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Takeaways from Steam Next Fest : February '26 from a player perspective

https://jlai.lu/post/33835364

Feb 28 at 2:16pmWeb
Show threadhellerphantFeb 28
Really awesome post and mirrors a lot of my insights. My company has a demo out for the Fest and I’ve been looking at what other games are doing, and our number of downloads and comments and all that. It’s really a great festival this time though! Glad you have a nice list of great new games. 
Show threadstatler_waldorfFeb 28

The Eternal Life of Goldman is the only one I’ve played so far and I uninstalled it cause I knew it was a buy for me.

Beautiful hand-drawn art with a bit of Cuphead animation style but not rubber hose. Gameplay like Donkey Kong Country with metroidvania elements.

Show threadsmiletolerantlyFeb 28

The Magus Circle seems like a fantastic concept.

Also I wonder how long it takes for someone to come up with a mod for it that forces/lets your practice kanji lol

Show threadGammaFeb 28
Great write up, thanks for sharing!
Show threadSternFeb 28

store.steampowered.com/app/…/Collectors_Cove/

store.steampowered.com/app/…/Wild_Blue_Skies/

store.steampowered.com/app/…/Deep_Snow_Delivery/

A few I thought were fairly neat for various reasons.

Steamで10% OFF：Collector's Cove

さあ、未知なる海へと旅立とう！『Collector’s Cove』は果てしない海の上で作物を育てる農場シミュレーションゲーム。海に浮かぶ農場の世話をしながら、新たな島々をめぐり、珍しい作物や魚を見つけて一流コレクターを目指そう。

Show threadmnemonicmonkeysFeb 28
Wild Blue Skies looks like the sequel to Star Fox 64 that people have been waiting >20 years for
Show threadSternMar 1

There’s a few Fox-likes (Well, on rails shooter but I like Fox-like more) out there, Wild Blue is just one of the two that feels truest to form

store.steampowered.com/app/1249480/ExZodiac/ is the other.

store.steampowered.com/…/FUR_Squadron_Phoenix/ Adds more customizability

…steampowered.com/…/Whisker_Squadron_Survivor/ Roguelike, with a campaign.

store.steampowered.com/app/…/Death_In_Abyss/ ever wish Star Fox also had horror elements

Save 50% on Ex-Zodiac on Steam

A fast-paced low-poly 3D rail shooter heavily inspired by classics of the early 90's. Join protagonist Kyuu as she fights to free the worlds of the Sanzaru Star System, overrun by the intergalactic terrorist organization known as Zodiac.

Show threadblah42Mar 2
Been following deep snow delivery since the original game released on itch, glad to see their demo was good too!
Show threadrotopenguinFeb 28
Yeaah, who the heck wants to download a 20GB+ demo that gives you a 15 minute slice of a game? I’ll give a bunch of 1GB demos a shot first.
Show threadBreakerSwitchFeb 28
Very excited for Esoteric Ebb, watched bits and pieces of a friend playing it and it looked great, combined with glowing praise from that friend
Show threadUnfairUtanMar 1
On the various gaming communities in lemmy, I’m seeing an increasing number of quality posts like this one. This gives me hope for the future of lemmy, thanks a lot guys!
Show threadinlandempireMar 1
Thank YOU for the kind words!
Show threaddetrenMar 1
I stopped paying attention to next fest since I have way too many games to play anyway but whisk looks really fun and it’s COOP?? Straight into the wishlist it goes.
Show threadKrauerkingMar 2

I am hugely excited for Titanium Court.
The music and gameplay loop was great.

2nd is Forbidden Solitaire
3rd is Everything is Crab

I could not get into Darwin’s Paradox or Reanimal which were heavily marketed.

I played a shocking amount of demos this nextfest and had a pretty great time.

Show threadinlandempireMar 2
I was getting curious of the Titanium Court gameplay, and then the music hit me, I stopped and went to wishlist it lol
Show threadKrauerkingMar 2

I forgot that I had it running and was just jamming. Then I also forgot it was a demo and the game literally has a timid character come up to you and tell you that you overstayed your welcome but they won’t tell you to leave… Then the UI says it doesnt have the same concerns and boots you from the game.

Just a whole lot of fun!