The Latest Breaking News from Steam Next Fest

The number of Steam Next Fest games that used gen AI should scare you

Slopfest

Destructoid · Oct 26, 2025

Steam Next Fest gave one indie game a 51,500% increase in players—'1 week ago we had 3 players… thank you all so much'

Which must look quite good on a line graph.

PC Gamer · Oct 23, 2025

Steam’s Weird Multiplayer Games Won Out Over Generative AI Slop In Next Fest

Steam Next Fest stats from this October show a huge influx of games made with generative AI, but players are looking elsewhere.

Inverse · Oct 23, 2025

Help, I fed the black hole in A Game About Feeding A Black Hole and now I can't stop the approaching galactic entropy of its Steam Next Fest demo

Does what it says on the tin

GamesRadar · Oct 18, 2025

Steam’s Best Upcoming Games Are Free To Try In These 5 PC Demos

Steam Next Fest has far too many great demos to play all at once, so here's another batch of the upcoming PC games you need to check out while they're free.

Inverse · Oct 18, 2025

The original Little Nightmares devs basically made their own Little Nightmares 3, and I had more fun playing its Steam Next Fest demo than I did reviewing the actual sequel from Supermassive

It seems the future of Little Nightmares, in all but name, is at original studio Tarsier

GamesRadar · Oct 17, 2025

Some Japanese devs played Stardew Valley and loved it, but wanted something more "carefree" – now their anime life sim RPG is tearing up Steam Next Fest, and it's hard to put down

Starsand Island is exactly what it sounds like, and very good so far

GamesRadar · Oct 17, 2025

I spent an undisclosed but fireable amount of time playing games at work, and here are my 10 Steam Next Fest demos you shouldn't miss before they're gone

With one weekend left, here are the unmissable Steam Next Fest demos you could be playing for free right now

GamesRadar · Oct 17, 2025

I played the top-rated Soulslike in Steam Next Fest to see what the fuss is about – turns out it's not a Soulslike but a boss rush with amazing combat, and I see what the fuss is about

Rubinite has the absolute juice

GamesRadar · Oct 16, 2025

All my boomer brain neurons activated when I played this 18th century RTS’ Steam Next Fest demo

An ideal title for Total War fans.

Destructoid · Oct 16, 2025