Billed as a “celebration of upcoming games,” Steam Next Fest really does feel like an occasion, with freebies galore, developer broadcasts vying for your attention, and enticing games splashed across the Steam store each day. There’s no better time to try something new, but scouring the list for the best Steam Next Fest demos can be a hard task in itself. Luckily, we’ve done the work for you and compiled some of our favorites right here.

Steam Next Fest can be fairly overwhelming as you pore through the incredibly long list of hacking games, puzzle games, sports games, and more in search of the best upcoming PC games to try. Naturally, your favorites might depend on those genres you find the most compelling, but we’ve scoured as much as we can to find a bit of everything worth trying. They’re all free demos, so there’s really no reason not to, and who knows, you might find your next favorite game – just like we did.

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