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Expedition: Into Darkness Makes Getting Home Part of the Dungeon Crawl
A PvE extraction adventure gives every weapon and recovered treasure a reason to matter on the return journey.
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Go Next! Takes the Horde-Survival Loop Up the Walls
Mixidev's third-person survivor gives its growing arsenal a parkour playground.
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Loftia Pairs Cozy Multiplayer With a Sustainable Future
Loftia is a multiplayer life sim from Qloud Games, due into early access on November 3. It is among the more-played Next Fest games in the October 24 snapshot, bringing farming, crafting, exploration and decorating together in a shared setting.
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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.
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Abyssal Lapidary Makes Gem Cutting a Gothic Management Sim
Abyssal Lapidary is a gothic management game from Light Worm, published by XD. Its Next Fest demo has drawn a notable crowd, and the premise centers on running a jewelry workshop in a Victorian-inspired underground city.
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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.
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Melvor Idle 2 Brings a New Idle RPG to Next Fest
Melvor Idle 2 is the next entry from Games by Malcs, whose first game built an audience around skill training and background progression. Its Next Fest demo is one of the event’s most-played idle titles in the October 24 snapshot.
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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.
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Never Sort By Color Finds a Game Beneath a Mountain of Bricks
Bryan Livingston's organizing sim turns sorting by shape into a workshop-restoration project with something to show for it.
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Find The Needle Turns a Tiny Search Into a Factory-Building Loop
Find The Needle is an incremental automation game from FindTheNeedleDev and Needless Games. The demo is currently among Next Fest’s busiest, and its premise is instantly legible: find a needle in a huge haystack, sell the hay, and reinvest in tools.
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Half Grip Gives Combat Racing One Very Busy Hand
Steering, shooting and changing gears compete for attention in Half Games' unusual roguelike racer.
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Character House Turns a Desktop Companion Into a Collectible
Character House – Desktop Companion is an idle collection game by developer Yinengjie, currently near the top of the October 24 Next Fest player chart. It is designed to sit on the desktop while players work, with companions that can react to keystrokes or stay in a corner.
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Cranked Chases the Feeling of Finding the Perfect Downhill Line
This small-team mountain-biking game makes line choice and bike control the reasons to return to the trail.
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Haunted Paws Sends Two Puppies Into a Co-op Haunted House
A missing human, two small detectives and a mansion full of trouble give this co-op adventure an inviting Next Fest hook.
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Probably Stolen Turns Shopkeeping Into a High-Stakes Next Fest Demo
Probably Stolen is a single-player cyberpunk shopkeeping simulator from Questing Goose Studio, published by tinyBuild. Its Steam demo is among the most-played Next Fest entries in the October 24 chart snapshot, and the full game is listed for October 28.
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Bellwright’s horses could change more than the commute
Donkey Crew has shown rideable horses, but the update still lacks a firm date in its cited announcements. The interesting question is what faster travel does to a settlement game.
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Five Next Fest demos for players who like building, grinding, and bringing friends
A train to maintain, a car to rebuild, a prison to escape, and two very different fantasy adventures: five demos to investigate during October’s Steam Next Fest.
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