Demos—post game demos here

[Brian Boru]

Gordian Rooms 1: A curious heritage on Steam

Gordian Rooms: A Curious Heritage is a Victorian escape game, where you solve various puzzles in your late uncle’s mansion in the hope of obtaining his legacy.

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Looks a decent escape room, hidden object, puzzle etc game. $6 game with free demo.

 

[Zloth]

Trail of Ayash has a demo now

Trail of Ayash on Steam

Trail of Ayash is an innovative and exciting open world game focused on the indigenous people, their struggles. Our world is a unique version of the lands dominated by the myths and legends of Its Inhabitants. Various tribes interact with one another, engaging in diplomacy, war, and expansion.

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[ZedClampet]

Game Developers Choice Awards 2022

Game of the Year
Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games / Devolver Digital)

Yay, it has a demo....

Inscryption on Steam

Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

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[ZedClampet]

There's no way to keep up with all the demos these days, but here are a bunch since the last time I posted:

Sports/Racing/Vehicle

Chaos on Wheels on Steam

Fast-paced Destruction Car Combat game where you are behind the wheel of a heavily armed car. Drift, drive, and shoot out your way to victory. Destroy your friends in split-screen mode, or make your Career and become King of Chaos in this singleplayer high-octane car combat chaos.

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Mayhem via top-down, armored vehicles--multiplayer

Drifting Kings on Steam

Drifting Kings is Stylized Arcade offline/online Drifting/Touge/Gymkhana racing game with a colorful and stylized environments. fun to play ,hard to master.

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Another top-down vehicle game, this time involving drifting--solo and PvP

Sporty Peppers on Steam

Sports video games on the move! Play to move and exercise while having fun.

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Someone came out with a Wii VR game that doesn't use the Wii or VR. Apparently it's for exercise (yuck)--solo and PvP

RPG/Adventure/Puzzle/Platformer

Essence Of The Tjikko - Prologue on Steam

Explore a retro 3D fantasy world in Essence Of The Tjikko.Deep in a underground botanic lab, an hybrid plant child wakes up with no memory.Solve the puzzles and brave the traps in a 7 floor dungeon with more than 30 rooms.Will you find the sunlight?Available in 10 languages

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High quality graphics in this fantasy/adventure/puzzler--solo

Thomas' Tales on Steam

Launch into an adventure with the charismatic and fearless cat Thomas on a dangerous quest to save his brothers in a magical and unknown world.

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It looks cute. Not sure about that combat, though--solo

BABYLON'S FALL on Steam

Experience acclaimed developer PlatinumGames' signature combat in BABYLON’S FALL with up to 3 other players or take on the Tower of Babel alone, in this new cooperative action RPG.

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Platinum Games. Didn't review particularly well--solo or co-op

Sandream on Steam

Sand painting style Demon City game. Ella's memory is blurred in the world of sand. She faced many difficulties alone, and with the help of many friends, she bravely moved forward, and faced challenges such as pain, depression, and war one by one, and finally grow up bravely.

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Looks like hand-drawn graphics and maybe some light platforming to go along with your adventure puzzling--solo

The Masters: Survival on Steam

Tana (Katana) is testing the new Virtual Proxy Simulation, which is going to be used for training, as she fights the evil creatures known as the Shadow Dwellers. All is not what it seems however as she dives deeper into the system and faces off against an old foe, Master Nether.

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Top-down, beat-em-up with a story. They pretty much used every category tag, so I have no idea what this actually is--solo

Hack and Slime on Steam

What could be scarier than a massive dungeon-tower infested with skulls, ogres, and dragons? That those same monsters ride the largest multinational in the world with it. You know; business is business.

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2D side-scroller with platforming and RPG elements--solo

Eternal Remnant: The First Chapter on Steam

Dive into the unforgettable tale of two siblings on the run in this emotional RPG journey. With only their wits and a cursed power too dangerous to control, they must fight, explore and scavenge to survive in an unfamiliar world. Will their bond be strong enough to endure the road ahead?

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Looks pretty good for an RPGMaker game--solo

Horror

Varmalis on Steam

Old-school psychological horror inspired by Silent Hill series, based on exploration of abandoned places, combat with monsters, puzzles solving and objects and texts to find. Vincent remembers a murder he never witnessed. What if his memories were mixed with those of a real killer?

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Sounds and looks promising. 3rd person horror--solo

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Probably standard hobbyist horror, which would make it confusing with heart-stopping jumpscares--SP

Shooter

Nightmare Reaper on Steam

Progress through the cursed depths of a nightmare while finding an arsenal of powerful weapons and improving your abilities along the way. This retro-inspired FPS with looter shooter and rogue-lite elements breaches the wall between classic and modern gameplay.

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High speed action FPS. Actually looks pretty interesting--SP

Operation: Harsh Doorstop on Steam

Operation: Harsh Doorstop is the ultimate, free to play, tactical shooter sandbox. Play singleplayer, multiplayer, or co-op modes and explore thousands of community-created maps, weapons, and vehicles via the Steam Workshop. Created by ex-developers of Squad, Red Orchestra, and Insurgency.

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Tactical FPS. Description is a little vague. Probably mostly PvP right now--solo, co-op, PvP

The Ground Division on Steam

The Ground Division is an immersive analog horror survival game taking place in a photorealistic mid-century open world. As the threshold passes by, the cryptic broadcasts finally stop. But maybe they were trying to help you, did you ever think of that?

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Sounds good, but there are a lot of red flags in the trailer. The perspective is off and it's running at about 10 FPS. I probably shouldn't have listed it--SP or Co-op

Bloodhound on Steam

Crush the cult of Astaroth and vanquish her hellspawn, make them squeal and hide where they came from. Enjoy a Fresh Look & Old Fun in this arcade horror FPS game inspired by the legends of the 90s.

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High speed action FPS--solo

Strategy/Simulation

Creature Lab on Steam

Become a mad scientist! Conduct crazy experiments, mix mutagens, breed abominable creatures, and attach monstrous body parts to them. Manage your inventory, expand your lab, and make sure your hideout is safe. Send your creations into the city to obtain salvage and test subjects!

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Make monstrosities in your lab--solo

Heliopolis Six on Steam

Embark on a cosmic odyssey as the director of your own space station in a galaxy full of wonders. Skillful management is vital as you construct and connect station components, oversee resource handling, and guide your space haven to reach new heights amidst the stars.

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Looks like my kind of sim--solo

FSTEST on Steam

Counter Chaos is a simulation game where you work a growing store of your very own, without the hassle of helping hands. It's stressful, but at least you're self-employed.

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Looks almost like a horror game to me. Run your own convenient store by yourself--SP

Lifestyle

Critter Crops on Steam

Sylvie is a young witch, banished from home for her magic. A mysterious letter brings her to Mur Mur Town, an abandoned, spooky place where a bountiful life awaits her! Grow magical crops, unlock the mysteries of Mutter Island, and build a new home for an aspiring witch and her friends!

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You know, meeting the town-folk, falling in love and farming

Other

Urban War Defense on Steam

Lead through an action-packed fast-paced tower defense game with a story of an invasion on your homeland by a large foreign force and as a newly appointed commander do what you can to help your country fight back and defend against this enemy force which is approaching from the coast.

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Realistic looking tower defense game.--solo

 

[Frindis]

System Shock Demo

The full version of System Shock is available on GOG.com. You can purchase it here Af

www.gog.com

 

[Brian Boru]

Civ-like 1-hour pre-release game.

Hexarchy on Steam

A fast-paced strategy game, which takes the weighty decisions of a 4X and stuffs them into an action-packed 60 minutes. Build a deck capable of founding civilizations which can develop economies, research new technologies and conquer all before you. Single-player and online multiplayer.

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I like the look of it, gone on wishlist.

 

[ZedClampet]

Civ-like 1-hour pre-release game.

Hexarchy on Steam

A fast-paced strategy game, which takes the weighty decisions of a 4X and stuffs them into an action-packed 60 minutes. Build a deck capable of founding civilizations which can develop economies, research new technologies and conquer all before you. Single-player and online multiplayer.

store.steampowered.com

I like the look of it, gone on wishlist.

Looks like a streamlined version of Civ with cards. I'm going to try it out.

 

[Brian Boru]

Civ-like 1-hour pre-release game

streamlined version of Civ with cards

Top Civ YouTuber is impressed:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjhcwI_FHUg

 

[ZedClampet]

Top Civ YouTuber is impressed:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjhcwI_FHUg

The demo was fun, but it made me want to actually play Civ. I may buy Civ 4 since you like that one best.

 

[Brian Boru]

I may buy Civ 4

Geez, still $30 for the complete for a 17yo game! Much cheaper on sale, obviously.

You should get the Beyond the Sword version, that's the 2nd expansion which capped it off. I see BtS is $10, but I don't know if it needs the base game also.
ETA: it does:
"Notice: Requires the Steam version of Civilization IV"

I play with the BUG/BULL/BAT mod, which has major QoL benefits without changing gameplay, and also use the Full of Resources map script which allows a lot of customization of the main map types.

 

[ZedClampet]

Geez, still $30 for the complete for a 17yo game! Much cheaper on sale, obviously.

You should get the Beyond the Sword version, that's the 2nd expansion which capped it off. I see BtS is $10, but I don't know if it needs the base game also.
ETA: it does:
"Notice: Requires the Steam version of Civilization IV"

I play with the BUG/BULL/BAT mod, which has major QoL benefits without changing gameplay, and also use the Full of Resources map script which allows a lot of customization of the main map types.

I clicked on the complete package in Steam, and it looks like you "save" $25 buy buying the whole thing altogether, so I'll probably do it that way. After all these years, it should just have a $20 complete edition, but whatever....

 

[Pifanjr]

I clicked on the complete package in Steam, and it looks like you "save" $25 buy buying the whole thing altogether, so I'll probably do it that way. After all these years, it should just have a $20 complete edition, but whatever....

It seems to be cheaper on GOG: https://www.gog.com/game/sid_meiers_civilization_iv_the_complete_edition

 

[Brian Boru]

Lots of demos—and free games—at GOG.

Best Video games, DRM-free | GOG.COM

Download the best classic and new games on Windows, Mac & Linux. A vast selection of titles, DRM-free, with free goodies and 30-day money-back guarantee.

www.gog.com

If link doesn't work immediately, sort by Lowest Price.

 

[ZedClampet]

Hmm, I seem to have forgotten about this thread, but I'm not in the mood for gaming today and am still too hobbled to do anything but sit in front of my computer, so here goes...

Because there are so many demos since the last time I posted, I did it a little differently and used only the "Popular" demos.

CLeM

CLeM on Steam

CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.

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There was no gameplay footage, so I really don't know what's going on here. The art style looks kind of like a hand drawn point & click game, but it isn't point & click apparently.

Whispers in the West

Whispers in the West - Co-op Murder Mystery on Steam

Whispers in the West is a point-and-click murder mystery game that supports online co-op for 1-4 players. Each story is an hour-long intriguing mystery waiting to be solved. You can either work solo or team up with your friends to solve the cases. Things may get heated!

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Four player western murder mystery game. Looks really interesting, but I think you actually need 4 players, which would be difficult for me to pull off.

Nirmita: The Fantasy Survival RPG
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1933730/Nirmita_The_Fantasy_Survival_RPG/
Seems like a combination of RPG, time management, Pokemon, and, well, it looks like maybe boobs play a part, but it doesn't seem to be an actual sex game with nudity and stuff or I wouldn't list it.

A.I.D. - Artificial Intelligence Defence

A.I.D. - Artificial Intelligence Defence on Steam

Lead the operations of an artificial intelligence program with only one aim – to clear the Earth from the remains of humanity. Conquer the world campaigning on a single-player dynamic battleground or play with your friends during a real time strategic gameplay.

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Kill the rest of the humans tower defense game. Twenty years from now, this will be considered more of a documentary than a game.

Kitten Burst

Kitten Burst on Steam

Kitten Burst is an Adventure/Racing Game about a Flying Cat set in the year 200X. Explore Sites on the Web, Race through Circuits, & Battle Bullet Hell Bosses to Save Cyberspace.

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The most misleading and disappointing game on this list as there are actually no exploding kittens.

Let's Cook Together 2

Let's Cook Together 2 on Steam

Let’s Cook Together 2 is a frantic, cooking game for 1-4 players. Learn over 65 dish recipes, master 250+ levels, upgrade your kitchen appliances and travel around the world to make cooking meaningful again. Communication is the key!

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Cooking co-op mayhem

Restaurant Simulator
I'm not linking this, but if you want to see something called "Restaurant Simulator" that is nothing but a bunch of horrible 3D models of girls in bikinis wandering around a simulated restaurant, you should look it up. And this is one of the most popular demos, apparently. I laughed.

Last Time I Saw You

Last Time I Saw You on Steam

First loves. Family issues. Yokai. 'Last Time I Saw You' is a coming-of-age adventure set in 1980s Japan. Explore a haunted forest hiding a terrible secret, and interact with a vast cast of friendly and deceitful characters in this beautifully hand-drawn story with some light action elements.

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A pretty looking narrative adventure that almost certainly includes a sacrificial death of your loved one in the end.

Hamster on Rails

Hamster on Rails on Steam

Embark on this adventure through different worlds with your friend, the railway builder Hamster! Help the Hamster village collect minerals by building crazy railways to solve fun challenges.

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A cute, diorama type puzzle game where you help hamsters build trains routes.

PLASMATIC

PLASMATIC VR on Steam

Plasmatic is a puzzle-solving game where every level is a race against the clock. Follow the clues provided by an AI named SPIRIT, who will guide you through a series of increasingly difficult puzzles. Discover new levels, unfold the story, and decide its ending for yourself.

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Great looking VR puzzle game

Twilight bride :VORMSLEGEND

Twilight bride :VORMSLEGEND on Steam

"Alice" silently protected "Philip" who broke into the underworld. She thought that after many tests, she could find the never withering rose symbolizing love and go to the wedding banquet hall. Who would have guessed that their ordeal is not over yet? How will it develop in the end?

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Well-drawn 2D narrative mystery.

OZARK

OZARK on Steam

A search and rescue gone wrong, crash landing in a remote mountain. A derelict facility, signals lost. Nothing is quite as it seems. Fight for your life in this side-scrolling action adventure and unravel the mysteries that lie beneath.

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This 3D, side-scrolling shooter for 1 or 2 players looks pretty cool.

Brinefall

Brinefall on Steam

Embark on an epic journey in Brinefall, where you'll gather resources and construct your own village while exploring a vast open-world filled with secrets and mysteries. Battle fierce enemies and collect valuable loot in this unique blend of sandbox and RPG gameplay.

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Top down, RPG hack-n-slash with base building

Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders

Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders on Steam

Feel like a real 19th-century detective in this retro pixel-art point & click adventure: find clues, interrogate suspects, draw your own conclusions and use your deduction board to find the real culprit in four murder cases. But remember: your choices matter!

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Point & Click mystery

Aztlan Uncovered

Aztlan Uncovered: Prologue on Steam

Explore an archeological site long lost to the ages. Use your time-reversing equipment to reveal the past and discover the secrets amidst the frozen wasteland.

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This third person adventure puzzle game (please, no commas) is my favorite from today's list.

Mark's Magnificent Marble Maze

Mark's Magnificent Marble Maze on Steam

Unwind from the stress of daily life with this magnificent marble maze. Sometimes all you need is a place to let your mind wander.

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Looks pretty good if you like marble mazes.

Pillars of Light

Pillars of Light on Steam

Pillars of Light is a first person action / puzzle game where you will have to continue what your family have done since the beginning of times : protect the world from shadows and make friend with Utu, the light god.

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First person puzzler

Untamed Tactics

Untamed Tactics on Steam

Untamed Tactics is a Tactical RPG set in world of colorful animals. Relive the legend of Greycoat’s escape into the untamed Wilds in a tale of lost honor and finding a new home as you fight, talk, and think your way through this beautifully illustrated adventure!

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Tactical, party-based RPG with anthropomorphic creatures. Be the rabbit.

Townseek

Townseek on Steam

Embark on a journey across the world of Explora and discover the lost legacy of Sir Reginald Sharkingston! Discover exotic landmarks, trade with faraway towns, fish, mine, and farm as you complete your journal and make a name for yourself!

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2D relaxing exploration/trading game

Roboholic

Roboholic on Steam

Roboholic is a cheerful Rogue-Lite FPS about robots. Use cool guns, unique abilities, and realistic physics to defeat enemies. It's the most dynamic game in its genre, and during battles with robots, you'll recall the fun days of Quake.

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Whacky FPS

Dorfs: Hammers for Hire

Dorfs: Hammers for Hire on Steam

A co-op crafting platformer where your friends prove worse than any enemy. Craft weapons and armor from your dwarven workshop, help your patron's army win the battle, and make your way up the Iron Mountain!

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Not something I would play, but looks pretty neat.

Whisper Books

Whisper Books on Steam

Whisper Books is a collection of high-profile visual novel, artistically expressed based on literature, with hand-painted illustrations, dubbing and interactive options. The gameplay is weak relative to storytelling, suitable for players and readers who like stories.

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"Whisper Books is a visual novel game of plot quality signature"
Couldn't have said it better myself. I desperately want to read an entire visual novel written this way.

Ardenfall

Ardenfall on Steam

Ardenfall is a first-person RPG set in a world of intricate politics and ancient cultures. Explore rain-drenched wetlands and forgotten dungeons full of danger. Meet countless interesting characters with unique dialog and quests, and leave your mark on this mysterious world.

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First person, open world RPG, but I have my doubts..

 

[Brian Boru]

PCG Article:

https://www.pcgamer.com/the-best-demos-to-play-during-this-weeks-steam-next-fest/

 

[DXCHASE]

PCG Article:

https://www.pcgamer.com/the-best-demos-to-play-during-this-weeks-steam-next-fest/

Took this one from the article because ive played it and its a cool idea (if you like metal music): Doom meets the Rhythm Game Genre.

Metal: Hellsinger on Steam

Slay to the rhythm of metal and vengeance on an infernal journey through the eight Hells. Make them fear the beat. Metal: Hellsinger is a rhythm FPS bursting with demons, badass weapons, and heavy metal music.

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[Frindis]

Brotato - A fun top-down shooter with waves after waves you have to kill. Play around with builds and see if you can survive until the last wave. It is a lot of fun. Perhaps something for the parents on this forums to challenge their kids in

Save 40% on Brotato on Steam

Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

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[ZedClampet]

Time to add some more demos. There's a VR festival going on on Steam, so most of the recent demos were for VR games. I'm not going to include them here, but if you have a VR headset, it might be worth it to go try some games out.

Joyride

Joyride on Steam

Joyride is a low-poly style racing game, You will drive your vehicle through roads with different scenery in different seasons, In this game, You can race with yourself, And even operate a drone to watch your driving process, Good luck

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I'm including this only as a warning not to waste your time, as the demo is completely broken and can't handle any sort of control inputs from either the keyboard or a controller. The game has a single user review complaining that the control inputs don't work, and the developer responded that the user's controller was broken.

This is all sad to me because I love the simple graphics and it looked like it could be a relaxing race game.

Survival: Fountain of Youth

Survival: Fountain of Youth on Steam

Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.

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Played this for awhile. Interesting design choices distracted me quite a bit. For instance, instead of running up to a tree and hitting it to extract the resources, you run up to the tree, select it, choose which resources you want, choose which tool you are going to use, and then select "Harvest".

The inventory system was quite confusing, and even though the game had hotbar functionality, there wasn't any way that I found to actually load out your hotbar or to see in the HUD what was in it.

It was a little too annoying to me for me to stick with it very long. Your mileage will very. I'm just extra turned-off by needless complexity.


I'll post some more shortly...

 

[ZedClampet]

Nobody - The Turnaround

Nobody - The Turnaround on Steam

Nobody – The Turnaround is a life simulator set in a parallel world that echoes modern society. Manage your time and resources carefully, strive to find a way through difficult times, and overcome the predicament you find yourself in.

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I really enjoyed this demo. Has a style similar to Disco Elysium, but the story is very simple. You are trying to pay off a debt while managing to get by. I worked day jobs on a construction site (you can automate that task if you don't want to actually do the job). It has an open world you can wander through and do things like searching through garbage or taking on the local hustlers. From my two playthroughs, it's probably going to be a difficult game to beat. The full game is supposed to release some time this year.

MythBusters: The First Experiment

MythBusters: The First Experiment on Steam

MythBusters: The First Experiment is a free introduction to the first-person creative simulator based on the legendary Discovery show. Learn how to run crazy experiments and manage the production of episodes. Take the first steps to become a MythBuster!

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If you were hoping to use your brain here, you'll be disappointed in this demo from Movie Games and Playway. You have no freedom to design experiments. You simply follow the instructions and play mini-games to complete different steps. If you are a fan of mini-games and simple puzzles, this might be for you, but it could have been so much more....

 

[mainer]

There's a free demo of Hard West available on Steam, but only for 3 days apparently:

Hard West on Steam

When a tragic turn of events sets one man down a path of supernatural chaos and revenge, he must brutally hunt down all those who wronged him. Fight and survive through 8 unique story-based scenarios, and try your hand at 40 individually designed turn-based combat missions

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The game itself is on sale for 90% off ($1.99), and it looks like a decent CRPG in a western setting, similar to the newer Weird West, but has turn-based combat. But recent Steam reviews are mostly mixed, and there's a lot of complaints about the combat which is never a good sign. I've wish-listed it, but I doubt I'll have time to actually play the demo.

 

[ZedClampet]

There's a free demo of Hard West available on Steam, but only for 3 days apparently:

Hard West on Steam

When a tragic turn of events sets one man down a path of supernatural chaos and revenge, he must brutally hunt down all those who wronged him. Fight and survive through 8 unique story-based scenarios, and try your hand at 40 individually designed turn-based combat missions

store.steampowered.com

The game itself is on sale for 90% off ($1.99), and it looks like a decent CRPG in a western setting, similar to the newer Weird West, but has turn-based combat. But recent Steam reviews are mostly mixed, and there's a lot of complaints about the combat which is never a good sign. I've wish-listed it, but I doubt I'll have time to actually play the demo.

I seem to remember that a lot of people were expecting it to be Wild West XCOM and were pretty disappointed that it was more narrative focused and that the combat was quite different

But that should have just been the first wave of reviews. People probably have figured out what they are buying now, and apparently a decent number of them still don't like it. For free, I'll give it a try.

 

[Brian Boru]

free demo of Hard West available on Steam, but only for 3 days

That's presumably because HW2 releases next week. I played HW2 demo a while back, seemed to work well. Nice idea, but XCOM isn't my cup of medium roast—sorry Zloth!

 

[ZedClampet]

There's a free demo of Hard West available on Steam, but only for 3 days apparently:

Hard West on Steam

When a tragic turn of events sets one man down a path of supernatural chaos and revenge, he must brutally hunt down all those who wronged him. Fight and survive through 8 unique story-based scenarios, and try your hand at 40 individually designed turn-based combat missions

store.steampowered.com

The game itself is on sale for 90% off ($1.99), and it looks like a decent CRPG in a western setting, similar to the newer Weird West, but has turn-based combat. But recent Steam reviews are mostly mixed, and there's a lot of complaints about the combat which is never a good sign. I've wish-listed it, but I doubt I'll have time to actually play the demo.

So as it turns out, my nephew has Hard West and we are on that family share thing, which I had never actually used until today. So I played for maybe 45 minutes. Actually, I was pleasantly surprised. The combat is very much like XCOM but with some specials you can use, but no overwatch. The very beginning of the story was interesting, I thought (I'm not a western fan, so if the storyline is nothing but clichés from standard western movies, I wouldn't know), and you didn't spend all your time in combat missions. You ran around and did other things, which consisted of reading a bit of text and choosing an option, as you do. There was a store you could visit, as well, that had a limited selection of guns, healing herbs, etc..

The reason I won't be playing anymore, though, is that it saves with a checkpoint system. You do have the option to go back to the last checkpoint, but who knows where that is? Bottom line is that I'm not going to play an XCOM-like game that relies heavily on RNG without being able to scum save.

 

[mainer]

The reason I won't be playing anymore, though, is that it saves with a checkpoint system.

Thanks! You just saved me from wasting $2, as I absolutely can't stand check point saves, as I tend to save scum as well. I've been getting into turn-based tactical combat lately with the Wasteland games, and though it looked interesting with it's Western theme and your character coming back from the dead after making a deal with the devil. Reminded me of an old movie I saw years ago with Danny Trejo coming back from death after making a deal with the devil and kicking ass (can't remember the movie's name though).

 

[Brian Boru]

Danny Trejo coming back from death after making a deal with the devil

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