Steam Next Fest (June 2025) — Day 3

Bloodthief

First-person parkour/speedrunning

Crusty brown gothic look, like Quake
Gameplay really grabbed me. Sometimes, I was leaning forward and holding my breath!
More and deeper movement mechanics, compared to other first-person parkour games, like SEUM or Neon White. Building up and preserving speed is a big deal
Challenging levels, with actual enemies to fight and a quickly-rising difficulty level. Levels are usually 1-5 minutes long — lengthy compared to Neon White's 10-30 seconds
I managed to wall jump off of a deadly spike wall, and I'm still not sure if that was intended

Soft wishlist. I definitely enjoyed this demo, but I currently don't have an appetite for this type of game.

Tactical RPG with dice

First thing after the intro cutscene: a detailed character creation screen. That's pretty overwhelming.
I like the art style except for the subdued 3D character models
Throwing the dice and watching them settle is satisfying, as it is in Armello
Gameplay is clearly focused on battle grid combat, since the "dungeon crawling" is just clicking on a map, like Slay the Spire
Do team management and watch the plot in the downtime between jobs
There is an appreciable amount of role-playing in this RPG

Wishlisted

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