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Steam Next Fest: February 2025 Edition
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Corebreaker - Didn't really grab me. A competent 'room clearing' roguelite but I'd rather just stick to Astral Ascent, Neon Abyss or Trinity Fusion.
Reignbreaker - Big fan of the soundtrack and overall style. Not too sure about the rest of the package though. Combat felt a bit unintuitive if I'm honest but maybe that's because I'm just used to Hades and Ravenswatch so much these days. Will keep it on the wishlist for now.
Flash Made Fear - The wrong way to do tank controls. Lacked some QoL features as well. Cool throwback but not for me.
Post Trauma - The right way to do tank controls. Ain't nobody got time for that first padlock puzzle though. Maybe I'll check out the full release but I'll give it a miss for now (performance was woeful btw).
Corebreaker - Didn't really grab me. A competent 'room clearing' roguelite but I'd rather just stick to Astral Ascent, Neon Abyss or Trinity Fusion.
Reignbreaker - Big fan of the soundtrack and overall style. Not too sure about the rest of the package though. Combat felt a bit unintuitive if I'm honest but maybe that's because I'm just used to Hades and Ravenswatch so much these days. Will keep it on the wishlist for now.
Flash Made Fear - The wrong way to do tank controls. Lacked some QoL features as well. Cool throwback but not for me.
Post Trauma - The right way to do tank controls. Ain't nobody got time for that first padlock puzzle though. Maybe I'll check out the full release but I'll give it a miss for now (performance was woeful btw).
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CyberTaxi: Lunatic Nights - Literally unplayable with the awful performance, buggy controls and broken UI. Probably a fun game to pick up on the cheap but this just screams "streamer game" to me. Meh.
Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom - Now this was excellent. Can't believe this has been out since last year already but this platformer just oozes style and character. It plays great as well so I'm definitely grabbing this, if only to bathe in its nostalgic N64 and Dreamcastesque summer vibes.
FUMES - Take Smugglers Run, Cell Damage and Mad Max and you have yourself an amazing Car-Combat-Em-Up on your hands. Love that it just throws you in as soon as you load up the demo. Perfect. Another instabuy when it releases.
Neon Inferno - Another brilliant gem that completely caught me by surprise. It combines elements from Beat-Em-Ups and run-and-gun games like Contra and offers up some neat gameplay tricks of its own as well. Not only does it play well but it looks even better! It really nails the retro visuals (which are customizable as well with filters and the like), something that so many other games fail at. Loved it.
CyberTaxi: Lunatic Nights - Literally unplayable with the awful performance, buggy controls and broken UI. Probably a fun game to pick up on the cheap but this just screams "streamer game" to me. Meh.
Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom - Now this was excellent. Can't believe this has been out since last year already but this platformer just oozes style and character. It plays great as well so I'm definitely grabbing this, if only to bathe in its nostalgic N64 and Dreamcastesque summer vibes.
FUMES - Take Smugglers Run, Cell Damage and Mad Max and you have yourself an amazing Car-Combat-Em-Up on your hands. Love that it just throws you in as soon as you load up the demo. Perfect. Another instabuy when it releases.
Neon Inferno - Another brilliant gem that completely caught me by surprise. It combines elements from Beat-Em-Ups and run-and-gun games like Contra and offers up some neat gameplay tricks of its own as well. Not only does it play well but it looks even better! It really nails the retro visuals (which are customizable as well with filters and the like), something that so many other games fail at. Loved it.
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Pakoe
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Did you read the last few updates on fortunes run? The dev is going to jail..What’s worrying for me with this next fest is that two games I’ve been following for years now and in early access or with demos did not update for a new demo
Fortune’s run & Death Trash
Eternal early access
Buggy Loop
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Wildebeest
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Most promising of the day to me was Dead Underworld. Just because I liked its Heroes of Might and Magic pixel art map.
Pakoe
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Fortune's Run - Extremely Sad Depressing News, Act III - Steam News
In which Dizzie explains why the development is imploding and what will happen with the project in the near future
Ribi
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Lmao that's wildFortune's Run - Extremely Sad Depressing News, Act III - Steam News
In which Dizzie explains why the development is imploding and what will happen with the project in the near futurestore.steampowered.com
Buggy Loop
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Fortune's Run - Extremely Sad Depressing News, Act III - Steam News
In which Dizzie explains why the development is imploding and what will happen with the project in the near future
Wowwww
He knew he was in legal trouble all this time and still made his game buyable with such an uncertain future?
If this is ever completed in the future I would be surprised.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Has anyone tried this? They market it as "Witcher meets KCD".
RagnarokIV
Battlebus imprisoning me \m/ >.< \m/
First thing I will do - filter all 'soulslike' and 'metroidvania' to my ignore list.
Wildebeest
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First time I snapped and filtered "female protagonist". The M'Lady is off the charts with some of these indies.
Pakoe
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You enter a random map, shoot and end every map with a random power up. Boring and ugly. Pass.
The idea sounds great on paper, the executions lacks severly. UI is horrible and the graphics are all over the place. Pass.
Recommended.
Recommended if you're into this genre.
Absolutely recommend.
Pass.
Gameplay is solid, graphics are fine and is a perfect game to have running on a 2nd monitor.
I don't know how to explain that one, its the way the aiming works and some UE5 games have this issue. Has potential though.
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NeverYouMind
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This one is really fun. Just my kind of game with driving, whacky physics, stylish setting, good sound design, and story beats. My only complaint is that for driving in reverse the directions are not inverted like every other driving game. Regardless, in my cannon this is about Jimmy (Bully) Hopkin's granpapi and I can't wait to see this story through in the full release.
Neon Inferno - Another brilliant gem that completely caught me by surprise. It combines elements from Beat-Em-Ups and run-and-gun games like Contra and offers up some neat gameplay tricks of its own as well. Not only does it play well but it looks even better! It really nails the retro visuals (which are customizable as well with filters and the like), something that so many other games fail at. Loved it.
Here I thought pixel art and run n' guns had peaked long ago and you recommend this beauty:
*The pictures hardly do it justice. The image quality is CRT heaven.
P.S. I can't remember the last time Steam Next Fest had this many bangers.
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Can't add more than 10 steam links in one post so continuing:
Waited for 5 minutes but couldn't find a game.
This game looked intriguing as fuck and it kept that same feeling while playing it. The crunchy ass graphics fit perfect.
Don't ask me wtf happened, I have no idea but I liked it. Might need to get used to it but I recommend this first person dungeon crawler.
Don't ask me wtf happened, I have no idea but I liked it. Might need to get used to it but I recommend this first person dungeon crawler.
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Wildebeest
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The best of Sokoban day.
VeganElduderino
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This looks fucking cool
NeverYouMind
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Yeah it really is a stunner. One of the best looking games I've seen in recent years, and I mean no hyperbole whatsoever.Here I thought pixel art and run n' guns had peaked long ago and you recommend this beauty:
*The pictures hardly do it justice. The image quality is CRT heaven.
P.S. I can't remember the last time Steam Next Fest had this many bangers.
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touchfuzzy
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Great open world action adventure, love the movement and solving puzzles. Combat was just okay, seems like it would get better as more moves unlocked. It’s made it on to my list for sure!
Wildebeest
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A first person game that lacks the most basic options and is unplayable, without spewing up your lunch, for anyone other than the solo dev who uploaded it? That's not really narrowing it down for a next fest.
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He Is Coming - Only played one match of this to know that I will enjoy the frick out of it. The definition of "moreish" basically and it nails the NES vibes. On the wishlist it goes!
Grit & Valor 1949 - Real-time Roguelike Advance Wars? I'll take it!
Dragonkin: The Banished - Could be good but I kept dying as the lightning character in the first dungeon lol (the supposed planned end-game activity that they give you access to during a demo?). Anyway, will wait for reviews for this one. Their previous ARPG was kind of ass (Chaosbane) and I regret picking it up at the time.
UNYIELDER - An absolute mess of a game. Does pretty much everything wrong. From the awful visuals, poor UI, horrific gunplay (screenshake is off the charts with just the base pistol alone), floaty controls, buggy menu, etc. Turned it off after 5 mins. Play Battle Shapers to see how it's done instead.
He Is Coming - Only played one match of this to know that I will enjoy the frick out of it. The definition of "moreish" basically and it nails the NES vibes. On the wishlist it goes!
Grit & Valor 1949 - Real-time Roguelike Advance Wars? I'll take it!
Dragonkin: The Banished - Could be good but I kept dying as the lightning character in the first dungeon lol (the supposed planned end-game activity that they give you access to during a demo?). Anyway, will wait for reviews for this one. Their previous ARPG was kind of ass (Chaosbane) and I regret picking it up at the time.
UNYIELDER - An absolute mess of a game. Does pretty much everything wrong. From the awful visuals, poor UI, horrific gunplay (screenshake is off the charts with just the base pistol alone), floaty controls, buggy menu, etc. Turned it off after 5 mins. Play Battle Shapers to see how it's done instead.
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Holammer
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Tried a few semi-random games. Whisper of the House is a neat little decorating game with pixel art. Starts simple, but later on it seems to add new gameplay mechanics like cleaning. Not for me, but it's well made.
Simple pixel art RTS where you take the fight to the evil Capitalists for the glory of Communism. Deploy blocking units to encourage the penal troops to die gloriously for the cause and root out dissidents among your soldiers. Feels like a something Sega would have done for the Dreamcast.
Game where you raise a Dragon girl similar to Princess Maker. Demo however was Japanese only so it was hard to judge.
Super simple point and click puzzle game where you have to navigate life for a socially awkward giraffe. Not that interesting for me.
Simple pixel art RTS where you take the fight to the evil Capitalists for the glory of Communism. Deploy blocking units to encourage the penal troops to die gloriously for the cause and root out dissidents among your soldiers. Feels like a something Sega would have done for the Dreamcast.
Game where you raise a Dragon girl similar to Princess Maker. Demo however was Japanese only so it was hard to judge.
Super simple point and click puzzle game where you have to navigate life for a socially awkward giraffe. Not that interesting for me.
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The Knightling - Seems lovingly made but the performance was shockingly bad, even on medium. I also couldn't figure out what to do during the first quest where you're meant to go the outskirts and investigate monster attacks. Ran around for ages only managing to solve 2 out of 3 requirements. Might snap it up on the cheap in the future, if they fix the performance that is.
Wartorn - Realtime RTS battler with roguelite mechanics. Interesting art style but also one that made the game look extremely blurry/muddy. Didn't really grab me otherwise.
Mecha BREAK - Lol so this is a meme of a game isn't it? I was very much looking forward to it after all the flashy trailers and what not but man... this just screams cynical GAAS slop! You can't even pause the game during singleplayer? Nice. I alt+f4'd after I saw the exploration hub complete with slow movement speed and hilariously over the top proportions of my lady character in real time. What the fuck lol. It reminded me of that erotic space game called "Subverse", miss me with that shit. Oh and apparently it comes with kernel level anti-cheat as well? Wondering how the hell I'm going to have to remove that.
If anything this has actually reminded me that own Daemon X Machina on PC and so I need to get on that.
Fellowship - Played it for 7 minutes and like someone else here said, it bored me to tears. A shame too as the world itself seemed well made. Just that everything else was undercooked. From the UI to the awful controlscheme, the combat, the animation, the sound design... No thanks. I guess if you're an old MMORPG-head then you'll find some enjoyment out of this I suppose. Definitely not for me.
The Knightling - Seems lovingly made but the performance was shockingly bad, even on medium. I also couldn't figure out what to do during the first quest where you're meant to go the outskirts and investigate monster attacks. Ran around for ages only managing to solve 2 out of 3 requirements. Might snap it up on the cheap in the future, if they fix the performance that is.
Wartorn - Realtime RTS battler with roguelite mechanics. Interesting art style but also one that made the game look extremely blurry/muddy. Didn't really grab me otherwise.
Mecha BREAK - Lol so this is a meme of a game isn't it? I was very much looking forward to it after all the flashy trailers and what not but man... this just screams cynical GAAS slop! You can't even pause the game during singleplayer? Nice. I alt+f4'd after I saw the exploration hub complete with slow movement speed and hilariously over the top proportions of my lady character in real time. What the fuck lol. It reminded me of that erotic space game called "Subverse", miss me with that shit. Oh and apparently it comes with kernel level anti-cheat as well? Wondering how the hell I'm going to have to remove that.
If anything this has actually reminded me that own Daemon X Machina on PC and so I need to get on that.
Fellowship - Played it for 7 minutes and like someone else here said, it bored me to tears. A shame too as the world itself seemed well made. Just that everything else was undercooked. From the UI to the awful controlscheme, the combat, the animation, the sound design... No thanks. I guess if you're an old MMORPG-head then you'll find some enjoyment out of this I suppose. Definitely not for me.
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The Knightling - Seems lovingly made but the performance was shockingly bad, even on medium. I also couldn't figure out what to do during the first quest where you're meant to go the outskirts and investigate monster attacks. Ran around for ages only managing to solve 2 out of 3 requirements. Might snap it up on the cheap in the future, if they fix the performance that is.
Oddly enough I got stuck for a while in the exact same spot with 2/3 investigations, it wasn't super well designed. if you do try it again here was the three spots to investigate:
1. Pot of paint that was tipped over inside one of the pens.
2. You have to go inside the window of a different pen while the door is closed, there's claw/scratch marks on the inside of the door (this was the one I couldn't find)
3. A monster crushed underneath a crate at the biggest house
On one hand though, I do appreciate a game not being too hand-holdy.
The other quest I did, fixing the big water wheel, was much better and more intuitive.
ultrazilla
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Great thread!
Sorry if some of these are repeats but I guess if they are, people are finding the good ones.
Sunken Veins.....HOLD....YOUR....BREATH:
Twilight Monk-incredible!
Fumes....Twisted..What?!
Moadra-JUST INSTALL THIS AND PLAY!
Cubic Odyssey-MINECRAFT ON STEROIDS AND NITROUS.....Plus that amazing SKYBOX!!
Sorry if some of these are repeats but I guess if they are, people are finding the good ones.
Sunken Veins.....HOLD....YOUR....BREATH:
Twilight Monk-incredible!
Moadra-JUST INSTALL THIS AND PLAY!
Cubic Odyssey-MINECRAFT ON STEROIDS AND NITROUS.....Plus that amazing SKYBOX!!
Wildebeest
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I've looked at a lot of games and this was the most unique and fun to me. A 2d space survival sort of game where you have to manage resources and pilot a shuttle safely.
ultrazilla
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Thread seems to have slowed down big time. We need those recommends my NeoGAF brethren!
The rogue-like edition:
Dead Pixels II-Straight to video. Incredible retro-vhs 1980s and 90s zombie tribute 2D action game. Those easter eggs! That SOUNDTRACK!!
Drift Survivor 2. Simply brilliant fun. One of the few demos I have not deleted from the dozens I've been trying.
Driveloop. There's never enough action/rogue-like car combat games and this one is a riot!
Heli 100. A shump/rogue-light helicopter bullet hell that oozes charm.
Neon Spellstorm. Wizards. Spells. ZOOM ALL THE WAAAAAAAYYYYY IN.(you'll see)
The rogue-like edition:
Dead Pixels II-Straight to video. Incredible retro-vhs 1980s and 90s zombie tribute 2D action game. Those easter eggs! That SOUNDTRACK!!
Drift Survivor 2. Simply brilliant fun. One of the few demos I have not deleted from the dozens I've been trying.
Driveloop. There's never enough action/rogue-like car combat games and this one is a riot!
Heli 100. A shump/rogue-light helicopter bullet hell that oozes charm.
Neon Spellstorm. Wizards. Spells. ZOOM ALL THE WAAAAAAAYYYYY IN.(you'll see)
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