Great recommendations! I played Pepper Grinder, Harold Hablibut (both added to wishlist instantly) and Crypt Custodian (don't sleep on that one! super charming demo). Now I wanna try Arco, Flock, Chasing the Unseen... So many great games coming!
Emberward is one of my favorites of the event so far that you didn't already mention, it's a twist on the tower defense genre where you get to place tetronimoes between rounds to determine the shape of the level and where you can place towers.
Thanks for the great nextfest video ! A couple of these I totally skimmed past, but I had a tonnn of fun with Pepper Grinder and Balatro. Rack and Slay is a good roguelike to keep an eye on too, entirely set on a billiards table. Took a good couple hours from me.
I'm a new follower, and I've got to say: every video of yours has such a satisfying pace to it. The video lengths are digestible, the narration is worthwhile and engaging, the video content is the perfect mesh of just enough yet never too much. I can't wait to see the next video you create! Much love
Idk how I never heard of herold halibut before, it looks like something I'd go crazy for. Definitely gonna check out that and fractured city. I also have indica downloaded already. This next fest is already amazing, I wish I had more time to try games.
Just something to notice, the Steam Next Fest demo of Pacific Drive is way shorter than the preview build you played 3 weeks ago. There's only the initial tutorial level and then you get to play the first mission, after that, the demo is over.
I heard about Rollin Rascal a while ago and they finally released a demo for the next fest, i tried it for a bit but it feels SO good to play. Of course you stumble getting the hang of it but once you do it's pretty smooth and fun to run through the levels, even if you fall down, it even has an online race mode right now
I played some of these, gonna check out a few more. Indika was really interesting. Some of the most fun for me where: Zet Zillions, Lightyear Frontier and Sword of Convallaria.
Another interesting indie game with a next fest demo that I’d like to toss into the pile: neoproxima. I haven’t played its demo yet myself, but it looks incredibly interesting and I haven’t seen other people talk about it, so I’d like it to get more attention. It’s a visual novel time-looping puzzle game with both rpg and survival influences. On top of all this, it’s set in an alternate reality cold war and has gorgeous graphics.
Crow county has awful combat so it is a great idea to avoid it, great idea by the dev. Make an awful combat system and admitt that you eft up. Thumbs up for that.
Wow. Thanks for all your work in finding these gems! Downloading 50GB right now
There are some very interesting ones i did not know about. INDIKA sounds fascinating with its visuals and the very interesting premise.
Great recommendations! I played Pepper Grinder, Harold Hablibut (both added to wishlist instantly) and Crypt Custodian (don't sleep on that one! super charming demo).
Now I wanna try Arco, Flock, Chasing the Unseen... So many great games coming!
yesss those are all great choices! just wasn't able to cover them all in this video if i wanted to release it before the event is over haha
Crow Country is one of my top three favorite 2024 Winter Next Fest demos. I love it's Final Fantasy VII Chibi style character models and all.
Emberward is one of my favorites of the event so far that you didn't already mention, it's a twist on the tower defense genre where you get to place tetronimoes between rounds to determine the shape of the level and where you can place towers.
Thanks for the great nextfest video ! A couple of these I totally skimmed past, but I had a tonnn of fun with Pepper Grinder and Balatro. Rack and Slay is a good roguelike to keep an eye on too, entirely set on a billiards table. Took a good couple hours from me.
Me and a friend got completely blown away by abiotic factor, pretty much an half-life scientist simulator with survival elements
So far I've tried Gatekeeper, Out of Action, XF Extreme Formula, and Star Trucker. Can't wait to try out Pepper Grinder and Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip!
I've sunk 4 hours into gatekeeper 😊
Great video. Such a great assortment of games.
Oh fantastic! I didn't know demo's were still a thing, and I'll definitely check out a few you mentioned. Thanks for putting this together!
Botany Manor was my highlight of the Next Fest!
Looking forward to if you find more great demos. Your selections seem great.
You are AWESOME! Amazing recommendations of games I had never heard of with poignant commentary! I hope your channel grows! Keep up the amazing work.
I'm a new follower, and I've got to say: every video of yours has such a satisfying pace to it. The video lengths are digestible, the narration is worthwhile and engaging, the video content is the perfect mesh of just enough yet never too much. I can't wait to see the next video you create! Much love
Same here. I also like how relaxed the narration is.
thank you and welcome :) i think i've gotten much better at finding my writing style and making something that flows well :p
I was blown away by the demo for Until Then. It reminds me of both A Space for the Unbound and Life is Strange.
Idk how I never heard of herold halibut before, it looks like something I'd go crazy for. Definitely gonna check out that and fractured city. I also have indica downloaded already. This next fest is already amazing, I wish I had more time to try games.
Look up Papetura and Moonhood Studios as well.
1:40 to be fair, Psychonauts had a segment like this with The Milkman Conspiracy level almost 20 years ago 😅
Just something to notice, the Steam Next Fest demo of Pacific Drive is way shorter than the preview build you played 3 weeks ago. There's only the initial tutorial level and then you get to play the first mission, after that, the demo is over.
ah yes i had heard people saying it was shorter
@@nocapsbb Well, the demo is only 5 GB big.
I heard about Rollin Rascal a while ago and they finally released a demo for the next fest, i tried it for a bit but it feels SO good to play.
Of course you stumble getting the hang of it but once you do it's pretty smooth and fun to run through the levels, even if you fall down, it even has an online race mode right now
Alriiiiight some awesome demos here, great mini showcase!
very nice video
balatro has already overtaken my brain
amazing recommendations
Pepper grinder and Ultros are prolly my top 2 so far
I played some of these, gonna check out a few more. Indika was really interesting.
Some of the most fun for me where: Zet Zillions, Lightyear Frontier and Sword of Convallaria.
you're easily my favorite curator. do you have a steam curation address?
yes, in the description!
I want to play a majority of these and for me that's saying something!
Great stuff! Everyone like and comment to get nocaps in that algorithm!
Good video
Also thank you!
my wallet is not gonna like this
at least the demos are free...
I really liked the Ultros Demo. But I'm one of those metroidvania fans.
Broken Arrow is awsome
Check out the minimalist Tower Defense game COLONY DEFENSE also. It's fun and highly addictive.
lol how the how is that demo (or any demo) 50GB?! wow how big will the actual game be?...
i guess it's just the full game that stops you from progressing after a certain point?
Another interesting indie game with a next fest demo that I’d like to toss into the pile: neoproxima. I haven’t played its demo yet myself, but it looks incredibly interesting and I haven’t seen other people talk about it, so I’d like it to get more attention. It’s a visual novel time-looping puzzle game with both rpg and survival influences. On top of all this, it’s set in an alternate reality cold war and has gorgeous graphics.
I like the look of that one for sure!
I played #BLUD and loved it
What about Shapez 2 or Star Trucker?
How the hell did you make this so fast 😂
Pacific drive does not have demo ! mmmmh aare you sure that should be there ... eh idk tbh
*Promosm* 🙂
Crow county has awful combat so it is a great idea to avoid it, great idea by the dev. Make an awful combat system and admitt that you eft up. Thumbs up for that.