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 are hidden because their developers declared AI.
Some developers don't declare it, so a few may slip through. Player counts are checked every few hours.
4,502 demos without AI, most played first.
Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim
Questing Goose Studio
Probably Stolen is a cyberpunk shopkeeping simulator set in a dystopian space station. Craft, trade, and smuggle goods of questionable origin, navigate faction loyalties, and stop rampant AI by killing those it controls. Earn enough to buy out your shop before rising rent forces your hand.
Shop KeeperSimulationTradingManagementCrafting▶ Peak: 18,144 playersMore like this →Character House -Desktop Companion-
Yinengjie
Character House: Desktop Companion is an idle collection game. Mix and match parts to create a companion that sits with you as you work, syncing with keystrokes, or watches from a corner. Earn rewards offline: pull and craft accessories,, shape its personality, and visit friends online!
Desktop CompanionCasualCharacter CustomizationSimulationIdler▶ Peak: 8,415 playersMore like this →Find The Needle
FindTheNeedleDev
You have a shovel and a haystack with about six million strands in it. Somewhere inside there's a needle. Dig it out by hand, sell the hay, then spend the money on belts and machines until you don't have to dig anymore.
SimulationAutomationIncrementalPhysicsBase Building▶ Peak: 7,800 playersMore like this →ArcheAge Chronicles
XLGAMES
Explore Auroria, a vast and vibrant world brimming with rich lore and thrilling action. ArcheAge Chronicles delivers an immersive experience that will capture players' hearts, whether they are newcomers to the setting or seasoned adventurers.
Early AccessControllerOpen WorldPvEMMORPG▶ Peak: 7,330 playersMore like this →Melvor Idle 2
Games by Malcs
Embark on a brand new adventure building upon its predecessor. Melvor Idle 2 expands the world with deeper mechanics and greater challenges. Master new Skills, face powerful Combat challenges, or uncover the history of the world via Quests, all while enjoying zen-like progression.
Early AccessRPGIdlerAdventureCasual▶ Peak: 6,624 playersMore like this →Loftia
Qloud Games
Welcome to Loftia, a cozy, multiplayer world where you can build towards a brighter, more sustainable future! Connect with friends both old and new, to farm, craft, explore, decorate, and create a meaningful impact - together.
Life SimFarming SimMassively MultiplayerDecoratingCharacter Customization▶ Peak: 5,535 playersMore like this →Frostrail
FakeFish
Through the frost, death follows the tracks. Dive into a ruthless survival FPS, solo or co-op. Explore, scavenge, craft and fight to endure a frozen, corrupted world. Operate and upgrade your steam-powered train through an unforgiving wasteland, where every choice is a matter of survival.
Early AccessOpen World Survival CraftFPSSurvivalCrafting▶ Peak: 4,920 playersMore like this →just volleyball
temkosoft
just volleyball is an online and offline volleyball game with simple controls and deep player expression. take on others in anything from 1v1s & 2v2s to full team-based 6v6 matches. there's no right way to play, it's just volleyball!
SportsActionMultiplayerArcadeVolleyball▶ Peak: 3,381 playersMore like this →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 →Fart Together
GamesMrkt
Fart Together is a physics-based parkour game where 1–4 players steer the same boat using fart power. Play alone or with friends and coordinate your direction, timing, and gas power to overcome challenging obstacle courses.
ActionCasualAdventureRacingParty Game▶ Peak: 2,096 playersMore like this →Abyssal Lapidary
Light Worm
A gothic management sim set in a Victorian-inspired underground metropolis. Appraise raw ores, cut exquisite gems, and craft unique jewelry for strange clients. Some stones are worth a fortune. Others stare back.
RPGSimulationLovecraftianMysteryCasual▶ Peak: 1,712 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 →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: 1,371 playersMore like this →Dumpster Gang
Coyote House Games
Play as a gang of mischievous raccoons in this chaotic co-op sandbox for 1-4 players. Complete ridiculous missions, steal everything you can carry, and outsmart a relentless Exterminator determined to throw your gang behind bars.
MultiplayerSimulationPhysicsFunnyOnline Co-Op▶ Peak: 1,283 playersMore like this →Emberville
Cygnus Cross
Awaken with no memories inside the Vitromotus, a vast underground world created as a magical dungeon where death no longer lasts. Explore its depths, battle dangerous creatures, rescue survivors, and rebuild the ruined town of Emberville while uncovering the truth behind this prison.
Early AccessActionRPGPixel GraphicsAction RPG▶ Peak: 1,165 playersMore like this →Grr Grr Gnomes
emolingodev, FireAtacck
A co-op adventure about tiny gnomes on a very big ocean. Sail from island to island, scavenge for supplies, fight strange creatures, survive whatever goes horribly wrong, and keep your ship moving toward one goal, finding the way home...
ActionSimulationAction-AdventureExplorationChoose Your Own Adventure▶ Peak: 1,049 playersMore like this →Tropico 7
Gaming Minds Studios
Get rich or die trying! In Tropico 7, you step into El Presidente’s shiny boots again to build your island nation and – literally – move mountains. As glorious leader you guide your loyal citizens (and your Swiss Bank Account) through the ages toward untold prosperity.
SimulationStrategyCity BuilderPolitical SimColony Sim▶ Peak: 1,019 playersMore like this →Wyldheart
Wayfinder Studios
Embark on bite-sized campaigns in this co-op action RPG set in a rustic fantasy world. Start from nothing, and freely build your character as you investigate rumors, explore strange ruins, and survive the dangers threatening the fallen Kingdom of Caerwyn.
Early AccessAction RPGSurvivalDungeon CrawlerCrafting▶ Peak: 972 playersMore like this →Stronghold 4
Firefly Studios
Wood needed! Return to the green roots of Stronghold in this narrative prequel to the original 'castle sim'. Immerse yourself in a cinematic campaign, hone your siegecraft with new mechanics in skirmish mode and customise your castles with a wide selection of castle pieces and cosmetics.
Early AccessSimulationStrategyCity BuilderColony Sim▶ Peak: 889 playersMore like this →Legend of Defenders
KaiPlay Studio
A thrilling idle tower defense game with automated battles and endless growth! Build your defenses, deploy heroes, and watch your fortress evolve from a humble outpost into an unstoppable stronghold—even while you’re away.
CasualStrategyTower DefenseIdlerIncremental▶ Peak: 799 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 →骤影:绯月杀
TMXN Games
Among Shadows is an intense blend of fast-paced combat and identity-based deduction. You are sent to stop a deadly infection from spreading across a corrupted land, but traitors have infiltrated your team. With the Blood Moon rising, can you escape from this place under the conspiracy?
PvPMultiplayerHack and SlashThird PersonParty Game▶ Peak: 723 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: 658 playersMore like this →Never Be Alone
Jonas Jensen, Wes Larkin
Never Be Alone is an open-world zombie survival game for solo play and seamless co-op. Explore a world reclaimed by nature, protect a fragile safezone, and uncover the truth behind your forgotten past 10 years after the outbreak.
Early AccessCo-opOpen WorldZombiesPost-apocalyptic▶ Peak: 631 playersDREADMOOR
Dream Dock
DREADMOOR is a dark first-person fishing adventure game set in a submerged world, rotting from a past catastrophe. Fish in murky waters, upgrade your boat, craft survival gear, and fight monstrous creatures that lurk under the water and on the land.
AdventureExplorationSimulationLovecraftianFirst-Person▶ Peak: 621 playersMore like this →Horses of Hoofprint Bay
Thogli Studios
Horses of Hoofprint Bay is a lovingly hand-drawn 2D barn buildup and simulation game. Take care of your horses, train them to build up their strength and confidence and compete for prize money! Breed adorable foals, explore beautiful trails, hire and manage staff and build the stable of your dreams!
HorsesHand-drawnNatureManagementNostalgia▶ Peak: 547 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 →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: 466 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: 454 playersMore like this →Subtransit Drive
WAGON SOFTWARE LLP
Drive trains on real-world subway routes in an advanced simulator with realistic physics and fully functional systems. Explore underground networks alone or in cross-platform multiplayer.
SimulationFirst-PersonRealisticTrainsUnderground▶ Peak: 443 playersMore like this →No Body No Problem!
Crime Cleanup Co.
One of you is the cop. The rest are panicked suspects. Hide the body, clean up the evidence, don’t rat each other out, and get rid of everything before your cop friend knocks on the door. There is only one rule: if the body is found, you’re all done for.
ActionCasualAction-AdventureArcadeParty Game▶ Peak: 401 playersMore like this →Banana Airways
Eggscape Entertainment Inc.
Feed your passengers. Or they'll eat each other. Run an airline with cannibal chickens, radioactive passengers and screaming babies you can throw off the plane. Fly, serve, repair and try to land. Play solo or with up to five friends.
Co-opOnline Co-OpFlightComedyPhysics▶ Peak: 394 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: 326 playersMore like this →Rip It! Card Collector
Cybernetic Walrus
A single-player incremental game where you hunt down 1,809 collectible trading cards. Sell dupes and upgrade your retro-futuristic gear to pull more cards, quicker! Enjoy the satisfaction of ripping packs, filling your binder, and completing the ultimate card collection. It’s time to get cracking!
CasualCollectathonSimulationOrganizingRelaxing▶ Peak: 325 playersMore like this →Reshine
Quite OK Games
Gently restore old objects by cleaning away layers of dust, rust, and time. Reshine is a minimalistic, relaxing experience: use a range of tools to watch years of grime disappear before your eyes. No management, no pressure - just you and the satisfaction of bringing vintage treasures back to life.
CasualIndieCleaningRetroRelaxing▶ Peak: 313 playersMore like this →Desktop Dreampair
shrimpwarrior
Customize your own character pair and put them on your desktop! Custom parts supported! Watch them talk and hang out on your screen, and share your creations with friends! Focus together in Focus Mode! Your pair sits beside you with a focus timer and a to-do list.
UtilitiesCharacter CustomizationDesktop CompanionSimulation▶ Peak: 308 playersHela: 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 →Carry On Together
Butiq Games
Carry On Together is a physics-based online co-op moving game for up to 4 players. Run a tiny delivery company with your friends: lift heavy furniture together, drive the truck across town and deliver everything in one piece… or don’t. Can you keep the company alive?
Online Co-OpActionAdventureMultiplayerComedy▶ Peak: 299 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 →Arctic Drive
Pebbles Games, PlayTogether Studio
Explore and survive in the Arctic, where your car is the only thing keeping you alive. Arctic Drive is a 1–4 player co-op survival sim set in a procedurally generated winter wilderness. Find supplies, repair your rig, and haul it all onwards with only one hope left: there must be safety out there.
Early AccessDrivingSurvivalStory RichMultiplayer▶ Peak: 253 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 →Keelblade
Digital Confectioners
Sail across a fantasy world in your own pirate ship. Master souls-like combat and powerful magic to hunt deadly bosses. Discover new islands and loot them for hidden treasures to craft upgrades for both you and your ship. (1-6 Players)
Open World Survival CraftOnline Co-OpSailingBase BuildingCombat▶ Peak: 231 playersMore like this →Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered
Pipeworks Studios
The ultimate Godzilla arena brawler is back, completely remastered. Choose your monster and battle it out with a range of brutal attacks through recreated cities and other locations. Face off against your friends and foes in local co-op or new online multiplayer.
MultiplayerRemakeDestructionNostalgiaFighting▶ Peak: 227 playersMore like this →Cranked
Session Syndicate
Explore, race, and freeride in Cranked and experience the raw thrill of downhill mountain biking. It’s fast, responsive, and grounded -- we're chasing what it really feels like to ride. Easy to pick up, impossible to put down, and packed with virtually endless skill depth.
Early AccessBikesCyclingSportsBMX▶ Peak: 223 playersMore like this →Can 'Em All
LuisDev
A juicy first-person incremental game about turning cute creatures into cans. Kill them, collect their bodies, can them, and sell them. Make money, upgrade your weapons and machines, and produce more and more.
SimulationActionStrategyIncrementalShooter▶ Peak: 221 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: 217 playersMore like this →Screen Stocks
Conradical Games
Screen Stocks is an online multiplayer trading game featuring a real-time simulated market. Buy, short, and sell stocks to gain unprecedented levels of wealth. Team up with other traders or outsmart them all. It's time to make some money!
StrategyDesktop CompanionIncrementalMinimalistIdler▶ Peak: 216 playersMore like this →False Echo
Retromagine
False Echo is a narrative cryptography thriller set in the darkest depths of the Stelantic, aboard a secret military submarine. Operate the Obscura machine, decode messages, and decide what gets through in a regime where even the smallest mistake means a huge death toll.
IndieSimulationSubmarinePoint & ClickDystopian▶ Peak: 213 playersMore like this →Spirit Crossing
Spry Fox
From the makers of Cozy Grove: Glide through pastel clouds, help lost spirits along the way, and design your own home nestled high on a mountain peak. Befriend strangers around a warm campfire, or share memories while lazily fishing in the sky with a friend. Welcome to your strange new home. 🏠🏔️
SimulationMMORPGRelaxingCozyBuilding▶ Peak: 213 playersMore like this →Gate Guard Simulator
Redox Interactive
Step into the boots of the castle guard. Inspect seals, expose smugglers and reveal witches. You decide who enters and who’s turned away. Will you uphold the law, or break it for your own gain?
MedievalSimulationManagementDark ComedyInvestigation▶ Peak: 209 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 →Expedition: Into Darkness
Antediluvian Interactive
Brave forbidden dungeons in a quest for knowledge and treasure in this medieval PvE co-op extraction looter. Craft weapons, customise gear and join forces with up to four allies. Survive the ruins together—or lose everything you carry.
Survival HorrorOnline Co-OpDark FantasyExtraction ShooterGun Customization▶ Peak: 206 playersMore like this →Guns of Eschaton
Eschatology Entertainment
The world’s first soulslike FPS pulls you into an apocalyptic Western by the legendary Viktor Antonov: a land of dust, blood, and horror. Study your enemies, count your bullets, forge your own style with gunpowder and prayers. Solo or in co-op—go West, gunslinger, go West and die with the country!
WesternActionFPSSouls-likeAlternate History▶ Peak: 183 playersMore like this →S.O.N.A.R. - Submarine Operators Not Actually Ready
Abylight Barcelona
S.O.N.A.R. (Submarine Operators Not Actually Ready) is a 1–4 player co-op submarine sim where teamwork is essential, panic is inevitable, and sinking is always one wrong button away. Use sonar, pilot, fight, repair, and pray your friends know what to do.
MultiplayerCo-opFunnyCasualOnline Co-Op▶ Peak: 181 playersMore like this →Fathom Reach
Feldsparc
An underwater roguelike deckbuilder where every dive is a gamble. Chain explosive card combos, push deeper for richer loot, and surface before your hull breaks. Bring the haul home to upgrade your deck—and build a base other players can raid while you're away.
Early AccessRoguelike DeckbuilderDeckbuildingCard BattlerRoguelite▶ Peak: 176 playersMore like this →Oar'some Adventures
Haymaker Games
Paddles up, Hosers! OAR'SOME Adventures is a cozy/chaotic rafting and nature adventure for 1-8 players. Casually paddle your way down the river alone, or gather your friends for whitewater mischief and exploration in beautiful, yet dangerous, surroundings.
ActionAdventureIndieParty GameMultiplayer▶ Peak: 176 playersGolden 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: 170 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 →Nekome: Nazi Hunter
ProbablyMonsters
Hunt and kill Nazis in a stealthy single-player campaign with bloody and brutal melee combat. Study your enemies, confirm your approach, and become an unexpected assassin fueled by violent revenge.
ActionCombatStealthAction-AdventureThird Person▶ Peak: 164 playersMore like this →Clear the Snow
Garden of Dreams
Play with up to 4 friends and help clear the city of snow. Work together using shovels, snow blowers, and heavy machinery to complete jobs and upgrade your gear. Enjoy cozy winter vibes, and the freedom to play your own way!
CasualSimulationFirst-PersonRealisticAtmospheric▶ Peak: 163 playersMore like this →Angel Investor Simulator™
Bigosaur
Invest into promising startups with sometimes wacky ideas. Help them grow with your team of experts. Capture the market share with quality product, smart pricing and marketing. Cash out big after the IPO. Compete with the other angels and show them who's the boss.
SimulationCapitalismTradingManagementEconomy▶ Peak: 160 playersMore like this →Firefighters Code Red
Chronos North, Smart Ambition
When fear takes over, your mission begins: in Firefighters Code Red you battle flames, smoke, and the clock - alone or in cross-platform multiplayer with your squad.
SimulationActionImmersive SimRealisticAction-Adventure▶ Peak: 158 playersMore like this →









