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.
1,162 demos without AI, tagged 3D, most played first.
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 →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: 3,963 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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →DREADMOOR
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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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: 294 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 →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 →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 →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 →Too Deep To Quit
Demon Max
Grab your gear and your friends for a hilarious, golden-age co-op adventure! Dive into cursed temples, hunt for the ultimate treasure, and work together to stay alive. Beware of everything and everyone... after all, only the survivors get to split the gold!
MultiplayerAdventureOnline Co-OpPhysicsExploration▶ Peak: 142 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 →键盘农场 Keyboard Farm
UMa Studio
"Keyboard Farm" is a desktop idle farming game. Place it on your desktop and focus on your work. Every key is a plot of land—each keystroke helps plants grow. Harvest crops to collect coins, unlock various keycaps, and create your own keyboard world.
TypingFarming SimIdlerCasualSimulation▶ Peak: 126 playersMore like this →Alien Archeologist
TheClassifiedX
Alien Archeologist is a chill incremental digging game. Use a variety of upgradeable tools to mine ore, blast through earth, and clean strange artifacts as you journey yet deeper toward the mystery hiding at the planet's core.
AdventureMiningCleaningCasualIncremental▶ Peak: 101 playersMore like this →Lenin Street Geek Shop
perelesoq
Become a shopkeeper in the first geek store in a snowy 2000s town: sell CDs, snacks, and fan merch, influence your customers' lives, get involved in shady business, and grow your small store.
Shop KeeperAtmosphericChoose Your Own AdventureTradingLife Sim▶ Peak: 97 playersMore like this →STARHOME
DIGIFOX
Lead the last survivors of your civilization through a hostile galaxy aboard a fleet that has become your new home. Manage every inch of space, balance living quarters, production, defenses, and weapons, and search for refuge before an overwhelming threat finds you.
SingleplayerCity BuilderBase BuildingAction RTSSpace▶ Peak: 95 playersMore like this →Fenestra: my focus, her future
STAYRESIDENT
Fenestra awakens inside your PC knowing only her name. Work, study, and create with her in this Princess Maker-inspired raising-sim adventure with focus tools. Your focus time fuels her growth; the stats you raise and words you choose shape her personality, appearance, your bond, and her future.
CasualSimulationVisual NovelLife SimTime Management▶ Peak: 93 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: 86 playersMore like this →PBA Pro Bowling 2027
FarSight Studios
Dominate the lanes in the most realistic bowling game ever! Enhanced true-to-life ball and pin physics make every shot feel real. Forge your legacy in PBA Tour Mode, then dominate Online Leagues, Ranked Play, and Online Tournaments to defend your title. This is where champions are made.
SportsBowlingPhysicsSimulationPvE▶ Peak: 82 playersMore like this →Iron Hunters
Sires
BUILD A WAR MACHINE. BREAK THE RUN. A survivor-like where you build a mech into an absurd war machine. Upgrade, evolve, and combine weapons mid-run to create game-breaking synergies as you battle hordes of enemies across alien worlds.
Bullet Heaven3DAction RoguelikeRogueliteBullet Hell▶ Peak: 81 playersMore like this →Tin Coffins
Hexmonger
You are Talon-22, a combat clone printed this shift, and twenty-one of you didn't come home. A cel-shaded mech roguelite shooter: short, lethal squad battles through procedurally generated war-torn cities, against enemy squads that flank, suppress and hold the line. Die, and the next you deploys.
MechsRogueliteThird-Person ShooterSingleplayerAction▶ Peak: 76 playersMore like this →HavenCraft
Dionic Software
Build a Safe Haven! An alchemy accident has devastated the mainland and the people are looking for a new home. Take the lead and rebuild society, house by house. HavenCraft is a third-person town builder and management game, playable in single- and multiplayer.
SimulationColony SimSandboxThird PersonAutomation▶ Peak: 73 playersMore like this →Anomaly Inspector Simulator
Mind Сreations
Papers, Please in an SCP-inspired setting. You're an agent of a secret anomaly control bureau. Examine dangerous artifacts, conduct experiments and decide their fate. Keep the world from descending into chaos.
SimulationSingleplayerChoices MatterFirst-PersonRealistic▶ Peak: 72 playersMore like this →Quadrillion Carrots
Own It Interactive
🥕Harvest an absurd number of carrots! Start with your bare hands, unlock powerful tools and helper robots, explore six farming zones, catch living carrots, survive explosive ones, and turn manual labor into harvesting chaos. 🤖
SimulationCasualFarming SimPoint & ClickCollectathon▶ Peak: 69 playersMore like this →Road Truckers: New Beginning
Road Studio S.A.
Be a TRUCKER, not a truck. Haul cargo, restore a forgotten town, and grow your trucking business in the first true trucking RPG. Get on foot to forge relationships, then jump back into your fully customizable rig to rule the road.
Automobile SimDrivingLife SimRPGEconomy▶ 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 →DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Withered World
Square Enix, TOSE CO., LTD.
In this RPG, you befriend monsters from the DRAGON QUEST series, raise them up, synthesize new creatures, and pit them against other monsters in battle. Join fledgling monster wranglers Bianca and Nera as they set off on the adventure of a lifetime.
RPGActionAdventureJRPGSingleplayer▶ Peak: 61 playersMore like this →Bless You Again
Gino Inc.
Lily” is a magician and a homunculus. She challenges a dungeon named “Tomb of Blessings” in search of a certain blessing! The player controls a character faithfully reproduced from the cel animation and defeats many monsters in search of a powerful blessing.
ActionAction RoguelikeDungeon CrawlerAnime3D▶ Peak: 60 playersMore like this →Veterans: Napoleonic Wars
Tactical Boar
Experience the ultimate Napoleonic Wars Wargame where every volley matters. Command history and turn the tides of war in this immersive Real-Time Strategy experience. Quick decisions and keen tactical formations are the only things that stand between your troops and victory.
Early AccessAction RTSWargameReal Time TacticsMedieval▶ Peak: 58 playersMore like this →Amiko Legends
Aurory
A creature-collecting extraction RPG where every expedition is a risk. Charm wild Amiko and fight alongside them across an untamed world shaped by your actions. Push deeper or pull out, but only what you extract is yours to keep.
Creature CollectorTurn-Based CombatJRPGParty-Based RPGCollectathon▶ Peak: 57 playersMore like this →Elta: Defy All Gods
Afterburner Studios
Brawl your way out of corrupted worlds alongside your dragon-god companion in an adrenaline-fueled action-platformer blending free-form melee combat, fluid platforming and sci-fi exploration. Become the champion of your fallen god, Elta.
SingleplayerExplorationBeat 'em upThird PersonSci-fi▶ Peak: 57 playersMore like this →JOHN GLEEP
monthbug
JOHN GLEEP is a tiny alien with a big problem. His casino is a failure and he owes the mob a galaxy. Solution? Fly from planet to planet and forcibly abduct gamblers to boost business, pay off your debt, and fix your failed marriage in this unexplainable intergalactic action-roguelike mashup.
StrategyCasualArcadeIncrementalResource Management▶ Peak: 54 playersMore like this →When Chests Rain Tons of Loot
LeenGameDev
A small incremental game about grabbing loot. You control the camera, and your heroes attack whatever slimes are on your screen. Grab the coins, watch your treasure chest burst when time runs out, then spend it all on upgrades and go again.
ActionCasualRPGStrategyAuto Battler▶ Peak: 54 playersMore like this →ZONE L.O.S.T.
DAKA Production
YOUR BODY IS YOUR WEAKNESS. A four-player co-op horror game that puts you in the shoes of the chief scientists of a research facility. Your sole objective is to carry out the self-destruct plan and escape the facility.
HorrorOnline Co-OpActionMultiplayerComedy▶ Peak: 52 playersMore like this →Airsoft Online
Pixomnia Studio
Airsoft Online offers a realistic virtual airsoft experience for veterans of the community and beginners alike. Take part in team-based multiplayer battles, with customizable weapons and realistic physics.
FPSMultiplayerShooterPhysicsTactical▶ Peak: 51 playersMore like this →Dumbfire
TitanGameDev
Launch a missile and thread it through tight obstacles as fast as you can to take out the target. A physics time-attack flight game — chase faster runs for more points— with a built-in level editor and Steam Workshop courses. For fans of Superflight and Clustertruck.
FlightArcadeFast-PacedPhysicsDifficult▶ Peak: 49 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 →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 →下一站青城
白玉京工作室
Enter the mythic world of Sanctum: Whispers of Qingcheng, Seek ascension through the Three Orthodox Schools, or delve into the Nine Unorthodox Arts of the mortal realm—mastering forbidden arts like corpse refinement and demonic shapeshifting. Your path defines the realm.
XianxiaMythologyOpen WorldStory RichRPG▶ Peak: 47 playersMore like this →Queen's Domain
Freshly Baked Games LLC
A retro-fantasy action RPG with brutal combat and traversal-focused exploration. Embark on a quest to find your father who disappeared on the mysterious Isle of Neasied, where sinister forces gather, secrets hide everywhere, and the sleeping Queen has begun to stir…
Action RPGDark FantasyFirst-PersonDungeon CrawlerExploration▶ Peak: 44 playersMore like this →Theatre of War: Rearmed
Sergey Solomanichev, Fulqrum Publishing
Command real-time WWII battles across the complete Theatre of War series, unified on the latest version of its original engine. Experience deep tactical combat, realistic ballistics, and over 100 missions, enhanced for modern systems.
StrategyRTSReal Time TacticsWargame3D▶ Peak: 44 playersMore like this →Culdcept BEGINS
Neos Corporation
A hidden classic that fuses board and card games, Culdcept features a unique, innovative system that has captivated fans since its debut. Players become Cepters, wielding cards in intense battles where luck and strategy collide. After ten years, a brand-new story begins once again.
AdventureCasualSimulationCard GameBoard Game▶ Peak: 43 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 →PRISON OF HUSKS
Glass Head Dolls
A nostalgic souls-like set in a painted afterlife. Awaken as a doll and seek your beloved. From parries to pistols, tune your build to overcome adversity. Explore dense, interconnected levels full of secrets and shortcuts as you battle pigment-hoarding bosses and seek your lost love.
AdventureSouls-likeExplorationRetroAction RPG▶ Peak: 43 playersMore like this →Mr Magpie's Harmless Card Game
Giant Light Studios
A surreal corporate horror deckbuilder where you gamble your life for cash, dodge murderous JERRY cards, and “maximise synergies” to climb the company ladder in Mr Magpie’s office nightmare.
Card GameHorrorStrategy3DGambling▶ Peak: 42 playersMore like this →






