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Steam Next Fest: Party up & get goofy in these 3 multiplayer games with demos
Games ranging from 2 to 10 players: Our top multiplayer picks from Steam Next Fest!

Nate Hermanson
Jun 165 min read
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Steam Next Fest Mini-Preview: Downhill's fourth wall-breaking shows a ton of promise
Anybody seen a fourth wall around here? I can't find it.

Nate Hermanson
Jun 146 min read
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Steam Next Fest Mini-Preview: Consume Me is a game with guts
Consume Me is bright, bouncy, and fun to play while turning a sharp gaze on teen diet culture.

Julie Cooper
Jun 126 min read
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3 games from the PC Gaming Show you can (and need to) try today
Hands-on with some incredible indies on display at the PC Gaming Show 2025.

Nate Hermanson
Jun 96 min read
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Six standout games from SGF's Saturday indie powerhouse block
What you may have missed amid nearly 300 indie games showcased on Saturday.

Nate and Julie
Jun 88 min read
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Geoff Keighley and his three gaming showcase friends made for a hell of a day
Summer Game Fest is in full swing, and with 100+ games showcased in one day, we've never been more excited.

Nate and Julie
Jun 77 min read
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Six indie highlights from the MIX Summer Game Showcase
Most of them have post-MIX Showcase demos out now!

Nate Hermanson
Jun 37 min read
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REVIEW: TMNT: Tactical Takedown turns beat-em-ups tactical without sacrificing any of the adrenaline
TMNT: Tactical Takedown is full of great ideas that, while only half-realized at times, make for an undeniably fun tactics experience for gamers of all levels.

Nate Hermanson
May 297 min read
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REVIEW: I never want to stop playing StarVaders
StarVaders burns bright and is no flash in the pan. I can't stay away from it and neither should you.

Nate Hermanson
May 217 min read
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Mini-Preview: Every Day We Fight feels like the evolution the turn-based tactics genre needs
More active than the usual tactics game, but in a way that preserves why people love the genre.

Nate Hermanson
May 76 min read
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REVIEW: Despelote's part-game part-documentary speaks to the power of sports in community and simpler times
Ecuador, 2001: A boy, a ball and a country on the cusp of greatness.

Nate Hermanson
May 57 min read
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REVIEW: Wanderstop's therapeutic and tactile tea-making brought me to tears
Walked a chamo-mile in Alta's worn warrior boots.

Nate Hermanson
Apr 298 min read
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REVIEW: Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 - A matchroidvania RPG about a fake game series represents the rage of an entire industry
When passionate folks fight for the marvelously strange ideas, for the oddball characters, and for match-3 games, a clever little project like Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 just might make it to your PC against the odds.

Nate Hermanson
Apr 227 min read
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REVIEW: The stray mascots of Promise Mascot Agency gave me hope we'll survive 2025
The last place I expected to find hope for the nightmare year that has been 2025 is in the giant sparkly eyes of a severed pinky. But that's just the kind of world we live in right now.

Nate Hermanson
Apr 108 min read
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REVIEW: Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is the definition of a side story... and that's not a bad thing
Being a pirate captain for a "short" 40 hours in the Like a Dragon universe is a dream I never knew I had.

Nate Hermanson
Apr 78 min read
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Steam Next Fest '25 Mini-Preview: Seeking the next Balatro amidst four unique roguelikes
Four Steam Next Fest roguelike demos that'll hook anyone who loves to survive enemy hordes or make number go up.

Nate Hermanson
Mar 27 min read
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Steam Next Fest '25 Mini-Preview: These two demos prove Strange Scaffold both never stops working and never misses
They have cooked once again — twice again, actually. Demo impressions from Strange Scaffold's Steam Next Fest offerings.

Nate Hermanson
Mar 16 min read
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Steam Next Fest '25 Mini-Preview: 40 minutes with Wanderstop had me doing too much self-reflecting
Uh oh. It's my face reflected back to me in that cup of tea, isn't it?

Nate Hermanson
Feb 284 min read
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Steam Next Fest '25 Mini-Preview: Promise Mascot Agency is nutty in all the right ways
Ain't we all just a thick block of tofu caught in the narrow door of life?

Nate Hermanson
Feb 275 min read
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REVIEW: Typing is terrifying in Dead Letter Dept.
Psychological safety in the workplace? You won't find it in Dead Letter Dept.

Nate Hermanson
Feb 125 min read
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