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.
995 demos without AI, tagged Roguelite, most played first.
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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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: 175 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: 146 playersMore like this →13Z: The Zodiac Trials
Mixed Realms
Go solo or team up with up to three friends in online co-op for this fast-paced, anime-inspired action roguelike. Master stylish hack and slash combat, craft overpowered builds, and conquer mythological trials to claim the title of the thirteenth Zodiac.
Action RoguelikeHack and SlashOnline Co-OpCharacter Action GameAnime▶ Peak: 138 playersMore like this →KILLSEC
TurboNerds Games
Breach containment and carve your way out of a megacorp black site in this hardcore top-down shooter roguelite. Master your control of physics weapons to parry swords, bullets, lasers, everything. Time moves faster when you move, but staying still won't get you anywhere.
Action RoguelikeTop-Down ShooterBullet TimeSwordplayViolent▶ Peak: 126 playersMore like this →Trailblazers: Into the March
Strangers
Embark on a thrilling adventure in this roguelite colony-sim strategy game. Command your Landship in tactical battles, care for a crew composed of all sorts of characters, shape your home, manage resources, and lead expeditions into the March. Discover what lies at its heart... and in yours.
RoguelikeReplay ValueSci-fiStrategyColony Sim▶ Peak: 117 playersMore like this →Shadowstone
Secret Door
A tactical roguelite where survival comes down to what your heroes can do together. Choose your heroes, build your power, chain your skills, and break the run. Play solo or co-op, up to 4 players.
Turn-Based TacticsRogueliteOnline Co-OpTurn-Based CombatRoguelike Deckbuilder▶ Peak: 104 playersMore like this →99 NIGHTS IN THE APOCALYPSE
Crater Studios
Survive 99 nights in the world’s worst apocalypse. Scavenge by day, build a questionable camp, and try to survive the night as escaped asylum patients, deranged staff, and things much worse come looking for you.
Action RoguelikeMultiplayerOnline Co-OpCo-opRoguelike▶ Peak: 96 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 →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 →GrimKeep
Resolution Games
GrimKeep is a roguelite dice-builder in a nightmare fairytale. Find items, roll your dice, and optimize your build to fire off massive damage. Cut through the horrors in the cursed city to get to the Princess. Then end her.
Roguelike DeckbuilderCard GameCard BattlerRoguelikeDeckbuilding▶ Peak: 77 playersMore like this →万象之环
梦界拾荒(DreamScav Studio)
"OMNIRING" is an, multi-cycle, strategy role-playing game. Assemble a team of Samsarans, experience stories in vastly different worlds during continuous cycle adventures - battle, interact, make choices, resolve events... Train your team, step into the final battle, and become The detached.
Party-Based RPGCharacter CustomizationTurn-Based TacticsChoices MatterReplay Value▶ Peak: 77 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 →叠叠不休
IntoGames
A card strategy game combining town building and dungeon adventures. Stack cards to manage your settlement, produce resources, battle enemies, and explore the unknown. Expand your floating island, collect treasures from the abyss, and lead your town toward greater prosperity.
Card GameManagementSimulationCasualRoguelite▶ Peak: 65 playersMore like this →Kaiju Princess: Super Survivor Showdown
硬猿団 O.U.E.N. Apes, PantyParrot
Explore a phantasmic realm! Pulverize your enemies! Don't die! Ah... But don't forget to find a way out! Choose from a variety of weapons, skills, and items to complement your character's traits and customize the optimal combat style for survival. Get ready for a fast-paced roguelike survival game!
Bullet HeavenBullet HellRogueliteCasualCute▶ Peak: 63 playersMore like this →Cats In The Shell
Raven Studio
Provoke explosive chain reactions and experiment ever-evolving combat strategies in this mech-building roguelike auto battler. Mix and match components and mech modules to discover powerful synergies, then watch each creation spring to life in satisfying combat sequences.
StrategyAuto BattlerCard BattlerRPGMechs▶ Peak: 62 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 →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: 59 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 →Alchemortis
Firebelley
Alchemortis is a roguelike inventory-management auto-battler about alchemy. Transmute and combine items to merge their stats, properties, and forms, then organize your inventory to unlock powerful synergies. Experiment, optimize, and craft the perfect build through the power of alchemy.
Auto BattlerInventory ManagementRogueliteStrategyIndie▶ Peak: 46 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 →High Roller Penny
Kniv Studio Co., Ltd.
A bold pachinko-inspired roguelike. With bunny girls. Build your best pegboard with special pegs, balls and passive effects to reach legendary scores. Lose and get executed on the spot. Oh did we mention this is a death game?
CapitalismSimulationEconomyArcadeRoguelike▶ Peak: 39 playersMore like this →Nullnest
Mgfa Studio
Defend the Core in a dark tower defense. Survive relentless enemy waves, unlock new abilities, and collect gems of different rarities that completely transform each run. Experiment with endless combinations and create unique strategies to overcome ever-growing challenges.
StrategyIncrementalTower DefenseDark FantasyArena Shooter▶ Peak: 38 playersMore like this →Horse Race Tests: Life is Pain
BƱCKET MEGASYSTEMS
In Horse Race Tests: Life is Pain, feed into your worst impulses in this action packed high score gambling game. Gain abilities to rig races in your favor! Collect virtual figurines of your favorite horses, like Jovial Merryment...
Early AccessHorsesGamblingRacingCute▶ Peak: 37 playersMonk & The Misfit Monsters
Nobody Games
Can a cute cat or a frog become the next Wukong? A party-based RPG roguelike inspired by Journey to the West. Lead a band of nameless animals disguised as monks — overcome trials, master magical powers, defeat demons, and journey West to meet the Buddha.
RPGParty-Based RPGRoguelite2DColorful▶ Peak: 34 playersMore like this →99Day Survival Guide
塔克工作室, DARK STUDIO
A fast-paced co-op zombie survival action game where players fight through hordes of enemies, unlock random power-ups, build different synergies, and escape together as a team.
Bullet HeavenAction RoguelikeBullet HellZombiesIndie▶ Peak: 31 playersMore like this →HARMA
IndirectShine
HARMA is a retro dark fantasy roguelike deckbuilding game featuring a story-driven campaign. Uncover the truth behind the fallen knights, the burning kingdom, and your missing father. Harness the power of mighty artifacts to defeat demons and save a world on the brink of destruction.
Early AccessRoguelike DeckbuilderCard GameCard BattlerRoguelike▶ Peak: 30 playersMore like this →Second Stone
Skyward Entertainment
Second Stone is a colorful Action RPG built around two fully playable parallel worlds. Play as Shiren, a young treasure hunter who can cross between the vibrant Light World and its sinister mirror, the Shrouded World. Master fast-paced combat and forge your path to power with elemental Manastones.
ActionRPGAdventureAction RPG3D Platformer▶ Peak: 29 playersMore like this →Underground Security Inc
KRNK Studios
Defend your dungeon against relentless waves of “heroes”. Manage your minions, mine ores, construct traps and cast spells to strengthen your defenses. Each run brings new challenges in this roguelite dungeon defense game.
Tower DefenseAuto BattlerBase BuildingRoguelike DeckbuilderDeckbuilding▶ Peak: 29 playersMore like this →Gear Up Einstein!
No Deadlines
A strategic roguelite auto-battler for 1-3 players. Travel through time, recruit historical figures, and gear them up with badass equipment for ridiculous combos. Master tactical missions solo or with friends. Ready to save the world?
Early AccessAuto BattlerRogueliteTurn-Based TacticsOnline Co-Op▶ Peak: 25 playersMore like this →Seaworks: Trap Season
Binary Impact, Alchemical Works
Seaworks: Trap Season is a hands-on crab fishing life sim set in the remote pacific northwest in the 1990s. Take fishing bounties by fax, maintain and customize your boat, brave changing weather, sort your catch and build a small life on the edge of the sea.
NavalLife SimFishingExploration1990's▶ Peak: 23 playersMore like this →Deep Trouble
Mini Kaiju Games
Dive into Deep Trouble with a crew of up to 6 and your mostly trusty submarine, slipping past massive leviathans into the mysterious depths. Pilot, swim, and salvage together to reach the bottom before your oxygen runs out, a friend blows you up, or you become a tasty treat.
MultiplayerAdventureOnline Co-OpCo-opComedy▶ Peak: 22 playersMore like this →Screams Echo
VSKO
Screams Echo is a dark run-based roguelite. With fully procedural levels, unique items, and powerful synergies that transform every run beyond recognition, no two playthroughs ever feel the same. Experiment with builds and turn desperate survival into destructive chaos.
ActionAction RoguelikeRoguelikeBullet HellIndie▶ Peak: 22 playersMore like this →Annalynn MD
Cruise Elroy
Annalynn MD is a falling block puzzle game that hearkens back to similar titles of the 16-bit era. Twist, turn, and take out germs in three different game modes as you help Annalynn make the world just a little bit healthier.
Falling BlocksRoguelikeArcade2DStrategy▶ Peak: 20 playersMore like this →Cardsharp
Zandbox Studio Games
Blackjack in a dark room. Solo or with friends. Win the hand and you get paid; lose it and the dealer takes a finger. Rob the other players, burn the card they were saving, push cursed items on them.
First-PersonMultiplayerRetroHorrorDark▶ Peak: 20 playersMore like this →Demonbane: Ascension
HowkeyDeer
Master elemental combat and mythic artifacts to slay demons and corrupted immortals in this fast-paced action roguelite inspired by cultivation myths. As the chosen mortal, grow stronger with every death to uncover the truth behind the Blood Moon.
Action RoguelikeHack and SlashAction-AdventureMythologyRoguelike▶ Peak: 20 playersTrenchhold TD
Two Fat Badgers Games
Trenchhold TD is an incremental tower defense game set on the battlefields of World War I. Hold your trenches against thousands of enemies, upgrade your forces, and launch full-scale counter-attacks to crush their defenses!
StrategyIdlerIncrementalMilitaryBase Building▶ Peak: 20 playersMore like this →Your Judgment, Inquisitor
KwaKwaGames
Medieval Spain. You serve as an Inquisitor in the shadow of the dreaded Tomás de Torquemada. Cast out demons from the possessed. Burn heretics. Spare the innocent or condemn them. Every wrong choice will bring you closer to the wrath of the Church… or the fury of the mob.
SimulationMedievalDarkChoices MatterMultiple Endings▶ Peak: 20 playersMore like this →Outcast Tales
Hardlane Studio
Assemble a squad of characters with robust personalities and abilities, and their relationships unfold. Engage in deep tactical battles, make tough decisions, and choose your own adventures - write an Outcast Tale that’s unique to you!
RogueliteTactical RPGChoose Your Own AdventureStory RichParty-Based RPG▶ Peak: 19 playersMore like this →Engagement
Blizz
One capital ship. Fifteen minutes until relief. Bolt salvaged guns onto your hull, raise a fleet of named escorts who rank up and branch, and hold the lane against a Hollow swarm that grows every minute you survive.
SpaceAction RoguelikeBullet HeavenActionStrategy▶ Peak: 18 playersMore like this →Wipe Them Out!
Kompound Studio
Wipe them out is a hand-drawn incremental zombie-blasting game. Shoot zombies, collect scrap, and upgrade your weapons and defenses. Face increasingly powerful horde as you grow stronger with every upgrade. Protect your wall and enjoy the satisfaction of tearing through countless zombies.
IncrementalIdlerTower DefensePvEIsometric▶ Peak: 18 playersMore like this →The Backrooms : Threshold
Rude Rhino Games
A 1–4 player co-op investigation horror game where you enter the Backrooms through an experimental gateway. Explore procedurally generated environments, document anomalies, recover valuable artifacts, and survive the unknown.
Psychological HorrorInvestigationOnline Co-OpAtmosphericSurvival Horror▶ Peak: 17 playersMore like this →Heroll: IF
OFFMOON Inc.
Roll the dice, survive the chaos, and rebuild a broken world in this roguelite board-game RPG. Battle through unpredictable loops, recruit adorable pets, face wild events, and grow stronger with every roll.
Action RoguelikeTactical RPGAuto BattlerBoard GameRoguelike▶ Peak: 16 playersMore like this →PITCHFORK
MANIC GAMES
An online co-op dungeon crawler where up to 4 unqualified peasants climb an ever-changing castle to slay the local vampire. Fight monsters, solve puzzles, avoid traps, and make sure somebody keeps that torch lit.
Online Co-OpHorrorDungeon CrawlerProcedural GenerationFirst-Person▶ Peak: 16 playersMore like this →Backdraft
Legacy Labs
The deckbuilding brawler. Backdraft is a hero vs hero roguelike battle for board control. Draft your deck, summon your minions, and unleash game-flipping combos. Conquer the six realms solo, or challenge your friends online.
Card GameStrategyDeckbuildingCard BattlerRoguelike▶ Peak: 15 playersMore like this →DEEPWARD
ECHOFALL GAMES
Choose three heroes from a roster of six and switch between them instantly during combat. Each has their own health, weapon and ability. DEEPWARD is a fast horror FPS roguelite set in an alternate 1920s, where keeping your squad alive means fighting through the madness. Hero death is permanent.
Boomer ShooterCombatFast-PacedHorrorRoguelite▶ Peak: 15 playersMore like this →











