{"id":5474,"date":"2022-02-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hdbka.com\/steam-next-fest-kicks-off-with-more-than-600-demos-and-developer-livestreams\/"},"modified":"2022-02-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T00:00:00","slug":"steam-next-fest-kicks-off-with-more-than-600-demos-and-developer-livestreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hdbka.com\/steam-next-fest-kicks-off-with-more-than-600-demos-and-developer-livestreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam Next Fest kicks off with more than 600 demos and developer livestreams"},"content":{"rendered":"
The semi-annual Steam Next Fest<\/a> is now underway, featuring gameplay livestreams, developer chats, tutorials, and—this is the big one—playable demos for hundreds of upcoming games.<\/p>\n The Steam Next Fest is a great way to get hands-on time with unreleased games you’ve been keeping your eye on, as well as stuff you haven’t seen before or wouldn’t consider throwing money at without a test drive first. The one potential knock against it—and it’s really not much to complain about—is that there are so many demos, and so little time. <\/p>\n There are a total of 628 demos in this round of the Next Fest, according to Valve, which means you’re going to have to average 89.7 demos per day, every day<\/em>, if you want to see them all. Valve expects a few more will trickle in as the Next Fest rolls on, so you might as well call it a flat 90 per day just to be sure nothing gets left out.<\/p>\n If that seems a bit daunting, here are a few that I think would make some good starting points:<\/p>\n\n