Steam Next Fest returns with seven days of hundreds of free demos

Steam Next Fest is back, offering a weeklong showcase of game demos — seven days to sample what feels like hundreds of titles. The event piles plenty of short demos into a tight window, so there’s a lot to discover if you’re looking for something new. Everything on offer is free, both financially and in terms of commitment, which makes it a good time to try unfamiliar genres.

Among the demos highlighted this week are Prime Monster, a "card-based political roguelike"; All Will Rise, a narrative deck-builder about seeking justice for a murdered god; Vampire Crawlers, a card-based dungeon crawler from the creator of Vampire Survivors; The Last Gas Station, where you build a business as one of the last gas stations in an electrified world (and you’re a red panda); Windrose, an open-world PvE pirate survival game with "soulslite" combat; Tap Tap Loot, which imagines Bongo Cat kicking ass; and Phonopolis, a new adventure from Amanita Design.

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