{"id":13025,"date":"2023-02-21T06:53:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T11:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crystal-dreams.us\/?p=13025"},"modified":"2023-02-21T06:53:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T11:53:03","slug":"my-favorite-demos-from-february-2023s-steam-nextfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crystal-dreams.us\/?p=13025","title":{"rendered":"My favorite Demos from February 2023’s Steam Nextfest!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was asked by a few people now which my favorites were and while I gave a short list on Discord, I figured I’d talk about it more here and what my favorite things were. This unfortunately got delayed a bit due to some health stuff, but many still have Demos up so I hope it’s still informative.<\/p>\n

Before I start, I want to at least bring up a few things including 5 games that will NOT be listed in the extended part below, but are ones I’m just as excited for:<\/p>\n

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  1. Any games where I’ve previously played the demo, even if I played the newer ones, I will not be talking about below. This essentially includes Mail Time<\/a> and Shumi Come Home<\/a> which are two games I’ve already said I’m quite excited for<\/a> and that hasn’t changed. They did an adorable collaboration between each other with their demos this round so I still wanted to shout them out regardless. <\/li>\n
  2. Similarly, games I played previously that did not have demo updates like Mineko’s Night Market and Townseek! Still very excited for both. Townseek is a tricky one since I don’t believe I mentioned it above like the other games I’ve mentioned so far, but it’s because I actually played the Game Jam version back in 2021. I absolutely loved it and the new Demo with the full release announcement as well. JUST as excited for it, even though I don’t think I’ve spoken about it as much. Again, this is just due to having played the Game Jam version and my very specific rules or we would’ve had that most so much longer for all the games without release dates I haven’t tried yet.<\/li>\n
  3. And finally, any sequels. Like I adored Seaberry Keep and have very much been looking forward to the continuation, so I really enjoyed the demo for Chippy’s Escape<\/a>, but like the above, I don’t really have more to say that I haven’t already. Still shouting it out though.<\/li>\n
  4. Any Demos where I didn’t really get to see any gameplay. I am still very much interested in SunnySide<\/a>, but since the demo was just a Character Creator, it’s hard to say much about it just yet.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So, in short, I’ll only be focusing on games where either I hadn’t heard of them prior to this OR I haven’t gotten to try them before! Despite that, I actually downloaded 88 total Demos<\/b>, including the ones I mentioned above, so I’m picking a handful of my most favorites, and ones I am most intrigued to see more from, in no particular order. <\/p>\n

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    Steam Nextfest for February 2023 is unfortunately over now, but not all demos go away at the end so if any of these games interest you, definitely try and check to see if they are still available! Each link will go to my Playthrough of the Demo, but in each of the descriptions, you can find a link to the game’s steam page. And if they aren’t available, you can still wishlist them and keep an eye out as they often will rotate demos back in. <\/p>\n