With Steam's Next Fest over halfway done, what demos have you played and enjoyed most?
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I've only gotten through a few, myself. House Flipper 2 seemed like an interesting iteration on the original (from what I played of that). Not necessarily for me, but I think it'll please those that are looking for that. I played quite a bit more Kingdom Eighties than I expected I would. Having just played the first Kingdom for the first time not too long ago, Eighties had a lot of changes that I was pleased with, and the theme is great. I will say that making an army of young children is...a bit iffy, hah. Though playing the "big kids" trying to protect their town is pretty nice.
Still have a The Invincible and Lies of P to check out this weekend, and whatever else seems interesting. Any recommendations for other demos that shouldn't be missed?
I gave a bunch of stuff a fair chance, most came somewhere out of the puzzle category
On my pickup list: Viewfinder - 3d perception puzzles ? count me in Jumplight Odyssey - space ship management with loads of influences including FTL; i just hope this gets the time to iron out its kinks Escape From Mystwood Mansion - escape room game He Who Watches - dungeon crawler with puzzle elements; being bound by movement Cipher Zero - there is some great stylized art hidden between the minimalist logic puzzles; wondering if this goes anywhere else Lil' Guardsman - a humerus papers please Crime O'Clock - a bit of MicroMacro with some time travel
maybe: Venba - some mild cooking with a heavy story orientation; not a lot of content in the demo Stunt Derby - seems to have the classic stunts as a heavy inspiration; not there yet but i would give it a second chance in the future
not for me: Pizza Possum - running around without being caught didn't click with me
Heretic's Fork - card based tower defense Logic Town . deduction puzzler that got stale very quickly WASD Quartet - more of a 1 minute experiment then a demo of anything, still find it lacking in the sound departmend even though its thythm based Crazy Zen Mini Golf - the mini golfing doesn't feel tight enough; controls seemed off
Sea of Stars is the only game that seemed to resonate with me. Maybe I'm old, but the game seemed to push all the right retro RPG buttons.
Stuff I liked:
Stuff I didn't like (or at least not enough to buy):
Copying my previous comment and also adding some more games to it:
I liked:
And an honorable mention to a demo that was already available last time: