Steam Next Fest: the 20 most-played demos to try before Monday

Valve has released the 20 most-played demos so far in the October edition of Steam Next Fest, covering October 19 to 23 up to 10 a.m. Pacific time. The festival ends on Monday, October 26, at 10 a.m. Pacific (2 p.m. Brasília time), so this is the last chance to try the demos before many go offline — each studio decides whether to keep its demo after the event.

The 20 most-played demos

The list is not a ranking: Valve presented the titles with no popularity order. They are: Worst Class Ever; Probably Stolen – Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim; ArcheAge Chronicles; Find the Needle; Fart Together; Character House – Desktop Companion; Frostrail; Loftia; just volleyball; Abyssal Lapidary; Mortuus; Dumpster Gang; HANDS OVER; Haunted Paws; Emberville; No Body No Problem!; Deadzone Rogue 2; Wyldheart; Grr Grr Gnomes; and Never Be Alone.

Highlights from the list

The selection mixes cooperative comedy, such as Fart Together, unusual simulators, such as Probably Stolen, where the player runs a shop in a cyberpunk world, and survival and action, such as Emberville, Frostrail and Deadzone Rogue 2. Emberville is one to watch: the action-survival game enters Steam Early Access on October 27, one day after the festival ends.

Image credit: ArcheAge Chronicles, one of the games on the list, via IGN.

Sources: The Gamers' Temple; Next Level News.

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