Next Fest October 25 Roundup #3
Bloody arenas, bad medicine, and psychic babies. Just a regular Next Fest roundup.
The biggest E3 event, once the pinnacle of video game expos, was in 2018 and attracted just shy of 70,000 people who could witness and sometimes try out around 300 games.
Steam Next Fest February had over 2,000 games, and I’m pretty sure that number gets bigger every time Next Fest returns. That’s insane. Maybe Steam should consider making this event two weeks long!
Stay tuned for part 4 tomorrow, and a special thanks to the list’s contributors:
Christena Maurer, Grant Wilson, Gonçalo Santos, Josh Vasquez , and Trip Harrison.
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Happy gaming!*
*AIIG’s Next Fest roundups are based on impressions from gameplay footage and descriptions, not demo gameplay.
Goodnight Universe (Steam link)
It’s tough being Isaac, a 6-month-old baby who is also the smartest person around. Luckily, he develops mysterious psychic powers that will let him help his family. But an evil corporation wants to kidnap him, so this little tot has his work cut out in Goodnight Universe, a creative adventure game with a unique control system.
The Legend of Khiimori (Steam link)
Travel the vast lands of 13th-century Mongolia as a courier rider and her trusty horse. Travel far to deliver important messages, and stay alive with guile, hunting, crafting, and breeding horses. The Legend of Khiimori looks gorgeous, with sweeping landscapes, historical settings, and weather effects for all seasons.
Bloodgrounds (Steam link)
It’s glory or death in Bloodgrounds. Build up your team of gladiators and send them into the arena in this turn-based tactics game with management layers, diplomacy systems, and fighter upgrades. Mix close-quarter, ranged, and magical combat to win the day. But lose a fighter, and they’re gone forever.
Anarchy Road (Steam link)
Falling debris, flaming obstacles, and deadly mines are just some of the things you dodge in the action racer Anarchy Road. Race against manic drivers, blast your competitors to pieces, and even fight giant bosses. Yup, this is no middle-of-the-road arcade racing game.
ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL (Steam link)
Find your way out of a vast and frozen wilderness in ANGST, a serious survival game where you endure with your wits. Presented in a striking top-down art style, follow quests and uncover mysteries while hunting, gathering, and crafting to survive the elements and the deadly entities that roam this forsaken place.
S.E.M.I. – Side Effects May Include… (Steam link)
Trapped in a special clinic, you and three other players pop experimental pills and develop strange powers. Then try to escape S.E.M.I., a wacky co-op game full of insane traps, brutal security guards, moving walls and other surprises. The maps and special medicines are random, making each play-through uniquely insane.
RemoteSpace: First Settlement (Steam link)
Get into the technical depths of running a space colony in RemoteSpace: First Settlement, a base-building game with orbital mechanics. Explore an alien solar system while managing fuel, ore, energy, and the tedium of deep space as you mine a crucial mineral for humanity’s future. But there is something else out there, so stay vigilant!
The People of Sea, Sun & Salt (Steam link)
From laying the earliest foundations, create a Mediterranean island civilisation. The better you do, the more the waters recede, but beware the rising tide when things go wrong. Place over 100 unique buildings and follow progress across 15 eras. A compact city and colony builder with a lot of scope and replayability, can you lead The people of Sea, Sun & Salt?
Space Squad Survival (Steam link)
Space Squad Survival is a frantic and fun side-scrolling shooter with survival and crew management. Explore the universe, expand your ship and its tech, look after your crew, and get ready to fight alien creatures and space pirates. Keep exploring the dark reaches of space and remember, you can never have too much firepower…
UMIGARI (Steam link)
Fishing games with horror sub-themes are popular these days, but even by those standards, UMIGARI has a strange and creepy vibe. Make a living with harpoon fishing and explore the sea for new and lucrative prey. Follow legends to uncover the ocean’s secrets. But be careful, because not everything out there is friendly or even normal.
Bloodgrounds is new to me and looks awesome! Thanks for the round up, I'm downloading the demo right now!!
Oh I love base buildinggames so much! Added some of these to my wishlist!