least be something to play before Kyora gets a release date
>>750223531I felt the same. Mediocre action, above Stardew but eh. A lot of harvesting for seemingly no reason. Pretty drab art style but the level of detail in the environment was nice.
>Annalyn MDExcellent Dr.Mario clone with neat abilities and modifiers. Didn't loose a single game during the campaign but the defibrillators saved me twice. Will keep an eye on this.
>>750224190I liked the first Annalyn but I'm not a Dr. Mario fan so I'll sadly have to pass.
>>750223224now this is good capsule art!
>>750223852>Trusting Core Keeper devs with another Terraria-like
>>750224190Annal with Annalyn.
>>750226879What happened with Core Keeper? I played it four years ago when it was in EA and just never got around to checking out 1.0 and everything afterward
>>750227267they half-assed everything and called it a day
Altered Blood is pretty cool so far. It feels like Ultrakill, very much in line with that go fast and kill lots of stuff type of gameplay.
>>750226989reminder that the dev of the game, without prompting or provocation, publicly stated that she is 25 years old, for some reason.
>>750227389Not him, I didn't really follow it but picked it up for coop and liked it. What was planned that they half-assed on?
OH N-
>>750227267It's just a pretty bad game. It looks pretty, has alright music, decent biome design, but gameplay is ass, progression is ass, story is super ass, and a lot of exploration is also ass.>>750227642She's hinting that the eggs are still fresh and that the time is running out.
>>750227608Got further and its even better, this dev clearly understands how mechanics go together. Very smooth but also extremely fast paced, lots of mechanics going on. Ill definitely favorite it, but I need to actually sit time aside to go beat Ultrakill too.
>>750227846what was this called again?shot goddess puke trick?trick goddess puke shot?puke trick shot goddess?
This game FUCKING ROCKShttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4122200/XXXX/I am getting filtered hard by a game whose name is fucking XXXX but the music, movement and artstyle sold it to me already. If you liked boss rush games like nanoapostle, gurei or rubinite try this out, cool platformer action game with no I-frames dodge. Gameplay isn't that complex but to me it does everything right. I'll make a webm later
>>750228663forgot to mention last command in the "similar games to XXXX", the presentation reminded me of it. just go play it you will enjoy I'm sure
>you can look up the goddess' skirtThat's how you know the game is good.
>>750228439>what was this called again?Shit you not, Pukey goddess shot trick. I felt sicking just typing it out.
>>750224190I couldn't beat the final boss and gave up. It's a really fun game though
>>750229004>>750228439In English they localized it to Drunken Goddess Reflux
>>750228840Source?
>>750228663that snake pisses me offbut I second this rec, game's fun
>queens domain>walk up to enemy>circle strafe>ai spins foreverkusoge
>>750197001/pol/ faggots who don't play vidya and are here just to argue and troll.
>>750228840I'm glad that other anons did that too.
>>750229764Huh. I thought Drunken Goddess Reflux was the first draft, and then they went with that asiatic gibberish.
>>750230083You should just ignore them. There was one guy having a massive meltie in the thread earlier but he stopped because nobody replied to his trash posts. I'm proud, the power of videogame demos is "unfathomable".
>>750230451oh I already do. filtering also works afaik. i rarely see the usual /pol/crap.
>>750196263Oh huh that's actually pretty useful, thanks. I had given up on sifting through all the slop.
>Patience is a Virtuefucking lmao
circle strafing also breaks the skeleton boss, queens domain is truly a pile of shit.
>>750231053I played that demo, it was actually quite fun despite the queer fag look unironically. The mechanic to reuse words and create your sentence made me laugh
Steam is Claude's whore.
>>750231152guh
>retro dark fantasy roguelike deckbuilding game >Play solo or with up to 4 players in co-op>Action mining game with retro aesthetics and roguelike elements>incremental roguelite auto-battler
>>750231995>cozy cleaning/sorting/job simulator game>vampire survivors clone #5,783
>>750230083>/pol/ faggots
>>750229004That's a good name though
>>750232413>gets clocked>posts a troon from his collection not obsessed
A game where I can finally be a boy with a hijab and hearing aid
>>750232559Actually this game doesn't have a gender option, it doesn't even have type A and type B body style. A female body is just an outfit.
>>750227846Me again, shit's pretty fun and I got almost an hour of play out of the demo. It obviously hinges entirely on if you like staring at an anime girl to a wacky electro soundtrack. Basically you pick from a russian roulette of 3 drinks of varying strengths, and you have to stay below your drunk limit while getting her to crack hers. You can level up your stats between rounds, and you get a variety of ability cards to tip the odds in your favor, like revealing a shot glass' strength, reducing your drunk meter etc.
Any cool Japanese dev'd games? Cool Korean, Taiwanese, and Chinese games are okay too.
>>750228663gonna give it a try later, thanks anon
>>750228663the flower creature was MUCH easier than the snake girl holy shitamazing soundtrack, I lost attempts unironically because I was vibing to the song as if I were playing necrodancer lol. I love videogames
This Slop Fest and the AI hate got me thinking… Hear me out!Not long from now, we're going to look back at all this AI slop with something akin to nostalgia, and dare I say it, some of it at times we'll even call soulful—while it was still uncanny in a good way. The pointlessness is the point; it's what reconnects the schmilblick to human creativity—and the absurdity of it to an art style. This is the last era of handcrafted computer art. Maybe the last era of human-conceived art, full stop. And we're all complaining because it reflects how degenerate we've become as a society.AI-assisted and generative tools have been baked into game dev softwares and used for more than a decade, you just haven't bothered noticing it, or complaining about it at the time—because it was less pervasive, and the outrage only feels justified now. Because you are rightfully afraid, and a bit slow. IMO, AI aiding (((gifted))) devs and idea guys from their bedrooms in creating new enticing stuff is somehow more reasonable than allowing the same overused Unreal Engine assets to be flipped again and again… There's always been a ton of shit shoved down our throats and only a handful of actual gems anyway…GoyApprovedSimulation™ is coming soon to your monitored cloud computing environment, so let's all enjoy this delicious slop while it lasts, before the production loops run themselves and we find ourselves completely defeated by our shrimp overlords…
>>750232962Where is my SwordDungeon Treaders
>>750232962https://store.steampowered.com/app/4285600/Where_is_my_sword/
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>>750233254>>—Bro typed it out in a word processor first
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4975190/STARPHAGE_Galactic_Plague_Simulator/Sci-fi plague-inc clone. Pretty good, liked the music and the artstyle. I’m not a huge fan of the genre but it was fun watching the galaxy dim to nothingness as all their stars died.All the ones I've played so far and my thoughts.https://rentry.org/October2026NextFest
>>750223224Too scuffed for me. Not talking about the graphics, it just plays like shit.
>>750232536>>gets clocked>>posts a troon from his collection >not obsessed
>>750228663>demo not showing upREEEEEEE
>ctrl+f jrpg>0 hitsAny jrpgs?
>>750233779yes, two now
>Dark Side Voidhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4770970/Dark_Side_Void/Holy fuck bros I'm beamingWhat an excellent experience. 2D action doesn't get much better than this. Truly feels like a step-up from Galak-Z or Luftrausers (and its many clones). I wouldn't compare it to Leynos, Brigador, Bladr Sky or Gigantic Army since it's all in zero-g. Super responsive + loads of options. You really feel like can depend on your radar for obstacles and enemies. Blasting through asteroid fields at top speed is a breeze. Sniping enemies outside of their detection range even when traveling just works. In many other games the radar is too minimal or not granular enough. Galak-Z for example, it's hard to use it since entities are large and hard to judge relative positions from. Then take something like Ace Combat. You spend half the time or more looking at the radar, judging intercept paths etc. If it's done well it can change how you play. But you don't have to, going into closer range is very enjoyable. Your boost jets, shield and melee makes encounters with other assault crafts a dance, much like in Galak-Z. Each enemy type have distinct behaviors. Drones will hide behind asteroids, swarm you in clouds and try to catch you from behind. Mechs will boost in while firing bursts, swipe at you with progressive cutters, then boost away with shields active and leave a few missiles for you to chew on. Damage is clearly visible on ships. Each swipe of heavier melee weapons will tear parts off larger entities. Sound design is stellar, especially in the hangar. Cool loadout options, but I would like to see more. Ship design and illustration is top-notch. I played with the steam controller, grip buttons are great for letting you keep your thumbs on the sticks. Analogue control for weaving through asteroids and slow approaches to pickups felt great. Wishlisted, this just edged out Where is my sword as the best demo so far. I don't know what those earlier anons were smoking.
>>750233679it's one of those games that for some reason have the virgin "download demo" button on the right instead of the chad green DOWNLOAD DEMO button we all know
>>750233814Care to name them or not?
>>750232962>>750233840
>>750233880both of them are in >>750233779
>>750233840>baldr skyalright will download your dark side void demo game. the vn was a bit boring but I liked the combo customization and rain was a cutie. you better not be lying
>>750233851Ooooohh. Why the fuck is that a thing?
>>750233909Oh so you're trolling. Cool.
Finally buck broke this game with a high early game roll of compounding artifact + module on the reproducer for mass human breeding into the special module that gives you common resources for sacrificing them in the bio generator into an artifact that gives you random uncommon resources for sacrificing in the biogen, from then on it was *mostly* easyGreat game desu, a bit reddit in its humour but not in a grating way, more of an early internet memes way (laser sharks, some junji itto events, etc)
>>750233679>>750233851Showing up for me
>>750234257same, but I think it's because of the augmented steam addon
>>750233925he said he wouldnt compare it to
>>750234418I speedread the postI downloaded the demo anyway it should be fun from what I see
>>750233840I like Darkside void but it is also blatantly all gen ai assets that aren't disclosed on the page.
>>750234392Oh right I forgot I had that installed, good catch
>>750229796https://store.steampowered.com/app/5214670/Warota_I_Live_Next_to_The_Demon_Kings_Castle_LOL_Demo/>>750230253To be fair her skirt is see-through anyway.
>>750234680Yes, but there's a world of difference between looking at her from the front and looking at her from below.
I'm so fucking tired of AIslop
>>750234886same, the freak tranny who keeps posting AIslop ruined the steam next fest
Correction is needed.
>>750234886>>750234938And the schizo is back.
>>750234680ty
shillinghttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4589260/Wizard_School_Dropout/Traditional Roguelike with a PoE map portal and a base you can build up and hire people to do random shit. Probably the best thing I've played during the fest and if you have any inclination for this type of game it's an easy recommend. Has pronouns in the character creator so skip if that's a big deal for you.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4697880/Rock_Band_Simulator/Really cool "life sim" type game about living 7 days as a deadbeat band member. At least click the link before you decide to skip this because there's a lot going on in this game and it isn't the typical "Card Shop Simulator" shit that's all over steam. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3980790/Red_Tide/Stalker but with fishing. Yep.
>>750235005>quotes two completely different posts that could not possibly be more obviously from different people as if they're the same guyAre you sure you aren't actually, clinically schizophrenic? A doctor may be able to do something to help this condition, if you can find one that isn't a jewish placebo shill.
>>750196263>deluge of low off weebshit that's very obviously more interested in being waifu manga than a fucking video game>roguelike>card battler>deckbuilder>roguelike>roguelike>deckbuilding card battler roguelike>more weebshitCan we please go back to poofter r*ddit pixel art platformers that were an AlLeGoRy for something gay? At least Celeste was an actual video game wrapped in fagotronics rather than this absolute fucking undesigned DOGSLOP.
>>750235125>roguelikeGo fuck yourself>Nigger on the coverGo fuck yourself>Stealing from le ebil capitalists to pay off MUH STUDENT LOANSGOFUCKYOURSELFNIGGERFAGGOT
>>750235318Pretending to be a Celeste fan to own the libs
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4004340/Peeping_Office_Worker_Demo/Well coombros?
>>750235430You forgot the pronouns, I even included that in my shill and everything so weirdos like you didn't have to expose yourself to a brown person
>>750205619soulful, thanks for sharing this
Okay fellas, I got a few games I can recommend to ya.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4772200/Type_Me_Home/A platformer where you type commands in a prompt to control the lizard. Interested in how much more the game might evolve as well as its speedrunning potential.https://store.steampowered.com/app/952100/Bad_Pixels/A super low-poly FPS game, early access. Most of the missions that I've seen are just kill all the bad guys. I like the aesthetic but have concerns about how much more the gameplay will develop.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4303790/Acrolyte_Demo/A Metroid-inspired adventure game with a real polished presentation. The twinstick controls in this one are a little tricky since aiming is by reticle and you're encouraged to play with a mouse and keyboard rather than a controller.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4982870/Lightspeed_Lina/Currently in its playtest phase, obviously inspired by 3D Sonic games. It's strange because the worlds sprawl out but there isn't much to explore, a lot of pointless space and dead ends. It controls well enough, but wall riding feels a little tricky.https://store.steampowered.com/app/5140480/Night_Hazard_Demo/Inspired by the 3D Castlevania games like Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness. Combat's pretty brain dead but it could improve as it goes on. I think the lock-on targeting is great for movement and has potential for finding secrets if you have to be in the right spot to get to certain enemies.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4116510/Tabula_Demo/A top-down puzzle game about putting the pieces together in the right way so you can collect all the flags in one go and reach the exit. Harder than it looks, I'm stumped on 2-5.
>>750216385the card battler mechanic is the massive downside of the game, even worse than the chara design or memey voice actorsbut kumitantei was surprisingly competent
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3489340/ReBlade_The_Death_Spiral/Anyone tried this?
I regret ignoring those events and these threads until today. I never paid attention to steam sales or whatever, I found a ton of games I enjoyed playing. I didn't even know about the wishlist feature before. Good stuff. Have some big tiddies
>>750236184How the fuck did you only learn about the Wishlist feature now? How long have you had a Steam account?
>>750236184These are consistently, bar none, the best threads on this godforsaken board, be sure to join us for the next one
>>750218914That art isn't from shiki it's from xingpi
>>750236256Since 2014. I never used the store other than for buying games, never registered the buttons such as follow, ignore, wishlist etc. Never used the in-game chat since I have discord and I wasn't a big PC gamer before 2026
>>750236372So what did you do when you were interested in a game but not enough to buy it instantly?
I hate how few games Steam actually shows during these festivals. How am I supposed to evaluate all 7251 games from this if Steam won't show me much of them? It didn't used to be this way. I truly feel sorry for those indie devs whose game goes unseen because it was invisible.
>>750236008type me home is bullshit the guy wants like 240wpm for platforming
>>750233840I'm one of those anons, I wish I was smoking something when playing it, maybe I would have enjoyed it more.
Navigating the Steam Next Fest demos while scrolling through all the AI slop nightmare fuel is hell. We need a filter added for this.
Long daughter raising demohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4036120/My_Fairy_Princess_Demo/
Majora's Mask styled game but much more open. Really fun overall but pretty buggy at the moment.
These deckbuilders look quite similar to what I thought Slay the Spire looked like in 2019
>>750222065nah, i'd win. hags don't get me horny
>>750236784The only command that regularly fucked me up was "jump" since it's the only one you do with one hand. But I'll agree with you that I got majorly tilted at High and Low. However, you should also know that "stop" is a command you can use, too. That was the turning point in which I started to dominate. Got all five oranges. My fingers are crossed that there's some easter eggs with like secret commands and so on.>>750236860The fact that a filter wasn't added made me so pissed. There's indie devs who busted their ass on their games and I can't even give them a chance because they're drowning under this shit storm. I only found Type Me Home through my timeline on X, otherwise I never would have found it.I'll ask if anyone has any good recs for a guy that likes games from the action, platformer, arcade, shmup, and "metroidvania" genres.
>>750235318https://store.steampowered.com/app/5186030/SLAM_TANK/Cool action game. Not a roguelite.https://store.steampowered.com/app/5407640/Malignus_Demo/Cool dungeon keeper game. Not a roguelite.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2835380/Nomadica/Barebones but cute survivalcraftadventure game. Not a roguelite.Hope you like one/some/all of these.
>>750236286Hidden gem threads were able to match these until it became a little too much faggot shitposting about ads, shilling, and what constitutes hidden.
>>750235465The platform gameplay was excellent. Just a shame about the r*ddit poisoning.
>>750237035guh fine I'll play it. the zelda font almost got me.
>>750236286These threads are total dogshit because the NEXT Fests are dogshit slopping dogslop. The Sales threads are good largely because everything in NEXTfag threads already got filtered by being released as absolute garbage.
Not enough people are playing this. It's cute.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4555310/Fenestra_my_focus_her_future/
>>750237490sale threads are dogshit because they're not about playing games, but all about jerking off over who can spend more money
Trailblazers advertises itself as Rimworld x FTL but really it's just FTL with an incredibly faggy artstyle and way slower.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3732880/Trailblazers_Into_the_March_Demo/
>>750216385>>750236031The second chapter is releasing in a few weeks and they talked about a bunch of fixes to the minigames in steam posts, they're clearly not giving up on it.
Any of our fellow anons have any games in this fest?
>>750238463DIOS MIO
>>750239243It genuinely has some of the ugliest, Concord tier characters I've ever seen.
>>750238069Feels like every next fest there's another pomodoro tool/game that's in it. This kind of fourth wall breaking stuff is what I like but I don't really have a use for that studying autism so there's no reason for me to look at them. It's a tragedy.
>>750238463Check Malignus if you'd like non-faggy Rimworld. No +FTL, unfortunately.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4783070/Whispers_of_the_Requiem/Heavy-handed edgy horror
>>750239787hope this is the protagonist's writing
>>750239890It is, the game opens with you bringing back a girl you abducted
>>750239931holy kino, I'll give it a download
>>750237035kek, really subtle with the fontDoes it just do the npcs-with-timed-quests gimmick, or does it also have dungeons and puzzles?
>>750240619It has dungeon and puzzles galore, in fact. Despite the game feeling held together by duct tape it is surprisingly content heavy and has some really good content.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3367480/Null_Path/tight little precision platformer. Challenging without being annoying, since you can set a few checkpoints yourself. Coyote-timing jumps from a wall slide is very fun. Orange world was my favourite.
>>750240918Nice, thanks for the recommendation then, onto the list it goes!
>>750240619there's nothing at steak, play it
>>750239661Yeah, it should just be a game. Who cares about the rest of it.
>>750240947>tight>littleunf...
>>750233089I already miss when AI was making uncanny nightmare fuel, at least that was interesting.
Any cunnykino?
I just played Magnavale: Eternal Soul, a game so clearly based on Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow it's not even funny.Exploration is tedious with one-way junctions and I found nothing of value. The best equipment I got was from enemy drops, and that's likely because I was playing hard mode. Combat is a joke with many enemies and even bosses not at all able to handle footsies with short hop light attacks. The guardian battles with the intent stat is fucking DUMB. Like, really, really dumb. If a player was struggling to survive and was clutching it out, why even give the slightest chance to fuck them over? It's one of the most baffling design decisions I've ever seen in a "metroidvania". Just awful. The art direction in general is bland, from the palette choices to the biomes. I doubt any substantial changes will be made, either, since my complaints are right at the core of the game's design.
I'm amazed that most demos are in the 500mb to 2.5gb range, it was getting ridiculous a few fests ago with the 30gb demos.
>play Nightmere>need to convince fellow officers to let you investigate alone(?)>"You could miss stuff and we're running out of time">the correct answer is to say "I'll be quick and you can just check after :)))"
>>750242987Probably because of feedback from that and storage is getting harder to afford.
Enough with the positivity, what's the absolutely WORST game you've played so far?
>>750244072I don't know if it's the worst, but I'm going to personally put Morpho Reverie on my shitlist, because the tutorial used a song by onoken that I really like, but the demo doesn't let you actually play the song properly. Also too much fucking VN and side bullshit in a rhythm game, I just want to wreck my keyboard.
games for this feel
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3011890/Clown_Around/I quite enjoyed myself on this stealth(???) shooter. Won't have much replayability, but damn the clown girl gets me kind of horny. Where is the 3rd person view button?Most of the fun for me was finding secrets, including the extra secret in the tutorial level.
>>750244072Cornered Cadavers looks awful and plays worse
>>750197338you have no idea how much enjoyment I get out of making you queers angry when I post about how much I like vidyapleasecontinue seethingit's greatlikebetter than reading the seethe on resetera
>>750245432
>>750246016>the joke is clo-AAACK!!
where is my "enter people's homes and rummage through their stuff" game?
>>750214447I remember the world premier for Stupid Never Dies at the game awards last year and thinking it was crazy to have a pop-punk song in a sea of rap musichope the game is actually good
>>750246016I just wanted to play a fun clown game and now I'm being forced to jerk off...
>>750246680what geimu?
>>750199971Not demo related, but as a fellow dice-pilled rollcell you might like to know about "Dice player one".
>>750237120>The only command that regularly fucked me up was "jump" since it's the only one you do with one hand.>he isn't a hopchad
>>750249772Upbeat or something similar, image search surprisingly works.I also wanted to ask if witch in this game is from some other game, I swear I've seen her before.
>>750250880upbeat was it. ty anon.
>game has slingshot bikini>can't see it that much because it's a top down gamesad!
>Try TRACE>See thisMan, I miss WACCA. I know that this song wasn't in it, but it's still TANO*C.
>>750251517>mankini
>>750251517which game?
Have you said THANK YOU to your favorite expert /v/idya reviewers ITT yet anon?
>we still don't have the technology to change the "Install demo" button to "Play" if it is already installed
>>750239661Why don't "normal" games with cute characters just have this be their main menu screen? I'd buy it.
>>750196263>dumpster divingDumpster diving doesn't cut it. According to that next wind guy, this next fest has 8000 games. That's not dumpster diving, that's landfill diving. That's trash island in the Ocean diving. The chance of actually finding anything good is next to fucking none. And that's gonna be the future of all steam if this AI slop doesn't stop.We're gonna only be able to find playable shit when a major publisher releases something (and promises not to have used AI) or you follow some youtube e-celeb who gets mailed good games directly and passes them on.
>>750252324multiple great games have been posted already, take a chillpill
>>750252324>I'm too stupid to pull it off therefore it impossible.This is the sort of fellow who should be very worried about AI taking his job. His future prospects are looking bleak with the looming technological progress. AI cannot replace everyone, yet, but it can absolutely replace retards.
>>750252629>ah yes I love having to 7980 no effort slop titles to find the 20 hand made titles, and of those 20, find the 3 or so that are worth playing.I ain't saying it isn't possible anon. If you're bored enough you can go through endless amounts of slop on store page after page after page in the hopes of finding that one gem. I'm saying having to do that, is a fucking dystopian nightmare world. These fags kept promising "Ai will allow everyone to make an amazing game on par with the best stuff you've ever played", And what has AI brought us? https://store.steampowered.com/app/5477470/Depth_Diggers Depth Diggers. Behold! The future of gaming!
>>750252245>filename
>>750252003surfpunkyou need to do some account linking shit and play more of the game to get coins to buy the cosmetic from their website, but they said you can get it in the full game but you get it much later in game
>>750252993In every age, there are small minded men who belittle the achievements before them because they lack imagination. >Wilbur Wright only managed to stay in the air for 60 seconds. Airplanes will never amount to anything.
>>750252324>>750252993I already gave up looking at steam events years ago because they were fountains of trash. Now I learn about everything from other people or 4chan, wishlist it, and get sale notifications. I took one look at this NEXT fest and stopped.>>750253521What are you getting at?
Played more Zodiac Legion, shit's cool. I think they added more tooltips in an update, so I've been able to figure out more of the math behind the mechanics.Slashing attacks are best when an opponent has particularly vulnerable areas (they get to shift one hit location for free without needing any margin of success on the attack) while versus someone with all-around good armor coverage thrusts and blunt are better.
>>750253708obvious AI slopyoure probably the dev
>>750253585>I already gave up looking at steam events years ago because they were fountains of trash.You know what's crazy to me? These are people, who largely will drop a game for containing a pride flag, or a fag protagonist on principle. But are now standing here, and telling me: "Yeah, 8000 AI slop games being shit out onto next fest is good actually, and YOU are the fag for not liking it". Bro I'm willing to have every protagonist in video games forever be a queer dyed hair feminist, if that's the trade off for never seeing another AI game ever again.
>>750234664>it is also blatantly all gen ai assetsit's all hand drawn though? you might have missed your daily dose
has anyone seen a 2d sidescrolling pixel h-game? I saw it a while back but forgot to get the demo. It had some generic dungeon-fantasy look and consisted of getting raped by passing goblins but I wanted to try it anyway.>>750196263https://store.steampowered.com/app/673100/Code_of_The_Savage/I played and can recommend Code of Savage. Basic RPG but its nice to see a demo that isn't trying to reinvent the wheel. Inspired off of Ultima. Only issue is that it's a little limiting how you can play
>>750253931If they can make AI spritework look this nice, I don't mind.I don't think it's AI though, judging by the oldest dev posts on their steam community it's been in development since 2018 and most of the current sprites are present in posts from 2021. So probably what >>750254136 said with it being a side job if it's been in dev hell this long
>>750254136>>750254380I deleted the post and looked into it closer and it doesn't appear to be AI slop because they are "seasoned" professionals with a history and website for the game and it looks like a revolving door of developers that come and go.But there is an odd post on twitter that is both condemning slopping up the steam store while at the same time I (think?) using AI to figure out what a poorly described video bug report was trying to say.
>>750245656How can you not love a face like this?
>>750254675"You come into my house on the day my daughter is to be married and you ask me to do murder for money"
>>750221162the first day i tried to sift through "colony sim" and "strategy" and never even saw this the first timeor maybe my eyes glazed over as i scanned through all the AI stuff bracketing this in the lists..
How do we know which demos will stay up past nextfest..
>>750255530Can't know that. It's up to each dev. You'd have to check each one's news section if the dev says it's limited time or not.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3895110/The_Road_of_Dust_and_Sorrow/I usually despise zombie games but this game has peak fucking atmosphere from the first second. Art is extremely detailed and more importantly, the animation actually flows really well and has a great impact on attacks. Also might have some cosmic horror aspect.Wishlisting this one.
>>750235125>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4697880/Rock_Band_Simulator/that does seem rather involved, why would they go for such an AI-coded thumbnail?do you get to fuck groupies? >>750244072Birds of Impalatism, it's a headache in vidya form>>750251517I will now try your demo>>750252324>We're gonna only be able to find playable shit when a major publisher releases somethinghaha, you're in the wrong thread
>>750245150>my childhood waifurfriendit hurts>>750249389game?
>>750255995katherine did betray rashid and his wife right? she took off with the crop virus thing
>>750210752It's a shame that shooting is literally optional for the most part. If you don't have a specific objective asking you to shoot other cars, you can just focus on racing and that part is really easy.
>>750254180TRVKE
>>750254180nobody likes the AI slop, what the fuck are you on about
>>750258043the freak tranny enjoys AI slop and will kvetch if you don'the's the one who says you don't like videogames or are a casual freak if you don't gobble up the slop like a good cuck
This was a great classic Zelda game. Exploring and clearing dungeons was fun. Really liked the old 3D render look it has too. Ended up playing for an hour and a half.https://store.steampowered.com/app/5210860/Nulphia_Demo/Also want to recommend ProtoDungeon again since it was another solid adventure game I found that I'll check out the rest of once the fest ends.https://store.steampowered.com/app/1063700/ProtoDungeon_Episode_III/
>>750258608
>>750258608I wish my insults were so hard hitting that they rattled freaks to this degree. How long have you been seething about this guy?
>>750257139Clown Around
>>750251517Holy...
>>750251517I love slingshot bikinis so much it's unreal! And i already had this demo downloaded, cool.
Fuck me someone posted a great looking game and I was sure I wishlisted it for later perusal but it looks like it didn't take, I need help brosIt was a first person sword and board type with aesthetics similar to queen's domain from this fest.. the first screenshot was the player with I think two serrated swords standing on a high wall overlooking a city
>>750228663I wish I had realized this earlier, but the snake doesn't count as an hurtbox in phase 2.You're not forced to stay in the bottom left corner to avoid the heart arrows, you can move around relatively freely. And you can also skip her wave bullet attack (the one that requires you to jump inbetween) if you deal enough damage, skipping straight to her final phase. Good game. I think enemies having weak spots harder to reach could spice things up nicely.
>>750260831?https://store.steampowered.com/app/2629670/Life_Blood/
>>750261146That was exactly it, you're good and I did wishlist it and download the demo, I just forgot the name... I'm stupid
>>750258608he only says he enjoys ai shit so people reply and bump the thread (he makes most of the next fest threads too, if you couldn't tell), this is what's classically known as 'bait'more fool you for thinking threads about videogames would survive without an autistic retard constantly bumping it from page 9
>>750258608How are your attempts to stop the next fest threads going? Did begging on your knees like the filthy peasant you are have any effect or did it fail like every other thing you ever attempted?
>>750254180>Brings up that he would play gayshit troon games>Completely unpromptedThe infiltrator reveals xerself. You just can't ever keep it down, can you?
>>750255327The thumbnail looked a bit unimpressive, you probably just missed it.
>>750261334I never actually told him I like AI stuff, he fabricated it in his little head because he is a freak. It is why I tend to call him a freak. He is mostly fighting a figment of his own imagination. As for the bait thing, yeah, I can just fire off a post insulting someone but I tend to prefer just picking a link to a good demo or something that looks at least half decent if I ran out of good ones to post.
Everything is low effort dogshitThese threads are worthless discount shillthreads
>>750257392That's what I figured too
https://steamcommunity.com/app/5030830I'm terrible at plane sims, can't do co-ordinated formation stuff properly.But this is pretty cool so far.
>>750263103this ran like shit on my machine
>>750207342I have it on my to-play list. Nice to hear it's good because some of the other demos ended up being underwhelming.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4950960/ASTRIDER_Demo/>AC at home to fill in the void of not being able to run AC8Only real problems for me was >the current UI and lack of hit confirming with missiles>Machinegun somewhat feels like ass>lock on's a bit weird with missiles, I dunno if I was doing something wrong with setting auto lock but I had to use D-pad to shift between targets during the 6v1 dogfight instead of it swapping to the next targetI play like a retard so I have no good footage
>>750263278No issues on mine Really poorly balanced though. There was never any situation going full unga charge was not the best choice. You just spawn camp and 1 shot any wave without armor and 2 shot those.
>>750264087I got a burst attack magic which I maxed out and obliterated everything at a distance. MP was trivial to regain by dodging spider webs. Needs a lot of balancing work. The player characters are cute but the enemies are pretty boring.
>>750233840Loving the mecha designs, so I'll check it out. Thanks.
>>750264243ImoNeeds to remove the mp orbs on the floor, tone down skill damage especially on aoe moves, remove some of the shittier rooms, stop offering me skills when all of mine are maxed or give them some use beyond saying no, have more tough enemies mixed in with the little ones, bigger maps I can't spawn camp everything in, make normal attacks worth caring about beyond mp restore and just add like... more to the combat? Its just basic combo to feed 2 skills and they have no cooldown and use the same resource so you just pick the best skill and spam it
>>750262532https://store.steampowered.com/app/1221770/Homeplanet/Here's a space combat game. UI inputs requested in the tutorial seems unbound, couldn't be arsed to setup the game for the demo. Might try again later. VA for the instructor seems decent.
>>750264454>stop offering me skills when all of mine are maxed or give them some use beyond saying nothe biggest issue right now seems to be that the skill pool is so small that you're often offered the same skill on every level up, making them trivial to max out and then dominate everything
Any good RPGs in this fest...?
>>750228663The best demo so far imo. Music is amazing and gameplay is FUN.>>750261041>I wish I had realized this earlier, but the snake doesn't count as an hurtbox in phase 2.Not staying on the stacked desks and chairs is LAME
>>750257392Yeah, she reneged on the deal. She's written to be kind of a piece of shit
Clown Around is fucking great. Very Cruelty Squad-esque in it's gameplay, in that you're let loose in a fairly open level with a variety of tools and allowed to just fuck around. Aesthetic is very different though.
I feel like there's more demos this time that don't have full controller support yet. Maybe I just got unlucky this time I guess.
>>750267439I played several demos where navigating the menu with a controller was either extremely cumbersome or downright impossible.
>>750237035this controls like absolute shit, what a shame
I really wanna like Ablahshikar but I can't.
FATUMbros I fucked up, 3 out of 5...Student - clearPropaganda journalist - infectedMiner - clearHag - clearRetarded cook & husband - infectedWho did I get wrong?
it's the same 4 people posting demos and bumping these threads on page 10 btw. the same agdg tranny subhuman ai sloppers
>>750269818>won't someone think of the twitter bait threads!
Anyone played Prospice?Is it just Stalker + Mudrunner?The game is making my 980 super hot so I am not going to risk it, I had demos damage my PC before.
>>750263103This not having panties was a travesty, I wrote it on the feedback form.
>>750270254It's an offroad truck simulator. Slow as shit and kinda boring
>>750251517I'm too stupid to figure out how to unlock this.
>>750266438>Very Cruelty Squad-esque in it's gameplay, in that you're let loose in a fairly open level with a variety of tools and allowed to just fuck aroundYou should read up on immersive sims like Deus Ex and Vampires the Masquarade, as well as System Shock 2 and Thief. >>750269818thanks for the bump fren
>>750271103I've played all of them but they don't have the same structure, the closest one is Thief. The others are all a continuous adventure usually with areas you can pass between freely and stuff, but at the same time the devs do try to constrain you more in terms of being able to slingshot yourself across rooftops and shit. And even Thief isn't that similar in how it handles progression.
>>750271085you get redirected to a website when you try to use the swimsuit at the customization womanconnect whatever shit to your account for gold, do some of the achievements there for more gold and get 1500 to buy it at the reward tab on the websiteyou might have to relaunch the game for the reward to be sent when you get it
>slopfestVery sad
Now that the fest is nearing an end I'll post the list of Next Fest gooner games I enjoyed.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4784920/Succupie_An_Erotic_Short_Story_Demo/This is the best one, a very funny story with SOVLFUL art and dialog.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4348280/Princess_and_Conquest_Queen_Of_Clubs/I'm not sure if this was in the next fest, but I've had the demo DLed for a while. Management game from the Princess and Conquest guys.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4603980/Alien_Invasyndrome/Pixel art stealth game where you play as the alien from alien and DNA extract people.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4688700/Project_ExhibitionistThere are 300 of these, this was the clone I found the best in the fest (I think the limitations of steam mean these will never be as good as off site versions though).https://store.steampowered.com/app/4994510/Mimic_in_the_Dungeon_DemoIdle game which could end up being good if expanded well, waiting to see the full game.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2696110/Situation_Succ_Inn_Elysium/Stealth escape game, I would have enjoyed it more if you were the succubus though.
>>750258746I agree with Nulphia. The only issue I have is that at time It can be unclear what you're suppose to do. Like I finished the dungeon in the forest and saved chief's daughter, but the lamp still tells me to go to the ruins in the forest. I dunno if I missed something in the dungeon or what.
>>750272083Now the not quite as good ones.https://store.steampowered.com/app/5229540/Kung_Fu_Waifus_Demo/Dumb ass name but a fun trainer game. Demo is way too miserly though which makes me think the full game might be mid.https://store.steampowered.com/app/5207080/How_to_Train_Your_Spirit_The_Exorcism_of_a_Busty_Ghost_Demo/Another decent trainer game.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4575510/Glowstick_Pirates_Harem_Conquest/RPG game where you play as a pirate with a curse that makes his cock grow. Very clearly rance inspired but not as good.That's all I've found so far. I personally didn't find the slop tide too bad I didn't feel like I was quite drowning in it, tons of cool games out there. I think most of the hate is just influencers trying to drum up anger.
>>750216568>>Tropico 7>Nothing against city builders, but they're just not my genre.Tropico 5 started a downward slop even if the game itself was terrible. Everything has been moving away from any sort of flavoring it had previously as a banana Republic sim. No more dirty buildings, every person you drill down to look at isn't even Spanish.It's perfectly serviceable but it's not Tropico anymore. Also the cut in 3d models instead of the pop up portraits to give you updates are such a downgrade I couldn't even be bothered to finish the demo.
>Windwovenhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3446130/Windwoven/Another Harvest Moon clone, now with Chinese furries. This one has polished and snappy movement which instantly puts it above 95% of the other trash. Pixel art and world design is fantastic. Character portraits are very cute. Writing is warm but short and to the point. Quests seem very forgiving but the flavor text is nice. Seems like a simple but cozy game. You can build structures but there doesn't seem to be any need to do so? Didn't explore the tech trees. Wishlisted, although not sure when I'll have time to play it.
yup it's ludo
>>750273639The board game?
>Bruisers 2D Boxinghttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3740090/Bruisers_2D_Boxing/Cool 2D boxing, rather in depth. Many combinations. Medicine, training, diet, politics, betting... every aspect goes slightly further than you'd expect. Options for cheating and doping. Rather long matches, feels real. Some opponents were way harder than others.
this is chuuni discriminationhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/5077230/The_Fox_Vanishes_The_Mystery_of_Mistveil/
>>750114717>TREMENhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4414940/Tremen_Demo/the gunplay felt decent but>mouse over meny option sfx plays everytime you move the mouse, spamming it. very amateur mistake >the workbench wouldn't let me exit, had to alt-f4how does this piece of shit have such a elaborate trailer?
>>750272083>SuccupieInsufferable writing. Couldn't make it to the titties.>Princess and ConquestNot playing a game from a gay cuck who loves to have gay shit and cuck shit in his game.>Alien InvasyndromeDecent concept, wish the alien wasn't br*wn, and also wish the controls weren't ass. Low effort programming, but will keep it on the wishlist.>Mimic in the DungeonGood enough, cute girls, even if it's actually one girl with body paint and wigs, effectively. Wishlisted.>Situation Succ Inn ElysiumHow blank slate is the protagonist? The screenshots make it seem like you have a backstory and I hate porn games with premade protags.
>>750273050Is there combat?Also, do I need to shove gifts down NPCs' throats to befriend them like every other HM clone? I'm sick of that system.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4651080/CelSector/Decent side scrolling horror shooter. Very sophisticated customization system, worth looking at just for that.>>750274916>wish the alien wasn't br*wn,Bro it's a bug. It's brown because the alien from alien was and so it contrasts better with the girls. I don't think it was a politics or even fetish choice.>how blank slateHis personality is he is a journalist/detective guy, that's about it.
>>750211451what does WEG mean
>>750275173"western" erotic game
>>750275130>Bro it's a bug. It's brown because the alien from alien was and so it contrasts better with the girls. I don't think it was a politics or even fetish choice.I don't care about niggers, brown is a very unsightly color, and watching it being involved in sexual activities is repulsive. I don't watch anything with brown penetrative appendage, it's not about racebaiting, it's just unaesthetic. If I believed it was racebaiting, I wouldn't even give the game a chance.>His personality is he is a journalist/detective guy, that's about it.Does he have a name?
>>750275321>Western Erotic Game games
>>750272349He's referring to ruins elsewhere in the forest. Not the dungeon where the daughter is.
>>750275007Yeah, but it seems very simple. It's 100% going for the bog standard gift system, yeh
>>750275927Fuck's sake. Why can't I have life sims with proper risky adventuring/mercenarism and characters that I don't have to bribe into liking me?
>>750272458>>750272083Thoughts in these bro?https://store.steampowered.com/app/3651540/Peeping_Office_Worker/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4719200/Unholy_Maiden/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4176000/False_Myth_2/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4932210/Dark_Elf_Descent_into_Corruption/
>>750275996I hear you. Stardew valleys new chocolate game is going to focus on adventuring more than farming, there's always that. I'd love a game that lets me adventure with some actual risk reward, that requires planning. Like, I want to have to go away from my base for several days and plan accordingly, maybe longer. Calculate rations and travel day costs against quest rewards, accepting shouldn't be a given. Being forced to hire mercs to guard your camp while you explore a dungeon or clear goblins from a remote area. Hire logistic help for the journey etc. NPC:s that gain favor for you by your long-term actions, not if but how you help the community, the direction you go. Clothing choices, cleanliness, dedication, work ethic, organization... I want to have to consider more aspects depending on which romantic parner I go for. What do they care for? Does it matter if I come home covered in blood as long as I bring the money? Does it matter if I'm poor as long as I'm kind to the village orphans?
>Rain98Was enjoying it until that ending section
>>750276379Isnt the ntrshit bait
>>750276481Yep
>>750276379it was gay and lame until that for me personallyit's not NTR but the plot is kind of retarded
>>750276379For a game that advertised itself as>Spend time with a depressed doomer girlfriend in the 90sI wonder what they actually expected their audience to think when they started implying they might get cucked
>project exhibitionism>nudity is disabled for the demoThen what's the fucking point
>>750275641I thought that might be the case, but I still couldn't find it. Is it west or north from the forest?Overall I think I liked the haunted mansion location the most. Really nice atmosphere and neat reward for completing it.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4421250/Liminal_Brutalis_Physical_Agility/fun and decently hard 3d precision platformer. The start is a bit weird and unintuitive, search for a vent on the wall if you get stuck (also check out the "skybox" around your house, neat effect). Once you get to the jumping it gets really good. Pic related is pretty brutal with the timing.
>>750277462oh also I recommend rebinding jump to a mouse button (rebind zoom also if you wanna jump with RMB)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/5168960/Aldmark_Calls_for_Aid/This is cool, kinda like a medieval mud and blood.Reminded me of the battles in Lord of the Realms 2
I'm a sucker for Action RPG games with lots of "customization" i bought and 100% Dimraeth after around 22hours but the game is on early access so there's not enough content yet, bought "slormancer" but barely played it because it feels more "arcadey" even though i really liked the whole multiple things to farm/customize, but on this steam fest i played the demo for Emberville and didn't even finished it because i liked it so much that i KNOW i'm buying it next week when it comes out. Are there any other games like that to keep an eye on? Action RPG, lots of customization and loot, doesn't matter the graphics.
>>750277437North after you get into the forest.
>>750276368>I hear you. Stardew valleys new chocolate game is going to focus on adventuring more than farming, there's always that.It's still Stardew Valley, which is still just Harvest Moon, with the mercantile relationships and whatnot. Besides, I'm not feeling very strongly about adventuring in a game about chocolate.>I'd love a game that lets me adventure with some actual risk reward, that requires planning. Like, I want to have to go away from my base for several days and plan accordingly, maybe longer. Calculate rations and travel day costs against quest rewards, accepting shouldn't be a given. Being forced to hire mercs to guard your camp while you explore a dungeon or clear goblins from a remote area. Hire logistic help for the journey etc. Try Wayward if you're okay with it being more about survival and less about interacting with medieval society. I actually had to do exactly that several times - assemble a ration kit in advance knowing I'll be away from my base for a long time, and even had to establish forward bases/outposts so I could have essential facilities while far from home.The Long Dark is another candidate for such an activity, but I don't know if I'd recommend it. It was great like half a decade ago when I played it, but the main dev is a gigaretard and probably fucked it up by now.>Clothing choices, cleanliness, dedication, work ethic, organization... I want to have to consider more aspects depending on which romantic parner I go for. What do they care for? Does it matter if I come home covered in blood as long as I bring the money? Does it matter if I'm poor as long as I'm kind to the village orphans?I would also love to have relationships where people actually react to your personality traits and deeds instead of just liking you for agreeing with them and disliking you for disagreeing with them.
>>750277101So if you reach level 10 you can take off the panties, but not the bloody top. I'm seething
>>750278402You MIGHT like this one, but I can't promise anything. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3642910/Wyldheart/That's as far as I've gotten when it comes to Next Fest entries.
>>750278402I had hopes for Emberville but it seems pretty undercooked atm
I remember when these threads shilled mightreya
Crap, I've been missing it this time. Is there a single good multiplayer demo?
Life Blood looks very nice visually, a shame about everything else.
>>750228663Looks rad and that I'll get filtered immediately. Wishlisting regardless.
>>750279581>Try WaywardGood suggestion, I already own it. I had a really hard time adjusting to the orthogonal movement in that one.>I actually had to do exactly that several times - assemble a ration kit in advance knowing I'll be away from my base for a long time, and even had to establish forward bases/outposts so I could have essential facilities while far from home.Damn, I need to give it another chance. It's exactly what I want to have to consider when going on expeditions. There needs to not only be a risk reward aspect, but a planning aspect. Check out The Last Plague: Blight if you haven't, it does some pretty cool things with survival. Btw my other favourites apart from CDDA and UnReal World are Vintage Story, DinoSystem and Card Survival: Tropical Island. Then there's the upcoming Mirklurk too, from the previous NextFest. I've been wanting to get into The Long Dark but haven't gotten around to it.
>>750236008>check Acrolyte>already on wishlist since who knows whenGlad it's going forward I guess. Time to check the demo now.
>>750272083>princess and conquest>all princesses immediately start flirting with youI don't like this
>>750279974Game is in dev hell now, was supposed to release in June but they cancelled the release and haven't said anything since, and now it's "Coming Soon".
>>750263103>>750264087Which game? Didn't realize I needed more animu girls with oversized weapons in my diet.
>>750280518>The Last Plague: BlightI'm not a huge fan of modern survival unless it's post-apocalyptic and with enemies (non-zombies). Also, is that a premade protag? If so - ew.>CDDATrans, shan't.>UnReal World>Vintage StoryToo autistic.>DinoSystemLooks like a flash game. Wishlisted>Card Survival: Tropical IslandDoesn't look like my thing. I like to feel immersed in the world.>MirklurkDidn't it already release?>I've been wanting to get into The Long Dark but haven't gotten around to it.Pirate it first if you can be arsed. I really can't confidently vouch for it after so many years under the supervision of that director. It definitely was good when I still played it, but I can tell that was an accident.
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>>750281302Congrats, the gay transformation worked!
>>750280909>I'm not a huge fan of modern survival unless it's post-apocalyptic and with enemies (non-zombies).It's nod modern, it's medieval post-apocalyptic, with a story. You play a man returning to his village during a plague, only to find it and every nearby town made unapproachable by said plague. You have to fend for yourself in the wilderness and try to find sustenance that isn't tainted by the disease. Some wild animals seem affected by it and hunt you. It's a pretty cool setting imo. >CDDA>Trans, shan't.Wasn't that only one of the forks?>Mirklurk>Didn't it already release?Early access... >Card Survival: Tropical Island>Doesn't look like my thing. I like to feel immersed in the world.Sure, also it's more autistic than UnReal World and Vintage Story lol DinoSystem is even more autistic stillHowever, if you can get into Wayward you'll have no issues with the fact that it's a card game. Try the demo, it's fucking neat what they've managed to do with it.
>>750281391Im trans
Any good Gay games with cute boys?https://store.steampowered.com/app/3230070/Duat_Beyond_Light_Shadow/I only know this one
>>750281687>any gay gameshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/5283340/Plague_Inc_The_Board_Game/
>>750281687https://store.steampowered.com/app/4972460/Seasons_of_Books_and_Keys/here queen
>>750280518>>750280909Not sure if it's exactly what you guys are looking for but stalker GAMMA might be up your alley. You gotta be careful managing your supplies and efficiency, especially early on because you've got no way to super quickly make a ton of money so if you waste too much ammo and healing items on a mission you might end up in the negative. Or you can be underprepared and end up having to use the dogshit broken weapons enemies drop because you ran out of ammo for yours.Oh yeah and I'll also mention Neo Scavenger, that one's less about prepping for adventures and more about hobomaxxing though.
>>750281584>Wasn't that only one of the forks?CDDA itself. BN had some muslims shit in it, and possibly a same sex couple in the shelter you're supposed to find in the early game, but I don't remember. Either way, aside from being gay and lame it also has the problem of not being a game I have fun playing. When I realized that 70% of my gameplay is tard-wrangling my controls and moving stuff from one tab to another I realized that I'd rather be doing anything else right now.>You play a man returning to his village during a plague, only to find it and every nearby town made unapproachable by said plague. You have to fend for yourself in the wilderness and try to find sustenance that isn't tainted by the disease. Some wild animals seem affected by it and hunt you. It's a pretty cool setting imo. Does the man have a name, a face, and a real backstory?>Early access... Close enough. Still haven't gotten to actually properly play the demo, truth be told. Something about it keeps irking me.>However, if you can get into Wayward you'll have no issues with the fact that it's a card game. Try the demo, it's fucking neat what they've managed to do with it.The thing with Wayward is it's still an actual world with things in it, even if minimalistic.
>>750281634No refunds
>>750282102GAYMMA has retarded rules and w*men in it. At best I'm willing to settle for Old World.Quit Neo Scavenger the second they revealed that you didn't create your character, but were playing a premade all along. Cunt dev.>inb4 Ostrana-I'm not playing that shit.
>>750282468I played a lot of Ostranauts but I have a hard time going back every time I think of just how janky and broken the game was (and that hasn't been fixed as far as I can tell)
>>750196805Just look better lazy anon
>>750273972pretty cool I like how involved this is thanks for shilling
>>750251517The single sexiest piece of clothing any woman can wear.
>>750282559I quit on the character creation. I recommend you don't derail the thread by asking why.
>>750251517You forgot to add>top down coopslop
>>750282102>Not sure if it's exactly what you guys are looking for but stalker GAMMA might be up your alleythanks, I was prettyinto stalker and even downloaded the leaked alpha back in 2003. I haven't played any mods yet though lol, the mod options is too vast, I haven't spent time to read up on all the variants... I pre-ordered neo scavanger to get acces to the beta lol
>>750283163I'd say just stick to default and tweak anything you don't like later, no point trying to understand the entire modlist since it's like 500+ mods I think
>>750283172>>750283172>>750283172move there after this thread dies if needed
>>750282362>Does the man have a name, a face, and a real backstory?Yup, not in any way that's important but yah>The thing with Wayward is it's still an actual world with things in it, even if minimalistic.Odd for a guy recommending ascii games to complain about visuals. How do you handle reading books? The card game has locations and you build a very strong visual of your camp as you expand it, I promise you. I can just sense you nearly missing out on something you'd enjoy here
>>750273972The demo only has quick matches and no tutorial so I feel like it's doing this game a disservice, because it seems cool but I just mashed buttons not really understanding why some connected well and others didn't.
>>750276739I was kind of liking it until the actual main section of the game started. It's just so jarring that it became what is basically a repetitive "cohabitation" game.
>>750283417yeah, same. I could be playing teaching feeling or the monochrome sister games instead
>>750283401I agree. There's no real tell for how you aim for body shots when they guard high, or when or why to plant your feet. Should you slip as a dodge for straights? Are quick punches better at countering? It's a bit too fast to tell what's happening.I found it a bit annoying that every boxer didn't have access to every move - I'd rather have some styles be much better at them than being locked out. Still, impressive work on that one.
>play Dead of the Brain Demo>game that originally released on the PC-98>it has a CRT filter>the CRT filter has warpTop kek. This is the modern version of people crafting unpainted marble statues because they thought that that's how the Romans and Greeks did it.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4629850/Project_ACCIPITER/I want to like this but it is just too simple, you just walk and shoot at hordes of zombies that just run at you and even if you somehow get into low health you regenerate all of it after a while.
>>750283602Wouldn't the painting come after the sculpting anyway?
>>750283396>Yup, not in any way that's important but yahYe, I'll pass. I only wanna play sandboxes with my own characters.>Odd for a guy recommending ascii games to complain about visuals.Wayward has a proper interface and mouse support unlike ASCII games.>How do you handle reading books? Are you really trying to start shit with someone over prefering certain visuals in a visual medium? I can obliterate you in an argument if you actually are, so you better not be.>The card game has locations and you build a very strong visual of your camp as you expand it, I promise you. I can just sense you nearly missing out on something you'd enjoy hereYou said it's more autistic than Vintage Story, am I really?
>>750283587Yeah I'll still probably at least pirate the full version to see what it's like
>>750283862Yes, but for centuries, people believed that they were to remain completely unpainted forever.
