The next Steam Game Festival is will start on February 3rd, and it will give you access to playable demos of over 500 upcoming titles. Valve started hosting the virtual festival last year in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic after in-game industry events like the Game Developers Conference got cancelled. The developer has held quite a few more iterations of the festival since then, and it has become a way to highlight titles from independent game developers.
The next Steam Game Festival is coming up, with hundreds of brand-new demos for fans to Play What’s Next for free from Feb 3-9!
Watch the trailer for a sneak peak at what developers around the world will be sharing! ? https://t.co/F4FMZwbO6M
— Steam (@Steam) January 28, 2021
Valve has released a sneak peek for some of the games that will be showcased, particularly a handful of action and strategy titles. The action titles you’ll be able to try include Runwild Entertainment’s Almighty: Kill Your Gods, which will have you defending your island from gargantuan monsters either by yourself or with friends. Bloodroots by Paper Cult is a hyperstylized beat ’em up game about revenge, while Slipgate Ironworks’ Graven is a fantasy FPS. There’s also Zenovia’s debut game Steel Assault, which is a 16-bit platformer set in post-apocalyptic America, and Vaki Games’ multiplayer hack-and-slash tower defense game Kingshunt.
Next week’s #SteamGameFestival features free demos of hundreds of upcoming games, including all the adrenaline-fueled Action games your heart desires! ⚔https://t.co/DEnqF8P3J7
— Steam (@Steam) January 29, 2021
Some of the strategy games you’ll be able to try include Floppy Knights by Rose City Games, featuring knights summoned from floppy disks. There’s also Mechanistry’s Timberborn, a city builder featuring animals, and Exor Studios’ The Riftbreaker. The latter is a base-building game with action-RPG elements wherein you play a character in a mecha suit capable of dimensional rift travel. Finally, Dream Engines: Nomad Cities by Suncrash is a survival building game with flying cities.
Flex your strategic mind during next week’s #SteamGameFestival with free demos for upcoming Strategy games, featuring everything from moon farming to building flying cities! ?https://t.co/SU0VCdQo97
— Steam (@Steam) January 30, 2021
The February Steam Game Festival will last for six days and will also give you the chance to chat with devs and watch livestreamed panels and playthroughs. You can sign up on the event’s official page to get a reminder when it begins.
Author: Mariella Moon, @mariella_moon
8h ago
Source: Engadget
