Sequel to Cyberpunk RPG, Crazy Reinterpretation of Harry Potter, GTA-Style Police Story. Steam Next Fest is full of interesting demos

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October 15, 2024, 06:17

The new edition of Steam Next Fest turned out to be very fruitful. The event allowed you to play demos of many featured games including Citizen Sleeper 2, Hail to the Rainbow, Secret Agent Wizard Boy and International Crime Syndicate and The Precinct.

The Steam Next Fest event launched last night. Its biggest draw is traditionally the demo versions of many nearby games. We have selected a set of recommended titles from the group. The fun will last until October 21st.

1. Steam Next Fest – event page

The hottest demos from Steam Next Fest

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

One of the gems of the festival is the Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector demo. It’s the sequel to the excellent cyberpunk RPG from 2022, which can boast 92% positive reviews on Steam.

The sequel offers an interesting plot known from the original and a lot of freedom to shape the story. This time, however, the action does not take place on a space station. Instead, our character has their own ship, which not only allows them to travel the galaxy, but also requires us to recruit a crew.

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector on Steam

cyclops

Cyclopean is a game that many players will dismiss after looking at screenshots. Because it looks like a game from the 8-bit era. However, it’s worth giving it a shot, because it’s a very promising RPG.

The project was inspired by the works of HP Lovecraft. Instead of relying on the popular myth of Cthulhu, the developers based their work on the lesser-known but very strange realm of dreams, which appears in the writer’s first stories. In terms of gameplay, the title resembles a combination of the two most popular styles of classic PC RPGs from the 80s. So here we have the exploration of a TPP world on a large map, and dungeon exploration takes place in an advanced manner from an FPP perspective. The demo has an excellent atmosphere and very survival-oriented gameplay that requires careful resource management. If the simple graphics don’t scare you, it’s worth giving it a go cyclops an opportunity

Cyclopean on Steam

Hail to the rainbow

Hail to the rainbow is a first-person action-adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. In the game, we travel through deserted Russia in a car and leave it for the purpose of exploring buildings. It’s not all about sightseeing as the game features puzzles and numerous combat sequences.

Hail to the Rainbow on Steam

keep driving

In turn, Keep Driving is a role-playing game enriched with strategic elements about resource management, which tells the story of traveling by car in the USA. The game has beautiful pixel art graphics and an excellent atmosphere, which evokes the nostalgia of the beginning of this century.

Not everything in the demo works perfectly, including the slightly unprofitable turn-based combat, which we fix various roadblocks in, so we’re hoping that thanks to feedback during Steam Next Fest, these elements will be improve Even now, though, this game is fun to play.

Keep driving to Steam

Crazy Motive

If you enjoy point and click adventures, be sure to check out the Loco Motive demo. The action of the game takes place on board a luxury train, where a murder has been committed. During the game, we control three characters who are the main suspects and must prove their innocence.

Crazy Motive It has beautiful pixel art graphics, colorful characters, interesting puzzles and a lot of humor. This is the kind of game LucasArts could have developed three decades ago.

Loco Motive on Steam

Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate

Steam Next Fest also gives us a look at Secret Agent Wizard Boy and International Crime Syndicate. The title can be described as a completely crazy reinterpretation of the first one Harry Potter game Here we play a student of a magical school reminiscent of Hogwarts, who must defeat a mysterious syndicate.

The player’s task is to achieve the goals, but how they do it is only up to them. The game has a rich selection of spells and a fun physics engine, which combined with the availability of mines and explosive materials, causes complete chaos in this version of Hogwarts, with the bodies of characters and furniture scattered by powerful explosions of occasionally It sounds silly, but it’s a lot of fun.

Secret Agent Wizard Boy and International Crime Syndicate on Steam

the enclosure

It’s worth spending a few hours at the Festival for The Precinct model. This is a bird’s eye action game, in which you play as a rookie police officer, working in a fictional American city of the 1980s..

The game presents a wide spectrum of the duties of a law enforcement officer. From patrolling the streets (on foot and behind the wheel of a patrol car), going through interventions, arrests and detentions. Of course, there are shootouts and chases here too.

The Precinct on Steam

The spirit of the samurai

The Spirit of the Samurai is a 2.5D action game set in a fantasy version of medieval Japan. The movement takes place in two dimensions, but the combat resembles soul games, with an elaborate and demanding combat system and the need for economical management of our warrior’s force.

The game has a great atmosphere and looks amazing. The developers opted for an unusual style that makes everything look like a stop-motion animated film.

The Spirit of the Samurai on Steam

The stone of madness

Recently we have been inundated with games inspired by commands series The stone of madness, however, stands out from other productions of this type. This is largely due to the unusual setting: we lead a group of hapless people tormented by mental problems, trying to escape from a nightmarish 18th century Spanish monastery.. Their phobias and obsessions have a concrete translation in the game here, making it more diverse.

Also, the game is beautifully made and makes an excellent impression with its attractive comic book style. The project has been developed by the authors of the blasphemy series and after the demo, you can say that The stone of madness is shaping up to be another gem in this team’s portfolio.

The Stone of Madness on Steam

carried by the wind

carried by the wind is a roguelike action game developed by the creators of Dead cells – Studio Motion Twin. The title offers an isometric view and focuses mainly on dynamic skirmishes using a rich arsenal of special abilities. Everything seems very inspired by him Hades series

The demo only allows solo play; the full version is also supposed to allow co-op play for up to three people.

Windblown on Steam

A handful of other notable demos:

1. Amerzone – The Explorer’s Legacy (Size: 4.06 GB) – a new version of a classic FPP adventure game.
2. KLETKA (Size: 783MB): The creators describe this game as a co-op horror game about going down an elevator that’s trying to eat you. Players must land on floors, explore them while avoiding traps and monsters, and gather resources, which they will then use to power the elevator before it takes them to a lower level.
3. Mandragora (Size: 6.78GB) – A beautiful 2.5D platformer with an extensive Soulslike combat system.
4. Neon Blood (Size: 1.99 GB) – A beautiful 2.5D pixel art adventure game in which you play the role of a detective working in a cyberpunk city of the future.
5. Streets of Rogue 2 (Size: 2.59 GB) – Sequel to the crazy sandbox RPG with a procedurally generated world.
6. Tenebris Somnia (Size: 460 MB) – A survival horror adventure that combines old-school 2D graphics with live-action FMV sequences.
7. To Kill a God (Size: 1.35 GB) – Action RPG with roguelike elements. The unusual element is that the skill tree here is a map; unlocking each of its items requires surviving the assigned room.
8. The Rise of the Golden Idol (Size: 1.44GB) – A sequel to the excellent detective adventure game from 2022.
9. Urban Myth Dissolution Center Demo (Size: 860MB) – A pixel art adventure game about agency employees who deal with solving supernatural cases.
10. Worshipers of Cthulhu (Size: 6.66GB) – City builder in which we build cities of worshipers of the foul deities based on the works of HP Lovecraft.