A dungeon crawler RPG, a "next-gen" RTS, and a moody survival game top Steam Next Fest's 50 most-played demos as Valve reveals record-breaking wishlists

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Valve has revealed the 50 most-played demos from 2024's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Steam Next Fest, and topping the list is the dungeon crawler RPG 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Dungeonborne, the self-styled "next-gen" RTS 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Stormgate, and my personal favorite, the moody survival driving sim set in the lush Pacific Northwest rainforest, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Pacific Drive.

Filling out the top 10 are the strategy space RTS 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Homeworld 3, the auto-battler strategy game 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Backpack Battles, the zombie survival sandbox 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Dread Dawn, the turn-based strategy game Millennia, the roguelike deckbuilder Balatro, the online co-op dungeon-crawler Rotwood, and the derivative, aptly named Metroidvania Deviator

, but suffice it to say there's an eclectic mix of all sorts of different genres and themes in there. I'm a little bummed to see so little love for horror on the list, especially after playing demos for this 🐓gorgeous Dark Souls and Princess Mononoke-inspi꧃red boss rush horror and this 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查🍌询:u𓃲nimaginably dark PS2-style indie horror game, but I'm both su💮rprised and happy to see on the list which previously haꦦd escaped my radar.

In a press release, Valve said: "This event racked up more than 3 million wishlists across all available demos; the most of any Next Fest so far!" Last week, I reported on the indie developer community's response to the unprecedented amount of engagement in this year's Steam Next Fest and how helpful it is to smaller studio🐼s fighting for some precious exposure.

Looking to add even more games to your wishlist? Have a look through our list of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming indie games for 2024 and beyond.

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