Valve reveals most-played game demos from Steam Next Fest

The Steam Subsequent Fest simply got here to a detailed, however its various sport demos dwell on in our hearts. Valve sprinkled a little little bit of all the pieces into its latest occasion, from open-world RPGs to fantasy crafting sims. Whereas lots of the showcased demos are nonetheless out there to play now, others are not up as builders put together for his or her video games’ full launch. To commemorate the Subsequent Fest and gifted devs, Steam simply revealed its most-played sport demos.

Probably the most-played Steam sport this time round was Enshrouded. In case you don’t acknowledge the identify, it’s an upcoming PC game that blends fan-favorite components from all kinds of different video games like Elden Ring’s darkish fantasy setting and Rust’s crafting. Its developer is Eager Video games, the studio behind Portal Knights. In case you haven’t but had the possibility to, you may examine the survival RPG’s demo out till Sunday, October 22.

One other common expertise topping the Steam Subsequent Fest charts was the Sky Children of the Light Steam demo. This one caught my eye as its developer is Thatgamecompany, the staff behind Journey. Sky has been out there on cellular for a while now, however the award-winning sport is nonetheless making its option to Steam. It’s a healthful MMO expertise with a powerful deal with exploration. The demo continues to be out there to obtain.

Deep Rock Galactic followers unite, as the sport’s extremely anticipated spin-off additionally made it onto the charts. The Deep Rock Galactic Survivor demo presents a glimpse at its action-packed roguelike gameplay, impressed by different bullet hell video games like Vampire Survivors. The demo continues to be up with no recognized finish in sight because the dev says “we’ll take it down, in all probability after we really feel prefer it.”

One other sport that has followers of the movie and newcomers alike excited is RoboCop Rogue City. Following its work on different shooters like Terminator Resistance, Teyon is creating a brand new FPS primarily based on the unique trio of RoboCop movies from the 80s. Its demo interval is sadly over now, however you may take a look at Valve’s full rundown of the most-played demos on the occasion instantly on Steam.

The platform particulars the highest 50 demos, lots of which you’ll be able to nonetheless obtain and take a look at. In case you’re trying to find a terrific full launch to play proper now with out completely breaking the financial institution, it’s best to flick thru a few of our favourite free PC games. For a extra common have a look at what this 12 months has needed to provide, you may go searching our in-depth listing of the best PC games round presently.