Highlights from Steam Next Fest 2024!

Geometry Survivor

Get ready to blast into some blistering arcade action with the latest title from Brain Seal Entertainment, Geometry Survivor, which is launching later this month on both console & PC!

Taking the popular Bullet Heaven formula and bringing it back to the neon glory days of early 80's gaming, Geometry Survivor pits you against unyielding waves of vector based enemies. Fire off smart missiles, mega-lasers, blackholes, and more in an attempt to stop the horde, working run after run to figure out which combination of weapons will deliver the most powerful phosphor glow tinted payload. Keep those bullets firing as you spend the credits earned during your runs on new ships and upgrades, helping you survive just that little bit longer each time before having to put in another hypothetical quarter.

Geometry Survivor will launch on February 21st across Steam, PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox One & Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch and in the meantime it's part of Steam Next Fest, so you can go check out the demo for the game right now.

Geometry Survivor is a rogue-lite auto shooter where you must survive for 20 minutes. Fight against waves of geometry ships, defeat their formations and survive the grid world. 

Features

  • One hand gameplay: Use just one hand to control the direction of your ship

  • Auto-Shooter: Your weapons fire automatically, letting you concentrate on staying alive

  • Weapons: Each run allows you to get a unique combination of weapons

  • Credits: Earn credits and permanently unlock new upgrades

  • Enemies: Enjoy the multitude of enemies each with their own AI

  • 20 minutes of intense gameplay

  • Retro visuals and music straight from the 80s

  • Delicious gameplay!

  Geometry Survivor is the ultimate survival game, do not miss it!! 

Nova Core Chaos

NOVA CORE CHAOS is a chaotic co-op cooking game for one to five players. Play as one of five unique classes and follow the recipes to make energy cores. Give these to your customers to help them evolve into Novas!

Check out the Demo here!

Please, Touch the Artwork 2

A relaxing hidden object adventure. Explore iconic paintings, collect items for their quirky inhabitants, and solve casual puzzles. Discover the world of James Ensor, Belgian Modern Art pioneer.

Please check out the Demo here!

Voxlands

Explore gorgeous raytraced voxel lands, meet the local mutated wild-life, find out what went wrong, and quest, craft, loot, build, destroy and shoot your way to the top of the foodchain! Play alone, or with friends! Assuming you know how to share..

Please check out the Demo here!

Spilled

Clean up ocean waste in this relaxing & satisfying cozy game! Recycle, earn coins, upgrade your boat, repeat! Explore and clean up new areas with more waste and new challenges!

Check out the Demo here!

Forgotten but Unbroken

Forgotten but Unbroken is a tactical turn-based strategy game inspired by XCOM but offers its own unique take on the genre. Meet historical WW2 heroes and fight against elite fighters of the 3rd Reich! It’s time to lead the resistance against the Axis forces and help to liberate Europe!

Check out the Demo here!

Stilt VR

Arm yourself with stilts and retrieve your stolen spaceship in this exciting classic platformer in VR!

Check out the Demo here!

Lightphobe

Inspired by classic team-based survival shooters and using light as a major gameplay element, Mutant Realm Entertainment is excited to announce its debut game Lightphobe! Featuring match-ups with up to 16 players, Lightphobe challenges competitors to capture a control point and defend against opponents with unique abilities. Lightphobe will be launching into early access on Steam, on  February 12, 2024. 

Download the Lightphobe Demo during Steam Next Fest here.

About The Game

Lightphobe is an asymmetrical cooperative multiplayer game where players can choose between defending the earth as a squad of well-armed soldiers or terrorizing their enemies as the ethereal skeletal creatures known as Lightphobes. 

Invincible within the darkness, and armed to the teeth, Lightphobes are powerful unearthly nightmares, who will stop at nothing until they rip every living thing in front of them to shreds. Soldiers will need more than just bullets to survive. The military has sent specialists who can equip 5 different loadouts allowing for varied playstyles to even the odds against the opposition.

Gameplay Description
Lightphobe blends competitive team-based shooter gameplay with melee-based stealth mechanics in a cat and mouse-style battle for supremacy.

  • Strategize and adapt to a constantly changing battlefield with dynamic light sources that directly affect the competition.

  • Pick between playing as a Soldier (first-person shooter) or as a Lightphobe (third-person melee action) with multiple load-outs to choose from.

  • Play with up to 16 players in multiplayer; with support for both peer-to-peer networking and dedicated servers.

Ultros

Indie developer Hadoque have announced that players can now download and play the demo for ULTROS on Steam ahead of the game’s imminent release on Feb. 13 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and PC (via Steam and the Epic Games Store). 

Released during Steam Next Fest: February 2024 Edition, players can now download the brand-new demo for ULTROS and get their first glimpse of the atmospheric and mysterious depths of The Sarcophagus. Players can explore an early section of the game, meeting some of the diverse alien creatures and eclectic inhabitants that await them in the full game alongside a fight with the first of the game’s many challenging boss battles. Each tentative step deeper into The Sarcophagus holds new surprises to discover and trials to overcome as you journey to find the truth... 

Additionally, fans can also look forward to the ULTROS Original Game Soundtrack, launching on all major streaming platforms globally on Feb. 13, 2024. Composed by Oscar “Ratvader” Rydelius, the soundtrack of ULTROS transports listeners to a totally unique and mystical soundscape featuring sounds of nature, classical instruments, and other sound-making tools from Peru and the Amazon’s rich history. “This soundtrack encapsulates six years of soul exploration, love, and death”, said Oscar “Ratvader” Rydelius. “Instruments and inspirations from the Swedish archipelago of Bohuslän, Ingmar Bergman’s Gotland, and Pachamama of Peru will guide you through this three-hour meditative soundscape journey – a journey to the inner depths of Ratvader and the Sarcophagus that both cradles, and is, ULTROS.” Additionally, fans eager to immerse themselves into the soundtrack of ULTROS can now listen to two singles from the complete soundtrack on all major streaming platforms ahead of the full release on Feb. 31, 2024. 

Until Then

Maximum Entertainment publishing label Modus Games and developer Polychroma Games today unveiled the announcement trailer for the seemingly slice-of-life adventure Until Then alongside the game’s first-ever demo dropping as part of the Steam Next Fest. Try Until Then and wishlist the game today: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1574820/Until_Then/

Until Then is a side-scrolling, cinematic adventure game that tells a strange and intriguing story of inquisitive high school students living in a fractured existence. Players explore and navigate various everyday environments inspired by real-world locations in the Philippines. You’ll explore a lush, stunning pixel art environment in the shoes of high-schooler Mark Borja. Through his life, you’ll navigate the trials of any normal teenager: school, piano practice, friends… but something isn’t right. A twist of fate that will change Mark’s life is looming just beneath the surface. Can you weave through the mysteries before all is lost?

Through your journey you’ll meet vibrant, relatable peers navigating their own lives, explore the world around you through everyday technology, and play seemingly mundane minigames you won’t want to put down. Until Then is wrapped in a jaw-dropping cinematic pixel art style and set to a soundtrack that brings the world to life in unexpected ways.

Until Then is coming to PC and PlayStation 5 this year. For updates, follow @Modus_Games on Twitter and Facebook or go to www.modusgames.com.

Pacific Drive

Pack your gear up for a road trip you may not come back from as Pacific Drive cruises into the Steam Next Fest. Available on Steam now, this demo offers players a chance to get behind the wheel before the hotly anticipated survival action title launches on Feb. 22

Access the demo here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1458140/Pacific_Drive/

Sealed off for decades by the US Government, the Olympic Exclusion Zone has become a twisted and mysterious visage of the Pacific Northwest, full of radiation and dangerous anomalies. Trapped inside its 400-meter walls with only your trusty station wagon and wits to protect you, chart excursions out into the constantly shifting landscape, scavenging what materials you can and building up your own toolkit of protective measures while seeking a way out and answers to the mysteries found within. In the demo available as part of the Steam Next Fest, explore the opening of Pacific Drive and its first intriguing mission ahead of its launch.

With a station wagon as your mobile base and mysterious voices on the radio guiding you, you’ll turn this car into a formidable force. From simple repairs to tricked out gadgets, you’ll do this from the comfort of your garage, the only place providing safe haven and where you’ll get to know every inch of your car during your time in the Pacific Northwest.