Another chance to check out lots of games and fill up your wishlists, and Steam Next Fest - October 2023 Edition is live now. You know how this goes — for a limited time there will be tons of free demos from developers all over the world on Steam to test before they launch, plus developer chats and livestreams.
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It's a fun event, but it can be quite overwhelming with major FOMO but thankfully you have a good while as the event lasts until October 16 at 5PM UTC. Many games often leave their demos up for a few days or weeks after but that's never certain.
Some of the quick-pick games that I think you should check out include:
- Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
- The Thaumaturge
- Ghostrunner 2
- FOUNDRY
- The Talos Principle 2
- Anima Flux (Native Linux)
- IDUN (Native Linux)
- Hell Throne (Native Linux)
With plenty of filtering options on the event page, you're bound to find something that interests you. I will also admit my immense surprise, that when filtering to just Linux that in the top 5 most wishlisted games is A Shot in the Dark (NSFW), which looks like hardcore porn gamified into a visual novel style experience (you may see the list differently based on filters). Just goes to show what kind of content can be found on Steam nowadays. A little something for everyone it seems.
This is also one of the best things to happen in recent years, a proper digital event that's easily accessible by the masses.
See the full Next Fest even here.
Be sure to come back and comment with what you find that's fun to try out.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Linux_Rocks Oct 9, 2023
In all seriousness though, the level of double standards by Valve on adult content on Steam is stupid and sorta sad. Cause you'll have crappy porn games left and right, but then an 18+ patch for a game will get blocked even though the previous games in the series have them on Steam already. *cough* NEKOPARA Vol. 4. *cough*
A bit on the heavy side, but still manageable on my 5 year old machine. Unlike a certain robocop game.
QuoteA little something for everyone it seems.But unfortunately not for me!
There's nothing that's catching my eye at all, and there's not even a genre filter for one of my lifelong favourites, maze-chase, which just goes to show how small that genre's gotten over the years. 
Maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places?
Last edited by Pengling on 10 October 2023 at 3:02 am UTC
StoneColdSpider Oct 10, 2023
Quoting: PenglingMaybe I'm just looking in the wrong places?Yes you are...... You need to be looking in Minnesota...... Seems they have just what your looking for.........
Last edited by StoneColdSpider on 10 October 2023 at 3:06 am UTC
Quoting: StoneColdSpiderYes you are...... You need to be looking in Minnesota...... Seems they have just what your looking for.........That's actually genuinely cool on every level.
I also played a bit of Sentry - and I'm liking that too - Combination of FPS and Tower Defence. Set aboard a space-ship and preventing a horde of aliens from reaching vulnerable areas of the ship.
Looking forward to (eventually) trying out Enshrouded and IDUN. They also look cool.
Last edited by g000h on 10 October 2023 at 4:45 am UTC
But let's see what else they have ... probably plenty that I never heard about before!
Quoting: g000hTried out and enjoying Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - It's very similar to a Vampire Survivors style game, but you're in an isometrically-oriented cave-system that you need to mine out. Mined resources contribute towards your weapon and equipment upgrades.
I found the demo bit before the fest, so I got a head start. Deep Rock Galactic as a survivors clone does bring something fresh to the genre.
Let's see how much time I have for this fest. I started playing leftovers from last one, so it might take a while to catch up.
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