Thread 723190473

I don't want to sift through 3000 demos. I'm making this thread so all of you can do it for me. Which demos have you played? Are any of them fun?

Reanimal demo went up. The actual, not-shit Little Nightmares 3
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4019420/REANIMAL_Demo/

>>723190473 (OP)
here you go bro
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3255890/Relooted/

>>723190473 (OP)
All Previous Threads so far:
https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/722364846
https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/722379857
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>>723190473 (OP)
This is my list so far
I wish Eternal palace sakura had half the polish put into it that Homura hime has

>>723190473 (OP)
I made a list just for this situation:


Philna Fantasy
MotorSlice
Ground Zero
Brownie's Adventure
Dissimilar
Emery Hearts
Jet Gunner: Refueled
Placid Plastic Deck - A Quiet Quest
FAIL.safe
Welcome to Doll Town
Mad King Redemption
Ire: A prologue
Always With You: Meow & Mystery
Kriophobia
Directorate Novitiate
The Island of Doctor Morose
Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation
Cyan Heart
Lady Dracula
OddTown
Escape from 8 bit high
Karma Flow 2: Tears of a ghost
The Jester and the Madman
Joker's Game
Sword Hero
Advent Dawn
The Blue Cut Hook
The Machine That Breathes
Aquametsis
Besmirch
Vampire's Veil
Kiyo - Bunny Tyranny
Aegis Force: The scorian war
She's Leaving: Dalton's Demo
Detective Hindsight
Sangra
Summer Snow Day
Psycho Sleuth
Psycho Dead
Bianka Lovesick
Evil Origin
Tragedy at deer creek
Confidential Killings

no bitching line
under this line you are forbidden from posting
>this is the worst next fest ever
>AI slop
>chink slop
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>>723190473 (OP)
Skip Lady Dracula - it doesn't have any of the design or charm of a classicvania, its all fluff. Over-reliance on auto scrolling levels and you have no control over changing into a bat or ghost, you just have weird "platforming" sections like Donkey Kong Country barrel blasts using them. Music was the highlight but even if is very basic and has extremely short loops.

If you want good games like this just play Curse of the Moon 1 & 2 instead (and really, if you were interested in Lady Dracula in the first place you have likely already played these anyway).

>>723190752
zazed

>>723190885
>AI slop
>chink slop
but that's 90% of the demos.....

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>>723190975
it's not
even if it were, concentrate on the good ones instead of bitching

gonna shill this one a bit more
A nice R-type clone with good stage theme and generally nice enemy design so far, not much going in stage design so far, but it's just the two first stages in the demo, but you can see more stages in the store page if you're actually interested.
Only downsides I have with it is grazing autism giving benefits, and the pilots lore tidbits are cringe, clearly not going to have the same effect as the depressing and doomed world of R-type.

>>723190473 (OP)
Guide to exploring all the demos without going crazy with all the sliders and "sorting tabs".
Just go to "CHARTS," disable all filters, and deep dive to the bottom of the barrel. It may take hours, but it's the most efficient way I know

>>723191030
One of the best demos period
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2302320/Poke_ALL_Toads/

Annyeong! Play Ground Zero - it is a lot like resident evil 3, fixed camera angles and all.

how do I avoid the demos that are just bitcoin miners and RATs?

>>723191256
>exploring all 3000 demos
I'm not autistic enough for this

>people die if they are killed
also Menace is pretty cool if you like xcom and/or jagged alliance

>get deuterium
>get deuterium
>fix room
>fix room
>build to progress story
WOOOOOW, i'll still buy it

I hate how AI art made shitty games harder to spot on sight. Not so long ago you could just ignore all crap that had MSPaint style game covers. Now it's harder to spot dogshit just from the cover.

>>723191485
Better than the mental torture of going through Steam sliders one by one, repeated thumbnails all the way

>>723191501
>Menace is pretty cool if you like xcom and/or jagged alliance
Its literally nothing like either of those lol

You cant even command single guys, its just squad management

Fanservice/porn games with good gameplay or at least not VNs?

>6 gorillion demos
>the background color makes it hard to see how far along the list you are in each category
post your top 5

Resident, but in the north pole?

>Demo looks good in screenshots and videos
>Plays like absolute shit
Ah yes, the Steam Next Fest experience

>>723191302
Her getup makes it look like she's wearing a leotard bare-legged. Once again gook fashion is on point

Mina… we’re getting mogged by a no name indie…

>>723192072
Going regina as I like to call it.

https://rentry.org/bjsnf2025-3
I always have a hard time deciding whether something is a 4/5 or 3/5 so those games will probably fluctuate up and down as I play more demos.

>Hand-me-downs
Weird card game with 0% juice and gamefeel. But the concept is kinda fun.

>Tabulo
Chess, but Balatro, but autochess. I had to turn the music off. Doesn't feel good to play but might get there with some work.

>Solo Chess
Tabulo but worse.

>Slots and Daggers
Everything seems to have too much health and you're boned against certain enemies if you don't have healing or shields. But it feels nice and has potential.

>Slot or Not
Slots and Daggers but with rabbits. Even the tutorial fight takes forever, I hate it.

>Black Ox
Blackjack, but tic tac toe, but Balatro. I didn't like it.

>Placid Plastic Deck
Inscryption but ducks, supposedly. The demo ends before you even get to play with ducks so it's just some tutorial battles and a lot of story.

>Cino Cross
A nonagram roguelike. Not bad but I'm not into those puzzles.

>>723190473 (OP)
Why are there so many fucking horror games?! Why?! WHY?!
IT'S ALL FUCKING HORROR GAMES!

>>723192048
dont be shy, name and shame

do NOT bother with painkiller

Man there's a LOT of slop, huh

>>723192251
>Slots and Daggers
It doesn't have anywhere to go to from there. It's entirely a skill check on how well you can lock in the right symbols to get past the fights and grind meta progression to get further.

>>723192294
It's October, you doof. Halloween season and all.

>>723192456
It's gonna get worse with each next fest. More AI slop. More indians making pooware.

>play 83 demo
>it sucks
>play Carnival Hunt demo
>wait a sec, dead by daylight and games like it are fucking miserable

welp. Thats all the demos I saw that were interesting. Why the fuck is gaming my hobby

wow it's refreshing to see a vampire survivors clone that's actually tough and without metaprogression slop

>>723192574
Yeah, I don't know, it's time for you to fuck off.

I'm very curious about the Fable game and the "second-person" horror game

>>723192234
Based kino reporter
It would be a chef kiss if you accompanied your curated list with a chart, since in the absence of images the short attention span of the /v/ user makes them not pay attention to that effort

Don;t play beneath - runs like shit and looks shockingly blurry. It might be good if they can fix performance but I doubt they will.

>>723192460
You're probably right. Still I'd pay something like £4 on sale and get enough out of it.

>>723192668
>t. dbd player with 30,000 wasted hours

>>723192528
There was fuck loads in June too.

>>723191030
The names are Ctesiphon, Poke all Toads, Automon Arena, Wonder of Blue. Sorry Aggy, but no disguises here.

>>723192590
which one is that

>>723192893
Hell Maiden

>>723192137
Very primitive pixel work.

God the discovery queue is useless. None of these games are even remotely close to games i purchase.

>>723192951
I'll give it a shot

>roguelites
>aislop
>friendslop

>>723192951
>cards
goddammit

Where is the LoveR Kiss demo?

please check this eurojank inspired by gothic AA made from your fellows russian slav if you like western rpgs https://store.steampowered.com/app/3708420/Of_Ash_and_Steel_Demo/ These russian retards have no money for marketing so i have to unironically shill their game in /v/ for free, is unreal engine 4 so it should run ok even on potato hardware and releases in 3 weeks.

>>723192951
>Hell Maiden
>Action Roguelike, Bullet Hell, Deckbuilding

>cringy dialog
>new rule can't pass on even dates with license plates ending in odd numbers
who the fuck made this shit
so much potential too

>>723192294
Easy to make and doesn't need any real gameplay just a slightly creepy mascot to slowly follow the player and instakill them. Throw in some basic puzzles and allude to deep lore, get a streamer to shill it and bam you have a franchise to sell cheap shit to zoomers.

If there are any Fat Princess fans out there don't forget to check Fat Goblins
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3379850/Fat_Goblins_Demo/

>>723193465
>>723193235
eh, there's no actual deckslop, its just cards as modifiers

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3807500/Zortch_2/
fun 3d shooter, feels like a solid sequel

vros this game is actually fun
i also found out theres an english setting after finishing the demo
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1820000/Homura_Hime/

>>723190473 (OP)
>try Nezori
>45 minutes worth of intro and picking up sidequests before embarking on total wolfgirl death
>combat takes some getting used to with a stamina bar and a mana bar tied to different buttons
>very little mercy invincibility so you can easily get stunlocked to death if you don't dodge out
>great distance between save zones so you either backtrack after exploring some corner of the map or risk losing progress if you fuck up and die
>fuck archers
Combat feels decent once you get 'in the zone', but I'd probably not buy this unless on a big discount, or if you really like foxgirls.

>bio goddess has a maximum supported resolution of 1440p
what the actual fuck

>>723193780
>touhou mixed with Nier automata
ill dl and see whats up

Anything good for co-op (otherwise known as friendslop) ?

>>723193473
Indogs, apparently it takes place during some financial crisis George Soros caused.

>>723193465
Why aren’t you playing Alice’s game anon?

>>723193859
I'm impressed you even gave this a shot if you didn't super like foxgirls to start with. The whole thing seems to hinge on you wanting to see foxgirls bathing together.

>>723192590
>>723193593
>Actually good but looks like the most generic thing ever
They didn’t think this through very well.

nah fuck this

>>723190473 (OP)
My picks from what I've played during prefest

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3123770/XOL_Space_Mech_Wars/
Holy fucking giga jank kino
Had to push through the first few minutes of getting used to the crunchy graphics. Turning on Hard mode (drift) as well mainly because it felt more like I expected it too.
Can tell the dev was also a fan of the ps2/ps3 various gundam titles, even feel some Another Century's Episode influence in there. This is MY kind of jank, this was made for me.
Xieg Xeon

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1836560/Aether__Iron/
Trigger warning Woman Protag.
Writing seems to be acceptable, if a little stiff.
I'm interested in learning more about the setting at this point.
Not sure if the tactics rpg sections will be any good. Customizing your car is cool though.
I was ready to instantly hate this, it's got me hooked now.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/2878580/Key_Fairy/
I'm a big fan of grappling hook based movement.
Responsive controls and quick pace felt good.
Can be pretty tough, some of those later multi enemy type encounters are not easy for sure.
Visually not my favorite, readability can be rough in some rooms, with foreground obscuring the area.
World has a surprising amount of exploration required even in this demo, very interested for release.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/3888920/Pulse/
Thats some good time trial antigrav SPEED shit.
Fantastic sense of speed.
The warp mechanic being integral to a good time might be my one complaint. Too much emphasis on plotting straight lines, nailing the deceleration and hard turn points compared to other flying/piloting actions.
I'll definitely keep an eye on it as development progresses

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3090810/Truckful/
Truck control is a little touchy, the isometric camera angle can make it really fucky to tell your precise heading.
Little bit of character interaction was brief and cute.
Demo super short.

>>723193780
So we're finally getting Nierlikes?

>>723192734
I'm too lazy to use a proper image editor so the options are as follows.
Left uses the store page images but is cut to squares, right uses the covers but also has titles (and is much easier for me since I just have to use the built in search for the game). If you have a mosaic-making alternative that will let me just copy paste the image links and will keep them properly sized let me know.

>>723191501
>xcom and/or jagged alliance
nah, they are not similar at all
its closer to tabletop games than anything, also devs are dumb inbreed fags

>>723194290
I usually use Canva, is basically photoshop for retards

>>723194271
kinda? its nowhere near the quality of nier but i guess they are somewhat similar now that i think about it

>>723194242
what's wrong with it, death is a pretty bad state after all.

>>723190473 (OP)
Is this cringe kino or not even worth the hard drive space?
Has anyone tried it?

Were there any good stealth games or 'immsims' on offer this year? I've already known about Aquametsis for a while.

>>723194557
i think theres a higher chance for you to download a crypto miner than the game being tolerable

>>723194557
it's your responsibility to try the game

>>723190887
Yeah, okay. Your arguments are accepted, I'll remove it.

>>723194120
Ultimately I don't think my love for foxgirls bathing together will get me through the final game to see it.

>>723194656
It's supposed that i have to trust in you, fellow demo testers

These look interesting. Not playing 2d indies.

>>723193645
Have you found any other good boomer shooters? also in my opinion the first Zortch game is in the top tier of this whole genre, next to stuff like Dusk if I'm being honest.

>>723193859
I read the dialogue for a while but skipped through it eventually because it's just a demo. Then the gameplay started and it's not particularly fun. It's like playing a budget JRPG that begrudgingly has combat instead of a proper action game. Didn't even bother getting through the first zone. I would have wishlisted it if it said Coming soon or 2027 or something but if it's coming out Q1 2026 then no thanks. They should have just made a VN or something.

>>723195332
I haven't really started looking, sorry.

>>723193381
Okay developer, I'll check out your game. Do your best to avoid getting drafted to fight in Ukraine

>>723191302
No thanks! I don't like Koreans!

>>723191548
It was a fire hazard.

This game looks cute

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4017410/Cloudheim_Demo/

But I can tell ChatGPT wrote the dialogue; "The Min/Maxer (spiritually audible em-dash) Optimized the chaos, somehow made it worse."

Elven jar-based karate?

>>723195505
The games I know about:
Klostyn
Ctesiphon
Wanted 3D dead or Alive

I've known about all of these for a while. Klotsyn sort of looked promising. Or at least it just looked alright aesthetically.

yeah I wasn't that into this one, seems like a person who's ambitions don't match their talents when it comes to game making.

Pass. Time to try another demo with abyss in the title.

Painted in blood looks nice but a 60fps frame limit and forced motion blur is headache inducing.

>>723194259
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2878580/Key_Fairy/
>I'm a big fan of grappling hook based movement.
>Responsive controls and quick pace felt good.
>Can be pretty tough, some of those later multi enemy type encounters are not easy for sure.
>Visually not my favorite, readability can be rough in some rooms, with foreground obscuring the area.
>World has a surprising amount of exploration required even in this demo, very interested for release.
This looks like one of those "Album that has a game attached to it" games, which isn't a bad thing

How is the soundtrack? I liked what was in the steam page video

so, is this peak?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1947910/OPUS_Prism_Peak/

>>723196538
Prism Pussy Peak

>>723196421
Oh that has a demo? I didn't even know it and I wish listed it a couple of months back. So I guess that's one to add to this list>>723196090

I'm gonna try it out soon.

>>723194271
it's okish but most of what you do is just walk forward a couple of steps fights couple of mobs, walk forward couple of mobs, repeat
some mobs shooting orbs and you having a magical book spamming paper like bullets is really all that's nier like

>>723196538
emotional tour deforces aren't really made for demo. After all, you can't have half of an emotion.

>>723191501
Menace had a solid demo but there's a lot of shit that needs to change.

>>723191302
this shit is such a blatant rip-off of the RE games that its actually endearing

>>723196752
>zoomers don't know what a homage is
kek they really are the most retarded generation

>Demo
>20+ gigs
Where do devs get the balls to pull this shit?

>>723193780
is Homura Hime made by one guy?
I know Eternal Palace Sakura is but it's a lot more clunky. then again he also spent most of his time posting sexy pics of his character on xitter

>>723196839
>LET IT DIE: INFERNO
>41.7 GB

>>723196839
What gaem? I'm curious to know how bad they are are at compression. 20gb better have a good excuse.

>downloaded the painkiller demo
>realized its an online coop game with a TWO WEAPON limit
i was happier knowing this didnt exist

>>723197040
Pathologic 3

>>723193225
yep this nextfest is a total bust. worst one so far. you forgot chinkslop. I wonder if this is a sign that the indie game market is cratering

>>723196216
Yeah, pass on this one too. The monster is obviously Catholic Church Sexual Assault. Must suck being a woman, who is designed to have sex, but gets traumatized any time it actually happens. Seems like a real design flaw. I'll bring this up with god when I die.

He might already know actually.

What are some good demos for games that are actually releasing in the near future? I have no interest in demos in games that don't even have release dates.

>>723196874
i kinda doubt it considering the polish
its got voice actors and apparently was at TGS according to the news hub
its not even japanese, the devs are from taiwan lmao

Sakura really plays like shit, its a real shame if he doesn't do a major gameplay overhaul before release

House 2 as a demo takes a while to get going so I just shut it off. I've always had a low opinion of demo sequels.

Your first game is essentially the demo. If I liked it enough to be interested in a sequel, I already know your style and competence pretty well. Indie developers are less likely to make colossal blunders during sequels than big budget studios.

So yeah, I liked House 1, I will get House 2.

>>723197045
Are the original Painkiller devs even involved? I thought some of them moved onto to work on the game Witchfire.

Look how they massacred my boy...

>>723197414
No, I don't think so. It certainly doesn't seem like it. I appreciate the demo killing my interest instantly at least, but I would have preferred this franchise never return than what they made.

>>723197467
glad this happened. painkiler fans always annoyed me

>>723196615
Yup. Plays nice even with my complaints.

>>723197526
Understandable. That's how I've always felt about Blood and Doom Eternal fans

>>723197276
GAMES, THAT HAVE: DEMOS, AND ARE: RELEASING IN: THE MONTH of: OCTOBER

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2592160/Dispatch/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3007310/Remote_Position/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2825080/Sanguine/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2464280/Tormented_Souls_2/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/The_Sance_of_Blake_Manor/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3316350/Flesh_Made_Fear/

I'll do November next. It's what comes next.

>>723197117
Pathologic 2 had a 25gb install size. That demo more or less probably equates closely to the actual final finished product size. Not that egregious when put into perspective. Considering the demo of the game likely has most of aspects of the final game assets and map within it.

>>723197413
>pic
Made me think of this.

>>723197606
And both of those games are still good. Glad you caused your own suffering.

>>723197610
Novembre:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2806120/Bio_Goddess__Doomsday_Begins/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2115490/High_School_Dirty_Secrets/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2604490/I_Hate_This_Place/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3148060/Penelope_Pendrick_and_the_Art_of_Deceit/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2689930/Detective_Instinct_Farewell_My_Beloved/

>>723197276
this one comes out in 3 weeks >>723193381

Hell Maiden fucking SUCKS
how is it so hard to make a fucking VS clone, so far Holocure is still the only good one
>hitstun
>lengthy animations each levelup
>focus on story for some reason
>lengthy cutscenes DURING GAMEPLAY

I'll give you that the card system is somewhat interesting, but its still just the same weapons VS had on release (close range slash, piercing fireball, area denial around player)

>>723197467
Play Witchfire if you want more from people who made original Painkiller.

>>723197674
No they're not lol. They're genuine pieces of shit.

>>723198032
ok lilbro, enjoy DEI Painkiller lol

>>723197796
Anon… she says November

>>723192234
I don't get so granular with demos. I rate mine as instant buy, wishlisted, or dropped

>>723198096
>wonder of blue
is that an alice

>>723198140
Rare mentally healthy Alice

>>723197674
They definitely aren't.

>>723190787
>namakorium
can only be played online with other people
FUCK

I remember this demo from the February or June Festival. How do they manipulate the ID to repeat the event without Valve mods noticing?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3099630/Academy_Love_Saga_Tennis_Angels/

>>723197990
Isn't witchfire kinda bad?

>>723198096
well I only list games I actually care about

>>723198351
It's probably "kinda bad" if all you play is braindead boomer shooters.

>>723197040
Blind Descent is like 31 gb

>>723198289
yea i saw...
why would you release a multiplayer only RTS in current year

>>723198425
Given you had to resort to buzzwords I can only assume yes the game is bad and you don't want to admit it. Thanks for saving me some bandwidth.

>>723198535
To prove that stop killing games was always wrong.

Very Epic Boat Driving Sim. Very Boaty. Drove the boat for 5 minutes before I got bored because I don't have much interest in boats.

Anyway, I suspect this isn't an indie game anyway, and it's in bad taste for companies that actually have advertising budgets to be using these festivals. It's like taking from the food bank when you have a job. Also games with the prefix "RE-" are supposed to be about zombies.

thought it was going to be some cool zombie animal game. what a letdown. I've been letdown before, that zombie game at a zoo turned out to just be streamer bait as well.

>>723198351
Yes, unfortunately. It's basically first person Remnant.

>>723197606
>Doom Eternal specifically and not nuDoom as a whole

>>723198351
Who told you that? Witchfire is awesome. But it's not to everyone's tastes and I wouldn't exactly say that if you loved Painkiller then you'll like Witchfire. It has extraction shooter elements, and that might piss off people that don't like those mechanics. Of course everyone has their own opinions and considering it's in early access state the more common complaint you'll hear right now is lack of enemy variety. But for what it does have it's alright. If you're against paying for EA then it's understandable to wait on it.

>>723190473 (OP)
What's so special about Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, is there something I'm missing?

>>723198808
There was just a HoMM event and supposedly that one looks decent. All of eastern Europe loves HoMM.

decent artwork but I'm not that into beatemups. pass

>>723198808
It's basically HoMM 3: 2. If you like HoMM3, then it's probably the best game ever. If you don't give a shit about HoMM, then it's nothing special.

I will say, it's exactly what I was looking for to play on Steam Deck and is scratching that itch nicely

>2025
>stuck in an unskippable cutscene
cmon china get with the times already

>>723198762
Yes, because 2016 and TDA are both good and play like Doom.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3723530/Paperwork/
very short but sweet idler/clicker game, though I am a sucker for 3d and physical props giving adjacency bonuses

I knew I shouldn't have expected much when they described it as a Soulslike but good god what a shitty game where the entire point is killing bosses with a million cuts and dealing with a small stamina bar. And they add onto it by having a very annoying phase two transition for every boss where you have a lengthy chase sequence running away from the boss to get to its next arena, and having the second phases all have a lot of projectile spam. The demo has three bosses plus a pushover tutorial boss so there's a lot here if you like that kind of gameplay but boy not me.

>>723198563
Not really. I just familiar with average fps player on /v/. Most people here prefer run and gun power fantasy kind of games to blow off some steam.

>>723199054
>and C to crouch instead of control with not rebinding options
cmon, how are games still struggling to do regular keybinds

>>723197990
>roguelite
fuck off

>>723199080
>also likes TDA
You're a weird guy. I hate Eternalfags the most too so whatever.

comically un-scary. try it out to see what I mean.

>>723198808
No way people are playing that cube game

>>723198681
It's by the creator of Little Nightmares so it's pretty much that kind of gameplay except there's more 3D movement now.

AIIIIEEEEEEEE SAVE ME RHYTHMBROS

YUNYUN'S HIKKINEET DIFFICULTIES IS BODYING ME

I CANT S RANK ANY OF THE SONGS IM FUCKING WASHED UP

>Forbidden Solitaire only gave their demo to influencers
Fuck you, assholes.

>>723199345
Korean generic slop

>>723191030
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3942570/DARKODAI/

Looking for 3D Adventure Puzzle experiences, like Zelda and Outerwilds as opposed to Portal and Talos Shitcle

>>723199432
heh. guess it was forbidden for you

This right here is fucking great. Best demo I've played so far easily. Awesome art style/graphics, awesome soundtrack, fun gameplay. Definitely worth trying if you like Tony Hawk and Skate.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3822860/BottomUp_Beatdown_Hostile_Takeover/
>+ Single lane beat-em-up with some actual thought put into the combat system
>+ no bullshit, straight into the action
>+ Two characters with fleshed out unique movesets
>- graphics aren't that great

I didn't expect to come into this with a new beat-em-up wishlist, let alone one that isn't just a Final Fight clone, but this might actually be good. Or at least fun for like $10.

>>723198808
where do I see this list?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1947910/OPUS_Prism_Peak/

I WILL NOW PLAY YOUR DEMO

They weren't lying. They actually did get Rick Astley to show up for this.

Good enough for me. Wishlisted.

>>723190473 (OP)
>top down
>base buildilng
>base management
>resource management
>survival

Gimme the name!

>>723199760
SteamDB

>start intro is AI genned video
>could've easily done it with the girls...
I thought AI was banned in korea

>play 20 demos
>they're all bad
HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW

>>723199683
I've yet to see anyone make skating mechanics feel as satisfying as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games by Neversoft. Even Skate got nowhere near close. THPS rivals the most well designed 3D platformer movement systems. Better than Jet Set Radio in that regard too imo

>>723199856
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4083710/Scrap_Bulwark_Guide_Demo/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3975830/ROLLA/
It's only got like, 5 minutes of content at absolute most, but it was damn fun. Some kind of weird Katamari+Rampage monster movie mashup

>>723200000
nice zeroes

What is Skate Story supposed to be? It's in my queue.

Journey but with Skateboards?
Surreal Tony Hawk?
Or esoteric Jet Set Radio?

>>723199853
The fuck

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2618150/BIRDCAGE_Dryad_Ecophene_Module_Object/
Shmup kino

>>723200000
I personally prefer the Skate series to THPS nowadays, but I think Skate Story is a nice blend of the mechanics and controls of both. While also being totally its own weird thing.

>>723200268
A little bit of all of the above. Also feels like it was inspired by Devil Daggers and Soulslikes too.

>>723192590
It was pretty alright, for a VS game. I give those guys some credit for sticking with the 19xx's anime style drawings even when it's clearly not getting them all that traction.

>>723200221
Surreal Tony Hawk. You skateboard and do tricks through challenge gauntlets and boss fights while trippy stuff happens and characters spout profound-sounding dialogue at you.

>>723197913
holocure sucks though.
>meta progression
>insane disbalance between characters
>weapon fusions so you literally always have to go for weapon fusion
It only did minibosses better than VS but nowadays most of the VS games realized they should make actual bosses.

>>723200327
>coming out next month
Wishlisted

I played Shatterland:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4020910/Shatterland_Demo/

I checked this out because I'm waiting for Surroundead to add multiplayer (looks like I'll be waiting a while, still...) and holy shit this game is fucking bad. Its Unreal Engine slop from top to bottom and is a "hold E for five seconds to open everything in sight" simulator.

Strangely enough the weapons felt ok but the enemies are extremely overpowered in comparison to what you have. There is some sort of leveling system but after I gained five levels for just clicking on some tall grass (harvesting fiber apparently) I gave up. This game makes Valheim look like a 10/10 masterpiece with zero flaws in comparison.

The wait for Surroundead to have multiplayer continues...

>>723200575
literally none of these are downsides

>>723200657
>slop

opinion discarded. no one intelligent uses that word

>>723200737
good morning sir

>>723200469
I'm retarded. Meant for >>723200268
Admittedly the start of the game makes it seem like Journey since it's just linear levels for a while but it opens up after the tutorial.

>>723200672
Fauna is the ultimate downside. Can’t balance her but unwilling to saw off her legs.

WHERE THE FUCK IS THE LOVER KISS DEMO

>>723200737
Actually i'm very intelligent and i use that word all the time

>>723200737
Don't take my word for it, play the shitty ass demo and you will see it fits that game to a T.

>>723200758
yea but its fine if characters suck
just use someone else or play the game with the handicap
VS was great because it had both chars that die in one hit and ones that literally cannot take damage

>>723200842
>Don't take my word for it

Is that not what I just said? Your opinion is worthless.

>>723200737
Finally someone says it.

>>723200191
And here's what it looks like in motion. One of the only games that I've played so far that feels like the dev just wanted to make something fun and not a genre template.

>Anti Aliasing
>DLSS
into the trash it goes

>>723200737
You are not supposed to let them know that.

>>723199793
>game tries to look like a Japanese father-surrogate daughterwife anime
>check studio
>chinese
Won't fool me, Chang.

Wasn't sold on Homura Hime at first because the parry being a dodge felt weird but it made a lot more sense when I got to the boss. Flowed pretty well. Group fights were meh though. Wishlisted.

>With enough money you can be in all the recommendation videos
What a great message for college gamedevs.

>>723200737
Based. The third world children trying to fit in calling everything slop have ruined this board.

>>723202098
those videos suck anyway, they just go to the charts sort by Popular Demos and choose the ones that dont look like absolute dogshit

>>723202251
I'm just surprised at how bad other places are at talking about vidya. Steam community hubs sure aren't saying things about the demos.

Tried Majogami and Homura Hime, both are pretty good so I'll them at launch. I'll try some other demos later.
Kinda nice that you can mess with the settings file and make Homura Hime work in ultrawide, but unfortunately the dialogue hud and portraits get stretched. Still playable though.

>>723201302
YOOOOOUR LONELY ROLLING STAAAAAAAAR

>>723198110
That's fair, but there are plenty of dropped games that other people would definitely enjoy so I don't know that sharing such a list would be useful to anyone.
>>723197913
>but its still just the same weapons VS had on release
Did you unlock Virgil's or Horace's sets? It's a lot more interesting. And that's coming from someone who only plays Holocure as far as VS games go.

>Zortch 2 is just as good as Zortch 1 and has more weapons
>The female enemies still have huge tits
based Zortch dev

>>723201302
it's nice when a dev comes up with something a bit different

stands out in the sea of roguelites

>>723202834
>all this weeb chinkshit
since when did /v/ fall for mass-appeal shit this easily? good lord.

>>723196216
Play a good game with Abyss in the title:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3508910/Abyss_Kitchen/

>>723202834
i did unlock one but not the other
maybe i'm just spoiled by the 200+ weapons that are in VS now that behave differently for the most part
i'm just sick of trying out VS clones and they end up being somehow worse than the thing they're (sometimes 1 to 1) copying from

>>723203268
I've not played many VS games, but have you tried DEath Must Die? It's big schtick is D2 items:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2334730/Death_Must_Die/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2320010/Rubinite_Demo/
The demo is apparently over a year old but i've only played it now
its fun

Any good yuri demos?

>>723203336
i haven't really played many after the inital wave
it doesn't look bad, but i'll probably wait for it to leave EA

>>723200657
Don't get the appeal of zombie survival games that aren't Project Zomboid. None of them ever seem to want to place emphasis on the fact that you're really fighting a zombie outbreak. Then again a lot of zomboid players like to deemphasize it by customising their games to have no biting infection mechanics. But in regards to being hardcore they're all shallow. As many complaints as people have about the game, no one has surpassed it. I really don't know understand the appeal of Surroundead.

>>723203213
I don't think there are good games with abyss in the title. Makes sense. They, by definition, are abyss-mal.

Did somebody spread a rumor to all the 3rd rate indie dev game mills that dice were the next roguelike deckbuilder or something? why are there 400 dice mechanic games? Who asked for this? we have slice and dice and it's fine, what the hell is the point in all these they just do the formula worse

So everything now is either Chinese, Taiwanese or "Japanese" (but it is actually by the first two), times sure have changed, at the very least the demos I have tried have been just fine.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3492120/Legion_Was_Here/
Dunno if this demo is part of the fest, it was supposed to come out last time around, but it never did
A detective game where you study clues and dossiers to impersonate another person Face/Off style
Kinda woke and a bit too whacky, but nonetheless has potential

>>723203561
Shut the fuck up, Carlos.

>>723203543
Surroundead is more like Valheim, which is a solid game (with friends, anyway). Again, I'm waiting for actual multiplayer but the way that the dev is going it is still a million months away.

>>723203632
>not including Koreans who also pretend to be Japanese
Gook detected.

Postin

>>723203747
Strangely enough I haven't played that many Korean games, are they more into Souls like? I don't like those that much.

you shills must not be getting paid enough
where the fuck are the webms?

>>723203627
honestly thought backpack games were going to create a deluge of polys
i honestly thought about doing one but then i realized it has to be a shitty rogue and found someones itch who made one and its so much effort for to be so shit i feel bad for them

>>723203632
I really, really wish I could filter games by country of developer.

>>723203835
They weren't allowed to make games aside from MMOs until the last 8 years.

>>723197413
yjk

>>723203174
The only weeb chinkshit one is the Touhou game though (assuming because he has a bilibili page despite his socials all being in English), Hell Maiden is Portuguese and the rest are Japanese. Either way I've been browsing this site for 20 years now so weebshit is in my blood.
>>723203268
I haven't played VS since launch so I don't know what's in it.

>>723203835
It's a spread of genres. I saw an action platformer during the press preview that had a Japanese title and then looked at the developer and it was Korean.

>>723196752
give it a break , re3 was 50 years ago

Anything good in the non-euclidean geometry/strange geometry/interesting ways of thinking game categories? Like Hyperrogue, antichamber, 4D golf, etc.

>>723204132
>rougeslop

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1963610/Road_to_Vostok/

I get what this game is going for but this is a really poor demo to showcase it with. You get put into a nearly empty area with nothing to really find. The demo is basically just showcasing the looting / simulation aspects of the game - which are pretty deep from the looks of it. This is the kind of simulation game where you have to individually load bullets into magazines, manage ammo types, gun wear and tear, equipment wear and tear, water, food, mental, temperature, etc, etc. Maybe if there was actually something to do once you spend 10 minutes equipping your gear and loading your gun(s) it would be more compelling. The graphics look nice at least.
3/10 as far as the demo goes. No idea how indicative of the final product it is as there is nothing to do.

>>723203942
On the store pages.
I got demos to play.

>>723204213
>Turn off the permadeath
>Game turns into a regular vidya and not a metaprogression fest

>>723204268
I don't understand what's the point when modded Stalker exists.

>>723204447
this guy can't figure it out. he doesn't get it! no comprehension. doesn't understand. totally confused. disoriented. dumb, and stupid. He really doesn't see. must be blind. yeesh. how inept can you get?

>>723204432
>casual mode

>>723204447
Well, that too. It definitely gave off "we have Stalker at home" vibes but Stalker games have infinitely more going on in them. I think the creator just has no idea what a demo is for, you get put into a small settlement with 6~10 houses and if you are lucky you will get a single randomly spawned enemy. I reloaded it four times to see if that was really what was supposed to happen and yes, it is. Baffling.

If all the demos are so bad, why are you still here?

>>723204432
Awakeningfags I swear. You can't just take out the defining mechanic of the genre.

>>723203761
I assume you're talking about Ryan Reos' model? They're like 50€ commercial license for really nice models
A small amount of cooker games use them

>>723204268
The Path into The Abyss is going for something similar to Road to Vostok (as a singleplayer tarkov) but actually it looks more in the style of a STALKER game, including having a story. But still aims to bring the simulation aspects in to the central experience. No demos as of yet though. I just feel like spreading the word because it looks promising to me, a game coming from Argentina. I have no idea if it will match Vostok's depth, but it looks to have depth in its own right.

I don't understand how you guys can do this every single year, I cap out at like 2 demos
That being said, is there any dungeonkino? Probably the last 20 dungeoncrawlers I have tried have been horrible

>>723204624
Seems like they just did, so they obviously can.

I don't get the logic behind the lil red/alice game dev. He shills a lot but makes his games retardedly difficult then wonders why they don't sell.
I *want* to like them, but I get filtered by the unforgiving jank, and I'm not that bad at video games.

>Heroes Olden Era
I am getting this

>Death in Abyss
I don't know what just killed me

>Directorate Novitiate
massive dump truck ass, jank ass combat

>Ball x Pit
not new, but I am getting this

>>723190787
heres my final for the night, might do the rest tomorrow
I'll probably get Homura, Rubinite and the tohos

>>723204749
It's a 3 year old Next Fest game, but Neverlooted Dungeon is the one I'm looking forward to most.

It's so fucking bad. Fuck.

>>723204749
yeah man you can have a dungeon crawler.

I like shills, Ctesiphon should be here so he can be super attentive to his baby girl.

>>723204727
I'll check it out. Vostok honestly had way too much "depth" in my opinion so that isn't necessarily a bad thing for Abyss. It shouldn't take 5+ minutes to figure out how to load a shotgun.

>>723190565
Demo is really short; more proof of concept than anything; that being said it feels a lot like LN, which is good.

I did get caught in a chase pretty unfairly from jumping into a ladder instead of bonking into it face first, but I seem to recall stuff like that going back and maybe they'll smooth that over in release. Even if not, performance felt good and it got me back to playing pretty quick.

>>723204902
is it actually releasing? I was obsessed with it back then, but the lack of an actual release date made me forget about it. Definitely a day 1 buy for me if it does

>>723204618
I have nothing to live for

>>723204998
To me it looks more like STALKER than Tarkov but one thing I do know is that they look to emulate Tarkov's gunplay in some sense. All of the bullets are physical projectiles that originate from the weapons chamber rather than where your camera is pointed at. So individual bullets being fired is a thing. The only thing available is videos on their YouTube channel with devlogs. But all of the ones I've watched made it seem very interesting.

>>723204432
If only this was written on anywhere except the tiny description blurb. How is a YouTuber gonna see this?

Realistically what could Valve do to improve next-fest?

>>723205718
It's fine as it is. Dunno what your issue is.

>>723205718
It's good enough as is.

>>723205718
Just a country filter would be enough.

>>723205718
send assassins to cull the indie gamedev pop

>>723205834
this. i dont want to play westoid games

>>723205718
Temporary community hub so all the agdg shills can monitor that instead of the threads.

Let's be honest all of these new demos are fucking shit, triple a or indie doesn't matter anymore, stop buying and playing all of this trash.

>>723205718
I think a $100 entrance fee (separate from the fee you pay to sell on steam to begin with) could discourage a lot of the bullshit

>>723205718
Improve the discovery/recommendation algorithm. Somehow fix developers tagging their games with the wrong tag (when I look at beat 'em ups I want to see beat 'em ups, not other random action/CAG shit).

>>723205943
nope. I'm going to buy them even more just to annoy you.

Lads I'm starting to wonder if maybe the problem isn't the next fest, it's me.

Maybe I've just tapped out of enthusiasm for games, it feels like the same 400 things over and over and over. Just like how books are the same 400 story arcs over and over and over.

Maybe I'm becoming old and boring, BUT the most played demo of the fest is a game from 1999 with a new coat of paint exactly.

Are there any GENUINELY NEW ideas this fest? I haven't seen them.

>Dedicated Yunyun thread elsewhere
The one and only winner in this entire Fest.

>>723205151
>is it actually releasing?
Supposedly. Dev is severely autistic and does a full rework of the game every few months, adds new mechanics, and then releases an updated version of the demo. He recently added DMMM kicking. According to the last dev log, he's actually getting close to a real release.

>>723205718
Dunno, this was my most successful Next yet, all the games that were on my wishlist got to stay there after playing their demos.

>>723205718
Let me sort by country of origin. And make sure not to let chinks and gooks pretend to be nips.

>>723206005
that would just alienate the games that actually need the exposure while doing nothing for the low effort shovelware

>>723206065
Opus has its own thread too.

>>723205718
Mandatory AIslop disclosure so I can filter all that shit out.

>>723205718
badges for trying out a certain number of demos

>>723206362
Anything that tortures cheevofags is good by me

Holy shit, steam mommy is so fucking cute as a witch.
I would never manage to work there and not make a pass at her every single day, fml.

>>723203946
The real meta is probably to go back and redo older trends whose fans aren't getting catered to anymore by any decent devs. Especially flashgame genres that have since died almost completely off like those 2d dirtbike trial type games.

>>723206362
They did that once before.

>>723204618
faint hope some anon will spot some hidden gem i missed, nothing much else i care to talk about between waiting for somebody to post something interesting on the vst and vr threads i'm watching.

>>723206523
Probably fucked statistics because people would just install and uninstall right after launching them

>>723205718
Wallet funds for trying out demos and leaving feedback. I should be paid to test out all of this junk.

>>723206523
Knowing it would be the last, I regret not having played more on that occasion, they were my first festivals.

>>723200000
Tony Hawk and Jet Set Radio is a very weird comparison
THPS is a score attack game focused on doing tricks in sandbox levels
JSR is a score attack game focused on completing level objectives within a time limit to get a good rank with those objectives being about spraying graffiti on something
JSRF does the open world thing but it just took out the score attack stuff and just made it a generic complete missions by spraying graffiti on something or racing someone or winning some minigame

JSR isn't a trick focused game whatsoever like THPS, SSX is a much better comparison to THPS since both of them are designed purely about doing tricks. The tricks in JSR are an afterthought and not the main focus of either game

>>723190473 (OP)
Scroll through, wishlist everything that looks cool to you. Then find that website that takes your public wishlist and feeds you back the list which all the games highlighted in blue that have demos

>>723205718
Country filter or alternatively IP ban china from Steam again.

>>723206647
Possibly, but there're really not a lot of people who care about badges. That's probably why they don't do them anymore. The badge only worked in tiers too. I think you got the max XP at just 10 or something. Only other Next Fest fags will really care about the exact count.

Mary probably whined to Gaben

>>723205718
give me a proper discovery queue for the duration of the fest only that doesn't omit half the information
the one right now just plays the trailer and doesn't show dev, screenshots or if its going into Early Access and you can't even check off the demos you're not interested in

I changed recently to linux and I am scared one of these demos will run without fps limit and burn my GPU off.

>>723198096
>>723204132
>>723204432
okay seriously why is this game shilled so hard every next fest thread
every single fest thread I see this game get spammed and there's nothing special about it
yea sure its a game by the /vg/ guys thats cool but there's lots of 4chan games
yes alice haha i get it I did the ritual post now answer the question

>>723205718
Give me a tag to filter out anything with an AI content descriptor attached.
Other than that, I'm having a good time. Enough decent games to try out this time, and we seem to be past simulator garbage making it impossible to find anything else.

GREAT:
>Alabaster Dawn
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3110760/Alabaster_Dawn/
>Poke All Toads
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2302320/Poke_ALL_Toads/
>Reanimal
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2129530/REANIMAL/
>Hell Maiden
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3372060/Hell_Maiden/

SOLID:
>Truckful
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3090810/Truckful/
>Revolgear Zero
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3941820/Revolgear_Zero/
>Anima Gate of Memories: I&II Remaster
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3592140/Anima_Gate_of_Memories_III_Remaster/
>A Heavy Morning
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3509400/A_Heavy_Morning/
>Elements Destiny
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1635500/Elements_Destiny/

NEUTRAL
>Ground Zero
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2340130/Ground_Zero/
>I Hate This Place
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2604490/I_Hate_This_Place/
>HABROMANIA
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3677050/HABROMANIA/
>NAMAKORIUM (ナマコリウム)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3866920/NAMAKORIUM/
>Kriophobia
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1604630/Kriophobia/

>>723191930
wow someone made a ripoff of Cryostasis. so there are other fans out there. thought i was the only one

>>723206938
I hated that game it made me feel cold irl

>>723206915
It got sent to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8Od_6KnaVM so everyone is in haha Alice mode

>>723206927
>Dante's Divine Comedy
>Greek Mythology
you're a pretend-woman, aren't you? its pretty obvious from the way you write

>>723205718
I miss the times when genres were separated by 9-10 page tabs because discovery could be segmented in a better way. Unlike the thing what is now. That always seemed like a downgrade to me
>>723206005
The mere fact of uploading a page game to Steam already implies a fee of $100, charging for participation goes against the philosophy of the festival, communal advertising.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3610210/Klostyn/
>Game starts with a faux Windows 98 installer
>Classic 90's CGI intro
>Decent FPS controls
>First level has you murdering space Africans
Soul?

>>723207189
not a pretend one. you are right though, I wanted to write how it had some similarites to hades, so I got confused. will correct it, thanks for letting me know :)

>>723207363
>Some similarities
This is a Hades mad libs and it's not subtle about it. Don't be surprised when you're able to give out Nectar to your not-brother Vergil.

>>723193225
>>723197170
I've been working on a game for the past year, but didn't make it in time for this next fest. The issue is I'm using some AI generated backgrounds as placeholders and haven't found an artist to commission them at a reasonable rate. I've got about 50 backgrounds, but artists are demanding $600-$1200 per background. I don't have a spare 50k lying around just to commission backgrounds.

The rest of the game is hand drawn art, but I really don't want the 'Contains AI content' tag on my steam page.

What should I do? Just go fuck it and release with the AI backgrounds or keep hunting for a reasonable artist rate?

best AESTHETIC games so far? anything that even pretends to have art direction and not just an interface for delivering gameplay

I'm sure everyone has already bitched about this to death, but there is an absurd amount of obviously AI everything in here clogging up the al gore tubes, this is ridiculous

>>723207578
Using AI art isn't a big deal. never stopped me from buying a game

>>723207578
Resort to real photos

>>723202834
>there are plenty of dropped games that other people would definitely enjoy
True, I was just thinking selfishly. Thanks for your big ass list anon

>>723207665
SOVL

>>723207578
>>723207665
>Tell an AI (an algorithm) to use its database of images to bash together the image you want
>NOOO THIS IS HORRIBLE POISON YOU'RE KILLING ARTISTS!!
>Take real, royalty free photos and kitbash them together, then run it through photoshop filters (also an algorithm)
>Totally fine!
It doesn't make any sense, but if you want to clear your conscience, just use photos.

>>723207665
his only fault was not drawing over the photos, tons of artists have and still do this for bgs
its lazy but it works

>>723207123
ah okay, thanks for letting me know

>>723206871
I feel like it's time for me to add simulation tag to my ban list, tired of this type of slop
RIP actual sims

>>723205718
filter by genre. or at least SOME sort of filter. every discovery queue had at least one [WAGESLAVE] SIMULATOR in it.
No, I don't want to pretend like I'm working after I come home from my day job.

any good boom shoots?

I know about Zorch 2 and Klostyn, those are pretty good.

>>723207578
>$600-$1200 per background
goddamn
AI is heavily stigmatized and it might actually be getting worse and that rep might follow you around, on the other hand spending a fuckton on a game that isn't a guaranteed hit magnum opus might not be the best idea either
I'm not really in the place to dispense advice but, art isn't all about having immaculately detailed paintings for everything. You can do a lot with very little, if you're stylish, especially with lo-fi being hot right now

>>723206927
>Alabaster Dawn
>Poke All Toads
based

>>723199607
I too would like one of these

>>723207578
I'd say keep hunting down artists. Using filtered photos or AI would clash with what you have now. Have to commit. I personally wouldn't have minded any one of the others too much.

Remember this game from the previous Next Fest?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4046520/Mad_King_Redemption_Demo/

I love beat 'em ups and this is a disappointment. Unresponsive and sluggish combat, the same three enemies copied and pasted over and over again, movement is very slow (even after a few meta progression speed upgrades) and honestly there isn't much strategy. You can die instantly from pretty much anything, most of which will be simply falling into the acid pits everywhere because there is a lot of platforming required for this type of game and all of it is instant death if you miss a jump. I got to the first boss, the necromancer and he has one attack and just summons wave after wave of the same three enemies you have been fighting already. Meta progression is the "Damage +5%, Speed +5%" variety. I've seen enough. The game has a strangely high amount of loading time for a simple game and this is with an i7 14300 / 4070 setup...
3/10, it held my attention for a few minutes at least.

>>723208518
I remember a ton of nextfest graduates that somewhat succeeded

>Cloudheim
Very pleasant slop. I'm quite surprised by the quality. But it's UE5 and it's torturing my PC as I type this

>>723207654
>>723207931
>>723208406
Not that devanon but a lot of people get severe ick from AI. Lately I've seen a huge spike in AI hate. Are there any examples of games that openly use AI and did well?

Gotta say, Million Depth has a pretty unique combat system, but it does feel like the game in general is a bit stuffed with features, with the special weapon crafting, weapon bonuses, tetris block weapon builder, barter system, rogue like design, etc. etc.
It's a pretty fun game, but I think it might be overwhelming for some people who go in expecting a traditional roguelite or action platformer.

Anyone else play Fatal Claw? I just finished the demo

It is a total ripoff of hollow knight and nine sols, but the art is admittedly fantastic

>>723208681
Wizard Cats has the AI blurb and it shelled out the cash to be in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLQ9P2-Zwe4

>>723208772
>puppet animation instead of actual animation
Meh.

>>723208835
>In Wizard Cats, AI is used to write the code that powers spells created from runes. No art is generated using AI - all art is hand-drawn by our talented team of artists.

Got another example?

Any xcom like, coom, ecchi, or deck builders worth it here anons?

>>723208706
I always get fucked up by "design your own weapons" games. There was another game called Premodialis or something and I played the demo for 6 hours and wasn't able to make any real world understanding of how to build my fish to do anything properly.

What are some games from 2024's Next Fest that still aren't out but "should" be good?

>>723190473 (OP)
Oh shit I thought it's going to start on the 20th not end. Welp guess I've got some work to do.

>>723208952
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2732820/The_Great_Rebellion/
508 with bots

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1889620/AI_Roguelite/
479

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2073850/THE_FINALS/
Really high. Some of these get Mixed reviews but you can find the well rated thing or two.

>>723209337
I played the finals. It was cool, but I also turned off the announcers instantly.

>>723209337
Thanks. Seems like it might be more permissible when the game doesn't blatantly look AI or its explicitly leveraging AI generation as its core mechanic.

>>723206053
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2830030/MOTORSLICE/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3790860/Placid_Plastic_Deck__A_Quiet_Quest_Demo/

>>723208534
Yeah this game sucks. I feel bad when they said they were only like 3 devs and they had all that asset work done, because the core gameplay is ass. It feels like a game made by people that don't know what makes a game good or fun to actually play.

If you want something that evokes a beat-em-up but with more of a fighting game slant try Bottom Up Beatdown Hostile Takeover. It's clearly a 1 or 2 man passion project made by someone that actually plays video games.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3822860/BottomUp_Beatdown_Hostile_Takeover/

>>723209809
>Get a taste of PPDeck

lumines arise is the best game of this next fest
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2370000/Lumines_Arise/

all the other ones suck dick

>>723209932
Trust me it's a good original game. It's not even a Roguelike which is interesting. It's kind of like an oldschool card game with some weird tricks. It's apart of the Placcid Plastic Duck Series made by an Italian Team.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1999360/Placid_Plastic_Duck_Simulator/

Here is a link to their original game.

>>723207189
>you're a pretend-woman, aren't you?
Look at all the dogshit faux-weeb shit and yurishit. That's definitely a tranny.

>>723205718
Filter out AI Slop, Filter out the Chinese Asset Flips, also allow people to choose by Genre. It's an easy fix.

>>723209282
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2267360/Fragmented_City/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3008640/Onikura/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2121510/Tenebris_Somnia/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1553260/Scarlet_Deer_Inn/

>>723209967
>wow big flashy lights SO COOL!!!

>>723204202
Not from this Fest but there's Lingo II

>>723200327
Wishlisted.

>>723210556
you will never be a woman

>>723190473 (OP)
The short version. Everything on it is currently shit unless your Indian, like garbage looking games, want to play trash

Theres 5 decent looking games from next fest and that's it.
One is a bad clone of resident evil 1, another re4, a 2d shooter, a detective game and and a 3d platformers

That's it

NINTENDOOOOO!
SUE THIS MAN!

Steam has REALLY fucked with the personalization. 70% of the demos it shows me are tower defense games.

>>723190846
>Chad who enjoys a wide variety of games
>>723210865
>Virgin who can't find a single game he truly likes

I did everything in the lure of passion demo and I don't think I can say I enjoyed it much mostly because stardew valley fishing sucks. Give me some real fishing that leads to me me having sex with women and then I'll buy your game.
The flower girl and vampire were hot though

>>723210949
Why are you going on about virginity you fucking retard? Are you illiterate? I mention 5 games do I not????

>Painkiller
More like Doom Eternal: Co-op edition, with Marvel writing

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1985300/SIR_ABANDON/

Atmosphere is 10/10 in this demo, especially when night falls. Night was genuinely creepy in the same way that Lecarde Chronicles games or Chronicles of the Wolf has that unsettling edge to them (IYKYK). Other than that, the combat, movement and exploration is slow and you can only play the awkward archer class in the demo which I assume gets easier to play as you level up but since the demo is so short you don't get a chance to do this. Based on what you can play this game will be a slow burn, but that isn't always a bad thing. I hope the night ambience actually has a payoff because it was the highlight of the game for aesthetic alone.

5/10 - It has some potential, but the demo is very restrictive and short. The base gameplay needs to be sped up a lot as this felt like more of a grinding 2D RPG than a metroidvania and basic enemies were taking 10+ hits to die at level 1 and still taking 7+ at level 2. Each screen was simply too big for the characters slow movement.

Tried out Birdcage. Don't really play shmups much but it's pretty fun from what's there. Swinging a sword around is neat, but I found it pretty tricky to use to defensively while also keeping track of all the projectiles and my own positioning, was pretty easy to get overwhelmed, though I hardly play games in this genre so that's probably just a me problem, maybe someone who plays shmups a lot won't have any trouble picking it up.
Pretty fun regardless, will keep an eye on it.

>>723193372
>>723200767
Delayed

https://x.com/Dragami_Games/status/1977922553374204351

>>723211021
games that you settled for, nothing more.

>>723211496
the trailer sounds like a pharma commercial

>>723211516
The sword thing is pulling heavily from Radiant Silvergun if you want more of a frame of reference. Another indie shmup from this year that used a similar mechanic is Lilac 0.

>>723200191
>>723201302
reminds me of that 2d giant worm game, I used to play it all the time

Alright /v/ros I need you to give me the best demos for 3D Platformers RIGHT NOW
Don't give me the boring lame ones, I need the GOOD ones
Only the finest scrimblos for me PLEASE

>Grab a controller for Hell Maiden
Why? Does a VSlike really need 4 buttons?

>>723211741
So your saying that your happy to consume shit? Not just shit but an abundance of shit.

1 single game such as Fight N Rage is worth more time and everyone's attention than the entire list of games from the current next fest

>>723212064
bubsy

>NextFest arrives
>"Alright I'm just gonna grab 3-5 demos that look really good and call it there"
>I've already played 20
Every fucking time

The only games worth playing Demos for if you have a good PC and hate asset flips and low effort AI Games.

Stand-Outs

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2830030/MOTORSLICE/

Prince Of Persia, Mirrors Edge and Hypertrance.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2464280/Tormented_Souls_2/

Resident Evil and Silent Hill oldschool gameplay but more evolved.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3790860/Placid_Plastic_Deck__A_Quiet_Quest_Demo/

A fun little Card Game that has 3D Gameplay and odd cutscenes that are not just Pixel only. Very interesting story.

Great Shmups.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2618150/BIRDCAGE_Dryad_Ecophene_Module_Object/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3941820/Revolgear_Zero/

A Starfox-Death-Revolver Like

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2984030/Death_In_Abyss_Demo/#app_reviews_hash


Solid Action Games

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1820000/Homura_Hime/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2991310/Eternal_Palace_Sakura/

I will say with Eternal Sakura even if it is a Rogue but it's interesting in the sense that even if it's rough around the edges it's much better than where it was a year ago. It will definitely improve greatly from here forward.

Ecchi Game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3340680/LoveR_Kiss_Endless_Memories/ Whenever this Demo releases.

Also do not forget to leave feedback on forums for these games. Help these games succeed so we can make the industry into what we want it to be.

>>723212142
Sounds like you have it all figured out then. You can leave now and go play fight and rage.

>>723212219
some people have a real hard time with the concept of subjectivity

I may not be enjoying video games at this point after all.

>>723211863
Ah yeah I know about Lilac 0, played that during the previous fest, that wasn't bad either, though not really my cup of tea so I didn't follow it. Don't know if I'd say it's similar though, the sword dash thing was more of a movement ability with a fairly generous width for projectile deleting, compared to Birdcage where you have to hold it out in front of you and swing it to remove blue projectiles.

>>723208184
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3989170/Project_Warlock_Lost_Chapters_Demo/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3808730/Ctesiphon/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3495980/Wanted_3D_Dead_or_Alive/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2954080/Painted_In_Blood/

And a remake of what technically started it all. Before Dusk popularised the revival
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3709080/Wrack_Remake/

Wrack may or may not have aged well. But the point here was to try and improve it I guess.

>>723212295
I know it's subjective, but come on the amount of shit and AI and crap in this thread and the previous has been awful lol. It's better to help pick out good releases I played first and actually have some polish vs ones that everyone is going to try be tired of and know it was some Pajeet or Chang shilling their game.

>>723212219
>Resident Evil and Silent Hill oldschool gameplay but more evolved
I've never gotten into this genre, but what sets a good game from a bad one? I noticed there are a SHITLOAD of these in this nextfest.

Do (You) like Betty?

>>723212502
The whole thing about Resident Evil and Silent Hill back in the old days was about solving Puzzles, having less bullets and ammo and surviving, it also had scary atmosphere with Zombies(Resident Evil) or Psychological Terror(Silent Hill) people just miss those aspects of those games because nowadays Zombies do not exist, and there is hardly any real scary games with Spiders or weird creatures based on a persons fears.

Is there like a game you can buy off the unity or unreal shop that people use to make these shop simulators? There's so fucking many of them and outside of models and textures they look exactly the same.

>>723212598
Also I forgot to mention, what seperates a good one from a bad is those who understand the puzzle solving aspects and the fear of wandering around and trying to survive very well. Puzzles are not too hard, but just enough to make you think it over a few times before you are like "I got it!"

Death in Abyss is a kind of odd one. Movement is snappy and quick, and the speed the heat metre cools down lets you be pretty mobile in short bursts. Only letdown is that the enemies are kind of bland, can't really tell if the game wants me to endlessly kite them (which is boring) or take advantage of the cooldown rate to engage in close-medium distance with lots of dodging (which works up until enemies spawn behind you). Worth a try, but personally I'm not into it

>>723211725
>it's joever..
We got too cocky bros.

>>723212079
If it's anything like Ember and Blade the extra inputs are for more skills

wishlist my gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame

>>723206467
Tower defense is going to have a resurgence, mark my words

Somebody knows the password in Yunyun?

>>723213062
which one is it dumbass

>>723213341
say the entire line
>Time to skibidi denpa up in this bihhh!

>>723192882
>Wonder of Blue
the binding of alice
cute

>>723191783
>Fanservice/porn games with good gameplay
let me know if one ever releases

>>723204853
>more than half are mixed
Damn.. also LOL crabs got a deduction

>>723212768
Try to give feedback on the forums if you can. Developers do listen especially Indie ones.

>>723213341
check the wiki

I've been looking forward to motorslice since a fellow /v/ermin put me on to it, thanks bro. Anyway the demo is even cooler than I expected

>>723192137
Game?

The regions of ruin 2 demo is out, and I'm looking forward to trying it because the first game was peak dwarf content.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1375750/Regions_of_Ruin_Runegate/

>>723192251
having played slots and daggers, the balance is really fucky with some weapons being downright run killers since late stage boss's have so much hp and can kill you quick, also didn't like how greedy with chips it became, I think a full run you can get like 6-7 per enemy but upgrades jump from 50 to 150

>>723198708
I liked remnant 1 although I used the double barrel shotgun the entire game because I never found a gun that felt better than it.

>>723213652
The Alice Game
Wonder of Blue

lol nice balance

>80% of the games again are either deck builders or 'roguelikes'
Jesus christ, where are the original games at, or at least a solid VR experience.

>>723203627
they're trying to ride balatro's coattails but making another poker game would be too blatant

>>723214106
you can pull off some major bs with vergil's weapon. haven't tested horace yet

Wow life as a semi-popular developer sounds miserable. Having to fix 30 things.

I need Golden Idol clone detective games, So far I have
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3366350/Confidential_Killings_Demo/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3036350/A_Case_of_Fraud/

>>723214223
>or at least a solid VR experience.

Was Pathologic 3 announced ahead of time, or did the existence of it shadowdrop with the demo?

>>723197413
>Going from indie pixelshit to soulless corporate video artstyle

Wish I could filter out games by engine, so I don't get any UE5slop due to how fucking ass it runs for any indie using it vs. how it already chugs on AAA.

Tried Strategos. It's more a cross between total war and field of glory 2 than merely total war but a bit different. It was a little clunky for me controls wise but I think it has potential depending on the price point. Biggest issue for me is I have no interest in random custom battles, so it's campaign map or bust.

Any games with fun movement? I already tried motorslice and enjoyed it.

>>723214481
Ahead of time, but it was only announced last Friday so it's still a bit of surprise. I just finished playing it and I loved it. Can't wait for the full game.

ah

>>723214481
Wasn't it announced months ago? I remember people being pissed because they had convinced themselves it would be a free DLC, and it ended up a separate game only free to KS backers. Or do you mean the demo getting announced?

>>723212318
I played a bunch of fucking garbage for 0-5 minutes each and then I saw someone mention Locator and beat the demo after an hour so maybe there is still love for vidya underneath it all

From the top is fun, beyblade but you're being held hostage

>>723209820
>dash animation is kazuya crouch dash>
KINO

Anything with a kemono aesthetic this time around? Last time around, Ovis Loop caught my eye, which did launch since then, albeit with fuck-all for content.

>expecting a demo for Kingmakers since it was supposed to be out sometime this month
>look up the storepage
>they announced a week ago that the game was delayed to some point in the future
God damnit.

>>723213341
Honestly I feel horrified when I launched the game
Pretty good honestly.

>>723214481
Oh, if you meant the existence of 3 itself, then that was announced last October. There was a prototype demo back in March, and there's a new proper demo now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcqbg8tW9kU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXo5_CrY-sM

Has anyone played that crpg published by owlcat?

>>723215087
Three more weeks!

>>723192234
Yunyun Syndrome was really cute!
had a good kek with mommy mode I honestly didn't expect it to be live video

>>723215362
I was wondering when this was supposed to come out. A shame this banner confirms my fears that a couple specific characters got removed in this version.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3631290/Slots__Daggers/

ADDICTIVE SLOT SLOPPA

>>723215243
Shadow of the Road? It was promising. I like how varied your party members were in their abilities. It was pretty fucking surreal seeing glossary tooltips for Japanese stuff like sake and gaijin and whatnot like you get with fantasy RPGs explaining what elves are. I played it months ago when it first came out. Not sure if they've added new since.

>>723215362
>fakku
NEVER giving these faggots a single cent

Anything Mega Man X styled of action platformer or 3d action? Preferably not yet-another-Metroidvania, but I guess I can deal with that.

>>723215559
well, Fukku

>>723215556
Oh, didn't know it's been available for a while. Will probably give it a go tomorrow

>>723205718
negative tag search. I dont wanna filter out all roguelikes on the whole fucking store/website but if I'm searching for a demo to play let me do an advanced search to find something other than the 99th roguelike and/or deckbuilder

>>723214689
I don't think it's a part of this fest but check out 500 CALIBER CONTRACTZ

>>723214689
>>723215740
Movement? More like Troonment

i played like 3 metroidvanias in a row (thanks silksong) and now my recommended for you section on the next fest page is 100% metroidvania on every page

Weirdly it included this maid game which looks more like a top down arpg but has the metroidvania tag anyway. But it looks fun so I'll check it out
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3721890/Maid_of_Salvation/

>>723212436
Thanks anon.

>>723215852
Last thread, someone said it was very bland. I still downloaded it, but I'm going in with low expectations.

Anything on the caliber of Void Stranger/Lobotomy Corporation/Troubleshooter:Abandoned Children?

>>723216216
I feel like someone would have found it by now.
Shitty nextfest, can't win them all

>>723192137
Anon, come pick up your rat wife.

>Pathologic 3
I'm sorry for ever doubting you, IPL-sama.
Certified kino incoming.

Is arc raiders out yet? Also painkiller has shit performance unfortunately

This is a really fun TPS game with cute designs
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2841320/Foobar_Zero/

multiplayer though

>>723216216
Birdcage
>bububut it's a shmup
That's right, time to actually git good, scrub

>>723199391
have patience rhythmchad...

>>723216685
open beta 17th-29th
release 30th

>>723216843
19th not 29th

Finally, gaming.

>>723216793
Reminds me of S4 from way back in the day. Instantly downloaded, will try tomorrow during active hours

>Tired
trackmania if it discouraged high speeds and drifting.

>>723217068
>not gaming on Distance

>>723215670
Is this by the same game as the bunny game that /v/ spams

>>723217183
I don't know what it is.

>>723212219
>motorslop enjoyer speaks about the quality of games
lol. the gameplay mechanics are so shallow, traversal is boring. it's a literal movie game made for normie npcs wowed by pretty graphics and set pieces.

>>723217274
>Movie Game
You did not play it.

>>723216793
>>723217023
Foobar zero IS a s4 league clone kek. And that's a good thing
Graphics could be improved but I see the soul. Looks cuter than code zin esper arena but it will likely flop as well

>>723217274
Preach. The combat told me everything I needed to know about this game

>>723204202
https://messenger.abeto.co/

>>723217618
>Come ON COME ON COME ON

>brno transit
>brush burial gutter world
>birdcage
you're welcome

>>723213409
PhaigeX Confiners

>>723216685
Painkiller has shit everything. What a blunder.

I have a moderate urge to do sexually inappropriate things to this spider. Too bad it's an idle game

>try out vostok
>start out with pistol
>kill one guy
>get shot through two windows by some guy with infinite ammo
>spend 10 minutes creeping through trailers digging through drawers for meds
>find nothing
>die
Is there some correct way to play this I'm missing

Any mech or FPS demos?

>>723218282
yes

>>723217618
Every time the girl got close to a railing I expected her to grind on it but it never happened. It just seems wrong without grinding.

>>723194259
anon played a mecha one >>723218282

some people just want to sit here and not have any fun while the rest of us are playing demos I guess

I really enjoyed this demo. It's way better than TMNT: Shredder's Revenge imo. It feels closer to Streets of Rage 4 mixed with some fighting game juggling.

>>723218282
There's https://store.steampowered.com/app/3951760/FEED_MY_MECH_Demo/ if you want the slow, plodding sort. Not great, but unique and serviceable I guess.

>>723218282
Played one mech themed game called Steel Defence. It's basically just a half-assed Vampire Survivors ripoff and wasn't good. But it's there. All I've seen so far though.

>>723216216
I search for that every next fest. Not going so hot. You got good taste, at least.

Any cope posts from reddit or twitter game devs whining about not getting engagement? I live for that shit. Bonus point for games that completely lack soul

>>723219186
May need to wait a bit longer. They're still in hopeful delusional denial.

>>723219186
Just the usual retards who do it for free defending trash like Painkiller and '83 in the forums with the usual non-arguments ("it's only a beta/demo!", "who cares, it's free!", "it'll get better at release!", etc)

>>723192137
It's time... to go to Alice...

>australian game demo
>WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR THE WOOGARJAR TRIBE
>instantly uninstall demo

Huh, didn't expect this to ever get its fucking PC release finally after four years, despite the dev lying about making it graphically superior to the formerly-Quest exclusive release.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1601770/RUNNER/

>>723218554
This game has the most passive enemies I've ever seen in a beat-em-up. The comboing in Streets of Rage 4 actually serves a mechanical purpose, here it's just dumping on punching bags.

>>723219926
True, I did think it was super easy. I don't know if the full game will have difficulty settings or not. It was satisfying to absolutely destroy everything on screen though, and I liked how different each character felt to play.

When in the fuck is Poke All Toads releasing? 2025 is nearly over.

>>723219704
Screen Australia doesn't give you grant money unless you bend the knee.
t. Australian who fucking hates it here

>play hades 2
>steam now recommends nothing but 100000 action roguelikes
Thanks. I didn't even knew so much slop existed.

>>723220679
Disgusting

New Breed

>>723221548
>>723221548
>>723221548

>>723216617
How different is it to the previous demo?

>>723221689
Very different. It's the beginning of the actual game, as far as I can tell. Though it was probably edited around a bit to still be demo-y.

>>723203543
>Don't get the appeal of zombie survival games that aren't Project Zomboid
nigga pls

>>723202408
steam community is dead, its all on discord now