Games in Development
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Steam Next Fest (Mar 2026) – Thoughts
First of all, I love that there are these Next Fests. They bring visibility to smaller indie developers and with the vast amount of games out there, this is always good. For me personally, though, it seems that the excitement is mostly gone. I guess this is partly because I have so many games that…
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Steam Next Fest June 2025: My Takeaway
It seems that we are getting the Steam Next Fest with hundreds of demos every four months. Writing about all the demos I tried gets boring, to be honest, which is why I haven’t really done any posts like that the past few times. I am just going to share with you the two games…
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The Appeal of Vertical Progress: Tower Building Games
I don’t recall where I said it, but I usually don’t like side-scrolling games. But I do quite like building tower games. Sim Tower seems to be the original “tower building game” but I never played it nor new about it until I started playing Project Highrise. Having this “flat view” of course comes with…
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Steam Next Fest from October 2023 – Yes, Very Belated!
Oh my… as you can see from the title, this post has been in my Draft folder for months… I was wondering whether to just trash this post. But since it is Blaugust and since I spent a lot of time writing this post already, I decided to take a look at it now, update…
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Steam Next Fest (June 2024): My personal favourites
As usual, I have been trying to play too many demos and also, as usual, I have found a lot of possible “gems” among the demos. I do not think I will have enough time to write much about all of them, so I am instead focusing on the ones I liked best. I am…
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Yay… Manor Lords… new building game…!
I was looking forward to Manor Lords releasing into Early Access and with the discount that we’re getting in the Humble Store (thanks to being an active subscriber of Humble Choice for several months), I bought it immediately. And then… when I started playing this game, I suddenly got the urge to play Going Medieval…
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Steam Next Fest 2023: Mini Settlers
Steam is currently running its Steam Strategy Fest and as usual, there are a lot of demos to try out. Reus 2 is having its first public demo, by the way! Go check it out if you’re even vaguely interested! But back to the actual topic: Mini Settlers. I started this demo not expecting much…
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Screenshot Saturday: TerraScape
TerraScape is a game in Early Access and it recently received an update. I was confused as the name only vaguely seemed familiar to me. When I looked at the Store Page, it still didn’t ring a bell. I had to look through my emails to see that I got it gifted from my husband…
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Still Waiting – Games on my Wishlist
I saw Krikket write about her oldest wishlisted upcoming games and thought it would be interesting to check mine. I was sure I would have about the same amount that she does but boy, was I wrong. 84 wishlisted items including 2 DLCs. So let’s see about the ones that have been on my wishlist…
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Quick Impressions: Highrise City
Highrise City is a city-building game that is currently in Early Access. I tried out the demo some time ago and kept the game on my wishlist but only recently bought it during the Steam Summer Sale. The reviews compare it to Cities Skylines (obviously) and the Anno series. In Cities Skylines, all you need…
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Screenshot Saturday: Highrise City
I resisted the urge to get this for as long as I could… but with the Steam Summer sale and the developers announcing that they’re going to increase the price soon, I finally caved – and don’t regret it! It’s still in Early Access, but a lot of fun to play already. I like having…
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Steam Next Fest – June 2023 Overview
I downloaded more than 25 demos… I found most of them through Steam’s advertised new personalized discovery queue, some from Krikket’s list, one game I saw somebody play on Twitch plus Mika and the Witch’s Mountain which I backed on Kickstarter and was excited to try now. As usual, I am not going to bother…
Blockbuster Inc., Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles, Causeway, Crime O’Clock, Galacticare, game demos, Gourdlets, Iron Roads, Land Above Sea Below, Landnama, Let’s School, Little Friends: Puppy Island, Mall Craze, Merchant of the Six Kingdoms, Mika and the Witch’s Mountain, Naheulbeuk’s Dungeon Master, Norland, One Lonely Outpost, Randoville, Ratopia, Space Cats Tactics, Station to Station, Steam Next Fest, Stellaris Nexus, These Doomed Isles, Thronefall, TileDeck TD, Warnament, While the Iron’s Hot
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Finally: Reus 2 got announced!
Ten years after the original game, Reus, released, the developers announced the sequel, Reus 2! When I first heard about it, I got really excited! I love Reus – even though I actually never played it that much… but I did listen to the soundtrack so many times and I still believe that it’s one…
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Quick Impressions: Hamster Playground
I don’t remember when and how I stumbled over this game’s trailer, but it was so cute, it certainly stuck to my mind! And I also had to show it to bookahnerk at the time. Not long afterwards, the game released into Early Access. And it’s even free to play (with in-game purchases). But first…
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My impressions from Steam Next Fest (June 2022)
Another Steam Next Fest featuring lots of game demos has come and gone. I tried to narrow down my selection this time, but ended up with too many games yet again. As always, I will only write about games when I’ve got at least something positive to say about it, because all of these games…
A Twisted Tale, Ballads of Hongye, Big Ambitions, Catizens, Flying Neko Delivery, game demo, Games in Development, Great Houses of Calderia, indie games, Minicology, Monorail Stories, Plank Road, Poly Skies, Rise of the White Sun, Roots of Pacha, Sapiens, Steam Next Fest, Sweet Transit, The Lawyer, Tree House Survivors, We Stay Behind
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