Steam Next Fest – June 2025 edition is live with new demos
A celebration of upcoming games big and small and everything in between. Steam Next Fest for June 2025 is now live.
If you’ve been here before, you know the drill. There’s hundreds of new demos that have gone live, and my inbox is positively overflowing with developers announcing demos and upcoming games. It’s a good problem to have.
Here’s a few games that I think are likely worth a look (these have Native Linux builds):
Horripilant is a chilling incremental dungeon crawl through the horrors of a forgotten underworld. Combining idler, puzzle and autobattler elements, you’ll fight, mine, and think your way through the depths of a forsaken dungeon.
The year is 1986 and you are David Sugimoto, born and raised in South Bend, Indiana. Thanks to a family friend, you’re headed to Japan for your very first job at Matsuzawa Manufacturing.
Choose your doctrine and preach across medieval Italy in this real-time strategy roguelike. Gather your diverse cast of followers, venture out to convince and convert new believers, conquer towns, and strive to become a saint in your lifetime—or die trying.
A 2.5D turn-based RPG where you dodge through enemy turns – and emotional abuse.
Watchword is the anagram roguelike. Strategically spell real and made-up words while using magical rule-bending books to score massively satisfying combos. Build your deck of letter tiles and find synergies in this endlessly re-playable twist on classic word games.
The billiards roguelike. Strategic, physics based combat against Pool Sharks who don’t play by the rules. Sink your balls and clear out your opposition in this chaotic game of pool!
And a few other suggestions that should work well with Proton:
Reclaim Earth for humankind. Enjoy a taste of this gripping human fate story, as EVE embarks on a mission to save Earth from oblivion.
Jump Ship is a mission based co-op PvE for up to 4 players, where you are the crew of a spaceship. Transition seamlessly from crewing the ship to on-foot exploration and space walks. Engage in intense battles both on the ground and in space, and always keep your ship upgraded and intact.
SCAD is an action packed roguelite apocalypse adventure. Fight against zombie hordes, craft & upgrade your weapons and prepare for new missions.
As per usual, I’ll be giving individual shout-outs over the next week and beyond on anything I find interesting. I’ve already been mentioning some demos over the last few weeks too. Although, my time right now is very much being sucked away by Dune: Awakening (more on that tomorrow!).
Steam Next Fest is live until June 16th at 10am Pacific / 5pm UTC. Head over to Steam to check it out. Be sure to leave a comment with some cool demos you’ve tried and what you thought about them.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
