Steam Next Fest (June 2025) — Day 5

Look Mum No Computer

Twin-stick shooter adventure

Trying the demo purely because of the weird trailer
Very retro PC gaming vibe. SID chip music!
Rough introduction. Big info dump right at the start before I know what I'm doing
Music changes as you change the installed skills, which are presented as synthesizer modules
Struggling with visibility. Hard to quickly tell what's an enemy and what's background art. Also hard to tell what's collidable and what's clear
I'm not finding the combat here very intersting

Pass

Action roguelike (Isaaclike?) with creature collecting

Gross and cute
The classics from Rogue: traps, unexplained stuff, retrying a lot until you start to understand
Demo shows a small but varied range of creatures with different abilities, which always come with a randomly selected bonus
Quick switch between your roster of three
At least in this early part of the game, ammo count is really low and even ranged attacks don't go far
Great presentation. Pixel art feels kind of like claymation

Pass. I liked the demo a lot, but I'm already playing a lot of roguelikes and my wishlist already has ones I'm more excited for

Surreal boomer shooter

Maximalism. An exhilarating force-feeding of the senses.
Liminal spaces but actually awesome and fun. Exterminate the Backrooms! Shoot the jump scare monsters in their faces!
Excursions into the Oddcore only last 5 minutes unless you buy time extensions
Interesting idea: you can teleport home (almost) whenever you want to buy upgrades or more time
Chaotic level progression, like really channel surfing through the multiverse. Sometimes, instead of warping to the next level, you end up in a corrupted level or a bonus level or just some weird, mildly creepy room

Wishlisted

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