Demo Week, without the AI
299 AI demos hidden, 270 left.
Every new Steam demo from the last seven days, 25 Oct to 31 Oct.
569 demos came out this week. 299 are hidden because their developers declared AI.
Some developers don't declare AI, so a few may slip through. New demos are added every three hours. Player counts are checked every few hours.
110 demos without AI, tagged Adventure, most played first.
Solbrand
Dead People Dreaming
2409. As the new Spook on HMS Solbrand you dive deep into a past steeped in grand norse myth and quiet local legend. Command your submersible, survey sunken ruins, uncover puzzling fragments, commune with the dead, and untangle a pseudo-historical knot of cosmic proportions: Why is the sun so loud?
Story RichExplorationChoices MatterPuzzleMystery▶ Peak: 76 playersMore like this →海特兰世界
Destined game Studio
Haitland World is an idle single-player MMORPG. You are the only human on the server; every other player is AI: they trade, steal your mobs, form guilds and seek revenge. Hardcore progression, auto-battle, offline rewards. No internet, never shuts down. In-game "top-ups" are for show, no real money.
LootHack and SlashIdlerAction RPGIsometric▶ Peak: 22 playersMore like this →Winds of Viridia
Shark Jump, Matt Trobbiani
Explore the valley of the towering Grantree, battle grand beasts, and find out what’s driving the creatures in these forgotten lands mad. Discover secrets, make new friends, and find powerful lost relics. Take on fearsome bosses, and uncover the truth of the wild frenzy.
Action-AdventureAdventureExplorationSouls-likeFantasy▶ Peak: 20 playersMore like this →我家猫猫是女仆!
土豆花制作组
A short, slice-of-life romance visual novel. As an anime merch shop clerk, you meet a cat-eared maid "cosplayer" while running an errand for your manager. Her request? Adopt her! Wait—she’s a real catgirl?! Your cozy life with an adorable catgirl begins!
2D PlatformerRPGInteractive FictionWord GameVisual Novel▶ Peak: 18 playersMore like this →INANIMA
Obscure Tales
A survival horror game set in the isolated facilities of a strange corporation. Search for limited supplies, and fight terrifying creatures to reveal the truth behind the Lazarus project. Be part of something that will change the future of humanity.
Survival HorrorPsychological HorrorAtmosphericAction-AdventureSci-fi▶ Peak: 13 playersMore like this →Adopt Me Please
Joyever Studio
Welcome to the Softlight Shelter . The animals are cute. The coffee is warm. Your job: vet the strays and find them a home. But keep your eyes open. Mimics are hiding in perfect pet disguises with innocent eyes, waiting to get inside. Are you sheltering a pet... or a Mimic?
Psychological HorrorHorrorSimulationChoices MatterIndie▶ Peak: 12 playersMore like this →Alisa: The Parting
Casper Croes
Alisa: The Parting is an unforgettable action packed adventure, that looks and plays exactly like a late 90's and early 2000's 32bit game. With crispy pixely polygons and pre-rendered backgrounds and cinematics, Alisa: The Parting is enjoyable in both solo and co-op play.
ActionAdventureAction-AdventurePuzzleShooter▶ Peak: 11 playersMore like this →花鸟水月
Pygma山鬼工坊
This is a visual novel game themed around 'painting.' The story begins with a commission to restore a damaged painting, and as the art exhibition draws near, the secrets hidden beneath the canvas will gradually be revealed.
AdventureVisual NovelStory RichAnimeRomance▶ Peak: 11 playersMore like this →Backrooms Anomaly Project
Mahatsu
An anomaly-spotting horror game set in the Backrooms. Explore eerie corridors, study every detail, and spot anything that shouldn't be there. Move forward when everything is normal, or turn back when something is wrong. Avoid the darkness and run when something starts chasing you.
ExplorationPuzzleHorrorImmersive SimCasual▶ Peak: 9 playersMore like this →红尘游记
梦想家工作室
Hong Chen You Ji is a 2D top-down pixel wuxia action RPG. Play a village-raised youth seeking his origins among sects and officials. Real-time combat uses movement, weapons, and martial arts. Day, night, weather, and seasons change what you can do. Be a hero, doctor, or escort on your own path.
RPGActionCasualAdventureAction-Adventure▶ Peak: 7 playersMore like this →Breadwinner
Mithika Games
You are the eldest child and the only one with a job. Over six paydays to Christmas, split one salary between rent, the electric bill, Nanay's medicine, and what your family asks of you, then come home to see what it cost them. A Filipino horror game about things that happen to real families.
Psychological HorrorStory RichChoices MatterMultiple EndingsLife Sim▶ Peak: 7 playersMore like this →Gobble Inn
Spilt Milk Studios Ltd
Gobble Inn is a soothing, relaxing roguelike with no fail states. Use powerful tools to dig deep for delicious, rare foodstuffs. Eat dishes to power up. Experiment with builds that help you explore the Chasm. Fill your pack with food and cursèd trinkets, and keep the inn supplied with ingredients!
Action RoguelikeExplorationRogueliteShop KeeperAdventure▶ Peak: 6 playersMore like this →ESTELLA - The Sin of Time -
ESTELLA Productions
Switch between multiple protagonists in this suspense visual novel and follow the event of the three days leading up to Halloween. Piece together clues from each perspective to uncover the truth, as your choices reshape the fates of the others.
Visual NovelMysteryStory RichFemale ProtagonistAnime▶ Peak: 6 playersMore like this →Pine Creek
DREADMITH Games
A weekend getaway to Pine Creek in '86 turns into a nightmare when your wife vanishes as strange lights appear in the sky. Solve puzzles, hide from the grays, save Sarah and survive the night in this first-person stealth survival horror. The truth is darker than you think.
Survival HorrorAliens1980sPuzzleStealth▶ Peak: 6 playersMore like this →Treeternal
GrumpyLion
Chop, upgrade, repeat. Venture into a fast-regrowing forest in this top-down incremental roguelite. Draft cards to expand your level-up deck, recruit woodcutter friends, and scale your logging empire to harvest massive amounts of timber.
IdlerIncrementalRogueliteArcadeRoguelike▶ Peak: 4 playersMore like this →Unknown Depths
Unknown Games
Climb down a deep, dark shaft with up to three friends. A blind worm grows out of the rock and hunts you by scent: move fast and it follows your trail. Light holds it back, but not for long. Hook, swing and rappel deeper, while your friends' voices echo down the shaft.
HorrorOnline Co-OpSurvival HorrorPhysicsCo-op▶ Peak: 4 playersMore like this →Mummy's Escape
Timtres Games
After centuries of slumber, Rek awakens to find his beloved Nilo missing. Travel through ancient pyramids, oasis paths, and forgotten ruins, mastering three unique forms to overcome challenges and defeat the guardians standing in your way.
AdventurePuzzleIndiePuzzle PlatformerLogic▶ Peak: 3 playersMore like this →Night of the Wolves
Chenke Games
A simple trip across town on Halloween to see his girlfriend goes off the rails when José runs into an unexpected parade, a blocked shortcut, a racist cop... and a cursed beast. Join him and his sister-in-law Tina as things only get worse from there!
PuzzlePoint & Click2DAdventureThird Person▶ Peak: 3 playersMore like this →To Reign in Hell
Choice of Games
The empress of Hell is gone. Seize her throne, and wage war on Heaven! A text-based interactive dark fantasy novel, 630,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
RPGInteractive FictionChoose Your Own AdventureText-BasedDark Fantasy▶ Peak: 3 playersMore like this →Vignus
Codifyre
Ignite the everburning spark of life on a perilous alien world. VIGNUS is a top-down action RPG blending build-crafting combat with creature automation. Purify corrupted creatures, chain them into thriving production lines, defend your home, and uncover the truth of your origin — the Lifespark.
Action RoguelikeStrategyAction-AdventureTop-DownAction▶ Peak: 3 playersMore like this →Pale Static
Veilgrain
The town went quiet before the squad arrived. A cinematic first-person survival horror: search rain-soaked streets, ration every bullet, and trace an outbreak back to something buried far longer than anyone admits.
Early AccessSurvival HorrorHorrorActionPsychological Horror▶ Peak: 3 playersMore like this →Departure of Darkness
Red Vault Interactive
Emma is forced to clear a horrifying parasite-infested airport as she fights to save her brother. In this 90s style Retro Survival Horror, you’ll have the option to save or leave behind fellow survivors during your adventure. However, your choices will have consequences...
Survival HorrorAction-AdventureOld SchoolPuzzleFemale Protagonist▶ Peak: 3 playersMore like this →Better Together
Víbrur Games
A 2 to 6 player co-op psychological horror. Become neighbors with your friends in an underground experiment. Complete the studies, get paid by doing tasks, while the Institute notes your routine. Betray your friends before they do. In the end you'll know exactly who your friends really are.
Psychological HorrorCo-opOnline Co-OpHorrorFunny▶ Peak: 3 playersMore like this →Sundowner
Gocrabown
A third-person adventure focused on exploration and environmental puzzles. Explore a mysterious estate, underground facilities, and ancient ruins. With no text to guide you, rely on observation, logic, and intuition to find your way.
AdventureShooterPuzzleExplorationThird-Person Shooter▶ Peak: 3 playersMore like this →Empty Heaven: Liminal Dream
Deep One Games
You are a woman exploring liminal spaces as if wandering through a dream, searching for those you lost. Uncover the mystery connecting these ever-shifting realities. No jumpscares or chases. Inspired by Dreamcore and the Backrooms.
Psychological HorrorStory RichAtmosphericExplorationMystery▶ Peak: 2 playersMore like this →Meal Quest
CatHat Games
Explore the magical world inside your fridge, plan meals, and fight your way to the Dream City. Your in-game nutrition choices grant you combat bonuses that reflect each vitamin’s actual role in the body.
ActionAdventureAction RoguelikeAction RPGRoguelite▶ Peak: 2 playersMore like this →Shardana
Alessandro Melia
🌊 SHARDANA is a survival horror game set in Nuragic Sardinia. Shipwrecked on a mysterious island, you must survive, explore, and find a cure for a terrifying infestation. But beware of the night: that’s when the monsters emerge. 🌙🗿
ExplorationPvEAction-Adventure3DThird Person▶ Peak: 2 playersMore like this →Infernal West
Don't Know Studio
Infernal West is a first-person psychological horror puzzle game set in a Wild West saloon. Observe every detail, identify the anomalies warping reality, and unravel the mysteries hidden within an endless loop. Every decision may bring you closer to the exit... or trap you in the loop forever.
AdventurePuzzleExplorationHidden Object3D▶ Peak: 2 playersMore like this →PENANCE
FuristicStudio
PENANCE is a single-player experience where you play as Calen, a former ranger trapped in a place that feels familiar, yet wrong. Day and night levels bring different dangers, forcing you to fight with whatever you can find to survive and uncover the truth behind it.
ActionHorrorThird PersonStory RichAdventure▶ Peak: 2 playersMore like this →Screams of the Abyss
Larmiche
Descend into the abyss, following the trail of a vanished expedition. Piece together their story through the recordings they left behind and uncover why none of them ever returned to the surface.
Psychological HorrorAtmosphericHorrorAdventureWalking Simulator▶ Peak: 2 playersMore like this →Scars of the Soul
ShunGuang Games
Awaken as Altos, a warrior whose memories were torn apart by the Void. Explore a dozen interconnected regions, craft your own Soul Orb builds, and face 20+ bosses in this 2D Souls-like ARPG.
ExplorationMetroidvaniaSouls-likeAction RPGAction-Adventure▶ Peak: 1 playerMore like this →Adventure Jam
adventure
A survivor game. Zone 7 burned for seven days. You crawled from the ash with a still-hot gun. 100+ classes · 12 maps · 870+ weapons · 800+ items · 160+ monsters · 60+ tyrants. Horde-survive. Keep the last lamp alive.
Early AccessSurvivalBullet HellRogueliteAction Roguelike▶ Peak: 1 playerMore like this →Hypnosis : Quiet Nights
MOMO Mind Lab
A psychological exploration game combining dialogue and side-scrolling action. Guide a sleepless girl through a journey of dreams, medication, and fragile emotions. Enter her dreams, battle adorable yet dangerous creatures, and gently change the course of her fate.
ActionPsychological2D PlatformerSide ScrollerAtmospheric▶ Peak: 1 playerMore like this →Maeli Keus
Devoniak Studios
A world that only exists where you look. Explore a dreamlike land that manifests around you as you walk, gather crystals to relight forgotten checkpoints, and escape the creature that hunts you through the light.
AdventureAction-AdventureChoose Your Own AdventureExplorationHidden Object▶ Peak: 1 playerMore like this →Making Room?
VAINSANE
An unpaid-rent argument leads Var to a house book that changes her housemates whenever they cross the kitchen threshold. A short psychological horror visual novel about living together, resentment, and making other people easier to bear.
AdventureVisual NovelChoose Your Own AdventureIndie2.5D▶ Peak: 1 playerMore like this →Slender Island
Ponetti
Slender Island is a first-person survival horror game where you find yourself on an abandoned island with a goal of stealing all the treasures hidden in its dungeons. However, Slender Mouse and other monsters won't give them up without a fight.
HorrorSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonExplorationWalking Simulator▶ Peak: 1 playerMore like this →西部打打 Western Brawl
DaDa Game Studio
In a quiet western town, the righteous gunslinger Hannah finds herself surrounded by enemies from all directions inside a saloon. Draw your revolver, take down waves of ruthless outlaws, and fight your way through intense gunfights to carve out a path to survival!
ActionWestern2D PlatformerCombatAdventure▶ Peak: 1 playerMore like this →JANO ADVENTURE
QstoFlow
This ever-changing world is not for the faint of heart. Craft weapons and armor, master a variety of abilities, and combine them. Only by using everything at your disposal wisely will you achieve victory and uncover the secrets behind these changes.
Early Access2DPixel GraphicsRPGRoguelike▶ Peak: 1 playerMore like this →
Some developers don't declare AI, so a few may slip through.