Next Fest, without the AI
The demos people are actually playing.
7,055 games in Steam Next Fest until 26 October. 2,522 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.
1,006 demos without AI, tagged Roguelike, 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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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: 179 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 →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 →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: 133 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 →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: 118 playersMore like this →