Steam Next Fest (June 2025) — Day 2

Day 2 of Next Fest is over! Here's what I tried.

Good Luck

An absurdly dangerous walk to work

Just walk to work
Slowly walk through streets full of deadly things, like exploding garbage bins, loose signpoles, and falling signs
No checkpoints! No dodging! This is a rage game.
There's online co-op, apparently. Have Fun with friends!
This demo is silly fun, but I don't need to play more of this

Pass

Puzzle platformer with bombs

This guy also made Elec Head, another charming puzzle platformer
Puzzle platforming with exploration
Cute pixel art
Wordless teaching. Actually, the only words in the game are the credits!
Puzzles all revolve around clever use of bombs: launch yourself like a rocket jump, blow up one bomb to push another

Wishlisted

Chess-like grid puzzles

Has that Flash game feel, but in a good way. Quirky idea, simple design. It's built to quickly get you in and playing.
The puzzles are like connecting circuits. The figures can only move if they're connected to a crown-wearing figure.
An interesting take on grid-based puzzles. Like a fusion of Sokoban, chess puzzles, and "Chinese" checkers.
PANIK's cute demo trick: just have a quick line of super-simple levels to show off mechanics in the rest of the game!
I'd actually love to play this on my phone instead

Wishlisted

Dungeon crawling FPS in the Half-Life universe

Deus Ex-like cutscenes for a story set after the Combine invasion! You join a company that raids the multiverse
Doom screen melt transition, holy crap
The familiarity and comfort of Source engine physics, movement, and weapons
Game crashed a bunch for me, so I'll have to stop early

Soft wishlist (I'll keep an eye on this)

Super stylish immersive sim

Soft wishlist

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