Running from Feb. 23 to March 2, this year’s Next Fest brings some particularly exciting PC game demos to Steam. From heroic frogs to skateboarding trains, there’s a lot of weird and wonderful stuff ...

If there are 0 fans of Sonic the Hedgehog's early 3D outings from the Dreamcast days, I am dead twice over, because someone will almost certainly have to kill my over-enthusiastic ...

Steam Next Fest lets you get a hands-on first peek at the best upcoming new games. Here are the best demos from this Next Fest. Tyler is a writer for CNET covering laptops and video games. He's ...

Do you ever load up the latest Steam Next Fest and find yourself paralyzed by the literal thousands of demos for upcoming games, so much so that you spend more time browsing everything available ...

Survival Games I can't stop playing the demo for this pirate game with Black Flag sailing, Sea of Thieves combat, and Ark crafting Games "There are a zillion demos in this Steam Next Fest," Palworld ...

The October 2024 iteration of Steam’s demo-filled event has more games than we know what to do with Nintendo Windows Games Think of Are You Kidding Me as a cozier ...

There are more than three thousand games participating in the June 2025 edition. The first two weeks of June have been hectic, with game anniversaries, launches and huge showcases all crammed into the ...

From the moment Mahjbeen Zafar landed her first headshot in the electrifying chaos of Counter-Strike, her passion for the FPS genre has fueled a lifelong gaming obsession. Since early 2025, she has ...

Summer Game Fest demos were varied and plentiful with some games playable while others were just watchable, but days after the event, only three have really left an impression on me. While they couldn ...

IceSitruuna has released a demo for September-announced science-fiction horror RPG Parasite Mutant for PC via Steam, the developer announced. A tutorial to help you learn the core gameplay, including ...

Craft, fight, loot, build, and explore in the demo for sandbox RPG Everwind. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

It's hard to believe I'm saying this, but I've been so thoroughly captivated by a recent game demo that I now consider it my personal responsibility to recommend it to you. What makes that so hard to ...