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Next Fest 2024 Best Demos From the Event

The final part of my favorite next fest demos from June 2024. All games shown are demos played from the event.

0:00 Intro
00:25 Kemono Heroes
2:07 OverRider
3:59 Sealed Bite Extended
5:52 Vampire Therapist
7:39 Selfloss
9:13 Grapple Dog: Cosmic Canines
10:45 Before I Go
12:32 Cat Quest 3
14:09 Sworn
15:47 Red Entropy
17:14 Abya: Paintball
19:21 The Rise
20:38 Monowave
22:16 Rubato
23:59 What the Car
25:40 Feed the Deep
27:29 Witchroid Vania
29:04 Scarmonde
31:02 The Alters
33:22 NeonGarten
35:17 Freeride
36:54 Creatures of Ava
39:11 Legends of Astravia
40:49 Ark of Charon
43:32 Republic of Pirates

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More Best of Steam NextFest Demos

This is part 3 of my favorite demos of upcoming games from Steam Next Fest June 2024 edition, all games shown are demos played from the event.

0:00 Intro
00:25 Node Farmer
2:59 Stardust Demon
4:51 Faye Falling
6:40 Patti Hattu: Cosmic Revolt
8:03 Guncho
10:00 TDS – Tower Defense Strategy
11:34 Chimera Custom XG
13:01 Tormenture
15:24 Green Again
18:35 Forgotlings
20:24 Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
21:55 Rune Coliseum
24:12 Slash Quest
25:53 Seafrog
28:04 Time Circuit
29:44 Lost Castle 2
31:33 Lethal Honor: Order of the Apocalypse
32:56 Iron Diamond
34:37 Soul Drifter
36:40 Exographer

Josh Bycer

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Best of Next Fest 2023 1/20/24

And at long last, the end of this particular Next Fest, but there are more to come.

0:00 Intro
00:18 Return From Core (Steam)
3:38 Crossover: Roll for Initiative (Steam)
5:37 Great Ambition of the Slimes (Steam)

Josh Bycer

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Best of Next Fest 2023 1/19/24

0:00 Intro (Steam)
00:19 Empires Shall Fall (Steam)
2:15 Iron Marines Invasion (Steam)
4:18 Gaiatrek (Steam)
6:34 Acolyte of the Altar (Steam)
8:40 Distant Bloom (Steam)

Editor’s Note: Our presentation of Josh Bycer’s NextFest finds continues. Tomorrow will be the last in this sequence, I think.

Josh Bycer

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Best of Next Fest Showcase 1/18/24

More games from Next fest 2023 worth checking out.

0:00 Intro
00:20 Phoenix Springs (Steam)
2:24 Axon TD: Uprising (Steam)
5:14 Froggy’s Battle (Steam)
6:24 Spellrain (Steam)
7:57 Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles (Steam)
10:20 Lapsus (Steam)
11:25 Lords of Exile (Steam)

Josh Bycer

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Best of Next Fest 2023 1/17/24

0:00 Intro
00:17 Yomi 2 (Steam)
2:09 Jello (Steam)
4:47 Laika: Aged Through Blood (Steam)
7:40 Loddleanut (Steam)
9:32 Jumplight Odyssey (Steam)
12:49 Dreamed Away (Steam)

Editor’s note: There’s a backlog of Josh Bycer’s Next Fest posts that I need to clear out, so the next few days will be devoted to them. Please enjoy!

Josh Bycer

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Next Fest Showcase 12/30/23

I heard everyone here likes indie games.

The games in this video:

00:18 Choo Choo Survivor (Steam)
1:49 Reverie (Steam)
3:09 Spell Disk (Steam)
6:10 Cataclismo (Steam)
10:35 Lovux (Steam)
11:53 The Devil Within: Satgat (Steam)
14:47 Magin: The Rat Project Stories (Steam)
16:56 Cusineer (Steam)
20:09 Moonlight Pulse (Steam)
24:16 Cyber Knights: Flashpoint (Steam)
25:59 Final Knight (Steam)

Josh Bycer

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Next Fest Showcase 12/16/23

Some of my favorites from Next Fest 2023.

00:18 Cross Blitz (Steam)
3:56 Skator Gator 3D (Steam)
5:27 Memori (Steam)
7:03 Go Fight Fantastic (Steam)
10:09 Marko: Beyond Brave (Steam)
11:32 Viewfinder (Steam)
13:08 The Backworld (Steam)
14:33 Surmount (Steam)
15:48 Freenergy (Steam)
17:29 Probo Rush (Steam)
18:23 Crop Rotation (Steam)
20:32 Sword Hero (Steam)
22:29 Knights of the Road (Steam)

Josh Bycer

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Next Fest Showcase 12/11/23

So many more games to show off.

00:10: Vanhellswing (Steam)
2:01: Underground Blossom (Steam)
3:32: Echo Point Nova (Steam)
5:22: Islands of The Caliph (Steam)
6:44: Let’s Revolution! (Steam)
8:26: Chickenauts (Steam)
9:35: Gravity Castle (Steam)
11:04: Diebrary (Steam)
12:27: Stop Dead (Steam)

EDITOR’S NOTE: It’s that time of year again, when time is short and news is light. There are a lot of these Next Fest video showcases lined up, so there’ll probably be more than usual of these for the next couple of weeks.

Josh Bycer

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