https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest -> the link for the vanilla steam next fest dumpster diving- I mean landfill treasure hunting experience for game demoshttps://weloveit.io/next-festival/ -> the link if you want a more curated, customizable and "peer reviewed" look at the demos with significantly less low effort AI sludgetwo days left! have fun playing videogames and make sure to share your impressions
>>750283172previous steam next fest october 2026 threads, starting from most recent:>>750196263>>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/please be cool, no more schizo fighting. it's fun to play demos
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thanks for the thread >HomeplanetUI 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. >CRYMELIGHTAction 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. >False OathCool RE/Onimusha clone. The durability system seems pretty punishing, even if you manage to parry 80% of hits. Would have liked one or two more attack possibilities. I like how quick it gets you into it. >Dungeon LurkerA disappointment. Didn't feel good to me. Needs work on movement, it feels very mechanical, not in a responsive way. Enemies aren't interesting to fight. Needs a lot of work. Removed from wishlist. >Wolf PlotMight be the best Lemmings clone I've come across. Still, I don't care much for lemmings. >Forge of the FaeBeautiful pixel art on characters and UI. Music is pretty drab. Nothing special with the combat. Arts system from Trails? Seems much simplified. Writing is stilted. >Codex Lost 2 If you're going to clone something that's over two generations old at least attempt to match it's quality. >Flashes of ChaosHotline miami clone with terrible UI. Weapon crafting is a good addition but everything else is supbar. Too easy, you get way too much health and OP weapons. Enemy AI is retarded. >Split DecisionDecently written but the judging gameplay was incredibly dull. Music is great though. >ASUKA x Redline ReverieCouldn't get my shitbox to drift. I couldn't afford decent tiers after splurging on the meme car, perhaps that was it... want to give this more time.
>>750283712>they decided to cancel the demo from the next fest out of fear of having their game raped and copied by claudeBummer.
>>750283712sex scenes?
>>750283172>>750283229the previous thread isn't even deadwhat compels you to do this?
>>750283831I got accepted into the closed demo, it's decent but the demo is too easy>>750283956No but a lot of innuendo
>>750284336Yeah it is
>>750284340can you upload clean steam files? if they don't have identifiers or something
>>750284480I don't wanna do that to them
>>750283893>Are you really trying to start shit with someone over prefering certain visuals in a visual medium?No, that was a genuine question lol, sorry if I bruised your ego, don't get your panties in a twist. > I can obliterate you in an argument if you actually are, so you better not be.I'm sure you can, atta boyAnyway, we're talking about grid based representations of game worlds with little to no graphical embellishments, compared to a card game with a node-based world and ample illustrations. I'm having a hard time figuring out where your ability to immerse yourself ends, when comparing roguelikes to card games or books.
Think the only demo I enjoyed so far was medium rare (even with cs animations)
>>750284336>the previous thread isn't deadOH OH LISTEN THE *FUCK* UP EVERYONE, THIS GUY SAYS THE PREVIOUS THREAD ISN'T DEAD!>slams fist on mechanical keyboardIT'S ISN'T DEAD GUYS!>flips a dual-monitor setup all over the guy on the moderation stationOH WOW, YOU GONNA FUCKING CRY? IT'S JUST FUCKING THREADS!>throws a mouse>cranks the algorithm up to max and buries two rare hidden gem recommendationsAH FUCK ME, WHOOPS, OH WELL, JUST FUCKIN' NEXT FEST AMIRITE?>dumps a cup of coffee into the PC towerOHHH THERE WE FUCKING GO>tosses a hard drive full of draft reviews>picks the corrupted text files up off the floor and slaps them in a new general threadWHAT? SO FUCKING WHAT? IT'S JUST FUCKING NEXT FEST THREADS! SO FUCKING WHAT IF ITS FUCKING BEEN ON THE AI GENERATED? IT'S JUST! FUCKING! NEXT FEST!>snorts a line of pulverized doritosFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
>>750283172I was fully ready to write off Half Grip before I tried it.The driving model is surprisingly detailed, the individual tire grip actually mattering was unexpected.Pretty big learning curve figuring out when to do each action but I was able to win most races through clean driving without having to rely on weapons. The ram/snow plow upgrade also helped a ton.
>>750283172I love NextFest and played 104 demos this time.That was a mistake and I guess I have sickened myself a bit, I'll be back in February but will put like a 20 demo limit for myself.I normally list the games I was disappointed with/had shit demos but there was so many I have chosen to forget them.Highlighting a few favourites that haven't been mentioned much-https://store.steampowered.com/app/1373530/Militsioner/Very unique game I had written off as complete vapourwave (The original teaser clip is 6 years old)https://store.steampowered.com/app/2964560/Happy_Bastards/Battle brothers style game with turn-based tactical combathttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2551970/Outcast_Tales/Been in development hell but is releasing this monday (For free for whatever reason)
>>750284340How was the translation/localization? I remember reading about how they're last game got fucked in that regard
https://store.steampowered.com/app/5138980/NO_KING_IN_HELL/
>>750284651Least disingenuous pretentious faggot be like:>No, that was a genuine question lol, sorry if I bruised your ego, don't get your panties in a twist.>Anyway, we're talking about grid based representations of game worlds with little to no graphical embellishments, compared to a card game with a node-based world and ample illustrations. I'm having a hard time figuring out where your ability to immerse yourself ends, when comparing roguelikes to card games or books.The grid does a good job at visually representing an area. A set of cards doesn't. A book is not a game, it's a book. If you're comparing games to books - your card game better have some rock solid story under all these colored squares. But something's telling me it doesn't.
>>750285303It's fairly light on dialogue but nothing stood out to me as an obvious "localizer moment". Femme has a lovey dovey yandere tone and there's a lot "vomit=orgasm" innuendo, like "let it all out for me, darling~~".Copypasting my impressions from >>750232760>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.
>be like
>>750285902Why did you avoid replying? Banking on not being noticed?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4853830/Dark_Spawn_Infestation/
Man, Dead of the Brain reminded me of how fucking bullshit those old Sierra/Lucasarts point and click games were. Lots of pixel hunting in the demo.
Any good horror game
>>750286101Derelikt.
>>750286038You can turn on options to highlight clickable areas and even have them visible permanently...
chocolate easter bunnyhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1476680/Runika_A_World_of_Little_Legends/
>>750286142Yeah but it looks terrible.
>>750285549Well look at that, anon was able to disentangle the notion of reading from his idea of self worth and answer the fucking question>A book is not a game, it's a book.What a profound observation>The grid does a good job at visually representing an area. A set of cards doesn't.Neither does a book, hence my question >your card game better have some rock solid storyNow you're talking about "story" rather than spatial visualizationJust admit you were talking out of your ass and you really have no idea if you'd be able to immerse yourself in a card game or not since you're clearly rambling
>>750286101streamer horror:https://store.steampowered.com/app/4860400/Please_Tell_Me_Why/https://store.steampowered.com/app/5039980/Chat_Should_We_Head_Over_There/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4898660/hextreamingdeep_demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4413070/Red_Chat_Ritual_TSUMIMI_TIME/
>>750285024>cranks the algorithm up to max and buries two rare hidden gem recommendations>AH FUCK ME, WHOOPS, OH WELL, JUST FUCKIN' NEXT FEST AMIRITE?
>>750285270>I love NextFest and played 104 demos this time.>That was a mistake
>>750286128>>750286334Thanks, I wanna kiss you
>>750285852cute game, was featured a few fests agoalmost nobody played it, we had life five posts about it it seemed worth playing just from how unhinged it was
The woman in There Are No Ghosts At The Grand has a nice ass. It's kinda like some sort of powerwasher + houseflipper + ghostbuster simulator from what I could tell. I didn't finish the demo. I added it to my wishlist because I was so impressed with that woman's ass. I should have taken a screenshot of it so I could show you all but maybe you'd bully me and say it's not a nice ass at all. Oh well. What can I say.
>>750286128Where is the demo!?!?
>>750286843
>>750286684Please do, I'm starved for affection.
Astrider is an Ace Combat clone with voice acting that sounds like it's the dev and his buddies alongside the cheapest female VA they could get on Fiverr. Demo seems to be VERY early into development. Third person aiming is borderline impossible because the HUD for some reason moves with you and has inertia like it's Dead Space but instead of behind you it's in front of your plane. Demo is super short, 10 minutes or so.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4950960/ASTRIDER_Demo/
If anyone likes SRPGs, maybe you'll like my game's demo.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4949950/Shieldlinked/
>>750286252>Well look at that, anon was able to disentangle the notion of reading from his idea of self worth and answer the fucking questionNigger.>What a profound observationThe amount of things that are self-evident to you is much smaller than the amount of things that are self-evident to me. Since you're beneath me, I need to stay on the safe side and explain seemingly obvious things. Because if I expected you to understand the same things I do, we wouldn't be having this conversation.>Neither does a book, hence my question A book has a story and a narrative and other things that make it worth using.>Now you're talking about "story" rather than spatial visualizationGenuinely retarded? A book's job is to tell a story. That's what makes it worth imagining the rotating realistic apples for, you dingus.>Just admit you were talking out of your ass and you really have no idea if you'd be able to immerse yourself in a card game or not since you're clearly ramblingDumbarse.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/5338850/Ignite_the_Depths_Demo/Actually a neat real time first person dungeon crawler. Very simplistic, but I found it enjoyable, especially the map design. Parkouring in that weird bridge area was fun.
>>750287648do you play Faust from the hit game Roblox?
>>750280813bless you again
>>750287702No, I play Faust from the hit myth where he bargained with Satan.
>>750287891>heDamn they made a genderswapped version?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4898420/CodePhantom/Simultaneous excitement and disappointment.I've posted this dev in the past, he had a game in an earlier nextfest which has become one of my favorite hidden gems https://store.steampowered.com/app/2509800/VersionThree_INVISIBLE_RAID/Hands down the best first generation Armored Core style indie I've ever played, hit everything spot on and the gamefeel was TIGHT.Code Phantom loses some of that tight gamefeel, and I partially blame adding legs to his mech designs, but part of that is just not being familiar with the momentum and movement style. By the end of my time with the demo I was directional stepping and boosting to maintain speed, I think once I fogure it out it will hopefully feel similar to boost hopping like in ps2 era armored cores.My main complaint is the performance, ran pretty terribly on my 3060 12gb and, needs optimization badly so you aren't forced to use DLSS with the graphics preset still on low/medium.
>>750287324It's true, I might.
>>750284635fag
>>750287946Women can't be scholars, silly weeb.
>>750287324Anon your game looks fucking cute I'll check it out.
>>750288108Well the character in the pic is completely retarded so it fits.
>>750287324thanks for shilling, would've scrolled past this if I saw it in the fest but knowing this is "homebrewed" I'll give it a try
>>750287996>Hands down the best first generation Armored Core style indie I've ever played, hit everything spot on and the gamefeel was TIGHT.I'll check it out, I wouldn't mind a non-fromslop mech ga-
>>750288169Then that's not the Faust I was talking about.
>>750288185People will find any reason not to play a game.
>>750288169But Faust is smart!
>>750288052>>750288135>>750288180Thank you
https://store.steampowered.com/app/5248110/Evil_Moon_Unspoken_Demo/Evil Moon: Unspoken - Boomer shooter with metroidvania elements. Felt almost like Metroid Prime with it's lock on mechanics. Also features very voluptuous nuns. Short demo with a couple of secrets to find.
>Valkyrie Iteration - Sounded cool but felt nothing playing it. It was really easy to keep stats optimal and never saw any consequences to it until the end of the demo>Fox Babe - sexoooo>gensokyo idler - tutorial was in chinese, had to hit skip to continue and didn't know where to go from there.>Probably Stolen - good paperspleaselike. It looks like it'll develop more into your shop having some sorta niche that you're built for, which looks interesting.>Noir Bloom - Actually really cool and feels good once you figure out how to get through a stage, probably the demo I enjoyed most this fest. Wishlisted.>Magical Girl ER - Good spooky atmosphere considering the subject matter, keeping an eye on it. The daily routine's rather simple. >Dark Side Void - 2D Armored Core in spess should've been my style but something about this one just didn't click at all. Felt like playing an old flash game.>Dungeon Automata - Really cool, programming a combo that works is very satisfying. Wishlisted>Fenestra - cute girl, the music's nice, and the pomodoro tool is certianly a pomodoro tool. I think routes are locked based on what you work on, which I guess means you're fucked on the middle route if you're not a drawfag? You could cheat it but what's the point then
>>750288269Stupid Faust
>>750288263I don't own a controller, NOR SHOULD I.Every single controller game becomes instantly and incredibly smoothly playable on KBM when it supports keybinding to mouse buttons. Nine Sols is a perfect example of a mouse-based control scheme that feels natural.
>>750288753good you are a retard
>>750288791>good you are a retard
>>750288818either too dumb or too poor for a controllerironic you post a good wagecuck, which you probably are
>>750288892>either too dumb or too poor for a controller>ironic you post a good wagecuck, which you probably are
>>750288753Mental illness
>>750285024>when the customers order food off your menu at your restaurant during business hoursAAARDHDRHASDRHASHDRA
>>750288375legit horrible to play with mousegreat game that saidI usually am a controllerfag but I can't play shooters with analog aiming. And when I tried playing with mouse+keyboard here I was subject to some weird aim assist or mouse deceleration
Lots of good looking games coming, just did not have time to try out that many demos.Unfrost tries to be new FPS Phasmophobia. I see the potential, but demo was very weak.Starhome has interesting premise, but was aggressively average. Art style and models were really bad.For some reason 2 copies of Steel Panther (dos game) are being made at the same time, one even looking uglier than the orginal one.Steel Company and Steel Wolverines. Comrads, Secrets Escape! was surprisingly fun, even with slow start and weak art style. Wishlisted.https://store.steampowered.com/app/5289780/Comrade_Secrets_Escape_Demo/A lot of AI slop, but tons of friend slop incoming as well.
>>750289208Concession accepted.
>>750289475>UnfrostGonna check that out. I like the idea of tracking down and dealing with the paranormal as long as the "dealing" part involves spec ops equipment and firearms instead of hiding in a closet.>Comrads, Secrets Escape! was surprisingly fun, even with slow start and weak art style. Wishlisted.Don't write your recs like that. At the very least share the general vibe/genre like with the others.
>>750289741don't criticize his recccs like that, at the very least share the general vibe/genre of your seething. Are you a mentally ill tranny or a schizo freak? What is crawling up your ass today?
>>750289827>don't criticize his recccs like that, at the very least share the general vibe/genre of your seething. Are you a mentally ill tranny or a schizo freak? What is crawling up your ass today?
>>750285072Someone finally turned this kino into a full game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk7QJsZXm5o
>>750289741>750289827>kekUnfrost demo had way too many problems, I'd save your time and wait a few months to see, if they update the demo or wait for release reviews. >Monsters come to you almost in waves, and die in 2 shots from pistol>gathering evidence is pile of very confusing minigames, while monsters bite your ankles.>Too long outside? You die of cold.Comrads had a bit of flash game feeling, satisfying to see tiny units go flying when you call rocket strike or watch train drive through them. Relaxing small game, for few hours.
Did I like it? https://store.steampowered.com/app/4634350/ALTEREDBLOOD_Demo/
>no good beat 'em upsEven shmups are a more alive gene.
>>750283172https://store.steampowered.com/app/4122200/XXXX/https://files.catbox.moe/ir3red.webmReposting XXXX from previous thread, possibly the demo I've enjoyed the most this next fest. 2D platformer boss rush game, it reminded me a bit of Last Command and NanoApostle visually but I can recommend it to people who've enjoyed Gurei, Rubinite, Cuphead, that kind of thing. It's mechanically very simple but somehow manages to be really fun, challenging and full of personality. Music and artstyle are the heavylifters here, especially the music.Sounds gay but (irrelevant blogpost) this demo made me reconsider what I thought I believed to be important for me to look at or enjoy games, turns out gameplay depth or the "gameplay first" philosophy is likely not in 1st place contrary to what I've led myself to assume. Turns out it took me this long to understand that games are the sum of their parts, you can't just extract any given abstract element like gameplay and replace it nilly-willy. Aesthetics and soundtrack are extremely important to create satisfying gamefeel, and I fully get that now.Not that the gameplay in this is bad mind you, movement is smooth and fights flow well, and there's no I-frames so you have to properly space yourself.
Despite the twist being obvious and the game requiring savescumming, I really enjoyed the world and the characters and will be buying it.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4572670/Mermaids_are_Seafood_Demo/There really aren't that many good VNs that cover this kind of thing except A&L.
>é–€ GATEhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4718160/%E9%96%80_GATE/Wanna try some schizo shit? This game was made by someone who's only been told about modern games through interpretive dance. Imagine Deadly Premonition on crack. Enemies have a parry meter that's entirely disconnected from their animation and attack patterns. Their attacks will hurt you unless you move out of the way, the parry is only there as a minigame you have to clear to damage the enemies, not avoid attacks. First room will make your drop frames like a bitch, probably some highly detailed object in the scene. Still, for all these reasons it's interesting.
>>750290569are you a furry who happens to love ultrakill? yes then
>>750290569Get this transgender shit off my screen.
Now that the dust is settling, what's your top 3? For me it's probably>Inkblood (looking to be a better curse of the golden idol)>Probably stolen ("papers pleaselike" where you manage a cyberpunk shop, with many different venues of making money (growing and selling food, purifying water, raising fishes, refining metal, making weapons, disassembling eletronics...) and multiple intersecting (word?) factions (lower class, upper class, security, smugglers, thieves, rebels, mafia, military//mercenaries, replicants...) it's extremely promising (as you can see from how long this line is)>Ballistic.exe (autismal gun simulator where you build guns and test them at the range, with a backdrop of completely pointless horror elements)
>>750291218>Derelikt>Dungeon Automata>Glowstick PIrates.There are no other candidates for me, to be honest.
>>750291218ballistic.exe needs to come out immediately, even if I don't care about the horror elements at all the core gameplay is crack
>>750291181>You choose what's on your screen.
>>750291218El Paso, Somewhere 2NightboundSlam Tank
>>750291218I still have a few more to play but right now,Dungeon LurkerSeverlinkFalse Oath
>>750291218Where is my SwordDungeon TreadersDungeon Automata
>>750291687Dungeon Lurker is actually not part of the Next Fest, hence why the demo is no longer available (though the Steam news implies they will release an updated demo someday), but yes, I liked that one very much.
>>750291218Just focused on puzzle mysteries this fest.>Inkblood>Hillthorn>Death at Fleming Manor
>>750291712>>750291687>>750291652>>750291383>4 answers>not a single game in commonI love next fest bros
>>750291218So far>MalignusDungeon Keeper styled like Rimworld.>Slam TankSpectacle fighter where you play a tank. They did the meme, except it was fun this time.>WyldheartDungeon crawler with some kind of weird quasi-permadeath system. Very repetitive map design, somewhat janky combat, but peculiar systems and cute gobbos.
>>750291218>Gravity Circuit 2Not much to say, it's more Gravity Circuit. Expected quality, got quality, gonna get the full game.>Slam TankControls great, highest difficulty was a little too frustrating for me so when I play the full thing it's gonna be on Hard instead, shows promise if they turn some interesting machines into enemy types and especially bosses.>High Roller PennyEverything changed when I realized you could tilt. Now it's literally just Pachinko Balatro with nice tits, which is great.
>>750291949>Slam TankI'm uninterested in ai games, but you do you.
>>750283172Did anyone find a game that is not a roguelike, deckbuilder or auto battler?
>>750292075I'm uninterested in your opinion on AI games.
>>750292127I am uninterested about your opinion about my taste in games.
>>750291823It was during the press preview and most people aren't obsessive autistic freaks about doing everything steam says like a good little brandwhore. Are all you clothes steam themed they fucking better be you can't play demos if you're not wearing your official steam demo playing uniform jesus fucking christ.
>>750292194are you okay
>>750292194the freak tranny in action
>>750292124All three from >>750291949 are none of those things, though Wyldheart has a weird-ass death system where you get to die 5 times before permanently kicking the bucket and have to rest in the town to restore your "faint points" if you don't want that to happen. I think it might have something to do with them trying to style it after some kind of tabletop ruleset.Aside from that, there's also Nomadica, which is sort of a lifesim adventure RPG. Combat is atrocious but I have high hopes for it, definitely totally not because the female playable character model is cute and sexy.
>>750291218UNDER THE CARPETSHADOWMATENO LOVE NO MONEY
>>750292169I doubt it, considering you shared yours unprompted, and I only shared mine as a reaction.I preemptively accept your concession.
>>750292379I am uninterested in your attempt to accept a concession that will not ever exist.
>>750292124Did you ever make a post that wasn't a seethe, a cope, or fucking stupid?
>>750291218SuccupieSurfpunkWinnie-The-Pooh Honey Distortion
>>750291218I still haven't finished playing everything I have downloaded but so far>XXXX>Patricide>Where is my sword>>750290673XXXX is my fav demo too, it was so fun that I no-hitted all the bosses even if I probably will have to do it again when full game releases>SpoilerTrue, a lot of things in games need to come together for a game to be good.Also your catboxed webm stops in the middle, at least for me, so I made my own webm(even if I just realized it is quite of shit quality kek)https://litter.catbox.moe/1lretjmlpbea87v4.webm
>>750292234>>750292260>these are the people not wearing the Issued Demo Playing Uniform from Steam while playing demoswtf what if the demo attacks you how can you do jewjitsu without your brand stamped gear?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4692790/Tuned_In/
Yeah, Catchesis is of such supreme quality I'm going to go ahead and post the demo anyway even if it was from the last next fest instead of this one literally everyone needs to know about it. It transcended the festival.
>>750291218>Near the Sun>Dungeon Automata>Where is my SwordMost other stuff I wishlisted were either vns/basically vns(Beastfolk Barber, Valkyrie Iteration, Inferno Cafe, 1999TOKOYO Building, and Angelic Agency), multiplayer that I'd only play with friends(Deadzone Rouge 2, Frostrail) or something that I thought was just good but amazing(Selkie's Salvage&Co., Crymelight, The Hollowing, There are no ghost at the Grand, Chess You). Still a few more to check out but most that I try have either not been for me or I get a game breaking bug that I don't feel like booting the game back up again after
>>750291218From what I've played these are the three I liked the most and I'm the most willing to buy:https://store.steampowered.com/app/4481680/Nulphia/Charming classic-Zelda-likehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3849330/Chaos_The_Devil/3d platformer really much inspired by the first Crash, with hard difficulty and focus on mastering the levels.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3931270/Wolf_Plot/Makes me nostalgic for Lemmings but also does its own thing.
>>750291218https://store.steampowered.com/app/3556510/DEEP_SIX/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4447720/Light_From_Within/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4228190/Spooky_Tales/
>>750292419It already exists.
>>750292124Yes.
>>750291218Prospice (spooky Mudrunner)Fatum (fun adventures of health inspector in some slavic underground city/bunker)Nate Hand Gesture (rock-paper-scissors with spooky vantablack chick with huge rack)Not really sure about the last one but the other two i'll definitely buy day one
>>750292980>FatumDid you get 5/5? Please spoil me because I got 3/5
>>750291181Wait, how is this tranny?
>>750293097>Did you get 5/5?Nope i'm too retarded for that
wow what a great festanyone who disagrees is a fag
>>750288753You're a retarded nigger and probably playing on a potato with leftover office accessories.
>>750292980>it's another "horror dev shoehorns his foot fetish into his game" episode
>>750293520>You're a retarded nigger and probably playing on a potato with leftover office accessories.
>>750292765https://store.steampowered.com/app/2593320/Catechesis/
>>750293804Oh, you're a tranny? I believe that as well.
>>750293726That seems to be a popular trend, unfortunately.
>>750291218https://store.steampowered.com/app/3367480/Null_Path/2d precision platformerhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4421250/Liminal_Brutalis_Physical_Agility/3d precision platformerhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3054550/Sil_and_the_Fading_World/solo WoW (I think it's actually an older demo, but it does have the next fest banner)
>>750292980I played it too, entity girls are hot but I don't see how it expands into a proper game, and I think there was a hidden ending that I missed
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4809830/Kopernicus_Incremental_Suffering_Demo/Kopernicus: Incremental Suffering - A twin stick shooter/incremental game/game and watch collection about a guy stuck on a hostile alien planet but it's really a not so subtle allegory for the fears of fatherhood. Really amazing 2 bit pixel art with unique deaths for every enemy and practically everything on the screen can be clicked on for little interactions. Extremely Polish. Highly recommend.
which demos have the cutest girls?
>>750290673>>750292496>XXXXyeah this was great. Any bossrush game that try to appeal to the most sweaty tryhards is worth playing
>>750294223
>>750294305Buddy, you might want to get your eyes checked because bitch be fugly as shit
Any Devil May Cry / Ninja Gaiden clones (2D games don't count for obvious reasons)?Any horror game you found interesting?
>>750291218>what's your top 3?taking into account the next fest exclusive demos, then:>XXXX >Up-Beat (cute girls punch out)>Nightmere (RPG maker mystery game with the 4 cops in a row)if I could include demos outside of the fest I'd mention intravenous 3. But there were so many good games. Angelic Agency, Inkblood, Rain Of Lead, Patience is a virtue, Split Decision, False Oath, Fuman Ghoul, Rabbit Circle, waga-mom, Nightbound, Rain98, Don't Return To Wonderland, Estella, Step Theater, Hemlon The Grey, DJ Till Dawn, Gravity Circuit 2 etc. Can't list them all kek but that was a good haul.>>750292496>also your catboxed webm stops in the middlesuch a shame>pressing down to the rhythmI noticed. SOUL
>>750291218the dust isn't settling yet there's still 24+ hoursthe balatro of this fest won't find itself
>>750294547>Any horror game you found interesting?Derelikt I put on my wishlist, https://store.steampowered.com/app/5242870/DERELIKT_Demo/The Bagman was too much for me. I don't have the patience for point and clicks anymore. Looks very cool though.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3718500/The_Bagman/
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>>750291218Top 3:>Dark Side Void>Where is my sword>XXXXFollowed by: >Dungeon Treaders>The Eye of Vala>Arcostate>Probably Stolen>Monster Lily>The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest>Gravity Circuit 2Then:>Dungeon Automata>Heatwarped>Magical Girl>Appulse>SNAPTIC>ANOMALITH>Elzypon>CRYMELIGHT>Succupie: An Erotic Short Story>RUIN: 35th Anniversary - Definitive Edition>Stupid Never Dies: First BiteI still have 250+ to play lol, will continue to do so tomorrow and into next week
>>750291218Funny how Ballistic.exe, Re:Blade and Probably Stolen are the only games somewhat mentioned often here on /v/ that also happen to be popular on steam. Most games posted in these threads aren't even in top 100 of demoshttps://outputlag.com/next-fest/
>>750294684Upbeat was pretty good. I almost got filtered by the robot girl.
>>750295092slut
>>750295019>Probably Stolen is the most played demoI was the only soul who played his first iteration during a Fest last year lol, it was more or less as good but had a couple of fewer interactions and while it didn't look as good it had a cool vibe, the colors reminded me of something that I couldn't place
>>750295019>a fucking needle in a heystack game
>>750295038She tripped me up the most and became my favorite fight of the demo as a result, literally designed to punish directionbrains. Love her intro scene too, such a cute design and great fight, especially when you have to rely on audio cues alone. https://files.catbox.moe/5knpu9.webm (A rank on the machine in up-beat)S ranking her was a bitch, it literally is a matter of miliseconds. You can have 01:30 on the timer and still get ranked A. Going to have a lot of mileage out of this game like I did with all the punch-out series and that baki game
>>750294223Where is my sword was the cutest by far, no questionWindwoven was nice too though, picrel Most girls in ANOMALITH were cute
>>750294812>say something retarded>rightfully get called a retard>piss and shit in anger
>>750295019Remember the constant posts about not being able to find anything good so they will just wait for the algorithm? This is what they meant. They couldn't find anything fun in these threads because we are hard-core hipsters and they are dogshit normies.
>>750294223Rabbit CircleDon't Return To Wonderland
>>750295529>>say something retarded>>rightfully get called a retard>>piss and shit in anger
>>750295564no retardits because you (the freak tranny) and your adgd AI slopper tranny clique have a few autists constantly circlejerking the threads and necrobumping from page 105 attention whores who spam the threads with their troon weeb slop no one cares about or devs doing guerilla marketing in disguisethen when the "popular" games that everyone in these threads talked about do come out, they don't even get 100 reviews on steamit's you faggots who ruin the steam next fest and the threads turning them into a gay general, even more than the ai slop spam on steam
>>750286149this looks good, thanks
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3582660/KAUNA/Fun lil Finnish boomer shooter.Janky shitbox level was made for me.Grenade sfx had no reason to be that loud.
>>750295564>then when the "popular" games that everyone in these threads talked about oxymoron
>>750294151this is fucking awesome anon thanks for shilling
>>750296015>AI slop>this looks goodgood God
>>750296127seeit's those subhumans who ruined the steam next fest
>>750296127Translated with AI? That's quite concerning.
>>750296105Enjoy
Gonna shout out Abyssal Lapidary.You buy and sell ores/gems/crystals and cut them to make jewelry with while uncovering mysterious relics stuck in the ores you buy.
>>750296432yeah, nah
>>750294151Cute credits
>>750296701Ist Chinesisch, kein Arabisch, jetzt hab dich nicht so.
Mountainhall looks interesting.First person dwarf fortress? I wonder if the dev will be as half as autismo though.
>>750294223The False Alice -Retold Tale- is full of them, if you don't mind VNs
Anyone played Lacey's Flash Games? https://store.steampowered.com/app/3459340/Laceys_Flash_Games/Pretty neat concept so far. The characters are cute and it also feels like classic mid 2000s creepypasta stuff.Also sex with Lacey.If you're stuck on the petshop, go to the about page and make sure to scroll all the way down and read the very bottom text
So who are the standout demos this fest?No friendslop
>>750296923Also sex with Jay
>>750296701What the hell is even that.
>>750292795>1999TOKOYO Buildinghow good is this? I've had it downloaded for 6 days but for some reason I don't want to open it
>>750292765>>750293835isn't this a sequel
>A demo I just tried to run had a Trojan which Windows Defender blocked immediatelyWelp. The game is named Oblivion 2666
>>750297030Chinese characters, also called Hanzi.
>>750285852It's coming out this Wednesday. I am buying it.
>>750297226You know what I meant you snarky NIGGER
>>750297141post logs or fuck off
I think it's funny that there's a Culdcept game in the Fest, because the last one had one too, although it was a remaster of the first entry in the series.
>>750296701No idea what you're getting, Fritz.
>>750296962I really liked AlteredBlood+ and Half Grip. Those are the games I'm most likely to buy on release.
>>750290673>>750292496>>750294275>>750294684>XXXXthe dev is going through difficult times according to twatter
>>750297315Okay maybe it's Japanese, I honestly cannot tell.
>>750296962Aldmark calls for aid is pretty good if you like medieval RTS battles.
>>750296962according to the charts it's Probably Stolen
>>750296962Just above someone asked it >>750291218
>>750297538That many Claude copies?
Jesus christ, man. Is there really that much demand for idler/incremental games? I played a few and really enjoyed them but they were all free and after you play a few it really gets boring and repetitive, I can't believe these games actually can make any money.
>>750297075Eh, super linear and no puzzles. Was hoping for something like 999 or VLR but was disappointed. Story and setting has me intrigued a bit so it's more on the "wait for a sale or pirate" point. Demo was about an hour and a half or so
>>750296973
>>750297683> Is there really that much demand for idler/incremental games? They've always been decently popular, but the reason why you're suddenly seeing so many of them is because they're incredibly easy to vibecode.
>>750297683that shit is probably mass produced in a sweat shop in india in the hopes of catching a fraction of the balatro audience
>>750297141>downloading random ren'py games in current yearbruh
any imsims?
>>750297771Its okay Lacey, it was just a nightmare
>>750297683No, but they are easy to make and target low IQ troglodytes. Same goes for vampire survivors like. It's a trend and they're already late to it.
>>750297735Thanks. I downloaded it thinking of Ever17/Dangan, guess I'll see for myself
>try the Tropico 7 demo>it's the same as Tropico 6 but with terraformingCan't believe they are releasing the same game again.
>>750297862>No, but they are easy to makeMore than that: you can slop them up without any supervision, and people frequently do. Even if they're not using it for art you can notice the UIs often have 'remarkable similarities'.
>>750298487The more slop that's made, the more that can be made through incestuous data recycling.
>>750295942>the freak tranny and your adgd AI slopper tranny clique few autistsThe list of imaginary enemies in your head is getting pretty long maybe consider an abbreviation like: 2TFAGDGAISC+
>>750297683They're some demand and they're easy to make so people try to get rich quick.
>>750296015No problem. I think I am oversaturated with farming sims but I might pick this one up anyway. It looks like it has soul.
Idk something about the graphics of the new Culdscept game turns me off. It's not ugly, but I prefer the style the first one had.
>>750298547I heard a funny story from some guy who reported a bug with a mechanic in one of those to the solo dev and was told>oh, I didn't realise my game had that mechanicThings are worse than you or I could possibly imagine with those things.
>>750297813Havkerman seems pretty good.
>>750295942If you admit that the threads would be dead if not for this conspiracy consortium saving it from being archived, then it sounds like they are saving next fest.You just want the threads to go away because you are a miserable loser.
next fest sure would be good if it weren't for all these threads and demos and gamers and discussion and stuff. Can I get a kinetic next fest experience pls.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4966990/Arcane_Abyss/That was fun, but a bit easy
>>750299880What weird seethe about AI you are doing.
https://rentry.org/Oct2026NextfestRoundupList of everything I've played with brief descriptions and reviews. Think I'm finally tapped out of this nextfest, 70+ demos played.
>>750290673>>750292496Thanks for talking about this anons. Installed it and already having a blast. I can see a lot of love went into this game. The fingers boss was cool but man, that intro to the snake boss was sick as fuck. Also snakegirl is cute as fuck
>>750292496Finally, my oh so desired monogatari game.
>>750287324This ended up being surprisingly fun and I hate srpgs. I'm more of an advance wars type of guy
>>750286769Hah I felt the same, was just crouch staring at it last next fest
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4984870/Selkies_SalvageCo/WHATS THE VERDICT?
>>750300979ranks too high on the "oh shit nigger what are you doing" scale for me, like a lot of other games this fest
>>750300979This kinda looks like that berry game except turned furry
>>750300979its incremental slop
>>750283172https://store.steampowered.com/app/4592490/10_Second_Mixtape_Demo/Cute piano roll game. I have no idea what they intend to add in the full game since you can have your fun in the demo
>>750289456>grab a controller and kick back!
>>750288375fun game, reminds me of metroid prime hunters visuallyspent a long time trying to make music off these little things
>>750283229what's the point of keeping track?
>>750301909what's the point of living
>>750291181Thanks doc
>>750300979Felt like it was only worth upgrading your own fishing, everything from the gun/drill to the net just seemed only worth doing once to progress the tree. Plus maxing it out cleared like half the bar for the square in a single cast
Every 3D Platformer female main character should have a fat ass
>>750297379Here
>>750302468dios mio...
>>750302468ay caramba...
The time has come to bump the thread, as a part of my magnificent scheme to ruin Next Festival. It is already a fait accompli. If you cannot see how bumping this thread has any correlation with ruining next fest it is because you cannot comprehend the grand brilliance of my genius visionary plan. You are just too stupid to get it.
sexo and also sovl
ok but this time what killed the hype
Guns of Eschaton demo was fun, and I was not expecting that final boss at all. I mean I kinda was expecting to fight it, but not for it to look like that. It also kicked my ass.Yes I know I shot the wrong leg, shut up
>>750302468>>750297141Could be a false positive, but also could be real.I've had legitimate games that trigger Windows Defender a few times.
>>750305581wouldn't take my chances especially for a free demo, steam is not efficient at finding malware. dev either addresses this or he can go kill himself
moonlight fire is one of the more unique I've played this festfigure skating character action is certainly a choice
>>750283172Anything that isn't AIslop?
>>750305865sure
>>750305265
>>750305265Everyone enjoys the festival with the exception of one minor ineffectual freak. That is why no one ever answers your question.
I tried two H games but they were both kinda just eh>Situation Succ: Inn ElysiumSuccubus Prison 2 but no loli. The game would force you to wait at certain lines of dialogue periodically, usually for a cutscene but it was kind of awkward. The actual sex scenes were kinda cool, even if they weren't my cup of tea.>How to train your spririt: the exorcism of a busty ghostThe first H scene was completely linear, and while the rest was free-form touching/molesting/sex, it just felt like it was missing something.
I consider "Day One buys" to be pretty well the best "score" a demo can get. So, out of the demos from this festival only, that have an actual release date, and that I will BUY on that release date, there is only one game that meets all that criteria:https://store.steampowered.com/app/4964640/Infested_DX/
>>750306680Why?
>>750306815Why what?
>>750306836Why is it the only game that you would buy day one? I would like to hear what you enjoyed about it.
>>750306890There's other games that might be DayOne buys but we dont know when DayOne is yet because they haven't announced their release date. And there's other ones that have announced a release date but maybe the price on launch day is too high or something and I decide not to go for it. The maybe pile.Infected DX is just a faithful ripoff of Shadowgate and Deju Vu and Uninvited and stuff and I like those games and it is a small genre.
>>750290673ai garbage
>>750307360Barbaric human.
>>750307556you like ai garbage
>>750307696>>750307360point to the AI usage on the steam page
>>750296432>fill out this survey>it's all in chinese
>>750307791it's using ai, if you need the notice to see it you are a jeet or booomer. it's ai garbage
>>750307891meds
Might be a fun game one day if they actually finish it.Not sure how much truth in "From the creators of Barotrauma" is in there though, somehow I feel it's "some" people who worked on Barotrauma, and not the ones responsible for it being good.
>>750307869From in-game? Mine was just english.
>>750307696You apply circular reasoning in an attempt to win arguments. Very typically human behavior. Maybe after you are done arguing while clouded by emotions you could go find a female and suck on her lips for a while with your barbaric disgusting mating rituals like the filthy degenerate animal you are.
>>750307979Voidtrain was apparently really boring, let's see if this one manages to avoid the same mistakes.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4735110/Your_Painting_Sir_Demo/Relatively simple idea but I like the execution. You rely on newspaper cutouts to do things like forge paintings because your boss told you go to an art auction but your clock breaking made you miss it, and as your boss is almost blind you can make close-enough compositions to fool him. Or look for aliens in what basically amounts to spot the difference. Or look for the apple pie thief which actually filtered me I could point out the lifeguard but no fucking idea who stole his whistle.This is one of those games that rely on humor, which can be a hit or miss thing, but this game consistently made me smile and that's good enough for me.>anomalithI've also played anomalith but the gameplay seemed a bit simple to my taste. I'm guessing animations will be polished later as well.>grip 2 was cool but not my kind of racing game, you can flip your car at will because there are parts where you can drive on the wall, so it's the kind of arcade racing game where you have a lot of options in how to drive technically but to me it just feels like a headache to consistently get the "good path". Perhaps I'm just too much of a scrub.> apple crumbleyou're driving grandma to a family get-together but everyone forgot it's her birthday, but that isn't her biggest worry though as she feels something is amiss. Seems to be a free roaming adventure game where you do your objectives and find out stuff about your family, some of which are behaving strangely, and as the game's description says one of them is looking to kill grandma so your objective is preventing that. Not really my kind of game, but I might get it for cheap>imprintedone of those games where you are using a computer completing some objectives like something spooky slowly develops, at least what I played was related to audio editing. Might get it for cheap
>>750308075Maybe they've patched it already but it sent me this link https://wj.qq.com/s2/28227907/gdhd/
>>750296701>>750296432You can always tell chinese games from a mile away. Not sure why people play that slop.
>no demo a month before releaseMajor flop inbound.
>>750308470Danmaku Festival 3 was good, the bonus stage might just be my favorite shmup stage ever.
>>750308470Stupid freaks are routinely confused by basic concepts. Racism is not necessarily an indicator of low intelligence, but the majority of the time, it is.
>>750308379Huh, guess they did. Works fine now.>>750308470If those other guys hadn't mentioned it I would have never guessed.
>>750308474so that's what killed the hype...
>>750307979>somehow I feel it's "some" people who worked on Barotrauma, and not the ones responsible for it being good.Its like this 100% of the time you see "from the makers of x" in any advertisement
>>750296432do you get to cut out the big 1kg gemstones into smaller pieces for faceting? didnt get to play more of it since im trying out more demos
>>750309978You can, but as you can see from the screenshot the value of those large crystals is very low, so the resulting gem is worthless. They only have value because of their volume bonus.
>>750309978Pretty sure 300g is the upper limit to cut
>>750296432>comfy gem cutting gamehow is this not a bigger genre
>>750310415it will be in the february 2027 next fest
Keep the threads going well into Monday or Tuesday please I have lots of demos to get through still.
I NEED to know where this story goes.
>>750310647Are you telling me a surprisingly naive chinese dev has released a demo that will get slop-cloned to absolute death?
>>750310415
>>750310647
it's time to play anon's game
>>750283172https://store.steampowered.com/app/4957380/Demockracy/Finished Demockracy and its just ok. Another political sim map game. Demo is kind of easy as the opposing parties don't appear to campaign aggressively (or at all).
>>750291218TamaraProject: AMICAYour Painting, Siri also really liked the demo for Home Paige but that was a very minor demo, mostly just showing off the movementstill fun thoughGraveheart was also pretty fun, i just like stupid stuff like that
>>750295275Hey, I was shilling it in the threads too, I put a good six hours into that demo.I'm glad they fixed being able to print money by relabeling metal ingots, shit was stupid good.
>>750310647>>750312738>chinese will be copiedWill the universe collapse in itself in infinite recursion?
AI meltdown aside, I got a pretty good haul this Next Fest.Pretty good. Now let's hope this shit actually comes out soon.
>>750314660Suprisingly, it was one of the best for me. However I got cautious an no longer buy on release, had several demos in the past end up being doodoos.
>>750308470If you can dodge the wuxia slop chinese games are generally more interesting and novel than the rehash city that is the western indie gaming scene.
>>750291218Elta: Defy All GodsSLAM TANKThe Road of Dust and Sorrow
>>750314850Name and shame em nigga
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>>750314660Yeah, I got way more out of this next fest than the previous two. Looking forward to a lot of releases now
>>750315157Dude, I don't remember em. One was 3d metroidvania that looked kinda like Darwinia with pixel blocks and other "inside computer" elements.
>>750314660What meltdown?
tfw potato PC can't run Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World
John Gleep - Fun idea, surprised that you actually control the ufo instead of the pachinko boardFalse Oath - Killed by a zombie that got back up. Need to try again but I also am a ragequitter.Nothing at Stake - Link if he yiff in hell. Nah but it seems cool. Fell from a tall height and died.
>>750315735>False Oath - Killed by a zombie that got back upProtip: If they don't start pooling blood, they're still alive.Protip 2: If they're still alive, walk on top of them and attack to finish them off on the ground
And a chin chong nip nong to you, buddy
>>750305440This game has potential to be cool but the whole having to look up each enemy type and memorize the order you have to attack them in really slows everything down. I guess after awhile you'd have it down but I don't know.. It also does that annoying thing some fps's do where the gun is like, 2 inches away from your face and looks ridiculous.
I think that character portrait is enough to scare me off from the game....maybe they should have used AI...
>>750283172https://store.steampowered.com/app/4702080/RWRRenegade/neat boomer shooter. Motorcycle is pretty fun to drive around. Could do with more cute scripted sequences like the first level because the third level is like something out of late game Marathon.
>>750295942There's games for people like you.
>>750316680>Lilith
>>750297141Curious because my friend who played it on windows didn't get any virus notification. I played it too but I am on linux so...>>750297501Damn. I hope he will get better>>750300082You are welcome! Snake boss intro is indeed cool and it never got old for me during the hour I spent trying to beat and then no-hit her kekIndeed>>750300187After so many years...
>>750315157Commander quest ;_;
>>750305440The game looks amazing but this shoot limbs in order gameplay totally filtered me. Makes it feel like you are on a shooting course.
>>750315474people who dont understand how next fest works crashing out over how its always been every single time
bros I am really really super cereal this time that this is the worst next fest ever even though I say that every next fest I was wrong all those other times but this time I am right.
>>750316132Trying to connect the names to the characters was like half the mystery
Patricide is way better than I was expecting it to be. Yes it looks like shit, but for me, it allowed me to empathize with the characters more. Way more than realistic graphics ever could.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4912280/PATRICIDE_Demo/
>>750308517it's amazingly good
