{"id":857797,"date":"2025-12-15T12:57:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/10-steam-next-fest-demos-you-should-play-right-now"},"modified":"2025-12-15T12:57:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:57:23","slug":"10-steam-next-fest-demos-you-should-play-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/10-steam-next-fest-demos-you-should-play-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Steam Next Fest demos you should play right now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/10-steam-next-fest-demos-you-should-play-right-now.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/topics\/wishlisted\">Wishlisted<\/a>, our recurring feature series highlighting some of our favourite games from Steam Next Fest. While June&#8217;s edition of Next Fest doesn&#8217;t officially kick off until Monday 10th June, loads of demos are live on Steam already, so we thought why not follow suit and get stuck in early? That way, we can tell you about lots more exciting games on our radar, and give them some all-important breathing room as we prepare for the onslaught of shiny new mega blockbusters that will be coming down the pipes over the course of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/summer-game-fest-2024-conference-schedule\">Summer Game Fest<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re also making Wishlisted bigger and better this time with its own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/wishlisted\">dedicated microsite<\/a> for you to peruse, which will collate together all of Eurogamer&#8217;s Wishlisted picks, as well as those from our sister sites VG247 and Rock Paper Shotgun. 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While June&#8217;s edition of Next Fest doesn&#8217;t officially kick off until Monday 10th June, loads of demos are live on Steam already, so we thought why not follow suit and get stuck in early? That way, we can tell you about lots more exciting games on our radar, and give them some all-important breathing room as we prepare for the onslaught of shiny new mega blockbusters that will be coming down the pipes over the course of Summer Game Fest this week. 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