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The Best Steam Next Fest Demos of 2026, chosen by The Punished Backlog with the header images for Alabaster Dawn, Altered Alma, Coffee Talk: Tokyo, Denshattack!, Dosa Divas, Flock Around, Gambonanza, Horses of Hoofprint Bay, inKONBINI: One Store, Many Stories, Letter Lost, Map Map - A Game About Maps, The Mermaid Mask, Outbound, People of Note, The Ratline, Replaced, Ruin: Beast City, Tukoni: Forest Keepers, Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors, Wax Heads, The Witch's Bakery, Zero Parades for Dead Spies, on top of a teal and purple gradient background with white arrows pointing up

Steam Next Fest February 2026: The 22 Best Game Demos

By The Punished Backlog and 4 moreFebruary 23, 2026

The first big Steam festival of the year has arrived. Read on as we share the best demos from the February 2026 Steam Next Fest.

The key art for TR-49, an indie game by inkle, that shows black-and-white drawings of a man and a woman and then yellow text that says TR-49

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TR-49 Review: A Ghost in the Machine Is This Year’s Blue Prince

By Amanda TienJanuary 21, 2026

In our TR-49 review, discover the addicting puzzles and narrative drama of inkle Studios’ newest indie game.