Demos—post game demos here

[blancaster45]

Brigand: Oaxaca will always have a free demo:

Brigand: Oaxaca on Steam

Brigand: Oaxaca is a highly difficult post-apocalyptic RPG/FPS set in Mexico. Emphasis is on challenge, a branching story with multiple endings, and total freedom of action (kill friendly characters, rob stores, jump across roofs, etc.).

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And there's a demo for my upcoming RPG/RTS Warlordocracy:

Warlordocracy on Steam

A party-based RTWP (real-time with pause) RPG that gradually grows into a large-scale strategy game as you amass soldiers and fame, or infamy.

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I am trying really hard to not make it early access.

 

[Brian Boru]

And there's a demo for my upcoming RPG/RTS Warlordocracy

Did you get permission from Future to promo that here?
You may hear from Stevie Ward @SWard shortly, or email community@futurenet.com

 

[Brian Boru]

Planet Crafter - Survive on an alien planet and terraform it

Played an hour or so of that, good enough to get on my wishlist. Played well for a game which hasn't reached Early Access yet.

I hope it's not going to require constant hoovering up of resources—that could get old after the first 1,000.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Played an hour or so of that, good enough to get on my wishlist. Played well for a game which hasn't reached Early Access yet.

I hope it's not going to require constant hoovering up of resources—that could get old after the first 1,000.

Of course I have no idea about Planet Crafter, but in a lot of survival games you need less resources overall, but more rare ones, as the game progresses. For instance, there may be a way to automate getting iron and oxygen so that you don't have to worry about that as much, but then you need a small amount of gold, or something, that you have to travel a bit to find.

 

[Brian Boru]

Chorus looks like a 3rd-person space arcade shooter.

Chorus on Steam

Take control of Nara on a quest to destroy the dark cult that created her. Unlock devastating weapons & mind-bending abilities in an evolution of the space-combat shooter. Along with Forsaken, her sentient starfighter, explore ancient temples, engage in zero-g combat & venture beyond waking reality.

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[Brian Boru]

ΔV: Rings of Saturn

Gave this a short shot. Too much sim for my level of impatience, uninstalled.

 

[Zed Clampet]

A selection of the demos released onto Steam this week (chosen based only on whether they looked to me like they were of reasonable quality):

Shrine's Legacy on Steam

Shrine's Legacy is a SNES-era inspired, 16-bit RPG set in the magical world of Ardemia. Follow a pair of heroes as they try to unite the elements of magic, restore the Sword of Shrine, and save the world in both single player and couch/local co-op action.

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1535100/Nadir/

Salaryman Shi on Steam

Traverse colorful environments, battle strange animals and master the power of your suitcases to... get to work on time? Play as salaryman Takeshi Shi as you hurry to catch the bus to the office!

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LIGHT: Black Cat & Amnesia Girl on Steam

"Light" is a 3D adventure puzzle game, in which you play as a cat. You will help a little girl who has lost her memory escape by leading her through four-level mazes with different style.

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Marinette on Steam

Marinette is an adventure horror game about a girl who gets trapped inside of a mysterious dollhouse. In her journey she will meet different friends and foes while trying to survive the dangers lurking at every corner. Will she escape alive in time for her birthday?

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FiberTales: DummyKart on Steam

An action Kart Racing game in which you control one of the dummies, and use its abilities and weapons to go through a series of chaotic challenges to get to the first place.

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Samurai Slaughter House on Steam

VR-only physics-based combat game. Use stealth and creativity or brute force to take on your foes in a vast physics based sandbox. Battle both humans and demons while exploring a large metroidvania-style open world. Collect items and power up your character. Explore towns and interact with NPCs.

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Two Against the Legion on Steam

One PC. Two players. Two perspectives of view. And many puzzles that can be solved only by working together. Defeat the rebellious robots and find out what happened at the nuclear plant in Two against the Legion. Play online with Steam Remote Play!

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Oaken on Steam

Oaken, a turn-based tactical roguelike set in the spirit inhabited world. Explore the Great Oak, gather allies and trinkets, learn to use the positioning for your advantage, choose how to upgrade your cards. Wake the spirits and save the Oak!

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[Brian Boru]

demos

Thanks for that lot 🙂
LIGHT：Black Cat & Amnesia Girl looks cool, will give it a shot.

 

[Brian Boru]

First Feudal Demo

First Feudal is available here You start the game with a few peasants and limited

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Turn your small settlement into a real medieval castle. Build, mine resources, grow crops, manufacture equipment, trade, and advance science.

 

[Brian Boru]

who doesn't want to be a mutant seagull

Gust of Wind Demo: Yeah, no.

Got in my boat, rowed for 5 minutes. Checked map—nothing, no indication where I am, where destination is.
Rowed another 5.
Decided there are better things in life than my forefinger on W.
Uninstalled.

Graphics are nice, boat, seagulls, water swell, rowing. So there is promise.

 

[Brian Boru]

Inscryption Deckbuilder, Card Battler
…
I don't go for card games usually

And not going to go for this one either. Probably due to my complete lack of experience with deckbuilders, but I couldn't figure out what to do. There was nothing about the demo to make me want to try and figure it out, so uninstalled.

 

[Brian Boru]

Bugged Dungeon -- Isometric puzzle game that will also support user-generated levels in the Steam Workshop

This is a cool puzzle game—reminds me of one of my fav puzzle devs from the 90s, whose name escapes me at the moment.

In the few levels I played, it's all about the WASD keys on your KB. You use those to move around the grid, but… you don't have access to all 4 keys at the start!

Move with whatever keys you have to grab the missing keys, then make your way to the exit door. Of course the grid has obstacles and traps all over it—the spikes traps require timing to move thru them without dying.

Neat idea, tricky puzzles with a generous timer.
Wishlisted.

 

[spvtnik1]

Gave this a short shot. Too much sim for my level of impatience, uninstalled.

Interesting. I likened it to S.P.A.Z. because of the lack of the third dimension.. but you are right it is definitely more in the sim category for a top-down. I haven't been back to it for a week or so now but since ring dives usually only take about a half hour I'll probably come back for more in the future.

 

[spvtnik1]

Here is another one I just got on sale and played with this weekend: "Residual"

Residual on Steam

Explore a forgotten galaxy full of different planets, venture deeper into the planet to mine for rare resources, craft items to fix your ship, and discover ancient secrets and life forms. An exploration (survival) game like no other.. Adventure awaits!

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Not bad. Would be good for teenagers. I didn't figure everything out yet and I'm more slightly frustrated by lack of direction instead of intrigued.

 

[Brian Boru]

FrankenStorm TD Prologue … looks interesting to me—and I play very few TDs

This little fella is basic but fun.
Same towers, same enemies.
You build your own maze with electric wires, and you can only place towers on a wire.

Enemies have to destroy switches en route to clobber you, so make 'em walk the long way round and back again, so your towers get 2-3 bites at 'em.

After each wave, you get to select 1 of 3 random upgrades. These upgrade both you and enemies much of the time, sometimes there are extra wires and a tower for you without penalty.

I've only played an hour or so—they got thru on wave 12 I think it was, and you lose the game when that happens. I'll definitely be giving this a few more shots, as I like the relative lack of choice—I avoid TD mainly due to all the fussing around with options, the genre doesn't interest me beyond a bit of nearly mindless fun.

 

[Brian Boru]

Fata Deum

Reminiscent of Black & White, it's a God game where you can be a benign or malign deity looking over the inhabitants of the world, while competing with one or more rival gods.

 

[Zed Clampet]

https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-next-fest-kicks-off-with-more-than-600-demos-and-developer-livestreams/

 

[Zed Clampet]

A small selection of demos on Steam for the Next Fest. There's really so many of them that it's overwhelming. Tastes vary. You should go check it out for yourself:

IXION on Steam

IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

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Kind of interested in running a colony ship. Going to try this one out.

Save 50% on Facteroids on Steam

Facteroids is a 3D factory building game about asteroid mining in space. Prospect, mine and manage your production lines in a variety of scenarios and procedurally generated worlds across the entire Solar system.

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There goes the rest of my life

Builders of Egypt on Steam

Builders of Egypt is a city-building economic strategy taking place in the Nile Valley. Immerse yourself in a world full of pyramids, where you will become a part of the ancient world. Create history, be history!

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An updated Egyptian city-builder that looks very, very good.

Fiasco Restoration and Repair on Steam

Fiasco Restoration and Repair is a game about free-form art restoration without any of the proper tools or know how. The only resources available to you are those you can scavenge from the garage. Improvise solutions to complex problems, make mistakes, and restore the artwork no matter the cost!

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Trailer cracked me up. It's what would happen if you asked me to restore a priceless piece of art.

Save 66% on Autopsy Simulator on Steam

Autopsy Simulator is a first-person horror-sim hybrid where players take on the role of a practice pathologist and study case files, created in collaboration with real-world forensic doctors, to help guide their dissection of anatomically accurate bodies to determine each subject’s cause of death.

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Oh God

Highrise City on Steam

Highrise City offers a new spin on City Simulations & Tycoon games expanding the economy and resource management aspect. Experience a modern take on the genre enriched with a complex resource based economy system.

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The next City Skylines?

Hipster Cafe on Steam

Ever wanted to design, build and manage a café on your very own home computer? Really? OK then... welcome to HIPSTER CAFÉ. Make stupid food, serve it on a skateboard, and impress your friends by drawing in your coffee.

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Seems well-done

The Brew Barons on Steam

A tranquil world becomes ever more corrupt by the day, spoiled by a pirate organization that forcefully impose their brewing monopoly over the lands. It's up to you to explore, forage, craft, sell and deliver your brews to overthrow the corrupt pirate organization and restore peace.

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Brew stuff, build planes, fight pirates. What's not to love?

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Apparently drawing from a popular tabletop game.

TRAIL OUT on Steam

Welcome to the festival of explosive races, TRAIL OUT! Reckless racing around the world! Crashes, explosions, destruction, and screaming drivers!

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Single-player vehicular combat game.

The Wandering Village on Steam

The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?

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Cute looking colony sim.

Moonshine Inc. on Steam

We love moonshin’. Now, you get to play a story-rich management game focused on crafting moonshine, brandy, whisky, and vodka. You’ll ferment, distill, then name your booze how you want it. You’ll run that business big. Smart, yet discreetly. Cause ain’t nothin’ illegal... ‘til you get caught!

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Hillbilly business sim

BLACKTAIL on Steam

Forge the legend of Baba Yaga, a girl accused of witchcraft and expelled from her home. Live out the origins of the Slavic myth in this one-of-a-kind blend of intense archery combat and dark storytelling set in a vibrant fairy tale world.

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An archery game involving mythology

Buccaneers! The New Age of Piracy on Steam

Witness the rise of piracy in this prologue to Buccaneers!, a classic pirate RPG. Command and customise a powerful warship on PC or in VR and take part in tense naval and land battles that will put your swashbuckling skills to the test.

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Seems worth a demo play to me.

Save 65% on Karagon (Survival Robot Riding FPS) on Steam

Survive, shoot, construct, and ride killer elemental robots. Craft equipment, explore multi-floor buildings, build and farm, uncover schematics, and progress through technology tiers. Alone or with friends in this brutal post apocalyptic open world survival robot riding crafting shooter game!

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Trailer is running at sub-30 FPS, but I love a good survival game.

 

[Brian Boru]

check it out for yourself

Heck, I don't have any time left—made the mistake of reading your post all the way thru 😛

Great list, thanks—if you fancy a Greek island, I pronounce you King of Demos!

 

[Pifanjr]

Fata Deum

Reminiscent of Black & White, it's a God game where you can be a benign or malign deity looking over the inhabitants of the world, while competing with one or more rival gods.

I've had this game wishlisted since I first heard about it. I'm just not sure if I should risk playing the demo, as the game hasn't been released yet so I'm not sure how stable/polished the demo will be.

 

[Zed Clampet]

I actually only got to try two demos today. I tried Ixion, which I've been interested in since E3 last year, and it was very good.

Then I tried My Museum, which I didn't include above because it is published by PlayWay. The game starts with 10 minutes of the worst dialogue I have ever heard anywhere. I would expect any 5th grader could do a better job of writing dialogue. Then I get to the museum part, and it tells me to knock down the wall between the museum and the workshop. So i do, but it still tells me I need to knock down the wall and won't let me progress. It's not like it is complicated and something you might mess up. You just whack it with the hammer and it completely disappears. Another PlayWay masterpiece,

I left them a bug report and a friendly critique on their dialogue.

 

[Zed Clampet]

I tried High Rise City this morning. I don't actually like city builders, but wanted to give it a try. I created a new city and named my mayor "The Slayer". In real life, the mayor of my city is the WWE wrestler "The Undertaker". It's nice having a mayor who can beat up any other mayor, so I wanted to continue in this fashion.

I'm rather picky and almost quit immediately as the first message I got before I even constructed anything was "Your citizens need medical buildings for their disease," but things got better after that. Zoning and building roads was quite easy, as was setting up utilities. I haven't really spent much time in city builders before, and i wonder if it wasn't too easy. In no time I had a nice city going. I'm sure a myriad of annoying problems with the city would eventually occur, and I just didn't play long enough to get there.

I don't really have anything else to compare it with, but if you like city builders, you might want to check out the free demo.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Tried out Dinosaur Fossil Hunter, another one I left out of the list. It's made by yet another small Polish indie team. This one, however, seems to give a darn, as the demo was very polished.

It was all a little tedious to me, but I can see a lot of people really liking it. First you have to drive to the excavation point in what is an aggressive attempt to mimic Spintires. You are clearing the path, putting your truck in 4x4 to cross muddy roads, etc. Then you arrive at the site and set up your camp and scan for places to dig. You start digging (3 different tools depending on the situation) and as you find larger rocks you scan them for fossils. If you find one, you clean it up, cover it in plaster and place it in a shipping container. Once you have all the shipping containers filled, you put them in the back of your truck and head back to the main area where you have the containers sent back to your museum.

That's just the opening salvo. Once you get back to the museum you have to do a laundry list of things to each fossil.

I suppose this is as close to reality as they could make it. It wasn't overly fun to me, but that's just a me thing.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Thought I would come back to this and post a few demos. It's been a month since I checked them, so I'm not sure I'll look at all of them.

RFVR on Steam

A medieval fantasy VR RPG set in a massive open world with deep player progression, fast-paced physics-based combat, and classic RPG game mechanics reimagined for VR. Full dive into the world of RFVR, there's something here for everyone.

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co-op or single-player

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Set up and play poker with your friends. Friends play in their browser, so you only need 1 copy of the game.

Reptilian Rising on Steam

When genocidal Reptilians invade from out of time, only the greatest heroes in history can stop them! Recruit icons like Cleopatra and Einstein in this retro turn-based tactics roguelite. Battle lizard armies across time, bend the rules with wild time-powers, and save humanity with style.

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Seems cute. Play as historical figures in turn-based combat against reptiles.

Midnight Girl on Steam

Midnight Girl is a casual point-and-click adventure game. The game takes place in France during the Sixties. The story, mood, and style of the game are inspired by the city of Paris, Belgian comics and heist films from the Sixties.

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Point&click. Looks well made.

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single-player. Looks fun, but I'm not sure about the "roguelike" part

The 8 Sins: New Hell Order on Steam

Creepy turn-based strategy game with RPG elements where the action takes place in hell. Choose a faction based on 7 deadly sins, Create an army from various classes of creatures, expand your towns, explore the map, upgrade your troops, plunder, and fight. LTS

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pixilated strategy

REAVER on Steam

REAVER is an ultra-fast-paced FPS that endows you with the mobility and weapon mechanics to reave through arenas of killer machines with grace and efficiency. Push the boundaries of speed and style in this next-gen movement-shooter.

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Fast moving, single-player FPS

Makis Adventure on Steam

Fight, dash, swim and bite your way through 3 different dungeons. Let the inner shark out! Face many different opponents and defeat powerful bosses. Makis Adventure is an Action-Platformer with a bite!

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2D platformer

Remnants of R'lyeh on Steam

Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's Great Work. An ancient dark power is calling you and you need to find an exit. Face your greatest fear, fight, hide... you must escape before the underwater city rises...

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single-player horror FPS. I like the art style.

Outmode on Steam

A Synthwave themed arcade racer featuring a retro-futuristic neon aesthetic of the beaches, cities and highways of the 1980s - do battle against legendary cars and let the good times roll.

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Not sure about this. I like the neon graphics, but the driving looks like crap. I might try it.

 

[Brian Boru]

Point&click. Looks well made

Thanks for those. Midnight Girl looks interesting, even tho won't be out for some months.