15 Games To Keep An Eye On During Steam Next Fest

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Steam Next Fest, or as I like to describe it, “E3 for PC Users” is currently running through the 16th of October. Next Fest lets players check out a massive lineup of unreleased games on Steam, playing through demos and more… To make things a little easier, we went through the initial listings and pulled some games that are definitely worth checking out the demos for.

Interesting extraction-based looter-shooter with PvP and PvE elements. Return Alive looks like a mix of playing an ADC in league with the best parts of the early top-down shooters. Kill bad guys, get loot, call in your extraction and fend off opportunistic players hungry for your loot. There looks to be a bunch of different characters with all sorts of skills and abilities to get the good stuff and get out. This really looks like one of the more complete demos on the list and really looks like fun.

Billed as a “Relaxing MMO”, Sky: Children of the Light  looks a lot like Journey but as an MMO. I remember that they did a concert from Summer Games Fest, but I didn’t bother to check it out. Oddly enough it is still being advertised even though it ended in September. I’m not sure it’s my type of game, but it really reminds me of the early internet visual chat rooms in the way that a majority of the purpose seems to be connecting with others. I could see people really enjoy this one if they want something to just kick back and have a good time.

The Thaumaturge is a turn-based RPG that really reminds me of the old PS3 game Folklore meets Disco Elysium . Taking place in 1905 Warsaw, it appears you tame and use Salutors, mythical demon-like creatures that only can be seen by Thaumaturges but do have the ability to interact with normal people. These Salutors look