Next Fest, without the AI
The demos people are actually playing, most played first.
7,008 games in Steam Next Fest until 26 October. 2,506 of them declare AI.
Some developers don't declare it, so a few may slip through. Player counts are checked every few hours.
1,196 demos, tagged Puzzle, including 361 that declare AI, marked in yellow.
Meltdown Crew
Meltdown Games
Run a barely-stable nuclear reactor with your friends in this online co-op physics chaos game. Fix broken systems, manage radiation, survive power outages, and prevent a total meltdown before everything goes horribly wrong.
ActionSimulationStrategyParty GamePuzzle▶ Peak: 2,229 playersMore like this →Worst Class Ever
顽核社 FuncoreClub
This is a fun 1-6 player asymmetric party game! Five player are mischievous troublemakers,hide among dozens of NPC students to sneak snacks, pass secret notes, and use phones secretly in class. One player acts as a strict teacher, track down all hidden troublemakers in the crowd.
MultiplayerFunnyParty GameHidden ObjectSimulation▶ Peak: 765 playersMore like this →Haunted Paws
LazyFlock
A cozy and spooky co-op adventure where two puppies rescue their owner from a haunted mansion. Customize your puppy, solve puzzles together, and defeat evil creatures. Play locally or invite a friend for free with Friend’s Pass.
Local MultiplayerMultiplayerOnline Co-OpHorrorCo-op▶ Peak: 726 playersMore like this →Hela: of Mice & Magic
Windup
See the world through the eyes of a brave little mouse in this enchanting 3D co-op adventure. Explore breathtaking landscapes inspired by Northern Sweden, solve puzzles, and be a force for good in a land where heartwarming storytelling and the beauty of nature intertwine.
MultiplayerExplorationPuzzleParkourPlatformer▶ Peak: 308 playersMore like this →Never Sort By Color
Bryan Livingston
Somewhere under that mountain of bricks is your floor. Sort the impossible Pile with a magnet glove, sieves, and part-seeking vision. Fill labeled drawers, pull parts, watch MOC builds snap together brick by brick. Cozy, satisfying, and governed by one rule: never sort by color.
RelaxingOrganizingCollectathonPuzzleSingleplayer▶ Peak: 296 playersMore like this →Dude, Trust Me
Sefik Studios
Get hopelessly misunderstood by your two best friends. One of you goes blind, one goes deaf, one loses their voice, and no puzzle here can be solved by one person. Can the three of you work out how to understand each other?
Time ManagementPuzzleCasualParty Game3D▶ Peak: 247 playersMore like this →Meltdown
Team STEP GmbH
Meltdown is a nuclear reactor desk-job simulation where you, the newly recruited operator, must control the reactor to power the surrounding city. Maintain the wires in the power grid, regulate the water tank's flow, and tune the steam ventilation to keep the reactor from overheating.
CasualManagementPuzzleScore AttackFast-Paced▶ Peak: 169 playersMore like this →Traffic Architect
Green Signal Games
Become the master of traffic with your expert infrastructure designs. Lay down streets, shape junctions, time traffic lights, design a public transport network, and watch the city come alive. It grows on its own, and every new building sends more trips onto the roads you built.
City BuilderSimulationStrategyTransportationPuzzle▶ Peak: 139 playersMore like this →Geareo
WITWELD
Real gears that don't slip in a mechanical invention sandbox. Build freely with resizable parts and shapes, overcome physics challenges, and follow kit instructions. Unleash your engineering creativity with intricate clockwork contraptions, steam-powered systems, and fully functional circuits.
PhysicsSandboxSimulationBuildingModdable▶ Peak: 67 playersMore like this →Sandcastle
Bubblebird Studio
On a sun-warmed tropical shore, quietly craft a mighty sandcastle. Carve moats, raise towers and walls, then embellish with driftwood, pebbles, shells and seaweed. Gentle tides, soft surf and a calming color palette turn every build into a peaceful, relaxing moment.
CasualSimulationSandboxRelaxingPhysics▶ Peak: 62 playersMore like this →There Are No Ghosts at the Grand
Friday Sundae
Inherit a crumbling English hotel and restore it by day - while battling ghosts by night. With a sardonic cat, a talking power tool, and a twisting supernatural plot, this is a musical mystery unlike any other. Will you be able to hold it together while everything around you falls apart?
SimulationFirst-PersonStory RichAdventureSingleplayer▶ Peak: 60 playersMore like this →Seikyu Let’s Go!
ACE Entertainment
A 1-4 player co-op campervan trip through the yokai-filled wilderness. Snap photos of elusive creatures, decorate your van together, and help the locals you meet along the way. Camp, cook, and clamber across diverse biomes, from misty swamps to snowy mountains. Adventure awaits, so Let’s Go!
AdventureMultiplayerCo-opPuzzleExploration▶ Peak: 57 playersMore like this →A Place for Every Potion
CubeQuad Games
A cozy potion-sorting puzzle game. Pour scrambled liquids until every bottle runs pure, then shelve each one where it belongs. Fill 4,160 potions across 52 shelves. No timers, no fail state, no rush.
OrganizingCozyPuzzleRelaxingCollectathon▶ Peak: 56 playersMore like this →Clean Start
Serious Sim
Clean and organize other people’s homes while uncovering emotional stories through the objects you find. Discover each room’s unique history, dig up secrets, and feel the satisfaction of tidying up the space in this wholesome, casual puzzle game about new beginnings in a foreign country.
CleaningOrganizingRelaxingCozyCasual▶ Peak: 51 playersMore like this →FAKE ME
YUMEXE
Model, paint, and blend in! FAKE ME is an online multiplayer hide-and-seek game where you create your own disguise. Use simple 3D modeling tools to build the object you’ll hide as. You can also create your own costume by modeling. Hide from the Seekers or find every Faker before time runs out!
IndieHidden ObjectCasualMultiplayerAnimation & Modeling▶ Peak: 49 playersMore like this →DEADLINE: Afterlife Processing
SOUNDIL
The dead wait in line. You run the press. Read each soul, judge it, seal it and get paid for it. Tired of doing it yourself? The catalog has machines that'll do the work for you. Management recommends it. Management appreciates your cooperation.
IndieSimulationIncrementalDarkAtmospheric▶ Peak: 48 playersMore like this →Sirens
Silent Lamb Studio
Become a deadly Siren and hunt down the most dangerous sea creatures that have ever swim in the depths of the oceans! Experience a fascinating journey through the world as seen from the perspective of Sirens at various stages of their evolution.
Early AccessHidden ObjectHuntingAction-Adventure3D▶ Peak: 48 playersMore like this →Did You See That?
Ashen Studios, IURAS Studios
A 2 Player psychological horror game where not every player sees the same reality. Explore a carnival trapped in an endless transformation, detect anomalies, verify with your friend if they see the same thing and make the right decisions before the clown Bobby loses his temper...
Online Co-OpPsychological HorrorExplorationWalking SimulatorImmersive Sim▶ Peak: 43 playersMore like this →Fangtopia
Absolutely Games
Sink your teeth into Fangtopia, a cozy and relaxing tile puzzle game where you assemble landscapes to craft a monsterrific paradise for friendly ghouls and ghosts. Design a care-free, scare-free world of gentle chills.
PuzzleRelaxingCity BuilderTurn-Based StrategyCasual▶ Peak: 43 playersMore like this →Logic Arrows
Artem Yashin
Logic Arrows is a sandbox game where you design your own mechanisms: from logic gates to an entire computer. Use simple elements to build complex systems, solve engineering challenges and master computer logic.
ProgrammingLogicSandboxSimulationAutomation▶ Peak: 43 playersMore like this →
