Steam Next Fest has just started, and we’ve been diving into many demos. Since we plan to cover a lot of them, we decided to give you a list right now. Without delay, here is our list of the top 10 Steam Next Fest demos you need to play.
Digested
Digested is a bodycam survival horror game in which you flee from a gigantic snake. Utilize tools and skills to devise your escape, using a map to orient yourself in the unfamiliar environment. The goal is to find the extraction pod and avoid becoming prey. In the game, you find yourself in a large, unpredictable area, with the main objective of finding navigation points. These points are crucial because they show you the location of your extraction pod.
Goodnight Universe
You are Isaac, a 6-month-old baby, developing mysterious psychic powers. What you want most is to be loved and accepted by your family, but a secretive tech corporation wants you for their own. The game features an immersive “camera as controller” mode, expanding on the innovative use of camera-based technology that the development team is known for.
I Hate This Place
In this dangerous world, you’ll be hunted and outnumbered. To survive, you’ll need to stay alert, search your surroundings for useful items, and choose your fights carefully against strong enemies, many of whom can hunt you just by sound. I Hate This Place offers a classic survival horror experience with a focus on crafting. You’ll explore every part of Rutherford Ranch, from forests to abandoned towns and bunkers, all to stay alive.
The Last Caretaker
The Last Caretaker is set in a desolate, post-apocalyptic world where melting polar ice caps have submerged Earth’s surface into a vast, endless ocean. Humanity has long since fled to the stars, but with one critical problem: they can’t reproduce in space. This is where you, the player, come in. You are a robot, the titular “Last Caretaker”, who has been reactivated for one final, crucial mission: to nurture and launch human “seeds” (embryos) from a massive, abandoned structure called the Lazarus Complex back into space to rejoin the rest of humanity.
Everwind
Everwind is an upcoming first-person RPG and sandbox survival game, set in a post-apocalyptic world where the planet has fragmented into thousands of floating islands suspended in the skies. Players take on the role of survivors building and exploring on customizable airship-islands that serve as mobile bases and hubs for adventure.
Starsand Island
Starsand Island is an upcoming cozy life simulation game, blending anime-inspired visuals with relaxing gameplay in a vibrant, Studio Ghibli-esque island world. Players return to their childhood home after years in the city, rebuilding connections through farming, crafting, exploration, and heartfelt interactions with quirky NPCs.
Shadow of the Road
Shadow of the Road is an upcoming story-driven, turn-based RPG set in a reimagined 1868 Japan during the twilight of the Tokugawa Shōgunate. Players lead a band of outcasts on a mission to protect a mysterious boy with immense, uncontrollable powers, recruiting diverse allies along the way whose personal stories, relationships, and choices shape an immersive narrative and the Empire’s fate.
Constance
Constance is an upcoming 2D hand-drawn Metroidvania action-adventure game, where players control a purple-haired painter named Constance, trapped in a colorful yet decaying inner world born from her deteriorating mental health, using her paintbrush to battle demons and escape back to reality. The full release is scheduled for November 24, 2025, on PC via Steam.
Industria II
Industria 2 is an upcoming narrative-driven first-person shooter adventure, serving as a sequel to the 2021’s Industria, where players reprise the role of Nora, a young woman trapped in a parallel dimension two years after the original events, navigating a haunting boreal wilderness overrun by the malevolent AI entity ATLAS amid industrial ruins and mechanical horrors.
OPUS: Prism Peak
OPUS: Prism Peak is an upcoming narrative-driven photo adventure game, serving as the fourth installment in the award-winning OPUS series, where players embody Eugene, a middle-aged photographer who becomes lost in the dreamlike, crumbling Dusklands while heading home, teaming up with a mysterious amnesiac girl to rediscover a forgotten camera and capture ethereal spirits in a tale of nostalgia, memory, and self-reflection.
