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Steam Next Fest kicks off with 600+ demos and developer streams
half a year steam next festival It’s currently in the works, including game live streams, developer chats, tutorials, and – this is a big deal – playable demos of hundreds of upcoming games.
Steam Next Fest is a great way to get hands-on with unreleased games you’ve been keeping an eye on, and things you’ve never seen before or wouldn’t consider spending money on without a test drive first. One potential objection to it – and really nothing to complain about – is that there are so many demos and so little time.
According to Valve, there were 628 demos in this round of Next Fest, which means you’ll have to do an average of 89.7 demos per day, every day, if you want to see them. Valve expects more to join as Next Fest rolls out, so you might as well call it 90 a day to make sure nothing’s missed.
If this seems a little daunting, here are some I think would be a good starting point:
Remember this is only a small part of it all – you can dive into all the demos and Steam Next Fest pageWe’ll dive into some of our favorites in more depth later this week – in the meantime, if you have any personal picks, feel free to share them with us in the comments. Steam Next Fest will run until February 28th.