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The trick to playing the best Steam demos

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08.03.2025

Scrolling through last month’s Steam Next Fest was like visiting the local ice cream shop to taste the seasonal sweets — only to discover that the tubs of new flavors now extend so far into the distance that you can’t distinguish where the freezer ends and the horizon begins. Worse, four of every five flavors tasted like sawdust.

For the average, relatively curious gamer, there’s a perfect solution to the dilemma of “too much.” Wait.

Quick catch-up: Steam Next Fest takes place three times a year. Over just a few days, dozens of video game studios release demos for their upcoming games. Wares range from

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