Prepare to temporarily run out of hard drive space
Hundreds of demos for upcoming indie games of all kinds will flood onto PC today when June’sSteam Next Festkicks off at 6pm BST. I’ve already downloaded a smattering of them in advance and my hard drive is positively creaking. Check out a slice of what demos are up for download in the trailer below.
It doesn’t really matter what genres you’re into because there’s almost too much stuff to take a look at, even if you spent the whole week of Steam Next Fest downloading and playing demos. So far, I’ve plundered self-styled ‘decksploration’ card gameForetales, which has narration by Critical Role’s Travis Willingham, and a complicated-looking strategy calledTerra Invictafrom the devs behind XCOM’s The Long War mod. Red Candle Games’ Sekiro-like platformerNine Solsis piquing my interest as well. Have a sift through yourselfherewhen Next Fest starts later today.
Steam Next Fest comes around on a regular basis to give us a free reminder that all types of games can be good, actually. I usually try quite a few that I wouldn’t necessarily play otherwise. It harks back to a time of cover-mounted demo discs from your favourite magazines, which brings a misty-eyed look upon my hairy, time-weathered face. Valve says they’re giving out badges for playing varying amounts of demos now too, so that’s a thing that’s happening.
This summer’s Steam Next Fest kicks off at 6pm BST/7pm CEST/10am PST on June 13th, which is this very day. The event runs through June 20th, so you’ve got a week to play through those demos folks.
