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- Dumpster Gang Lets Raccoons Run a Co-op Heist Sandbox
Dumpster Gang is a one-to-four-player co-op sandbox from Coyote House Games, published by Curve Games. Its Next Fest demo pitches players as raccoons completing missions and stealing whatever they can carry.
- No Body No Problem Turns a Cleanup Job Into a Party Bluff
No Body No Problem! is a multiplayer party game from Crime Cleanup Co., published by Red Axe Games. One player is the cop; the others are suspects trying to hide a body, clean the scene and keep their story straight.
- Among Shadows Mixes Fantasy Combat With Hidden Traitors
Among Shadows is an asymmetric fantasy multiplayer game from TMXN Games. It sits just outside Next Fest’s top 15 in the October 24 live snapshot, combining social deduction with action and real-time tactics.
- Meltdown Crew Turns Reactor Maintenance Into Co-op Panic
Meltdown Crew is an online co-op physics game by Meltdown Games, slated for December. Its Next Fest demo is among the event’s more-played smaller releases in the October 24 snapshot.
- Everyone's Tier List Makes Your Friends' Opinions the Puzzle
A simple ranking prompt becomes a party game about how well you can read the people around you.
- Grr Grr Gnomes Sends Tiny Sailors Into a Very Big Ocean
Grr Grr Gnomes is a co-op adventure from emolingodev and FireAtacck. The Next Fest demo has found a solid audience, with a premise built around tiny gnomes sailing between islands on a very large ocean.
- Tavernia Turns Party-Game Skills Into a Battle for the Board
Trivia claims the land; typing races and other duels help steal it from your friends.
- ArcheAge Chronicles Brings a Familiar MMO World to Next Fest
ArcheAge Chronicles is an upcoming MMO from XLGAMES, appearing in Steam Next Fest and ranking just outside the chart’s top ten in the October 24 snapshot. Its store page invites players into Auroria, a new frontier for exploration and action.
- Fart Together Turns Co-op Coordination Into a Shared Raft Ride
Fart Together is a physics-based co-op game from GamesMrkt, listed for October 29. Two to four players steer a shared raft through obstacle courses using carefully coordinated bursts of propulsion.
- just volleyball Keeps the Sports Pitch Simple and the Matchups Flexible
Solo developer temkosoft brings just volleyball to Next Fest ahead of its listed November 4 release. The game supports online and offline play, with match sizes ranging from one-on-one to full six-player teams.
- Worst Class Ever Makes Classroom Mischief a Social Deduction Game
Funcore Games’ upcoming social deduction party game is one of the most-played demos in the October 24 Next Fest snapshot. Its 1–6 player setup casts one person as the teacher and up to five others as troublemaking students hiding among NPC classmates.