Steam Next Fest: Your Favourite Demo?

Re:Call - A puzzle game where based in your actions during telling the story it changes what happens in the present

Out of the 10 games that I tried, Foretales was my favorite. Midnight Fight Express and Brotato were also pretty fun.
Foretales:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1170080/Foretales/
Midnight Fight Express:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1390410/Midnight_Fight_Express/
Brotato:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1942280/Brotato/

just finished getting my badge. played 10+ demos in the end, not sure if i can play more. i don't think i'm suited to play demos with a very long playtime. these are the one that i enjoyed the most:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1812090/Escape_Academy/ - an easy escape simulator with a story. took less than 30 mins to finish.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1967510/Railbound/ - a puzzle game where you need to align railroad tracks. took less than 30 mins to finish.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1868140/DAVE_THE_DIVER/ - harpoon fishing at the day, serving customers at night. i don't like the harpoon mechanic, but the restaurant serving thingy is good enough. i spent ~1h in it before the demo ends and i still want to play more.

it seems that games that focuses more on the gameplay and focused less on the story captivates me the most. i tried other games too, but i'm not fond most of them. disliked the gameplay in some and worried if i'm good enough to finish the full game in others.

Old Skies

A point and click adventure game, didn't realize it was Wadjet Eye game when I downloaded. The story in the demo was really intriguing, gameplay was good, and nice voice acting. Definitely looking forward to playing the full game at some point.

The ones I liked the most were:

• Cult of the Lamb
• Metal: Hellsinger
• Potion Permit

That Rocket League-like Golf game was fun too, don't know how replayable it could be though

I made a video about my top 10 demos to try :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhn0UYIuLEA

Ghost Song: https://store.steampowered.com/app/347800
Spirittea: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1931010
Cult of the Lamb: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1313140
Cats and the Other Lives: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1360390
Dome Keeper: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1637320
Melatonin: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1585220
Metal: Hellsinger: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1061910
Roots of Pacha: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1245560
Railbound: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1967510
Nine Sols: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1809540

I really enjoyed the game: Boxville,
Reminds me very much of the game Machinarium which I really liked.
The demo is relatively short, but enjoyable.

Getting the badge was my favorite part!
I also saw that Destroy All Humans 2 Reprobed had a demo: I'm excited for that game, because I liked what I played of the original version, and I liked what they did to remake the first one.

I'm also hoping it comes on GamePass at some point, like the first remake.

These are the 10 demos I tried:

So far I've tried The Outbound Ghost, Old Skies and Mercury Abbey.

Enjoyed all three of them, so I've wishlisted them.

I might download a couple more that look interesting (I have my eye on trying Passpartout 2, The Fridge is Red and the new SCP game as well) but I don't want to go overboard because last time I downloaded a ton of them and didn't even get around to playing half of them.

Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2 was the only one i tried, but i didn't really get into it much. May buy the game later though, at a discount, since i love fishing.

Mostly adventure/puzzle type of game

• Potion Permit - crafting - ok, still early
• Goodbye World - puzzle platformer/adventure - ok
• Harmony's Odyssey - puzzle - cute puzzle game
• Railbound - puzzle - fun puzzle game (where's the dog in title? scammed XD /jk)
• The Heroes Around Me - adventure - nice atmosphere/settings and feels TT.TT
• The Courier - adventure - the control... nope
• Alice is Dead: Hearts and Diamonds - pnc adventure - nice game finally on steam, demo too short
• Room301 NO.6 - puzzle/adventure - dk no eng language
• Melatonin - rhythm game - looks good, timing too tight
• Concerto on White - vn/rhythm game - ok

So far my favorite ones are Cult of the Lamb, Trepang2 and Metal: Hellsinger, with a special mention to The Tarnishing of Juxtia. I still have to try more though.

So far here's my list:
Very good:
Potion Permit
Dome Keeper
Cult of the Lamb
Anger Foot
Nine Sols
Fashion Police Squad
Outcore
Glitched

Not my thing:
Necrosmith
Spirittea
Pale Night
Terracotta
Shadow Government Simulator

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1978590/Anger_Foot/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150760/Gloomwood/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1532460/The_Fridge_is_Red/

Old Skies was amazing, good voice-acting and intriguing story, cant wait to play full game.

Waiting eagerly for Gloomwood! According to the devs the demo is of a really old pre-alpha build and the game has come along a lot since then, but damn, I had a lot of fun!

Selaco and Anger Foot, everything else I tried was trash

The really sad part about the event is that it is not in the least curated by Valve so like everything Steam nowadays, some pretty cool gems are drowned in buckets of asset flips and trashware.

I haven't been a demo player since the days of PS2 but I did decide to try out some in order to get the Fest badge and I gotta say... I'm sad that nowadays demos seem to be just short glimpses into an alpha built of a game. The demos I had played back in the day were from finished products and accurately reflected what you'd get if you decided to buy a full game, but all of these were splattered with issues and notices that none of it is reflective of the final products, so calling them 'demos' feels useless to me.

All complaining aside, I did like Contraband Police and will keep an eye on it for sure.

Haven't tried much but Sweet Transit is my favourite. I always wanted to see a train game with Anno-like city management and transport. Old Sim City style isometric map also made me feel nostalgic.

Point'n'click/Adventure: Frank and Drake & GRUNND & Cats and the Other Lives
Time manipulation: RE:CALL
Train dispatcher: Rail Route The Story of Jozic
Amazing hand-drawn animations: The Many Pieces of Mr Coo

I like Anger Foot.

i liked melatonin, it was a lot like rhythm heaven