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Focus vs Fusion: Rubinite and Cinderia
A research-led dual Curator review of two dark fantasy action games built around opposite pleasures: mastering one duel and breaking one run.
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Crop
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Wishlist it if you want methodical farming with slow-burn investigative dread — we have not played it.
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Figure Drawing Garden
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Wishlist it, or try the demo, if you want figure-drawing practice with 3D-scanned sculpture and lighting you can control — we have not sketched in it.
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Tenebris Somnia
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Recommend for fans of classic survival horror and practical-effects FMV who can live with deliberate old-school controls — the pixel-to-film cut is the point, and critics mostly agree the story and presentation carry the clunk.
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over the hill
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Off-road 4x4 exploration, per Steam. We're still confirming the session footage is this game.
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The Regreening
36
Water and junk to recycle, but the mattock isn't strong enough yet.
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Guns 'n Goblins
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Pistol fire, a closing horde and a level-up: a first look at the demo.
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Queen's Domain
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A sword, a bestiary full of weaknesses and an early Game Over.
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ReBlade: The Death Spiral
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The demo Conrado was waiting for: great look, great combos, confusing buttons at first.
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DREADMOOR
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Conrado loved the fishing and boat upkeep. We didn't get to the combat.
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Half Grip
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Steer, shoot and shift gears with one arm. Hard at first, and Conrado loved it.
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SLAM TANK
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Drifting tanks and swinging cannons. Conrado told chat to download it.
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Frostrail
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Bloody survival and a cab full of working switches caught Conrado's attention, but his first attempt ended with the train still stationary.
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Mortuus
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Fast zombies, little ammo and barricades to fix. Conrado died and hit restart right away.
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Find The Needle
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Conrado doubted it, then wanted that toy shovel. Steam and the trailer list different release windows.
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Emberville
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The demo Conrado wanted to keep playing: pixel-art combat with weight, gathering and a town to rebuild, with some friction in the opening tutorial.
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MECCHA CHAMELEON
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A $6 hide-and-seek game where you paint yourself into the scenery. Made solo in about two months, and a huge hit.
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Wonderdeck
Top-down bullet hell where poker hands rewrite how you shoot. Playing cards, tarot, and hanafuda become real weapon rules.
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Bottled by Bears
Cozy idle honey farm with the Pawford bears. Open bee packs, bottle honey, expand flower fields that bloom while you are away.
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Cards of Eden
First-person deckbuilder immersive sim from Control Studios. Systems-first tools, mines, grapples, and a demo hoped for January 2027.
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Master of Piece
Chess-board tactical roguelite where your deck is mercenary pieces. Traits, relics, rumors, and flag destruction. Early Access, Very Positive.
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Nebulae
Astropolitics MMO. Govern planets, vote, spy, and fight in a threatened galaxy. Mobile alpha live; PC push in motion.
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Well Dweller
Ein düsteres Märchen-Metroidvania mit geschmeidiger Bewegung, starker Atmosphäre und einem klaren Hook für Genre-Fans.
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IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
Eine brutale Dieselpunk-Schwerartillerie-Erfahrung mit immersiver Steuerung, taktischem Problemlösen und dem Kommando über eine kolossale Kriegsmaschine.
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About Fishing
Ein surreales Angel-Mystery-Spiel, das meditatives Angeln mit leiser psychologischer Spannung und Entdeckung verbindet.
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Desktop Explorer
Ein Interface-Mystery-Adventure in einem alten Computer-Desktop, das Geheimnisse über Dateien, Fenster und diegetische Rätsel entwirrt.
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SPRAWL zero
Ein schneller First-Person-Arcade-Cyberpunk-Shooter, der die Energie der 2000er-FPS mit flüssigem Gunplay und modernem Feinschliff kanalisiert.
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Wax Heads
Eine Cozy-Punk-Narrative-Sim über die Arbeit in einem kämpfenden Indie-Plattenladen, Musikempfehlungen und Story-Entdeckung durch Dialoge.
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Bulbo's Belief System
Ein Puzzle-Platformer, in dem Überzeugungen buchstäblich die Welt formen — Bulbo glaubt alles, was man ihm sagt, wodurch Wissen zugleich Werkzeug und Hindernis wird.
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Duskfade
Ein 3D-Action-Platformer, der die Magie und Nostalgie von Maskottchen-Platformern der PS2-Ära mit modernen Akzenten einfängt.
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Good Heavens!
Ein Open-World-Fantasy-Survival-Craft-RPG mit Solo- oder Koop-Basenbau, Rollenspiel und Erkundung mysteriöser Biome.
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Enginefall
Ein spielergetriebener Crafting-Shooter auf kolossalen postapokalyptischen Megazügen — plündere, crafte, baue und kämpfe dich zur First Class oder zur Flucht mit Beute.
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Realm of Ink
Ein wunderschönes Action-Roguelite im chinesischen Tusche-Stil mit tiefem Buildcrafting, Folklore und flüssigem Kampf, das im Genre heraussticht.
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Arcane Eats
Ein Roguelike-Deckbuilder mit köstlichem Koch-Twist, in dem mythische Zutaten und magische Küchenwerkzeuge strategische Kombos für hungrige Horden erzeugen.
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BOMBANANA!
Chaotisches 3-Spieler-Koop-Bombenentschärfungs-Partyspiel, in dem blinde, gehörlose und stumme Affen in einer Minivan-Werkstatt kommunizieren müssen. Die meistgespielte Demo der Steam Next Fest Juni 2026 mit über 1 Mio. Spielern.
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BOMBANANA!
Chaotic 3-player co-op bomb defusal party game where blind, deaf, and mute monkeys must communicate in a minivan workshop to defuse bombs. The runaway #1 most-played demo of Steam Next Fest June 2026 with over 1M players.
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IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
A brutal dieselpunk heavy-artillery simulator from a two-person team where you calculate trajectories, load massive shells, and command a colossal war machine. Precise, tense, and cinematic.
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Echoes of Aincrad
Third-person SAO action RPG in the floating castle of Aincrad. Weapon progression across styles, vast beautiful world, ARPG customization and combat. High-visibility Next Fest demo from Bandai Namco.
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Mistfall Hunter
Dark fantasy PvPvE action extraction ARPG. Build Gyldhunters with skills, talents and gear, battle corrupted monsters and rival players, extract loot or lose everything. Day-one chart dominance at Next Fest.
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over the hill
Stylized off-roading exploration from the Art of Rally team. Drive iconic 60s-80s vehicles solo or with friends across scenic challenging wilderness trails. Authentic, relaxed driving in the golden age of offroading.
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EMPULSE
Fast-paced 6v6 movement shooter from the Splitgate team, heavily inspired by Titanfall 2. Features fluid wall-running, grappling, holojumps, mech piloting and gadget play ("P.A.I.N.T.") across vertical streets in the city of Fr...
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Dust Front RTS
Classic single-player RTS with grand strategy and 4X elements. Non-linear campaign on a bleak, soot-covered planet. Base-building, army command, resource management, and procedural maps. Solo-dev passion project emphasizing dee...
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The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu
1-4 player (solo viable with bots) co-op Lovecraftian extraction horror. Explore a cursed 16th-century South American jungle as treasure hunters. Face reality-altering monsters and sanity-draining cosmic horror. Demo offered fi...
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XenoFeels
A space customs simulator in the Papers, Please tradition. Inspect alien travelers on a remote asteroid checkpoint, compare documents and appearances, and use your shotgun to stop terrorists before they blow up your planet. Charming, tense, and unhinged from a small Russian indie duo.
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Embers of the Uncrowned
Dark fantasy isometric action RPG/MMORPG with fast-paced, brutal gory combat. Fight as the last hope of House Harborwell against elven invaders. Tactile combat, classes, and atmosphere from Nexon. Active demo with player feedback integration.
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Casualties: Unknown
Unforgiving cave-exploration survival simulator. Test subject retrieving cargo on hostile planet with 11 layers. High tension survival. Demo had high positive reviews.
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Mortal Shell II
Standalone soulslike action-RPG sequel with unrestricted, adrenaline-charged combat. Possess Shells with unique abilities, deep weapon upgrades, open world exploration in a ravaged world. Open Beta during Next Fest with RTX support drew strong interest.
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Double Dealers
3-6 player social deduction auction/bluffing party game. Bid, trade, deceive, and manipulate in voice-chat heavy high-stakes rounds. Demo available during fest.
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GRAIN ROT
Co-op horror extraction with a robot scavenger theme. Loot ruins for items to build a base while using gadgets, weapons, and surviving chaos. Blends tension, humor, and physics-driven fun. Frequently compared to Lethal Company...
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Order of the Sinking Star
Massive puzzle adventure from Jonathan Blow. Vast realm of magic and enigma with intricate puzzle design. Demo was large and ambitious, reaching high placements.
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ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs
Cozy narrative-driven electronics repair shop sim set in mid-2000s Tokyo. Tactile disassembly, cleaning, and reassembly of nostalgic phones, virtual pets, consoles, and devices. Relaxing Unpacking-style satisfaction with shop management. Standout cozy demo with massive wishlist impact.
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Friendly Steps
Physics-based 1-4 player co-op disaster about stumbling home after a wild night out. Drunk friends roped together create hilarious chaos through bad physics and worse decisions. Silly, shareable party co-op with side quests. Fun Next Fest demo for groups.
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Kingdom Rush 6: Genesis TD
Classic tower defense sequel with new stages, heroes, and modes. Strategic wave defense and hero abilities in the Kingdom Rush formula. Top 20 most-played demo success with 94k+ players and extended demo from Ironhide.
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Invokyr
1-4 player co-op psychological horror adventure about a cursed board game. Roll dice to summon horrors, explore, survive, and beat the Gamemaster (voiced by Amelia Tyler) to win freedom. Jumanji-inspired co-op survival with dark comedy. Demo live during Next Fest with multiple boards.
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No Such Place
Top-down PvE extraction shooter in anomalous dimensions. Explore, loot, terminate threats, and extract in retro multiplayer co-op (up to 4 players). Demo climbed charts during Next Fest, with strong visibility and extended availability.
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Enginefall
Post-apocalyptic crafting PvP shooter aboard colossal moving trains. Raid enemy trains, scavenge, craft, and extract in a trust-no-one world. Unique vehicle-based tension with demo + playtest during Next Fest from Red Rover Interactive.
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Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Dark fantasy samurai action from Capcom. Brutal, satisfying sword combat with one/two-handed styles, soul absorption, exploration, and intense bosses in a twisted Edo-period world. Highly praised demo with strong anticipation for Sept 25 launch.
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Valor Mortis
First-person action soulslike from Ghostrunner creators. Rise as Napoleonic soldier in dark alternative history. Brutal combat with supernatural/horror twists. Demo offered substantial slice and was frequently in "best of" lists.
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Cozy Game Restoration
Soothing simulator restoring forgotten video game cartridges. Tear wrapping, peel stickers, clean, bring old games back to life. Tactile cozy nostalgia. Demo with patches during Next Fest, strong wishlist growth to 200k+.
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The Guild - Europa 1410
Medieval strategy sim reboot. Choose profession, master trade/politics/intrigue, climb social ladder, found dynasty in 15th century Europe. Demo with 14 turns in Kuttenberg during Next Fest; absorbing economic strategy with life sim elements.
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Project: Doors
1-4 player co-op horror adventure where every door leads to a world that shouldn't exist. Shifting maze of traps, anomalies, and creatures. Explore with unprepared friends, secure threats, whisper theories. Demo live during Next Fest with co-op focus.
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VOID DIVER: Escape from the Abyss
2.5D pixel art extraction action RPG. Manage BALUSHA antique shop in anomalous city, send solo or co-op Divers into the abyss for artifacts, fight horrors, escape alive. Major Demo 2.0 update for Next Fest, reached Top 50 most-played with strong wishlist momentum.
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DragonSword : Awakening
Anime-style open world RPG without gacha. Explore the Continent of Orbis, choose from characters, action combat or story. Demo selected as "Most Played" during Next Fest; full game launch July 2026.
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Gold Mining Simulator 2
Sequel mining sim with narrated adventure, new machinery. Demo (story intro/tutorial ~10% content) hit Top 50 most-played; extended support and thanks from Code Horizon.
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Nomad Drive
Repair rundown RV and hit the road solo or co-op (1-4 players) through procedurally generated post-apocalyptic world. Gather resources, customize fully interactive RV, survive. Demo during Next Fest with strong CCU; post-apoc survival/crafting with vehicle focus.
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County of Fortune
Medieval county-builder on a grand scale. Build entire county with multiple settlements, lay out on grid, manage trade, mayors, nobles, cultures. Demo extended after Next Fest; hit 100k wishlists. Big-scale city-builder with historical flavor.
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FreeStyle Football 2
Fast-paced 5v5 online multiplayer soccer with unique position roles and skills. Arcade-driven with realistic graphics. Demo with crossplay (Xbox, Steam, PS5) during Next Fest; strong player participation and thanks.
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ZeroSpace
Hybrid sci-fi RTS/RPG. Commander of The Protectorate in galactic war. Cinematic story-rich campaign with RTS battles, RPG elements, co-op. Demo with modes including Galactic War; Early Access July 20, 2026. Strong RTS visibility.
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Bus Simulator 27
Bus sim sequel with licensed buses, company management, realistic driving. Demo updated with DLSS/FSR from fest feedback; launch Sept 8, 2026. Relaxing sim with potential chaos.
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Corsair Cove
Pirate city-builder. Build sprawling haven, production chains, rowdy crew, fleet to explore seas and fight Crown. Demo "best game" with 91% positive (538 reviews), 250k+ wishlists; release ~July 2026. Vibrant pirate strategy with economy and naval.
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As One We Survive
Top-down post-apocalyptic survival. Father on journey to save sick daughter, scavenge, build homestead, form community, defend lawless world. Demo with survival mode (scavenging, exploration, combat, base building teaser); fest visibility.
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Trash Day
Physics-based co-op adventure with raccoon squad. Scavenge trash, fill stolen shopping cart with treasures, parkour hazards, annoy locals, team up to get home. Demo live for Next Fest with clip contests; absurd chaos for up to 5 players.
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Slayblade
Y2K Beyblade-inspired roguelite. Build battle-tops with 60+ parts, merge powers, skate vibrant city, gamble lunch money, dominate in chill roguelite battles. "If you die in the game..." joke. Demo short but nostalgic with PS1 vibes; must-try throwback.
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Deep Dish Dungeon
Dungeon crawler/exploration survival where food is progress. Hand-crafted puzzly dungeon with metroidvania/crafting; solo or co-op (up to 3). Demo with new food systems, improved combat; "Dungeon Meshi"-inspired (Delicious in Dungeon) vibe.
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Sir, We Have an Orc Problem
Incremental tower defense vs. overwhelming (100k+) orcs. Place/upgrade turrets, rain bombs, defend base. Short with roguelite meta-progression; demo for Next Fest, quick 50k wishlists. Horde defense TD.
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1666: Amsterdam
Dark action-adventure in 1666 Amsterdam. Stealth, red-tinted magic action, black cats in gothic 1600s Dutch setting. Prologue/demo live for Next Fest; 500k+ wishlists in a week. From Assassin's Creed creator Patrice Désilets. Cinematic story setup.
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Car Mechanic Simulator 2026
Car repair/build sim sequel with 150+ cars, 8k+ parts, modular engines, now co-op. Run workshop, fix/expand collection. Demo (single player + co-op tease) for Next Fest; relaxing sim experience.
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Demon Bluff
Single-player social deduction roguelike card game where cards lie. Demons infiltrated village disguised as allies; turn cards, deduce bluffs using logic. Roguelike deckbuilder tension. Demo with updates for Next Fest; unique "logic puzzle" social deduction.
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Strikers Club
Skill-based physics-driven multiplayer football. Play as one player in 5v5? matches; dribble, pass, shoot with real skill/physics, no RNG, teamwork/execution. Demo evolving with playtests for Next Fest; top played, thanks to players. From Oddshot (Slapshot devs).
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IGTAP: an Incremental Game That's Also a Platformer
Hybrid incremental game and platformer. Amass clones for optimized paths, generate massive power, blend speedrunning precision with addictive progression. Next Fest demo with B-sides, hard mode, raffle updates from Pepper Tango Games.
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VHOLUME
Melancholic first-person parkour adventure in a dystopian brutalist city. Bureaucracy turns a simple task into an odyssey. Demo with multiplayer and new maps during Next Fest. Atmospheric exploration with unique visual style.
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Trees Hate You
Rage-comedy trap game where trees actively hate and trap you. Humorous suffering through puzzle/trap navigation. Next Fest demo updates, official trailer feature, listed among weirdest demos. Shareable laughs from Tykenn.
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Dungeon Settlers
Base-building or colony sim with dungeon fantasy elements. Settle, build, manage resources and defense in underground environments. Reached 120k wishlists with Next Fest visibility contributing to community support.
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Last Pirates: Die Together
4-player online co-op horror extraction with pirate scallywags breaking a curse amid monsters, chaos, and treasure. Chaotic teamwork in extraction runs. Next Fest demo hit Top 50 most-played with strong CCU peaks.
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Conrado x Venn: four demos, October 20, 2026
Emberville, Find The Needle, Mortuus and Frostrail: four solo demo sessions, with individual long-form accounts of Conrado’s discoveries, reactions and friction.
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Indie radar — July 12, 2026
Ten games discovered through indie developers on X, checked against their current Steam pages. Demo-first where Steam offers one.
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how to kill a fly [ H2KAF ]
You can't speak, so you collect phrases from other people's conversations and use them as your dialogue. Blade Runner-style cyberpunk atmosphere. We want the full game.
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Colorbound
A cozy puzzle game where you paint the world to solve puzzles, and the color mechanic is really clever. Charming.
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Time To Wake Up
Great demo with a very satisfying blink mechanic. The environments felt nostalgic and well crafted. Movement could be less slippery and slightly faster, but I really enjoyed it.
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Tape Man
Clever puzzle mechanics, and this one concept leaves room to build a lot. Cozy visuals with a look of their own.
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STUNTBOOST
Great visuals and mechanics. I love the teenager’s-room setting with cardboard obstacles and props everywhere. The eye mechanic is super satisfying. I just wanted more aerial tricks.
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No Up
A gravity-based puzzle game with minimal visuals and ethereal music. Wall climbing feels great and fits the mood. We'd love to see liminal-space levels in it.
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Sting & Swing
Charming and cozy, like Animal Well mixed with golf. The ball can be a bit unpredictable.
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White Rooms
Fun and surreal, like a fever meme. It still needs some polish before release, but I really enjoyed it overall. I got stuck on the balloon section though and had no clue what to do.
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Object Impermanence
Very clever puzzle mechanics with strong BLAME! vibes. Objects disappearing instantly feels too punishing though. Gradual fading would make precise puzzles feel much better overall.
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VHOLUME
From the creators of Babbdi, so we expected great atmosphere, and it went further. The weird megastructure architecture is the hook. If you like brutalism, play this.
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BOMBANANA!
A 3-player co-op bomb-defusal game: blind, deaf and mute monkeys have to talk each other through defusing bombs in a minivan workshop. Made for party chaos.
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Arcane Eats
Fun and great to look at. A solid deckbuilder with combos and plenty of variety, and the cooking twist works really well.
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Realm of Ink
A Chinese ink-wash action roguelite. Combine 40+ Ink Gems into transforming forms and fight alongside your pet Momo.
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Enginefall
A crafting shooter where you build weapons under pressure. Good for tinkerers; how the pacing feels depends on how much you like systems.
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Good Heavens!
A survival-crafting adventure with co-op and odd heavenly stakes. Promising for builders, though clarity and polish are still early.
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Duskfade
A 3D platformer going for the PS2-era mascot feel. The movement is polished and it has warmth, but it's really for fans of the genre.
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Bulbo's Belief System
A puzzle-platformer where what Bulbo believes changes what Bulbo can see and do. Cute and clever, and it makes you think sideways.
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Wax Heads
A cozy-punk record-store sim where you match customers with music. Lots of dialogue and style, with a slower puzzle rhythm.
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SPRAWL zero
A Y2K cyberpunk FPS with fast arcade gunplay. The movement is strong, and it's meant to be intense.
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Desktop Explorer
An old-PC mystery adventure: you dig through files, windows and minigames to uncover secrets. Clever and a little eerie. Best if you like puzzles.
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IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
A turret-defense sim where you hold a heavy gun line under pressure. For players who like weighty machinery and tactical upgrades.
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Well Dweller
A dark fairy-tale Metroidvania: a tiny bird with a matchstick, crisp movement and a moody world. The structure is classic Metroidvania, done really well.
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Blasphemous
Dark fantasy in pixel art, and the pixel art only helps it. It's hard in a way that hooks you: you die over and over and keep going back.
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Magic: The Gathering Arena
It’s THE TCG. Some of us just can’t get enough of it, and the digital version is easier to learn on. When it comes to storytelling through cards, it’s a reference for us.
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Dragon's Dogma 2
The pawn system nails the feel of co-op without the co-op, and makes the world feel alive in a way few RPGs manage. Combat’s fun, but it runs short on monster variety.
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BioShock Infinite
A reference point for steampunk. The kind of story that stays with you and keeps you thinking in circles. Do you think the circle will be unbroken?
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Don't Starve Together
One of our goals is to get the whole studio playing together. For now, a few of us do. The art style is unmistakable, and it inspired us too.
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Bloons TD 6
Our designer who swears she's not a tower defense fan has played this more than you'd believe. Great with friends or to kill time, and popping balloons never gets old. The sfx sells it.
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Devil May Cry 5
One of us swears it's the best hack and slash ever made. The combos plus the soundtrack are reason enough to keep playing. Dante and Vergil: opposite sides of the same coin.
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Monster Hunter Wilds
Capcom's flagship makes you feel like the top of the food chain inside one of the most convincing simulated ecosystems we've played, and the hunting never feels like needless violence.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Still the open-world RPG benchmark. You get ready for one quest and look up three hours later somewhere you never meant to go, tangled in a subplot you never saw coming.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Here the story is the game. Everyday tragedy unfolds and, strangely, spirals into a sorrow that feels like a dream.
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Little Goody Two Shoes
Stunning pixel art, cute and morbid at once. The protagonist's cynicism and naivety let a nightmare unfold, and you're forced to watch it through every ending.
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FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION
We think it would have landed better without the Final Fantasy name on it. Ever felt nostalgic for a story while you were still living it? That's FFXV.
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Baldur's Gate 3
The closest a game has come to real tabletop freedom. Wild ideas work and choices land. It makes other RPGs hard to go back to.
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DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
If someone told you this is a walking simulator, they lied. It’s a dad simulator and logistics, all while smashing your heart to pieces.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
It pulls the best JRPG mechanics into one game, and it moved us. One of our favorites.
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ELDEN RING
Elden Ring takes the FromSoftware formula into an open world and never loosens its grip. Melancholy and full of secrets, with brutal bosses and cryptic lore.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The humor lands every time and the choices carry real weight. It even makes a horse unforgettable.
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Cyberpunk 2077
500h+ in. A game that only got better with time, and made cyberpunk feel memorable beyond movies and books. Platinum isn’t enough.
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Hello Kitty Island Adventure
Brings back the cozy feeling Animal Crossing gave us in the 2000s, now with the Hello Kitty crew. One of us is hooked!
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Lost In Fantaland
Lost in Fantaland blends deckbuilding with tactical grid combat: move your lone hero around the board and chain attack and defense cards to outmaneuver enemies, all in sharp retro pixel art.
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Guild of Dungeoneering Ultimate Edition
Guild of Dungeoneering is a roguelike deckbuilder where you build the dungeon around a hero who roams on their own. Combat is card-based, and the stats and loot they collect keep reshaping their deck.
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Gambonanza
Gambonanza is a roguelike chess game on a tiny board. Forget checkmate: you win by capturing every enemy piece. 150+ Gambits bend the rules, many nodding to real and fictional chess legends.
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Chrono Ark
Chrono Ark pairs roguelike deckbuilding with a full party RPG and a real story. Build a team of four from a large cast and chain their cards into combos. Each death feeds the plot.
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About Fishing
A surreal fishing mystery: calm angling with psychological tension underneath. The atmosphere is Lynchian, eerie and oddly endearing.
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Moonsigil Atlas
In Moonsigil Atlas, a roguelike deckbuilder, cards cost space rather than mana: you slot sigil-shaped cards onto a board, and tight placement opens up more actions and combos against celestial Titans.
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Morimens
A Lovecraftian roguelite card battler. You lead four Awakeners from a huge cast and chain combos across four Realms. The art and animation are striking.
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SpellRogue
SpellRogue is a dark fantasy roguelike deckbuilder built on dice. Each turn you roll a pool of mana dice and spend them to power your spells, manipulating the rolls to turn chance into strategy.
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Dogpile
Dogpile is a goofy, charming little roguelike deckbuilder about merging dogs. Drop matching pups into the yard to fuse them into bigger ones for points, without letting the pile spill over.
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Into the Restless Ruins
In Into the Restless Ruins, your cards build the maze you then walk into. Enemies swarm in real time while your torch burns low.
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Slayblade
A chill Y2K battle-tops roguelite: build and merge 60+ parts into a Beyblade-like top for street fights, skate the city, take side gigs and chase absurd synergies. Promising.
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Shroom and Gloom
The visual style is like nothing else we've played. Combat is as fun as exploring, and your deck shapes the exploring too. Press W and head into the caves, it's worth it.
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Duo Quest
A co-op roguelite deckbuilder: you and a partner build decks, fight quirky monsters and answer personal questions about each other to generate power.
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Don't Fret
First-person psychological horror where you play a sentient guitar trapped in a nightmare music school, solving musical puzzles while you're hunted. A protagonist we hadn't seen before.
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Five More Minutes
Here childhood gaming memories become cards. Mix genres like RPG and horror, switch between hero and villain for conditional effects, and battle nostalgic enemies. Interesting stance mechanics.
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Dice Rogues
A tactical roguelite where you build a hand of sentient dice with chaotic rogue faces, upgrade them, gamble on Pandora's Box and take on the House in neon, Paris-themed runs.
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Dungeon Raid
Here flipping cards costs hunger, triggering stress debuffs and health loss. Manage food, weapon durability, subjugate enemies, and dive dungeon floors. Tense resource strategy with pixel art.
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Forge the Fates
A roguelike deckbuilder where your cards form a shifting rune grid. Plan with fate swaps and chain match-3 combos for Phoenix bonuses. Great pixel art.
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Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder
From Terra Nil's designer: a roguelike deckbuilder where cards are buildings on a procedural island. Pair guilds to set off cascading combos. Terrific once it clicks.
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Chosen Anyway: Card Game
A turn-based roguelite deckbuilder starring Ryn, the unlikely Chosen. You build a new deck each run while cards scale with permanent RPG stats and gear. The 3D art is really nice.
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Dice A Million
Roll 5 dice, build combos, hit a million. It starts simple with d4s and gets wild fast. The dice effects plus deckbuilding give it real depth.
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Sevenfall
A turn-based strategy RPG with deckbuilding and fortress building, like 9 Kings. You build your domain, craft decks and fight factions; exploration adds depth. For strategy deckbuilder fans.
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LONESTAR
Lonestar is a space roguelike deckbuilder where attack and defense are one: firing your shockwave also blunts the enemy's incoming blow. Between battles, you upgrade your bounty-hunting ship.
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The Hollow Alchemist
A story-focused roguelike deckbuilder with nice 3D art and shifting perspectives. Strong summons and bonuses help replays. Animations, UI, descriptions and the tutorial need work.
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Miraclawns
A gambling roguelite boosting cute slimes via coin tosses and fusions for real-time lane combat. The loop and combos are satisfying when they hit. It's English-only and bad rolls can brick your team.
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Ribbit Rogue
A turn-based roguelike deckbuilder with dice instead of cards. You build a pool of 10 dice, each side an action, swap faces to shape your run and stack relics.
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Demon Bluff
I don't trust my sister anymore, I'm scared of my family. I'm locked in my room with my dog, but I think I just heard him say something. Good game, definitely worth a try.
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Fights in Tight Spaces
Fights in Tight Spaces wraps a roguelike deckbuilder in an action-movie premise: a secret agent brawling goons on a tight grid. Cards are punches and dodges, with a combo system driving the combat.
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Choo Choo Defenders
Building tracks, killing monsters and earning money is really satisfying. It's pretty, relaxing and hard to put down. I bet it's great on handhelds.
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Scriver: A Word Game
A chill Scrabble-meets-Balatro roguelike deckbuilder. English-only, no action, and the bizarre art style can be a lot. Great for word game fans.
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Goaldeck
Plain visuals and little feedback make it hard to follow. Cards, packs, shop upgrades and positioning all feel too simple, the football theme feels arbitrary, and spamming next turn gets old.
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Ring of Pain
Ring of Pain is a card-based roguelike dungeon crawler. Instead of a deck in hand, the dungeon itself is a ring of cards you spin through, deciding each turn whether to fight, sneak, or grab loot.
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Loop Hero
Loop Hero is a strategy roguelike where you spawn your own enemies to loot them and grow stronger, juggling builds on the fly. Underneath runs a philosophical tale of a world lost to a loop.
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Golden Swirl
A semi-real-time action dark fantasy deckbuilder with nice combos, Gothic metal soundtrack, and stylized head designs. Aesthetically, it can be overwhelming, and start-and-stop combat is not for all.
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Dicey Dungeons
A breezy roguelike where you roll dice and assign them to your gear each turn. Easy to learn, full of oddball characters and cheeky game-show charm.
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Luck be a Landlord
A roguelike deckbuilder built around a slot machine: in Luck be a Landlord you stack symbols, and neighbors trigger each other in chains. Runs are fast, with a huge pool of combos to find.
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Inscryption
Inscryption locks you in a sinister cabin, playing cards for your life. The horror deckbuilder is the first layer; the puzzles and secrets go much deeper.
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Vault of the Void
A deep roguelike deckbuilder: Vault of the Void layers a huge card pool with artifacts and socketable Void Stones that change how cards work. Made for players who love tuning a deck.
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Knock on the Coffin Lid
A dark fantasy roguelike deckbuilder where story leads: in Knock on the Coffin Lid, a resurrected warrior loops back to the crypt at every death, building decks from both cards and RPG-style gear.
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Griftlands
Part roguelike deckbuilder, part RPG, Griftlands has you build two decks: one for combat, one for negotiation. Allies and rivals you make along the way then sway how those encounters play out.
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Witch's Apocalyptic Journey
Mahou shoujo meets deckbuilder and the combo just clicks. Fun, addictive, and the progression kept pulling me forward. Wasn't expecting this theme on a roguelike, but here we are.
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StarVaders
StarVaders is a tactical roguelike deckbuilder where you pilot a mech on a grid. Cards drive everything, even movement, as Space Invaders-style enemies descend toward a zone that ends your run.
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Emberward
A roguelike deckbuilder tower defense built on Tetris: in Emberward you drop tetromino blocks to shape the maze enemies must cross, then mount towers on them. An odd mix, and it works.
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Die in the Dungeon
Die in the Dungeon swaps cards for dice rolled onto a grid. The dicebuilding is simple, but the board and its multipliers turn it into a deep puzzle where placement opens up countless strategies.
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Beneath Oresa
Hand-drawn art, a neon undercity, clean 3D arenas: Beneath Oresa looks great. The zone tactics, companion duos and upgrade forks give the deckbuilding real teeth.
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DICEOMANCER
With a colorful, hand-drawn art style, Diceomancer is a roguelike deckbuilder with one clever twist: a die that can reroll any number on screen, from enemy HP to your own to the rules themselves.
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Cobalt Core
Cobalt Core is a deckbuilder set in space, crewed by a band of animals piloting through a time loop. Bright, charming, and very, very fun.
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Shogun Showdown
Set in feudal Japan, Shogun Showdown is a tactical roguelike with lean deckbuilding folded into movement and attacks. Every step and strike costs a turn. Crisp 8-bit art.
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Monster Train
Monster Train's combat splits across three floors plus the Pyre, and monsters fight to the death at the end of every turn.
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Slay the Spire 2
Slay the Spire 2 is a cleaner, sharper take on the original. New Ancients, alternate acts, reworked characters, and co-op reshape the climb without losing the pressure that made StS stick.
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Slay the Spire
Slay the Spire defined the roguelike deckbuilder, and later games are still chasing it. STS2 doesn't replace it; it builds on what the original made possible.
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Enginefall
A wild player-driven crafting shooter set on colossal post-apocalyptic megatrains, where squads scavenge, craft, and build forward car by car.
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Good Heavens!
A solid fantasy survival-craft RPG for solo or co-op play, with biome exploration, base building, party roles, and a demo update adding more content and fixes.
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Duskfade
A nostalgic 3D action platformer that channels the magic of the PS2 era while keeping enough polish and responsiveness to feel fresh.
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Bulbo's Belief System
A super creative puzzle-platformer where knowledge is both tool and obstacle, because Bulbo believes everything he is told and the world changes around that.
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Wax Heads
A vibey cozy-punk record store sim about decoding customer dialogue and recommending the right album from a lovingly odd collection.
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SPRAWL zero
Pure 2000s FPS energy in a cyberpunk wrapper, with fast arcade shooting, fluid gunplay, loud music, and a clear love for Halo and Quake-era momentum.
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Desktop Explorer
A brilliant interface mystery adventure with psychological horror vibes, built around exploring old PC profiles to unravel an inherited mystery.
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About Fishing
One of the most unusual demos in the festival: a fishing mystery that starts calm and meditative before layering in quiet dread and stranger implications.
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IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
An immersive dieselpunk artillery sim from a two-person team, turning the inside of a massive war machine into a tense translation, targeting, and survival space.
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Well Dweller
A beautiful dark fairy-tale Metroidvania from the developer behind Islets and Crypt Custodian, with a tiny bird, a matchstick, and a very strong sense of place.
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Demon Bluff
The latest Next Fest build is one of the most interesting single-player demos we played in the run, built around deduction, pressure, and bluff-reading tension.
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TOWER LAB
Physics-based roguelite tower defense with a refreshing central hook: enemies have no health, so the whole fight becomes about pushing, throwing, and engineering the right kind of chaos.
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Arcane Eats
We met the dev (a couple) at CourageXL San Francisco this year, the event just before GDC — and we are very glad of their recent performance…
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Slayblade
A roguelite take on classic Beyblade battles set in a Y2K city, from the dev behind Kardboard Kings. You collect and merge parts — heads, bodies and tips with different weights and handling…
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Shroom and Gloom
Team Lazerbeam (published by the mighty Devolver Digital) starts the festival with roughly 9.5k followers — and it will undoubtedly grow from there…
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Duo Quest
A roguelite deckbuilder built solely for co-op, from a Malaysian indie team (published by Rising Tide): you and one friend team up as two adventurers…
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Don't Fret
Already a success — just showcased at the Future Games Show. Our own Paradoxical was at this festival too, so we know how hard it is to stand out…
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Five More Minutes
Enters the festival with 433 followers — a nice number. A roguelite deckbuilder that turns the "just five more minutes" loop into its whole pitch…
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Dice Rogues
A tactical roguelike from a small self-published indie team. It enters the festival with just 7 followers — exactly the kind of underdog we like to spotlight…
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Dungeon Raid
A compact card roguelike where every flip of a card drains your hunger bar. Run out of food and you start to starve — sitting at around 304 followers…
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Forge the Fates
We played through the full demo of this turn-based roguelike. It starts the festival with 177 followers, and there is a lot to like here…
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Combolands
From the two-person South African studio — Sam Alfred (designer of the BAFTA-nominated Terra Nil) and Skye Scott. We think this game might be a banger…
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Chosen Anyway
From solo dev Rafael Diniz; the game started the festival with 27 followers. You play as Ryn, the apprentice from Ironfield School who gets chosen…
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Sevenfold
We were intrigued because it reminds us of 9 Kings, with its turn-based strategy, deck-building and fortress construction. It started with 28 followers…
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The Hollow Alchemist
Starts the festival with only 34 followers. The 3D aesthetic is really nice — tiered graphics from copper to platinum, plus dynamic camera angles in fights…
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Miraclaws
Starting with only 4 followers. You generate slimes with gel, then gamble (coin tosses, chinchiro dice) to boost their stats — wins skyrocket power and unlock fusions…
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Scriver
A relaxing roguelike deckbuilder that mashes up Scrabble word-building with Balatro-style boosters and jokers. Scriver starts the festival with 11 followers — we are curious to see how it plays out…
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Golden Swirl
Kicked off the event with 2,089 followers — already good early interest. We spent a good chunk of time with the full demo and really enjoyed the core loop, a semi-real-time action dark…
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Conrado x Venn: four demos, October 20, 2026
Emberville, Find The Needle, Mortuus and Frostrail: four solo demo sessions, with individual long-form accounts of Conrado’s discoveries, reactions and friction.
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Indie radar — July 12, 2026
Ten games discovered through indie developers on X, checked against their current Steam pages. Demo-first where Steam offers one.
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how to kill a fly [ H2KAF ]
You can't speak, so you collect phrases from other people's conversations and use them as your dialogue. Blade Runner-style cyberpunk atmosphere. We want the full game.
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Colorbound
A cozy puzzle game where you paint the world to solve puzzles, and the color mechanic is really clever. Charming.
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Time To Wake Up
Great demo with a very satisfying blink mechanic. The environments felt nostalgic and well crafted. Movement could be less slippery and slightly faster, but I really enjoyed it.
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Tape Man
Clever puzzle mechanics, and this one concept leaves room to build a lot. Cozy visuals with a look of their own.
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STUNTBOOST
Great visuals and mechanics. I love the teenager’s-room setting with cardboard obstacles and props everywhere. The eye mechanic is super satisfying. I just wanted more aerial tricks.
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No Up
A gravity-based puzzle game with minimal visuals and ethereal music. Wall climbing feels great and fits the mood. We'd love to see liminal-space levels in it.
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Sting & Swing
Charming and cozy, like Animal Well mixed with golf. The ball can be a bit unpredictable.
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White Rooms
Fun and surreal, like a fever meme. It still needs some polish before release, but I really enjoyed it overall. I got stuck on the balloon section though and had no clue what to do.
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Object Impermanence
Very clever puzzle mechanics with strong BLAME! vibes. Objects disappearing instantly feels too punishing though. Gradual fading would make precise puzzles feel much better overall.
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VHOLUME
From the creators of Babbdi, so we expected great atmosphere, and it went further. The weird megastructure architecture is the hook. If you like brutalism, play this.
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BOMBANANA!
A 3-player co-op bomb-defusal game: blind, deaf and mute monkeys have to talk each other through defusing bombs in a minivan workshop. Made for party chaos.
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Arcane Eats
Fun and great to look at. A solid deckbuilder with combos and plenty of variety, and the cooking twist works really well.
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Realm of Ink
A Chinese ink-wash action roguelite. Combine 40+ Ink Gems into transforming forms and fight alongside your pet Momo.
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Enginefall
A crafting shooter where you build weapons under pressure. Good for tinkerers; how the pacing feels depends on how much you like systems.
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Good Heavens!
A survival-crafting adventure with co-op and odd heavenly stakes. Promising for builders, though clarity and polish are still early.
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Duskfade
A 3D platformer going for the PS2-era mascot feel. The movement is polished and it has warmth, but it's really for fans of the genre.
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Bulbo's Belief System
A puzzle-platformer where what Bulbo believes changes what Bulbo can see and do. Cute and clever, and it makes you think sideways.
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Wax Heads
A cozy-punk record-store sim where you match customers with music. Lots of dialogue and style, with a slower puzzle rhythm.
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SPRAWL zero
A Y2K cyberpunk FPS with fast arcade gunplay. The movement is strong, and it's meant to be intense.
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Desktop Explorer
An old-PC mystery adventure: you dig through files, windows and minigames to uncover secrets. Clever and a little eerie. Best if you like puzzles.
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IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
A turret-defense sim where you hold a heavy gun line under pressure. For players who like weighty machinery and tactical upgrades.
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Well Dweller
A dark fairy-tale Metroidvania: a tiny bird with a matchstick, crisp movement and a moody world. The structure is classic Metroidvania, done really well.
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Blasphemous
Dark fantasy in pixel art, and the pixel art only helps it. It's hard in a way that hooks you: you die over and over and keep going back.
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Magic: The Gathering Arena
It’s THE TCG. Some of us just can’t get enough of it, and the digital version is easier to learn on. When it comes to storytelling through cards, it’s a reference for us.
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Dragon's Dogma 2
The pawn system nails the feel of co-op without the co-op, and makes the world feel alive in a way few RPGs manage. Combat’s fun, but it runs short on monster variety.
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BioShock Infinite
A reference point for steampunk. The kind of story that stays with you and keeps you thinking in circles. Do you think the circle will be unbroken?
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Don't Starve Together
One of our goals is to get the whole studio playing together. For now, a few of us do. The art style is unmistakable, and it inspired us too.
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Bloons TD 6
Our designer who swears she's not a tower defense fan has played this more than you'd believe. Great with friends or to kill time, and popping balloons never gets old. The sfx sells it.
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Devil May Cry 5
One of us swears it's the best hack and slash ever made. The combos plus the soundtrack are reason enough to keep playing. Dante and Vergil: opposite sides of the same coin.
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Monster Hunter Wilds
Capcom's flagship makes you feel like the top of the food chain inside one of the most convincing simulated ecosystems we've played, and the hunting never feels like needless violence.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Still the open-world RPG benchmark. You get ready for one quest and look up three hours later somewhere you never meant to go, tangled in a subplot you never saw coming.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Here the story is the game. Everyday tragedy unfolds and, strangely, spirals into a sorrow that feels like a dream.
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Little Goody Two Shoes
Stunning pixel art, cute and morbid at once. The protagonist's cynicism and naivety let a nightmare unfold, and you're forced to watch it through every ending.
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FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION
We think it would have landed better without the Final Fantasy name on it. Ever felt nostalgic for a story while you were still living it? That's FFXV.
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Baldur's Gate 3
The closest a game has come to real tabletop freedom. Wild ideas work and choices land. It makes other RPGs hard to go back to.
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DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
If someone told you this is a walking simulator, they lied. It’s a dad simulator and logistics, all while smashing your heart to pieces.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
It pulls the best JRPG mechanics into one game, and it moved us. One of our favorites.
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ELDEN RING
Elden Ring takes the FromSoftware formula into an open world and never loosens its grip. Melancholy and full of secrets, with brutal bosses and cryptic lore.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The humor lands every time and the choices carry real weight. It even makes a horse unforgettable.
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Cyberpunk 2077
500h+ in. A game that only got better with time, and made cyberpunk feel memorable beyond movies and books. Platinum isn’t enough.
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Hello Kitty Island Adventure
Brings back the cozy feeling Animal Crossing gave us in the 2000s, now with the Hello Kitty crew. One of us is hooked!
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Lost In Fantaland
Lost in Fantaland blends deckbuilding with tactical grid combat: move your lone hero around the board and chain attack and defense cards to outmaneuver enemies, all in sharp retro pixel art.
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Guild of Dungeoneering Ultimate Edition
Guild of Dungeoneering is a roguelike deckbuilder where you build the dungeon around a hero who roams on their own. Combat is card-based, and the stats and loot they collect keep reshaping their deck.
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Gambonanza
Gambonanza is a roguelike chess game on a tiny board. Forget checkmate: you win by capturing every enemy piece. 150+ Gambits bend the rules, many nodding to real and fictional chess legends.
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Chrono Ark
Chrono Ark pairs roguelike deckbuilding with a full party RPG and a real story. Build a team of four from a large cast and chain their cards into combos. Each death feeds the plot.
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About Fishing
A surreal fishing mystery: calm angling with psychological tension underneath. The atmosphere is Lynchian, eerie and oddly endearing.
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Moonsigil Atlas
In Moonsigil Atlas, a roguelike deckbuilder, cards cost space rather than mana: you slot sigil-shaped cards onto a board, and tight placement opens up more actions and combos against celestial Titans.
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Morimens
A Lovecraftian roguelite card battler. You lead four Awakeners from a huge cast and chain combos across four Realms. The art and animation are striking.
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SpellRogue
SpellRogue is a dark fantasy roguelike deckbuilder built on dice. Each turn you roll a pool of mana dice and spend them to power your spells, manipulating the rolls to turn chance into strategy.
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Dogpile
Dogpile is a goofy, charming little roguelike deckbuilder about merging dogs. Drop matching pups into the yard to fuse them into bigger ones for points, without letting the pile spill over.
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Into the Restless Ruins
In Into the Restless Ruins, your cards build the maze you then walk into. Enemies swarm in real time while your torch burns low.
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Slayblade
A chill Y2K battle-tops roguelite: build and merge 60+ parts into a Beyblade-like top for street fights, skate the city, take side gigs and chase absurd synergies. Promising.
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Shroom and Gloom
The visual style is like nothing else we've played. Combat is as fun as exploring, and your deck shapes the exploring too. Press W and head into the caves, it's worth it.
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Duo Quest
A co-op roguelite deckbuilder: you and a partner build decks, fight quirky monsters and answer personal questions about each other to generate power.
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Don't Fret
First-person psychological horror where you play a sentient guitar trapped in a nightmare music school, solving musical puzzles while you're hunted. A protagonist we hadn't seen before.
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Five More Minutes
Here childhood gaming memories become cards. Mix genres like RPG and horror, switch between hero and villain for conditional effects, and battle nostalgic enemies. Interesting stance mechanics.
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Dice Rogues
A tactical roguelite where you build a hand of sentient dice with chaotic rogue faces, upgrade them, gamble on Pandora's Box and take on the House in neon, Paris-themed runs.
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Dungeon Raid
Here flipping cards costs hunger, triggering stress debuffs and health loss. Manage food, weapon durability, subjugate enemies, and dive dungeon floors. Tense resource strategy with pixel art.
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Forge the Fates
A roguelike deckbuilder where your cards form a shifting rune grid. Plan with fate swaps and chain match-3 combos for Phoenix bonuses. Great pixel art.
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Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder
From Terra Nil's designer: a roguelike deckbuilder where cards are buildings on a procedural island. Pair guilds to set off cascading combos. Terrific once it clicks.
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Chosen Anyway: Card Game
A turn-based roguelite deckbuilder starring Ryn, the unlikely Chosen. You build a new deck each run while cards scale with permanent RPG stats and gear. The 3D art is really nice.
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Dice A Million
Roll 5 dice, build combos, hit a million. It starts simple with d4s and gets wild fast. The dice effects plus deckbuilding give it real depth.
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Sevenfall
A turn-based strategy RPG with deckbuilding and fortress building, like 9 Kings. You build your domain, craft decks and fight factions; exploration adds depth. For strategy deckbuilder fans.
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LONESTAR
Lonestar is a space roguelike deckbuilder where attack and defense are one: firing your shockwave also blunts the enemy's incoming blow. Between battles, you upgrade your bounty-hunting ship.
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The Hollow Alchemist
A story-focused roguelike deckbuilder with nice 3D art and shifting perspectives. Strong summons and bonuses help replays. Animations, UI, descriptions and the tutorial need work.
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Miraclawns
A gambling roguelite boosting cute slimes via coin tosses and fusions for real-time lane combat. The loop and combos are satisfying when they hit. It's English-only and bad rolls can brick your team.
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Ribbit Rogue
A turn-based roguelike deckbuilder with dice instead of cards. You build a pool of 10 dice, each side an action, swap faces to shape your run and stack relics.
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Demon Bluff
I don't trust my sister anymore, I'm scared of my family. I'm locked in my room with my dog, but I think I just heard him say something. Good game, definitely worth a try.
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Fights in Tight Spaces
Fights in Tight Spaces wraps a roguelike deckbuilder in an action-movie premise: a secret agent brawling goons on a tight grid. Cards are punches and dodges, with a combo system driving the combat.
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Choo Choo Defenders
Building tracks, killing monsters and earning money is really satisfying. It's pretty, relaxing and hard to put down. I bet it's great on handhelds.
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Scriver: A Word Game
A chill Scrabble-meets-Balatro roguelike deckbuilder. English-only, no action, and the bizarre art style can be a lot. Great for word game fans.
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Goaldeck
Plain visuals and little feedback make it hard to follow. Cards, packs, shop upgrades and positioning all feel too simple, the football theme feels arbitrary, and spamming next turn gets old.
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Ring of Pain
Ring of Pain is a card-based roguelike dungeon crawler. Instead of a deck in hand, the dungeon itself is a ring of cards you spin through, deciding each turn whether to fight, sneak, or grab loot.
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Loop Hero
Loop Hero is a strategy roguelike where you spawn your own enemies to loot them and grow stronger, juggling builds on the fly. Underneath runs a philosophical tale of a world lost to a loop.
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Golden Swirl
A semi-real-time action dark fantasy deckbuilder with nice combos, Gothic metal soundtrack, and stylized head designs. Aesthetically, it can be overwhelming, and start-and-stop combat is not for all.
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Dicey Dungeons
A breezy roguelike where you roll dice and assign them to your gear each turn. Easy to learn, full of oddball characters and cheeky game-show charm.
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Luck be a Landlord
A roguelike deckbuilder built around a slot machine: in Luck be a Landlord you stack symbols, and neighbors trigger each other in chains. Runs are fast, with a huge pool of combos to find.
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Inscryption
Inscryption locks you in a sinister cabin, playing cards for your life. The horror deckbuilder is the first layer; the puzzles and secrets go much deeper.
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Vault of the Void
A deep roguelike deckbuilder: Vault of the Void layers a huge card pool with artifacts and socketable Void Stones that change how cards work. Made for players who love tuning a deck.
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Knock on the Coffin Lid
A dark fantasy roguelike deckbuilder where story leads: in Knock on the Coffin Lid, a resurrected warrior loops back to the crypt at every death, building decks from both cards and RPG-style gear.
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Griftlands
Part roguelike deckbuilder, part RPG, Griftlands has you build two decks: one for combat, one for negotiation. Allies and rivals you make along the way then sway how those encounters play out.
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Witch's Apocalyptic Journey
Mahou shoujo meets deckbuilder and the combo just clicks. Fun, addictive, and the progression kept pulling me forward. Wasn't expecting this theme on a roguelike, but here we are.
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StarVaders
StarVaders is a tactical roguelike deckbuilder where you pilot a mech on a grid. Cards drive everything, even movement, as Space Invaders-style enemies descend toward a zone that ends your run.
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Emberward
A roguelike deckbuilder tower defense built on Tetris: in Emberward you drop tetromino blocks to shape the maze enemies must cross, then mount towers on them. An odd mix, and it works.
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Die in the Dungeon
Die in the Dungeon swaps cards for dice rolled onto a grid. The dicebuilding is simple, but the board and its multipliers turn it into a deep puzzle where placement opens up countless strategies.
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Beneath Oresa
Hand-drawn art, a neon undercity, clean 3D arenas: Beneath Oresa looks great. The zone tactics, companion duos and upgrade forks give the deckbuilding real teeth.
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DICEOMANCER
With a colorful, hand-drawn art style, Diceomancer is a roguelike deckbuilder with one clever twist: a die that can reroll any number on screen, from enemy HP to your own to the rules themselves.
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Cobalt Core
Cobalt Core is a deckbuilder set in space, crewed by a band of animals piloting through a time loop. Bright, charming, and very, very fun.
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Shogun Showdown
Set in feudal Japan, Shogun Showdown is a tactical roguelike with lean deckbuilding folded into movement and attacks. Every step and strike costs a turn. Crisp 8-bit art.
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Monster Train
Monster Train's combat splits across three floors plus the Pyre, and monsters fight to the death at the end of every turn.
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Slay the Spire 2
Slay the Spire 2 is a cleaner, sharper take on the original. New Ancients, alternate acts, reworked characters, and co-op reshape the climb without losing the pressure that made StS stick.
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Slay the Spire
Slay the Spire defined the roguelike deckbuilder, and later games are still chasing it. STS2 doesn't replace it; it builds on what the original made possible.
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Enginefall
A wild player-driven crafting shooter set on colossal post-apocalyptic megatrains, where squads scavenge, craft, and build forward car by car.
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Good Heavens!
A solid fantasy survival-craft RPG for solo or co-op play, with biome exploration, base building, party roles, and a demo update adding more content and fixes.
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Duskfade
A nostalgic 3D action platformer that channels the magic of the PS2 era while keeping enough polish and responsiveness to feel fresh.
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Bulbo's Belief System
A super creative puzzle-platformer where knowledge is both tool and obstacle, because Bulbo believes everything he is told and the world changes around that.
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Wax Heads
A vibey cozy-punk record store sim about decoding customer dialogue and recommending the right album from a lovingly odd collection.
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SPRAWL zero
Pure 2000s FPS energy in a cyberpunk wrapper, with fast arcade shooting, fluid gunplay, loud music, and a clear love for Halo and Quake-era momentum.
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Desktop Explorer
A brilliant interface mystery adventure with psychological horror vibes, built around exploring old PC profiles to unravel an inherited mystery.
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About Fishing
One of the most unusual demos in the festival: a fishing mystery that starts calm and meditative before layering in quiet dread and stranger implications.
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IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
An immersive dieselpunk artillery sim from a two-person team, turning the inside of a massive war machine into a tense translation, targeting, and survival space.
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Well Dweller
A beautiful dark fairy-tale Metroidvania from the developer behind Islets and Crypt Custodian, with a tiny bird, a matchstick, and a very strong sense of place.
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Demon Bluff
The latest Next Fest build is one of the most interesting single-player demos we played in the run, built around deduction, pressure, and bluff-reading tension.
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TOWER LAB
Physics-based roguelite tower defense with a refreshing central hook: enemies have no health, so the whole fight becomes about pushing, throwing, and engineering the right kind of chaos.
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Arcane Eats
We met the dev (a couple) at CourageXL San Francisco this year, the event just before GDC — and we are very glad of their recent performance…
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Slayblade
A roguelite take on classic Beyblade battles set in a Y2K city, from the dev behind Kardboard Kings. You collect and merge parts — heads, bodies and tips with different weights and handling…
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Shroom and Gloom
Team Lazerbeam (published by the mighty Devolver Digital) starts the festival with roughly 9.5k followers — and it will undoubtedly grow from there…
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Duo Quest
A roguelite deckbuilder built solely for co-op, from a Malaysian indie team (published by Rising Tide): you and one friend team up as two adventurers…
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Don't Fret
Already a success — just showcased at the Future Games Show. Our own Paradoxical was at this festival too, so we know how hard it is to stand out…
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Five More Minutes
Enters the festival with 433 followers — a nice number. A roguelite deckbuilder that turns the "just five more minutes" loop into its whole pitch…
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Dice Rogues
A tactical roguelike from a small self-published indie team. It enters the festival with just 7 followers — exactly the kind of underdog we like to spotlight…
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Dungeon Raid
A compact card roguelike where every flip of a card drains your hunger bar. Run out of food and you start to starve — sitting at around 304 followers…
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Forge the Fates
We played through the full demo of this turn-based roguelike. It starts the festival with 177 followers, and there is a lot to like here…
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Combolands
From the two-person South African studio — Sam Alfred (designer of the BAFTA-nominated Terra Nil) and Skye Scott. We think this game might be a banger…
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Chosen Anyway
From solo dev Rafael Diniz; the game started the festival with 27 followers. You play as Ryn, the apprentice from Ironfield School who gets chosen…
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Sevenfold
We were intrigued because it reminds us of 9 Kings, with its turn-based strategy, deck-building and fortress construction. It started with 28 followers…
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The Hollow Alchemist
Starts the festival with only 34 followers. The 3D aesthetic is really nice — tiered graphics from copper to platinum, plus dynamic camera angles in fights…
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Miraclaws
Starting with only 4 followers. You generate slimes with gel, then gamble (coin tosses, chinchiro dice) to boost their stats — wins skyrocket power and unlock fusions…
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Scriver
A relaxing roguelike deckbuilder that mashes up Scrabble word-building with Balatro-style boosters and jokers. Scriver starts the festival with 11 followers — we are curious to see how it plays out…
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Golden Swirl
Kicked off the event with 2,089 followers — already good early interest. We spent a good chunk of time with the full demo and really enjoyed the core loop, a semi-real-time action dark…
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Systems-Impressionen: redaktionelle Kapseln und Demo-Analysen, die einen genaueren Blick wert sind.
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Wonderdeck
Top-down bullet hell where poker hands rewrite how you shoot. Playing cards, tarot, and hanafuda become real weapon rules.
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Bottled by Bears
Cozy idle honey farm with the Pawford bears. Open bee packs, bottle honey, expand flower fields that bloom while you are away.
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Cards of Eden
First-person deckbuilder immersive sim from Control Studios. Systems-first tools, mines, grapples, and a demo hoped for January 2027.
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Master of Piece
Chess-board tactical roguelite where your deck is mercenary pieces. Traits, relics, rumors, and flag destruction. Early Access, Very Positive.
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Nebulae
Astropolitics MMO. Govern planets, vote, spy, and fight in a threatened galaxy. Mobile alpha live; PC push in motion.
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Well Dweller
Ein düsteres Märchen-Metroidvania mit geschmeidiger Bewegung, starker Atmosphäre und einem klaren Hook für Genre-Fans.
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IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
Eine brutale Dieselpunk-Schwerartillerie-Erfahrung mit immersiver Steuerung, taktischem Problemlösen und dem Kommando über eine kolossale Kriegsmaschine.
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About Fishing
Ein surreales Angel-Mystery-Spiel, das meditatives Angeln mit leiser psychologischer Spannung und Entdeckung verbindet.
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Desktop Explorer
Ein Interface-Mystery-Adventure in einem alten Computer-Desktop, das Geheimnisse über Dateien, Fenster und diegetische Rätsel entwirrt.
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SPRAWL zero
Ein schneller First-Person-Arcade-Cyberpunk-Shooter, der die Energie der 2000er-FPS mit flüssigem Gunplay und modernem Feinschliff kanalisiert.
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Wax Heads
Eine Cozy-Punk-Narrative-Sim über die Arbeit in einem kämpfenden Indie-Plattenladen, Musikempfehlungen und Story-Entdeckung durch Dialoge.
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Bulbo's Belief System
Ein Puzzle-Platformer, in dem Überzeugungen buchstäblich die Welt formen — Bulbo glaubt alles, was man ihm sagt, wodurch Wissen zugleich Werkzeug und Hindernis wird.
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Duskfade
Ein 3D-Action-Platformer, der die Magie und Nostalgie von Maskottchen-Platformern der PS2-Ära mit modernen Akzenten einfängt.
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Good Heavens!
Ein Open-World-Fantasy-Survival-Craft-RPG mit Solo- oder Koop-Basenbau, Rollenspiel und Erkundung mysteriöser Biome.
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Enginefall
Ein spielergetriebener Crafting-Shooter auf kolossalen postapokalyptischen Megazügen — plündere, crafte, baue und kämpfe dich zur First Class oder zur Flucht mit Beute.
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Realm of Ink
Ein wunderschönes Action-Roguelite im chinesischen Tusche-Stil mit tiefem Buildcrafting, Folklore und flüssigem Kampf, das im Genre heraussticht.
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Arcane Eats
Ein Roguelike-Deckbuilder mit köstlichem Koch-Twist, in dem mythische Zutaten und magische Küchenwerkzeuge strategische Kombos für hungrige Horden erzeugen.
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BOMBANANA!
Chaotisches 3-Spieler-Koop-Bombenentschärfungs-Partyspiel, in dem blinde, gehörlose und stumme Affen in einer Minivan-Werkstatt kommunizieren müssen. Die meistgespielte Demo der Steam Next Fest Juni 2026 mit über 1 Mio. Spielern.
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BOMBANANA!
Chaotic 3-player co-op bomb defusal party game where blind, deaf, and mute monkeys must communicate in a minivan workshop to defuse bombs. The runaway #1 most-played demo of Steam Next Fest June 2026 with over 1M players.
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IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
A brutal dieselpunk heavy-artillery simulator from a two-person team where you calculate trajectories, load massive shells, and command a colossal war machine. Precise, tense, and cinematic.
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Echoes of Aincrad
Third-person SAO action RPG in the floating castle of Aincrad. Weapon progression across styles, vast beautiful world, ARPG customization and combat. High-visibility Next Fest demo from Bandai Namco.
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Mistfall Hunter
Dark fantasy PvPvE action extraction ARPG. Build Gyldhunters with skills, talents and gear, battle corrupted monsters and rival players, extract loot or lose everything. Day-one chart dominance at Next Fest.
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over the hill
Stylized off-roading exploration from the Art of Rally team. Drive iconic 60s-80s vehicles solo or with friends across scenic challenging wilderness trails. Authentic, relaxed driving in the golden age of offroading.
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EMPULSE
Fast-paced 6v6 movement shooter from the Splitgate team, heavily inspired by Titanfall 2. Features fluid wall-running, grappling, holojumps, mech piloting and gadget play ("P.A.I.N.T.") across vertical streets in the city of Fr...
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Dust Front RTS
Classic single-player RTS with grand strategy and 4X elements. Non-linear campaign on a bleak, soot-covered planet. Base-building, army command, resource management, and procedural maps. Solo-dev passion project emphasizing dee...
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The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu
1-4 player (solo viable with bots) co-op Lovecraftian extraction horror. Explore a cursed 16th-century South American jungle as treasure hunters. Face reality-altering monsters and sanity-draining cosmic horror. Demo offered fi...
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XenoFeels
A space customs simulator in the Papers, Please tradition. Inspect alien travelers on a remote asteroid checkpoint, compare documents and appearances, and use your shotgun to stop terrorists before they blow up your planet. Charming, tense, and unhinged from a small Russian indie duo.
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Embers of the Uncrowned
Dark fantasy isometric action RPG/MMORPG with fast-paced, brutal gory combat. Fight as the last hope of House Harborwell against elven invaders. Tactile combat, classes, and atmosphere from Nexon. Active demo with player feedback integration.
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Casualties: Unknown
Unforgiving cave-exploration survival simulator. Test subject retrieving cargo on hostile planet with 11 layers. High tension survival. Demo had high positive reviews.
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Mortal Shell II
Standalone soulslike action-RPG sequel with unrestricted, adrenaline-charged combat. Possess Shells with unique abilities, deep weapon upgrades, open world exploration in a ravaged world. Open Beta during Next Fest with RTX support drew strong interest.
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Double Dealers
3-6 player social deduction auction/bluffing party game. Bid, trade, deceive, and manipulate in voice-chat heavy high-stakes rounds. Demo available during fest.
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GRAIN ROT
Co-op horror extraction with a robot scavenger theme. Loot ruins for items to build a base while using gadgets, weapons, and surviving chaos. Blends tension, humor, and physics-driven fun. Frequently compared to Lethal Company...
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Order of the Sinking Star
Massive puzzle adventure from Jonathan Blow. Vast realm of magic and enigma with intricate puzzle design. Demo was large and ambitious, reaching high placements.
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ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs
Cozy narrative-driven electronics repair shop sim set in mid-2000s Tokyo. Tactile disassembly, cleaning, and reassembly of nostalgic phones, virtual pets, consoles, and devices. Relaxing Unpacking-style satisfaction with shop management. Standout cozy demo with massive wishlist impact.
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Friendly Steps
Physics-based 1-4 player co-op disaster about stumbling home after a wild night out. Drunk friends roped together create hilarious chaos through bad physics and worse decisions. Silly, shareable party co-op with side quests. Fun Next Fest demo for groups.
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Kingdom Rush 6: Genesis TD
Classic tower defense sequel with new stages, heroes, and modes. Strategic wave defense and hero abilities in the Kingdom Rush formula. Top 20 most-played demo success with 94k+ players and extended demo from Ironhide.
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Invokyr
1-4 player co-op psychological horror adventure about a cursed board game. Roll dice to summon horrors, explore, survive, and beat the Gamemaster (voiced by Amelia Tyler) to win freedom. Jumanji-inspired co-op survival with dark comedy. Demo live during Next Fest with multiple boards.
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No Such Place
Top-down PvE extraction shooter in anomalous dimensions. Explore, loot, terminate threats, and extract in retro multiplayer co-op (up to 4 players). Demo climbed charts during Next Fest, with strong visibility and extended availability.
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Enginefall
Post-apocalyptic crafting PvP shooter aboard colossal moving trains. Raid enemy trains, scavenge, craft, and extract in a trust-no-one world. Unique vehicle-based tension with demo + playtest during Next Fest from Red Rover Interactive.
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Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Dark fantasy samurai action from Capcom. Brutal, satisfying sword combat with one/two-handed styles, soul absorption, exploration, and intense bosses in a twisted Edo-period world. Highly praised demo with strong anticipation for Sept 25 launch.
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Valor Mortis
First-person action soulslike from Ghostrunner creators. Rise as Napoleonic soldier in dark alternative history. Brutal combat with supernatural/horror twists. Demo offered substantial slice and was frequently in "best of" lists.
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Cozy Game Restoration
Soothing simulator restoring forgotten video game cartridges. Tear wrapping, peel stickers, clean, bring old games back to life. Tactile cozy nostalgia. Demo with patches during Next Fest, strong wishlist growth to 200k+.
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The Guild - Europa 1410
Medieval strategy sim reboot. Choose profession, master trade/politics/intrigue, climb social ladder, found dynasty in 15th century Europe. Demo with 14 turns in Kuttenberg during Next Fest; absorbing economic strategy with life sim elements.
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Project: Doors
1-4 player co-op horror adventure where every door leads to a world that shouldn't exist. Shifting maze of traps, anomalies, and creatures. Explore with unprepared friends, secure threats, whisper theories. Demo live during Next Fest with co-op focus.
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VOID DIVER: Escape from the Abyss
2.5D pixel art extraction action RPG. Manage BALUSHA antique shop in anomalous city, send solo or co-op Divers into the abyss for artifacts, fight horrors, escape alive. Major Demo 2.0 update for Next Fest, reached Top 50 most-played with strong wishlist momentum.
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DragonSword : Awakening
Anime-style open world RPG without gacha. Explore the Continent of Orbis, choose from characters, action combat or story. Demo selected as "Most Played" during Next Fest; full game launch July 2026.
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Gold Mining Simulator 2
Sequel mining sim with narrated adventure, new machinery. Demo (story intro/tutorial ~10% content) hit Top 50 most-played; extended support and thanks from Code Horizon.
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Nomad Drive
Repair rundown RV and hit the road solo or co-op (1-4 players) through procedurally generated post-apocalyptic world. Gather resources, customize fully interactive RV, survive. Demo during Next Fest with strong CCU; post-apoc survival/crafting with vehicle focus.
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County of Fortune
Medieval county-builder on a grand scale. Build entire county with multiple settlements, lay out on grid, manage trade, mayors, nobles, cultures. Demo extended after Next Fest; hit 100k wishlists. Big-scale city-builder with historical flavor.
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FreeStyle Football 2
Fast-paced 5v5 online multiplayer soccer with unique position roles and skills. Arcade-driven with realistic graphics. Demo with crossplay (Xbox, Steam, PS5) during Next Fest; strong player participation and thanks.
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ZeroSpace
Hybrid sci-fi RTS/RPG. Commander of The Protectorate in galactic war. Cinematic story-rich campaign with RTS battles, RPG elements, co-op. Demo with modes including Galactic War; Early Access July 20, 2026. Strong RTS visibility.
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Bus Simulator 27
Bus sim sequel with licensed buses, company management, realistic driving. Demo updated with DLSS/FSR from fest feedback; launch Sept 8, 2026. Relaxing sim with potential chaos.
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Corsair Cove
Pirate city-builder. Build sprawling haven, production chains, rowdy crew, fleet to explore seas and fight Crown. Demo "best game" with 91% positive (538 reviews), 250k+ wishlists; release ~July 2026. Vibrant pirate strategy with economy and naval.
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As One We Survive
Top-down post-apocalyptic survival. Father on journey to save sick daughter, scavenge, build homestead, form community, defend lawless world. Demo with survival mode (scavenging, exploration, combat, base building teaser); fest visibility.
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Trash Day
Physics-based co-op adventure with raccoon squad. Scavenge trash, fill stolen shopping cart with treasures, parkour hazards, annoy locals, team up to get home. Demo live for Next Fest with clip contests; absurd chaos for up to 5 players.
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Slayblade
Y2K Beyblade-inspired roguelite. Build battle-tops with 60+ parts, merge powers, skate vibrant city, gamble lunch money, dominate in chill roguelite battles. "If you die in the game..." joke. Demo short but nostalgic with PS1 vibes; must-try throwback.
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Deep Dish Dungeon
Dungeon crawler/exploration survival where food is progress. Hand-crafted puzzly dungeon with metroidvania/crafting; solo or co-op (up to 3). Demo with new food systems, improved combat; "Dungeon Meshi"-inspired (Delicious in Dungeon) vibe.
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Sir, We Have an Orc Problem
Incremental tower defense vs. overwhelming (100k+) orcs. Place/upgrade turrets, rain bombs, defend base. Short with roguelite meta-progression; demo for Next Fest, quick 50k wishlists. Horde defense TD.
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1666: Amsterdam
Dark action-adventure in 1666 Amsterdam. Stealth, red-tinted magic action, black cats in gothic 1600s Dutch setting. Prologue/demo live for Next Fest; 500k+ wishlists in a week. From Assassin's Creed creator Patrice Désilets. Cinematic story setup.
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Car Mechanic Simulator 2026
Car repair/build sim sequel with 150+ cars, 8k+ parts, modular engines, now co-op. Run workshop, fix/expand collection. Demo (single player + co-op tease) for Next Fest; relaxing sim experience.
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Demon Bluff
Single-player social deduction roguelike card game where cards lie. Demons infiltrated village disguised as allies; turn cards, deduce bluffs using logic. Roguelike deckbuilder tension. Demo with updates for Next Fest; unique "logic puzzle" social deduction.
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Strikers Club
Skill-based physics-driven multiplayer football. Play as one player in 5v5? matches; dribble, pass, shoot with real skill/physics, no RNG, teamwork/execution. Demo evolving with playtests for Next Fest; top played, thanks to players. From Oddshot (Slapshot devs).
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IGTAP: an Incremental Game That's Also a Platformer
Hybrid incremental game and platformer. Amass clones for optimized paths, generate massive power, blend speedrunning precision with addictive progression. Next Fest demo with B-sides, hard mode, raffle updates from Pepper Tango Games.
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VHOLUME
Melancholic first-person parkour adventure in a dystopian brutalist city. Bureaucracy turns a simple task into an odyssey. Demo with multiplayer and new maps during Next Fest. Atmospheric exploration with unique visual style.
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Trees Hate You
Rage-comedy trap game where trees actively hate and trap you. Humorous suffering through puzzle/trap navigation. Next Fest demo updates, official trailer feature, listed among weirdest demos. Shareable laughs from Tykenn.
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Dungeon Settlers
Base-building or colony sim with dungeon fantasy elements. Settle, build, manage resources and defense in underground environments. Reached 120k wishlists with Next Fest visibility contributing to community support.
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Last Pirates: Die Together
4-player online co-op horror extraction with pirate scallywags breaking a curse amid monsters, chaos, and treasure. Chaotic teamwork in extraction runs. Next Fest demo hit Top 50 most-played with strong CCU peaks.
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Focus vs Fusion: Rubinite and Cinderia
A research-led dual Curator review of two dark fantasy action games built around opposite pleasures: mastering one duel and breaking one run.
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Crop
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Wishlist it if you want methodical farming with slow-burn investigative dread — we have not played it.
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Figure Drawing Garden
38
Wishlist it, or try the demo, if you want figure-drawing practice with 3D-scanned sculpture and lighting you can control — we have not sketched in it.
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Tenebris Somnia
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Recommend for fans of classic survival horror and practical-effects FMV who can live with deliberate old-school controls — the pixel-to-film cut is the point, and critics mostly agree the story and presentation carry the clunk.
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over the hill
35
Off-road 4x4 exploration, per Steam. We're still confirming the session footage is this game.
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The Regreening
36
Water and junk to recycle, but the mattock isn't strong enough yet.
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Guns 'n Goblins
24
Pistol fire, a closing horde and a level-up: a first look at the demo.
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Queen's Domain
44
A sword, a bestiary full of weaknesses and an early Game Over.
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ReBlade: The Death Spiral
23
The demo Conrado was waiting for: great look, great combos, confusing buttons at first.
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DREADMOOR
31
Conrado loved the fishing and boat upkeep. We didn't get to the combat.
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Half Grip
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Steer, shoot and shift gears with one arm. Hard at first, and Conrado loved it.
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SLAM TANK
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Drifting tanks and swinging cannons. Conrado told chat to download it.
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Frostrail
55
Bloody survival and a cab full of working switches caught Conrado's attention, but his first attempt ended with the train still stationary.
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Mortuus
149
Fast zombies, little ammo and barricades to fix. Conrado died and hit restart right away.
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Find The Needle
36
Conrado doubted it, then wanted that toy shovel. Steam and the trailer list different release windows.
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Emberville
23
The demo Conrado wanted to keep playing: pixel-art combat with weight, gathering and a town to rebuild, with some friction in the opening tutorial.
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MECCHA CHAMELEON
50
A $6 hide-and-seek game where you paint yourself into the scenery. Made solo in about two months, and a huge hit.
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