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Steam Next Fest goes live, indie demos available now

gamingJun 15, 20261713,238

Steam Next Fest launched June 15, putting dozens of indie game demos playable now and a Sovereign Tower demo scheduled for June 15. Sovereign Tower, from Wild Wits and Curve Games, will launch on PC on August 6 and its Steam Next Fest demo is available during the event. Other playable demos include A Game About Chopping Trees, where players chop trees, upgrade gear, and ride a handcar solo or cooperatively, and TANUKI: Pon's Summer, whose demo covers the opening three days with new quests, navigational tools, BMX challenges, and about two hours of content. The festival gives players a free way to try upcoming indies, wishlist titles before release, and provide feedback that can shape final games.

Sos "Wishlist Lazy Kickers" Sosowski
@sosowski.bsky.social

Taking part in Next Fest? Making games with ZERO AI? Drop your games in the comments! I'll RT my favs! Looking for No AI games? Check this thread out! Only human made! No AI art, audio, translations and code allowed! #SteamNextFest #ZeroAI

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🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Ratttz🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈10

Our upcoming pvp puzzle game is all handmade! Puzzle Touchdown is all about making chains, blocking your opponent, and risking penalties and fumbles while going for the B I G P L A Y! store.steampowered.com/app/4648890/...

Sos "Wishlist Lazy Kickers" Sosowski8

I'll plug in my game as well! Lazy Kickers is made by me from scratch including the engine! Zero AI used whatsoever! store.steampowered.com/app/4613890/...

Indiana-Jonas6

Nada AI in Bibidi Bibidi! store.steampowered.com/app/3540660/...

Carrot 🥕3

I just released my demo for Next Fest! Nothing but my own human arm drawing and writing for five years until my wrist just about gave out hahaha bsky.app/profile/just...

Ted Martens3

I hate that they stole the sparkle emoji from us, but I love that you used it for this.

Desktop Explorer 💾 Demo Out on Steam!3

100% human made with in-house digital art and audio store.steampowered.com/app/2533590/...

DOPAMINER 💎 - Wishlist on Steam!3

Our incremental game is totally free of AI!

Yin2

We're making DekaDuck with zero AI, it's all hand-drawn by a single artist, and programmed by a single programmer (me!) https://store.steampowered.com/app/3715040/DekaDuck/

Chris Weisiger2

Torment Hexus is my match-3 roguelike! store.steampowered.com/app/3238420/...

APirateHat🎨Portrait Painter🖌️ DEMO OUT NOW2

Thank you for this thread! I really despise AI, my game is all about celebrating human art! store.steampowered.com/app/3917260/...

WildArts Games2

Oh, great idea! Proudly made without any gen AI assistance! ^^ store.steampowered.com/app/4132890/...

Joel2

Hey, that’s me! Solo dev here and completely AI-free at all levels! And the demo is out now for Next Fest! No AI and toppling tyrants - what more could you want? store.steampowered.com/app/4464400/...