Steam Next Fest - June 2025 edition is live with new demos
A celebration of upcoming games big and small and everything in between. Steam Next Fest for June 2025 is now live.
Category: Demo
A sports brawler meets a MOBA in Sparkball with a demo coming to Steam Next Fest
If you love sports and fast-paced action, Sparkball will be one you need to check out with a playable demo coming in Steam Next Fest.
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Net.Attack() is like Vampire Survivors but you program unique attacks
Now this is seriously cool! Net.Attack() takes the basics of Vampire Survivors, and gets you doing a little visual programming.
System Shock meets Dino Crisis, I'm totally sold on Athanasia
I need this. Athanasia has jumped right to the top of my wishlist for some Dino Crisis meets System Shock vibes in an immersive sim.
Pulp adventure thriller The Drifter looks amazing and releases July 17
The Drifter from Powerhoof is an awesome looking adventure thriller and it just got a new trailer, along with a release date reveal of July 17.
Cyberpunk deckbuilder and dungeon crawler Into The Grid gets a fresh demo
Into The Grid is a cyberpunk roguelike deckbuilder and dungeon crawler from Flatline Studios, with a fresh demo up ahead of Steam Next Fest.
Freaky incremental dungeon crawler Horripilant gets a demo
Horripilant is a thoroughly unusual dungeon crawler that will make you feel quite uneasy blending in some elements from idler, puzzle and autobattler games.
Rock Crusher is an incremental clicker with a huge transformational skill tree
I have, admittedly, spent far too long playing the demo of Rock Crusher. An upcoming incremental clicker with Leaf Blower Revolution vibes.
Point and click adventure The Mystery of Doomsday Valley confirmed for Linux
Another good one for fans of point and click adventures, keep an eye on the upcoming The Mystery of Doomsday Valley.
Stellar Blade works well on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck
Stellar Blade recently had a demo released and thankfully, it does seem to run well enough on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck.
Watchword gives the Balatro treatment to an anagram word game
Watchword is an anagram roguelike, pulling in some clear energy from Balatro as you play with words using rule-breaking synergies and combos.
Becoming Saint mixes a roguelike with a mini medieval real-time strategy
With a demo that's just been released and a full release date announced, Becoming Saint looks like a clever blending of genres. I actually love how this looks.
3rd person narrative horror MEGANAUT from the dev of Lorn's Lure gets a demo
The developer of the exploration climbing game Lorn's Lure is working on a new game named MEGANAUT, a 3rd person narrative horror and now there's a demo available with Linux support.
Deck-builder meets auto-shooter in Hordes of Fate : A Hand of Fate Adventure - demo now live
From the original creative team behind the Hand of Fate series, Hordes of Fate : A Hand of Fate Adventure is a mixture of deck-building and auto-shooting as yet another developer attempts to put their own spin on Vampire Survivor-like action.
Ludaro is a deck-building roguelike spin on Ludo with a demo out now
I wrote about Ludaro back in mid April, and now you can try this new chaotic spin on Ludo yourself, as they've just released a first demo for it.
Sirocco Thugs is an upcoming first-person boomer beat 'em up with a demo out now
With a focus on flashy kicking, punching and beating, Sirocco Thugs could be one to watch if you love boomer shooters but fancy smacking people with a lead pipe or knuckledusters instead while you do combos.
Check out the Steam Playtest for SWAPMEAT, a co-op body-part swapping third-person shooter
SWAPMEAT is an upcoming roguelite third-person shooter where you tear through alien worlds, harvesting body-parts to steal their powers.
Shroom and Gloom is a first-person fungus-filled deck-builder with a demo you need to try
We're getting totally spoiled with unique deck-builders lately like Moonsigil Atlas that I really can't wait for. And now Devolver Digital announced they're publishing Shroom and Gloom with a demo up now and it's glorious.
The fusion of deck-building and space-Tetris in the demo of Moonsigil Atlas has totally hooked me
Moonsigil Atlas has a demo out now and it's already shot right up to the top of my wishlist. The idea of fusing a Slay the Spire styled deck-builder with something sort-of Tetris-like is just incredibly slick.
Granvir: Zero Front is a fresh 3rd-person customizable mech-combat prologue out on Steam
Love customising mechs and going into battle? Granvir: Zero Front is a new prologue, acting as a long-term demo for the bigger game of Granvir that's due out later. Seems to be worth a look if you love mech action.
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