Steam Next Fest has quickly become one of our favorite occasions at PC Gamer as developers of all sizes offer up samplings of their latest work to earn places on our wishlists. The top demos list of the latest Next Fest has provided a particularly rich variety. Since things kicked off Monday, the charts have been topped by gnomish burglary simulators, Vampire Survivors spinoffs, robot cowboy co-op, and more.
At least, that was the case until the Marathon Server Slam unlocked yesterday and immediately rocketed to the top slot on the list, anyway. Ah, well. Far be it from me to deny the allure of an electric teal spacegun. While players flood by the thousands into Tau Ceti shootouts—players who, so far, have much itchier trigger fingers than their Arc Raiders counterparts—let's run down the other previews that pulled the most attention.
