Steam Next Fest is in full swing, and as usual there's an absolutely ridiculous number of demos available to try. Today, Valve's reached out to let us know the ten that have most captured your collective attention, earning more plays than any others.
The full list is:
- Once Human
- Level Zero: Extraction
- Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown
- Tiny Glade
- Wizard of Legend 2
- Metal Slug Tactics
- DUCKSIDE
- The Alters
- BUS: Bro u Survived
- Dungeon Clawler
Lots of good stuff in there. I suspected Tiny Glade would do well after enjoying viral success on TikTok—plus it's just a wonderfully charming little builder, as featured the game in our own PC Gaming Show.
Of the rest of the list, chatting to the creators about their vision for the project.
I have to say, though, I probably wouldn't have predicted the success of DUCKSIDE, a game described on its own store page as "Imagine DayZ or Rust but you're a duck". That's the power of a strong premise, I suppose. I've also got to give props to Dungeon Clawler, a game that combines roguelike deckbuilding with the mechanics of an arcade claw machine, presumably all purely to justify that dreadful pun.
There's a few days left of Steam Next Fest, so you've still got the chance to check these out for yourself—just make sure you do so before June 17. While some demos do tend to stick around, we don't know yet which, so best to give them a try before they potentially vanish into the digital ether.
