Steam Next Fest 2025

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man, I had the same thought browsing this shit last night. a few years ago Next Fest had a whole bunch of really interesting shit, this year I spent about an hour just scrolling through different genres and found just about fucking nothing. aside from the chinkslop, the dominant genres this year seem to be low-effort, babby's first game type shit like roguelite, deck building/card battler, turn-based RPG, cozy farming sim, along with your typical bevy of shitty Vampire Survivors clones. lots of pixel art games that look like dog shit. anyway, here are some demos I downloaded (but haven't played yet):

I haven't played the other games, but I hear good things about them, although they seem like very 7/10 games buried under the higher profile releases of the time like Divinity: Original Sin 2. still, I have a soft spot for D&D style RPGs.

I've been looking forward to this one for a while but I've heard mixed things about it. I get the feeling this is going to be an underwhelming release.

this is an underserved genre with potential IMO. a walking simulator type game with impossible spaces, pure architecture and aesthetics. it's come a little more into vogue recently due to the liminal space/backroom genre, but this one looks like something different. the screenshots really caught my eye.

nothing will ever fill the Zachtronics-shaped hole in my heart.
 
Shiverpeaks said:
AI art is a useful tool for indie devs. Wanting it banned is dumb. There are so many bigger issues with Steam than AI art being used.
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Banning it is too much, but AI art doesn't take a lot of effort to create so it's used by the same crowd who shit out asset-flip games for a quick buck. It's similar to Unity in that way, because it's free, any schmuck can use it to make cheap slop.

Yes, there are great games made in Unity, but when I boot up a game and I'm greeted with the Unity logo my first thought is "ah fuck, it's one of those."

Anonitolia said:
game makes a huge deal of there being selectable flags for the train, trailer has the gay flags on the front for the entire duration despite this supposedly being set in the 1800s
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Yeah, I immediately noticed the fag flag in the trailer. It's a shame too because the art style is really cute and it's a concept you don't see often.
 
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The Snail said:
It's a fine tool within the games itself, but using it as a the face of your product is demoralizing and grim. Seeing thumbnails with the same art styles mixed with incomprehensible composition is equivalent to seeing ADs with race mixed families and forced goycattle humor.

Unrelated, but I regret even checking next fest.
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Same shit with book covers. "I poured 5 years of my life into this but I won't spend $500 on a killer cover from a real artist"
 
I'm Retarded? said:
I haven't played the other games, but I hear good things about them, although they seem like very 7/10 games buried under the higher profile releases of the time like Divinity: Original Sin 2. still, I have a soft spot for D&D style RPGs.
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The way I understand it Solasta is much like Dungeon Rats; mostly combat focused game built on the engine of another CRPG(no idea which).
 
BiggestKai said:
The way I understand it Solasta is much like Dungeon Rats; mostly combat focused game built on the engine of another CRPG(no idea which).
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Maybe you're thinking ruleset of Solasta which is 5th edition D&D with some homebrew elements?
 
Haste is really fucking cool.
It's a really fast 3D platformer with a similar premise to those autistic speedrun simulators like Neon White, Hotline Miami, Super Meat Boy, and others, where the main focus is beating a small level as fast as possible.
The movement here is fluid as fuck and feels great to play, it is kinda like the way you ski in the Tribes games. where you need run down a slope to build momentum and then fly of the top of hill.
It also has a rogue-lite progression, where you can pick the next level from a progression map, like Slay the Spire, and sometimes you can choose a mini-boss or a shop, and those will give you an upgrade or a special item, and the end of the map has a boss fight.

The demo shows a lot of potential and it has quickly become one the games I'm most excited for.


 
Double Taps said:
Saw the title and thought it was the same game as a video I recently watched but was completely different.
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That drum roll sample at around 9 seconds in sounds REALLY familiar. I'm pretty sure it's from FFVII.
 
Xarpho's Return said:
That drum roll sample at around 9 seconds in sounds REALLY familiar. I'm pretty sure it's from FFVII.
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That does sound like it's from FF or DK Country, the guy probably used a soundfont or drumkit that mimics the music from a game or retro system. I'd be surprised if it's straight up ripped samples played backwards in that first 9-10 seconds.
 
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