This summer's Steam Next Fest is here. A celebration of gaming in which developers, mostly small, independent ones, offer free demos of their games. There are, quite literally, thousands of them to choose from, so figuring out where to start in hopes of finding something you like can be overwhelming.
If you're ready and willing to dive into anything, checking out which demos have the highest ratings is a good place to start. That's where I come in. I looked at which demos from Steam Next Fest were the most popular in terms of review scores courtesy of SteamDB, with many already scoring above 90 percent.
These are the games people loved from the Steam Next Fest
There are currently over 8,500 highest scoring demos available Casualties: Unknown. Developed by Orsoniks, Casualty: Unknown combines cave exploration with the video game Operation. As you go deeper into the darkness, you inevitably pick up injuries that you must heal yourself. With a score of 93.08 percent so far, according to reviewers, NextFest is the best demo that has to offer.
It's below it in the Next Fest rankings Showroom and sad. As Slay the Spire 2 and Vampire Crawlers are proving, deckbuilders are all the rage right now, so it should come as no surprise that it seems to be hitting all the right notes with Steam users. Level up your cards and embark on an adventure through hand-drawn dungeons courtesy of Team Lazerbeam, published by Devolver Digital.
Shroom and Gloom has a score of 91.25 percent, but voodoo At 91.22 percent it has the back, and I can see why. Described as a 3D coloring book, if you're looking for something that isn't as stressful as patching yourself into a dust cave or battling monsters with native mushroom cards, maybe start your next fest trip with Woodo.
Yes, this is the game that was shown during the Nintendo Direct some time ago.
If you want something that's somewhere between super relaxed and super edgy, Lily's World XD May be the demo for you. If you grew up using the internet in the early 2000s this should definitely be your first port of call. The game takes you back to 2004, turning your desktop into Lily's desktop. It looks relaxing, but the goal of the game is to find out what happened to Lily, and I don't know for sure, but it just doesn't feel right.
The ten free demos with the highest ratings available during Next Fest, complete with links to their Steam pages so you can download and try them out for yourself, can be found below. I want to end with one last specific shout out Womring from home Before you leave and start making your way through them. A job sim where you have to “work your way up the corporate ladder” because, well, you're a worm at a desk with a mouse and keyboard. It deserves every bit of the 89.58 percent review score.
The ten highest-rated games from Steam Next Fest
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Casualties: Unknown
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Showroom and sad
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voodoo
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step zero
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Animals in chains
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Lily's World XD
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Iron Nest: Heavy Turret Simulator
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pathogenic
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Rizz Dungeon: The Skeleton Key to My Heart
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Worms from home
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valve
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September 12, 2003
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