Next Fest, without the AI
The demos people are actually playing.
7,062 games in Steam Next Fest until 26 October. 2,527 of them declare AI.
Some developers don't declare it, so a few may slip through. Player counts are checked every few hours.
1,695 demos, tagged Roguelike, most played first, including 688 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 →ReBlade: The Death Spiral
ChillyRoom
You are a condemned Synthetic, marked for destruction and trapped in endless resets. In a cyberpunk world inspired by Chinese mythology, harness weapons, chips, and augments to cut through mechanical creatures. Each run brings you closer to breaking the cycle and unravelling the truth.
ActionDifficultAction RPGAdventureSouls-like▶ Peak: 1,410 playersMore like this →Deadzone Rogue 2
Prophecy Games
Fight as Talon 13-10 in this FPS roguelite adventure set on a fallen Earth. Combine weapons, augments, and elements to forge devastating builds, and blast through Monarch’s endless machines. Grow stronger each run, solo or with friends.
Action RoguelikeOnline Co-OpActionFPSMultiplayer▶ Peak: 1,397 playersMore like this →Path of the Yaoguai
RedKardia
Path of the Yaoguai is a Journey to the West-inspired roguelike that blends deckbuilding with RPG progression. Begin as an unknown little yaoguai, grow through countless adventures, reshape familiar legends, and rise to become the mighty King of All Yaoguai.
XianxiaCard GameRoguelike DeckbuilderIndieOpen World▶ Peak: 736 playersMore like this →Northgard Battlegrounds
Funday Games
A city-building auto-battler set in the Viking world of Northgard, where every building you place shapes your clan’s fate. Develop your village, claim the Gods’ blessings, and send your warband to battle against rival players! Every move counts, only one clan will stand.
Early AccessStrategyCasualAuto BattlerCity Builder▶ Peak: 721 playersMore like this →Debauchery & Magic
3rd Shift Studios
In Haven, magic thrives and debauchery is strictly forbidden. Defy a ruthless new ruler as you and your friends quest, loot, party, and battle your way across the kingdom to bring freedom back to its people.
Action RoguelikeRPGDungeon CrawlerFishingPvE▶ Peak: 711 playersMore like this →Dungeonbound
louidev
Dungeonbound is a retro first-person auto-battler dungeon crawler. Send your Warrior, Mage or Rogue into monster-packed depths, watch battles play out turn by turn, and grow stronger every run. Death just sends you home with the loot. Merge gear, buy upgrades, descend again.
Inventory ManagementDungeon CrawlerLootIncrementalRoguelite▶ Peak: 562 playersMore like this →Half Grip
Half Games
Get hooked on this brutal one-armed rogue-like combat racing game where every action is a gamble. Steer, shoot and reload - each split-second counts as you compete against armed rivals across atmospheric tracks rendered in harsh pixelated detail.
RacingAction RoguelikeCombat RacingDrivingPvE▶ Peak: 539 playersMore like this →Ignite the Depths
SK Studios
Ignite the Depths is an atmospheric dark-fantasy PvE dungeon crawler set within a sprawling, hand-crafted labyrinth. Descend into the darkness alone or unite with up to 4 players in a co-op adventure. Will you conquer the Abyss?
Online Co-OpDungeon CrawlerDark FantasyActionAction RPG▶ Peak: 513 playersMore like this →Warhammer Survivors
Auroch Digital
Warhammer Survivors is the official grim and dark bullet-heaven game from the developers of Warhammer 40,000 Boltgun. Play as over 40 iconic champions from the Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar universes and obliterate those who champion death and destruction.
ActionBullet HeavenRoguelikeAction RoguelikeBullet Hell▶ Peak: 511 playersMore like this →冒牌英雄
Surprising Studio
Fight alone or alongside friends as a cast of unconventional “heroes,” each with their own unique abilities. Battle endless waves of monsters, collect items, learn skills, choose talents, and create your own powerful build as you defeat mighty foes and fight your way!
Bullet HeavenCo-opAction RoguelikeTraditional RoguelikeBullet Hell▶ Peak: 483 playersMore like this →Hellforged
Moonpyre
Hellforged is a loot-driven, extraction bullet-heaven game. Fight through demon-infested maps, pre-craft your build, hunt powerful gear, and combine abilities into epic synergies. Every run is a tense heist. Safely extract epic gear mid-battle or risk it all for greater rewards!
Action RPGAction RoguelikeBullet HeavenLootRPG▶ Peak: 453 playersMore like this →No Mortal Space
Stellia Games
Rise from a mortal to a cosmic deity in this voxel-based, open-world survival craft game. Master the power of OverDeity to level forests and shatter mountains, traverse black holes with your physical body. The universe is your resource—conquer it.
Open World Survival CraftXianxiaOnline Co-OpAction RPGAction Roguelike▶ Peak: 411 playersMore like this →HELLCARD II
Thing Trunk
Hellcard II is a unique co-op deck-builder roguelike game. Descend into the paper dungeons on your own or invite friends to fast-paced tactical card battles against hordes of evil and dragons. Lots of dragons!
RPGStrategyAction RPGCard BattlerCard Game▶ Peak: 259 playersMore like this →Grilluminati
Anaxanthia, Godspear Games
Start a cult with friends and summon one of three rivalling gods. Sacrifice customers, perform dark rituals and work together to bring an ancient evil being into the world, all under the cover of a steakhouse.
Online Co-OpMultiplayerActionDark ComedyCult▶ Peak: 234 playersMore like this →Dawn of Defense
6side Studio
Dawn of Defense blends RTS, Tower Defense, and Roguelite progression. In a last defense, lead your tribe against the Empire: Command warriors in battle, fortify defenses, and build an economy as you fight to reclaim your ancestral homeland.
Tower DefenseRTSRogueliteVikingsStrategy▶ Peak: 231 playersMore like this →GRAVHOUNDS
Octopus Panic, Inc.
GRAVHOUNDS is a 1–4 player co-op action builder. Drop into hostile planets as a pack, build and defend your base in physics-driven mayhem, and extract with everything you can carry before you become alien chow! The longer you stay, the greater the danger... and the rewards.
Online Co-OpThird-Person ShooterAction RoguelikePvECo-op▶ Peak: 209 playersMore like this →Slotbound
Optima Arch
A roguelike auto-battler defense where luck meets strategy. Spin a 3x3 slot machine to summon units and grow your army by absorbing others. Use Items and Cores to manipulate the odds and survive challenging judgement waves and boss waves. Every spin and every choice counts.
StrategyAuto BattlerRoguelikeTower DefenseReal Time Tactics▶ Peak: 205 playersMore like this →Surfpunk
Double Stallion
Surfpunk is a 1-4 player co-op "Surf 'n Slash" featuring radical surfer-pirates, procedurally-generated islands, awesome loot and endless swarms of monsters. Surf, Shred, Scavenge, Repeat!
Online Co-OpAction RoguelikeLooter ShooterHack and SlashRoguelite▶ Peak: 183 playersMore like this →Golden City
Mint Studio
Golden City is a desktop idle game blending ice-and-snow survival with simulation. Light the Furnace, build the last shelter, manage resources, extract Gold Coins, and advance technology. Idle on your desktop while you work, and keep strengthening your base to save the last hope.
Free to PlayDesktop CompanionCity BuilderIdlerLoot▶ Peak: 180 playersMore like this →Slime Break
KisnLabs
Tower defense against a horde of thousands of slimes. Build walls, towers and traps along a funnel, pick level cards that bend each run, and watch the mass pile up, split and break through. Spend essence between runs to grow stronger.
StrategyTower DefenseIncrementalRogueliteCard Game▶ Peak: 179 playersMore like this →