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Devolver Digital @devolverdigital.com · 12h

Devolver Digital's own Volvy has put every single #SteamNextFest demo through rigorous testing and found the best ones just for you!

🌀 BALL x PIT
🛹 Skate Story
🤛🏼 Forestrike
🧟‍♂️ Quarantine Zone
🍄‍🟫 Shroom & Gloom
🐂 Minos
🦀 The Dungeon Experience

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clay-zulah @clayzulah.bsky.social · 14h

Getting into the seasonal spirit (👻) by polishing up this extra Halloween coded minigame for Rog & Roll 🎃

#pixelart #indiegame #gamedev

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Chris Wade @luckshotgames.com · 18h

#BigHops is in Steam Next Fest!

It's a good hour long taste of our adventure: you'll use your tongue, learn to climb, find veggies you can build paths with, and borrow a stranger's backpack.

store.steampowered.com/app/1221480/...

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Alan Hazelden / Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 18h

Calling all ghouls, ghosts and things that go bump in the night - spooky season is upon us and we've just released a new demo for Spooky Express for Steam Next Fest!

Play now for a limited time before launch, if you dare.

store.steampowered.com/app/3352310/...

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Iron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · 21h

CAUTIONARY FABLES & FAIRYTALES: The Woman in the Woods And Other North American Stories and INDIGINERDS are both on sale for 30% off throughout today! Celebrate both classic and modern tales right from the land we stand on!

store.ironcircus.com/collections/...

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Atari @atari.com · 21h

Happy #SteamNextFest! 👏

It's time to neglect all responsibilities and top the #Bubsy4D leaderboards. 🥇

https://link.atari.com/Bubsy4D-Demo

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deadpetsu.bsky.social @deadpetsu.bsky.social · 19h

introducing: dead pets 😈🤘

🔹100% punk rock
🔹100% narrative
🔹25% management game
🔹100% minigame -heavy

🎸Dead Pets Unleashed. Demo out now during #SteamNextFest!

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Some Random Designing @srd-ramon.bsky.social · 19h

Babbling Brook is joining Steam Next Fest! Check out the latest demo of this relaxing game about messing around with water and sand.

#SteamNextFest #indiegame #cozygame #gamedev

store.steampowered.com/app/3672300/...

Babbling Brook on Steam

Sculpt sand to create winding streams through lush forests and rolling meadows. Babbling Brook is a cozy & relaxing indie game about messing around with water and sand. Also, there's a flock of ru...

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Enhance | 🎮 Wishlist/Preorder Lumines Arise Now! @enhance-experience.com · 19h

We could all use some good vibes right now. 🥰 How about this—The Lumines Arise Demo is back—for #SteamNextFest (and also back on PS5)!

Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2370000/Lumines_Arise
PS5: store.playstation.com/concept/10011885

Play, wishlist, and pre-order now!

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Akupara Games @akuparagames.bsky.social · 19h

🤘Dead Pets Unleashed is part of #SteamNextFest!

try the demo for this narrative-heavy, punk rock feminist tale of adventure.

Minigames galore 👌👌👌

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After School Afterlife (Wishlist now!) @minibunnies.bsky.social · 19h

After School Afterlife is in the October Steam Next Fest!

Try our demo and wishlist on Steam!

#indiegame #indiedev #SteamNextFest

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Yuri Kissaten ❄ WISHLIST WINTER HEAT! @yurikissaten.com · 19h

Hallo #SteamNextFest !!
We're here with our #yuri #visualnovel Winter Heat including a new demo update that features quite a bit of new content, a new scene, and a new #RPG to try out!

Try it here now! store.steampowered.com/app/3429850/... ˋ( ° ▽、° )

#GirlsLove #GameDev #IndieDev #VNDev #YuriVN

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Rusty Lake 🚣 @rustylake.com · 1d

The Servant of the Lake Demo is OUT NOW on Steam during #SteamNextFest! ⏰ 🖼️ 🧹

Welcome to your 15 - 30 min free-to-play trial period as Servant of the Lake for the infamous Vanderboom family! Visitors are arriving soon, and our work begins now! 🫴

🏠 store.steampowered.com/app/3996940/...

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chinykian @chinykian.bsky.social · 20h

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SAWBLADES' taking part in Steam Next Fest!

Fancy a challenging highscore chaser? Please check out the Steam demo! Beat my score of 320!!😎

🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/3642450/...

#SteamNextFest #indiedev

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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 19h

Steam Next Fest is a great chance to dive into Scrabdackle! 🧙

You can explore several scribbly landscapes, uncover hidden secrets, and take on a boss or two ahead of Act 1’s full release (we love you, Flam)🦩

Wishlist and play the demo ahead of Act 1 dropping later this year ✅
🪄 bit.ly/Scrabdackle

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Orbiteers @orbiteers.northborne.studio · 19h

We're participating in Steam Next Fest! Build your own space station around the Earth and the Moon in the Orbiteers demo, available now!

store.steampowered.com/app/2979290/...

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Constance @constancegame.bsky.social · 14h

On top of that we're adding a very personal story inspired by our team's own mental health journeys and experiences. If this all sounds interesting to you, please check out the demo here: bit.ly/wishCon 💜

Constance on Steam

Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.

bit.ly

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The Séance of Blake Manor - Play our Demo 🔮 @blakemanorgame.bsky.social · 19h

We’re thrilled to share that The Séance of Blake Manor is part of the Steam Next Fest. To mark the occasion, the demo is now available for everyone to try.

Play now: bit.ly/47Pm8XA

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Don’t Stop, Girlypop! - DEMO OUT NOW ♥ @girlypop.net · 19h

Don't Stop, Girlypop! is in Steam Next Fest!!!!

Now is your chance to show your support for our Y2K arena movement shooter, where standing still is NOT an option 💅

Play our demo NOW ❣️
https://bit.ly/4n4orKj

#SteamNextFest #NextFest

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Relooted by Nyamakop @nyamakop.co.za · 20h

Steam Next Fest has begun and Relooted is part of it! Visit our page and get your heist on in our demo!

store.steampowered.com/app/3972400/...
#indiegame #nextfest

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 21h

While the demo for Perfect Tides: Station to Station is part of Steam Next Fest, you can get the original Perfect Tides at 25% off. Lots of time to play the hell out of it before the sequel's release in January.

store.steampowered.com/app/1172800/...

Save 25% on Perfect Tides on Steam

Perfect Tides is a point and click adventure game about the agony and anticipation of being a teen. Set in the year 2000, you follow Mara, an internet-obsessed young writer who lives on a so-called is...

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Meredith Gran @meredithgran.com · 19h

Next Fest has begun! Please enjoy + wishlist the latest demo build of Perfect Tides: Station to Station, the coming-of-age adventure in production since 2022 - coming in January!

store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...

Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam

A point n' click sequel to Perfect Tides about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex ...

store.steampowered.com

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Wadjet Eye of Sauron @wadjeteyegames.bsky.social · 1d

The Nighthawks demo has arrived!

During Steam Next Fest, seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, seduction, and forbidden supernatural gifts.

Your second life begins tonight!

store.steampowered.com/app/1221950/...

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Petal Crash @petalcrash.com · 19h

This is the Next...

We're showcasing Petal Crash 2 for Steam Next Fest with an event exclusive demo! Try your hand against the CPU, play a 5-minute Time Trial, or go head-to-head with a friend!

The demo's only available until October 20th, so don't miss out!

store.steampowered.com/app/2697670/...

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Aerial_Knight @aerialknight.com · 1d

DropShot is in Next Fest! I’ve been working really hard on this one if you rock with it, drop a wishlist on Steam and help us keep it going! 🎮

store.steampowered.com/app/3987530/...

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