During the week-long Steam Next Fest, Valve highlights hundreds of cool games coming soon to its huge PC gaming marketplace by offering playable demos. You can browse by genre and features, and add titles to your wishlist for when they eventually debut on Steam.

I played several demos featured in October 2024’s Steam Next Fest ahead of the event, and I want to spotlight my favorites. From strategy RPGs to dumb physics-based platformers, these seven Steam Next Fest demos are worth checking out.

As part of the ongoing Steam Next Fest, Alliance Arts has released a demo version for poker RPG All in Abyss: Judge the Fake.

Here's another look at Kill the Shadow, a narrative-driven detective puzzle game developed by Shadowlight Sanctuary. The Kill the Shadow demo is available to play throughout Steam Next Fest from October 14-21,