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What demos have you been playing in the Steam Next Fest? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by jaycifer@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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There’s still a couple days left and I’m curious to hear what others have been playing.

A couple standouts I’ve played:

Tropico 7: I’m a pretty big fan (~360 hours in 6) so I was very excited to try the demo. It’s more Tropico, which is what I’m looking for! Some of the gripes I had with 6, like managing buses, have been smoothed over and I like the better visibility of how much money each citizen makes. I’m looking forward to the full release.

Beastfolk Barber: I tried this more to recommend to a couple friends since visual novels aren’t usually my thing, but this game is so cute! Customers come in, you spend a minute getting to know them, pick out some haircut options, then chat more while cutting their hair. I like that no customer overstays their welcome before leaving, and a couple of them were really endearing. I likely won’t play the full release myself, but I know a couple people I may gift it to.

What have you been playing?

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[–] traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I have interest in that. Discovery is something I’m bad at and with the deluge of AI it feels so daunting. I appreciate this list!

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I ended up making a full writeup, if you're still interested: https://lemmy.world/post/53700553

[–] traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

Yes! Thank you!

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's taking significantly more effort than usual to sift through the slop, but beneath all the Claude Code vomit there is more or less the usual amount of gems. They're just even more buried in the sand than usual.

But interest noted. I might get around to that, I still have some more demos to play though while there is time.

Also, as an ex Dota player I appreciate your username! Drow was never my hero, though.

[–] traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Haha thanks! Been a while since I’ve played. I’d probably consider myself an ex-player at this point too.