All Games With Demos From the Summer Game Fest
Summer Game Fest has just concluded! With over 300 games announced, it's definitely worth checking out some of the events and seeing if you find anything you like! But if you're more of a hands-on type of person, then we've got you covered! Here are all of the games that have a demo that were announced over the Summer Game Fest stockpiled into one article for you to check out!
A Tiny Sticker Tale
Guerrilla Collective
- Developer: Ogre Pixel
- Publisher: Ogre Pixel
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: Cozy, Adventure
An adorable sticker title in which you grab items from the world and turn them into puzzle elements to solve the world around you!
Iron Meat
Guerrilla Collective
- Developer: Ivan Valeryevich Suvorov, Retroware
- Publisher: Retroware
- Release Date: 17th of October 2023
- Genres: Action, Gore
Meat has possessed metallic objects around the world! Now you and a friend can fight back against it in this retro-styled side-scroller shooter!
Toxic Crusaders
Guerrilla Collective
- Developer: Retroware
- Publisher: Retroware
- Release Date: 2024
- Genres: Side Scroller, Beat 'em up
Toxic crusaders is back! Grab your mop and up to four friends to fight back the radioactive hordes and clean up the streets of Tromaville!
Leximan
Guerrilla Collective
- Developer: Knights of Borria
- Publisher: Marvelous Europe
- Release Date: To be announced
- Genres: 2D, Puzzle
Use the power of the spoken word to create spells! Grab various fragments and create a word to see what sort of spell you'll get.
ANTONBLAST
Guerrilla Collective
- Developer: Summitsphere
- Publisher: Summitsphere
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: 2D Platformer, Action
An explosive 2D platformer that retro fans will love! Based on the Game Boy Advanced with reimagined and upgraded gameplay elements.
WrestleQuest
- Developer: Mega Cat Studios
- Publisher: Skybound Games
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: RPG, Party-Based RPG
The ultimate wrestling RPG! Fight various foes in turn-based combat inside the ring and advance through various dungeons!
Growth
Guerrilla Collective
- Developer: Voodoo Duck
- Publisher: Assemble Entertainment
- Release Date: Coming Soon
- Genres: Simulation, Strategy
Who doesn't love hexagonal-based strategy titles? Like Dorfromantik, check out this new adorable title based on the same genre, with a new gameplay twist of claiming territory with animals rather than building it.
Nova Lands
Guerrilla Collective
- Developer: BEHEMUTT
- Publisher: HypeTrain Digital
- Release Date: 22nd of June 2023
- Genres: HypeTrain Digital
Time to build on your new home among the stars! This adorable base-building title puts you in an unknown planet with even cuter bots to automate the world around you!
Don Duality
Guerrilla Collective
- Developer: Königsborgs
- Publisher: Ravenage Games
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: Management, Casual
Build your criminal empire as you send your goons to rob banks and claim owed money! But, of course, don't neglect your restaurant business on the side.
CorpoNation: The Sorting Process
Guerrilla Collective
- Developer: Canteen
- Publisher: Playtonic Friends
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: Political, Single-player
Greetings, VALUED EMPLOYEE! Time to start your job as part of Ringo CorpoNation — sorting generic samples. It's easy, and we promise the pay is good; don't listen to all the nay-sayers!
Sticky Business
Guerrilla Collective, Wholesome Direct
- Developer: Spellgarden Games
- Publisher: Assemble Entertainment
- Release Date: 2023
- Genres: Casual, Simulation
It's time to run your adorable sticker factory! With thousands of combinations to make, learn about your customers, and send them loving stickers. You can also download the ones you make to print them in real life!
Super Adventure Hand
Guerrilla Collective
- Developer: Devm Games
- Publisher: Devm Games
- Release Date: 2023
- Genres: Action, Platformer
Oh no! Your best friend — the arm — has been taken by your worst enemy — the feet! Now, as a hand, you must recover your best friend in this thrilling platforming handventure!
Noun Town Language Learning
Guerrilla Collective
- Developer: realiaXR
- Publisher: realiaXR
- Release Date: 31st of August 2023
- Genres: Casual, Simulation
Who needs the abusive owl (Duolingo — you know what I'm talking about) when you have an entire town dedicated to learning languages? Noun Town Language Learning supports seven different languages for you to learn as you bring back colour to the world!
Request access to the demo here!
Olliefrog Toad Skater
Guerrilla Collective
- Developer: Mr. Thee
- Publisher: Mr. Thee
- Release Date: Q4 2023
- Genres: Sports, Skateboarding
Put Tony Hawk to shame with Olliefrog Toad Skater! Customise your frog and gain points by doing tricks on your skateboard above and below the waves!
Lil Guardsman
Guerrilla Collective
- Developer: Hilltop Studios
- Publisher: Versus Evil
- Release Date: 2023
- Genres: Casual, Adventure
Take control of 12-year-old Lil and protect the kingdom from ne'er do wells! From goblins to orcs and humans, everyone wants to get in, but not everyone should. Who will you allow into the premises?
Death Trick: Double Blind
Guerrilla Collective
- Developer: Misty Mountain Studio
- Publisher: Neon Doctrine
- Release Date: To be announced
- Genres: Detective, Mystery
The magician has gone missing! Play as two characters — a detective and the new magician — to discover what happened to the original magician and, perhaps most importantly, who did it.
Gori Cuddly Carnage
Guerrilla Collective
- Developer: Angry Demon Studio
- Publisher: Wired Productions
- Release Date: 2023
- Genres: Character Customization, Cyberpunk
This brand new skate 'n' slash title has you taking control of a kitten atop a murderous skateboard as you defeat the various foes that stand in your way in gory combat.
Grime
Guerrilla Collective
- Developer: Clover Bite
- Publisher: Akupara Games
- Release Date: Out now
- Genres: Metroidvania, Soulslike
If you're interested in the brand-new Tinge of Terror update to Grime, then you might want to check out the demo for the title!
Lies of P
Summer Game Fest
- Developer: NEOWIZ
- Publisher: NEOWIZ
- Release Date: 19th of September 2023
- Genres: Soulslike, Action
Lies of P needs little introduction to its gorgeous Belle Epoque era style! Take control of Pinnochio in this thrilling soulslike adventure!
Beastieball
Day of the Devs, Wholesome Direct
- Developer: Wishes Ultd.
- Publisher: Klei Publishing
- Release Date: 2024
- Genres: Sports, Exploration
Build your team of beasties to compete in volleyball in this RPG title! Increase their relationship to bolster their teamwork.
Wizard with a Gun
Devolver Digital
- Developer: Galvanic Games
- Publisher: Devolver Digital
- Release Date: 2023
- Genres: Action, Adventure
Explore the unknown as your gunpowder-powered wizard either alone or with friends in online co-op! Survive the magical wilderness and fight arcane mysteries.
Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To
Wholesome Direct
- Developer: Soft Not Weak, LLC
- Publisher: Soft Not Weak, LLC
- Release Date: 2023
- Genres: Puzzle, Narrative
Explore an adorable witchy world in this LGBTQ+-friendly title as you set out on match 3 gameplay as you unravel a narrative or duel your friends in 1v1 battles!
Bubblegum Galaxy
Wholesome Direct
- Developer: Smarto Club
- Publisher: Smarto Club
- Release Date: To be announced
- Genres: City Builder, Puzzle
Another hexagonal-based puzzle title, in this one, you take control of Haco and accidentally delete the whole galaxy. Time to rebuild it one planet at a time!
Station to Station
Wholesome Direct
- Developer: Galaxy Grove
- Publisher: Prismatika
- Release Date: 2023
- Genres: Simulation, Relaxing
Set in a beautiful voxel-art world, get ready to build various railway connections and connect the world with the magic of trains!
The Palace on the Hill
Wholesome Direct
- Developer: Niku Games
- Publisher: Niku Games
- Release Date: August 2023
- Genres: Story Rich, Management
An Indian-focused narrative adventure in which you will explore 90s rural India! Explore ancient ruins, cook Indian meals, and interact with a cast of quirky characters to learn about history.
Baladins
Wholesome Direct
- Developer: Seed by Seed
- Publisher: Armor Games Studios
- Release Date: 2024
- Genres: Choose Your Own Adventure, RPG
Take control of a group of ... let's call them entertainers or bards to not use the other, ruder words used against them, as you embark on a quest to entertain the masses with up to three other friends! Play in short one-hour sessions to fit into any day!
Gourdlets
Wholesome Direct
- Developer: AuntyGames
- Publisher: Future Freinds Games, AuntyGames
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: Building, Relaxing
In this city builder, there are no goals or objectives — the singular purpose is to have fun! Build a world for the adorable gourdlets to inhabit, now with a new confirmed fan-requested feature: farming!
Lakeburg Legacies
Wholesome Direct
- Developer: Ishtar Games
- Publisher: Ishtar Games
- Release Date: 20th of July 2023
- Genres: Strategy, Management
Use the power of love to run an entire kingdom in Lakeburg Legacies! Create the most effective couples and ensure your domain thrives (it might as well be called Love Bug Legacies!).
Venba
Wholesome Direct
- Developer: Visai Games
- Publisher: Visai Games
- Release Date: 31st of July 2023
- Genres: Romance, Cooking
Cooking is an intimate part of every child's life, and Venba knows that! Take control of an Indian immigrant family on Canada and explore the hardships of first- and second-generation immigrants.
Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland
Wholesome Direct
- Developer: DIE SOFT
- Publisher: DIE SOFT
- Release Date: To be announced
- Genres: Exploration, Metroidvania
Take control of Little Nemo armed with toys in your pyjamas to explore the dream world! This colourful metroidvania adventure is based on NES-era platforming with modernised gameplay elements, including customisation and wholesome themes!
Surmount
Wholesome Direct
- Developer: Jasper Oprel, Indiana-Jonas
- Publisher: Indiana-Jonas, Jasper Oprel
- Release Date: 2023
- Genres: Adventure, Sports
This mix of Heave-Ho and Fodian titles is sure to have you laughing for about five seconds before the brain-fogging rage consumes you... now with a friend!
Grimoire Groves
Wholesome Direct
- Developer: Stardust
- Publisher: Stardust
- Release Date: To be announced
- Genres: Roguelite, Action Roguelike
- Check out our preview!
One of the most colourful games you'll ever play, Grimoire Groves fuses cosy magical creatures with fast-paced roguelite dungeon crawling! A strange but surprisingly great mix!
Little Friends Puppy Island
Wholesome Direct
- Developer: Big Blue Bubble
- Publisher: Fireshine Games
- Release Date: 27th of June 2023
- Genres: Indie, Family Friendly
If you love puppies, then you're not going to want to miss out on this one! Meet and befriend nine unique puppy breeds with 140 variations across eight different locations and create the ultimate puppy paradise!
Botany Manor
Wholesome Direct
- Developer: Balloon Studios
- Publisher: Whitethorn Games
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: Exploration, Puzzle
Explore your house as Arabella Greene, a retired botanist, as you try to figure out the ideal habitat of a forgotten flora! Discover strange new plants in this adorable botany-focused game.
While the Iron's Hot
Wholesome Direct
- Developer: Bontemps Games
- Publisher: Humble Games
- Release Date: Q4 2023
- Genres: Adventure, Crafting
There is no problem that an anvil, hammer, and wits can't overcome, and as this expert smithy, you can prove that! Reforge the village as the island's best blacksmith and explore the land of Ellian in While the Iron's Hot!
Wylde Flowers
Wholesome Direct
- Developer: Studio Drydock Pty Ltd
- Publisher: Studio Drydock Pty Ltd
- Release Date: 20th of September 2022
- Genres: Cozy, Simulation
New content is coming to Wylde Flowers! If you don't know about this game yet, it's a farming sim where you and your coven of witches will farm and life your cottage-core dream! Try the demo now!
The Star Named EOS
Wholesome Direct
- Developer: Silver Lining Studio
- Publisher: Silver Lining Studio
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: Exploration, Puzzle
Take control of a young photographer and uncover the truth about his mother’s disappearance as you capture photos and complete a variety of puzzles!
Fall of Porcupine
Wholesome Direct
- Developer: Critical Rabbit
- Publisher: Assemble Entertainment
- Release Date: 15th of June 2023
- Genres: Story Rich, Atmospheric
Take control of Finley and uncover a unique story adventure about the difficulties of balancing work and daily life.
Wood & Weather
Wholesome Direct
- Developer: Paper House
- Publisher: Paper House
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: Casual, Simulation
Time to become the ethereal blue hand as you help out the residents in Wood & Weather! Control the weather, help them set up for events, and ensure that all of the denizens are happy and pleased!
Check out the demo here!https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677010/Wood__Weather/
Tracks of Thought
Wholesome Direct
- Developer: Tidbits Play
- Publisher: Freedom Games
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: Singleplayer, RPG
Everyone aboard! Aboard what…? Everyone in this train has forgotten everything, so it is up to you to embark on a journey of self-discovery as a lost ladybug and piece together the mystery of the mystery destination!
Go-Go Town!
Wholesome Direct
- Developer: Prideful Sloth
- Publisher: Prideful Sloth
- Release Date: To be announced
- Genres: Simulation, Building
Become the mayor of a rundown tourist attraction and bring it up to its former glory! Build beautiful areas and turn this into a tourist’s dream! Make sure to avoid all of the catastrophic events that come with being a mayor.
Distant Bloom
Future Games
- Developer: Ember Trail
- Publisher: Kinda Brave
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: Crafting, Story Rich
The telescope on this expedition showed a bright and lush planet, but upon arrival, you and your crew have realised that something has gone terribly wrong. With more expeditions on their way to make this your new home, it’s up to you to ensure that it is in tip-top shape to receive your kind!
Go Fight Fantastic
Future Games
- Developer: Dinomite Games
- Publisher: Kinda Brave
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: Hack and Slash, Action-Adventure
Bird Planet is under attack, so now, you and up to two other playersm must team up to ensure the safety of everyone and fight back the invaders!
En Garde!
Future Games
- Developer: Fireplace Games
- Publisher: Fireplace Games
- Release Date: August 2023
- Genres: Spectacle fighter, Swordplay
En garde, pesky guardsmen and nefarious noblemen! Engage in epic sword fights against groups of enemies and outwit them by utilising the environment to your advantage.
The Bookwalker Thief of Tales
Future Games
- Developer: DO MY BEST
- Publisher: tinyBuild
- Release Date: 22nd of June, 2023
- Genres: Adventure, Singleplayer
Etienne Quist was once a successful novel writer until he was found guilty of an atrocious crime. Now, to clean his name, he has accepted a deal with a crime boss: use his powers to jump into novels and steal mystical artefacts, from Thor’s hammer to Arthur’s sword.
Deceit 2
Future Games
- Developer: World Makers
- Publisher: World Makers
- Release Date: 2023
- Genres: Social Deduction, FPS
A brand-new social deduction title, there are nine strangers trapped, and two of them are hiding a monstrous secret. To escape, you need to co-operate, but who can you really trust to accomplish your goal?
Homeseek
Future Games
- Developer: Traptics
- Publisher: The Iterative Collective
- Release Date: 20th of July, 2023
- Genres: Simulation, Dystopian
Set in a dystopian universe, Homeseek is a post-apocalyptic adventure in which you will need to ensure that all of your decisions lead to the most important and valuable resource in life — water. In this dry wasteland, every drop matters.
Space Gears
Future Games
- Developer: Pentapeak Studios
- Publisher: 2byte Corp
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: Strategy, RTS
Space Gears is a fast-paced real-time strategy title set on Mars including both PvP and PvE elements — can you micromanage your way to victory? Or will you and your army of mechs fall short in battle against your foes?
Request access to the playtest here!
Shattered Heaven
Future Games
- Developer: Leonardo Production
- Publisher: Leonardo Production, WhisperGames
- Release Date: 31st of May, 2023
- Genres: Card Battler, Strategy
Explore a dark fantasy world with deck-building elements focused on replayability and an ambitious branching narrative! Play as many times as you want with procedurally-generated dungeons.
Steamworld Build
Future Games
- Developer: Thunderful Development
- Publisher: Thunderful Publishing
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: Simulation, City Builder
The planet is dying, and the only way to escape it is by mining for long-lost technology that will ensure your survival! Help your citizens, trade for resources, and explore the perilous mines as you fight against the creatures that lurk below.
Daymare 1994 Sandcastle
Future Games
- Developer: Invader Studios
- Publisher: Leonardo Interactive, 4Divinity
- Release Date: 29th of August, 2023
- Genres: Shooter, Horror
The prequel to the critically acclaimed Daymare: 1998, take control of Dalila Reyes working under the service of H.A.D.E.S. as you encounter true horrors.
New Cycle
Future Games
- Developer: Core Engage
- Publisher: Daedalic Entertainment
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: Strategy, Early Access
A solar flare has destroyed civilisations, and now, you must grow your House to shelter the industrial metropolis. Can you handle the burden of preserving the last of life?
Luto
Future Games
- Developer: Broken Bird Games
- Publisher: Broken Bird Games, Selecta Play
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: Psychological Horror, Story Rich
The worst part about Hell is not the flames — it’s the hopelessness. Experience true Hell in Luto as you take on the role of a first-person character as you try to escape the confines of your own home.
REMEDIUM
Future Games
- Developer: Sobaka Studio
- Publisher: ESDigital Games
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: Indie, Twin Stick Shooter
The plague has won, and now you must survive in this post-apocalyptic world set in the Renaissance era — can you survive against the maddened mutants that were once human?
Request access to the playtest here!
Jusant
Xbox and Bethesda Showcase
- Developer: DON’T NOD
- Publisher: DON’T NOD
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: Action-Adventure, Atmospheric
Discover the truths about the lost civilisation and humanity in Jusant as you explore a meditative journey where you scale this unknown world past various, diverse biomes and reach new heights.
Road to Vostok
PC Games Show
- Developer: Road to Vostok
- Publisher: Road to Vostok
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: Survival, FPS
This zone bordering Russia and Finland is desolate — and there’s a reason why. Explore the post-apocalyptic land as you survive, loot, and try to trek your way across the Border Zone to enter Vostok.
Ebenezer and the Invisible World
PC Games Show
- Developer: Orbit Studio, Play on Worlds
- Publisher: Play on Worlds
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: Indie, Metroidvania
Take control of everyone’s anti-Christmas character with Ebenezer Scrooge! Discover the various ghosts of Christmas and use their powers to traverse the world in this metroidvania.
Stampede Royal Racing
PC Games Show
- Developer: Sumo Leamington
- Publisher: Secret Mode
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: Free to Play, Combat Racing
Go bumper-to-bumper on 60-player battles and race to the finish in one of the largest racing games! Use various powerups and finish the race to be victorious!
Request access to the demo here!
The Invincible
PC Games Show
- Developer: Starward Industries
- Publisher: 11 bit studios
- Release Date: 2023
- Genres: Adventure, Robots
Not everything everywhere is for us. Take control of Yasna and explore the planet of Regis III in this story based on the novel of the same name by Stanisław Lem.
Fortune's Run
PC Games Show
- Developer: Team Fortune
- Publisher: Team Fortune
- Release Date: 1st of September, 2023
- Genres: Cyberpunk, RPG
Engage in a cyberpunk RPG title as you experience high-octane first-person shooter combat in a decaying world left behind by human’s fixation on conquering the stars.
Atomic Picnic
PC Games Show
- Developer: BitCake Studio
- Publisher: BitCake Studio
- Release Date: Coming soon
- Genres: Action Roguelike, Roguelike
Join up with up to three other players and survive wave after wave of incoming anime-styled monsters! How long can you survive in this cutesy wasteland?
My Friendly Neighborhood
PC Games Show
- Developer: John Szymanski, Evan Szymanski
- Publisher: DreadXP
- Release Date: 18th of July, 2023
- Genres: Survival Horror, Horror
Take control of Gordon, a repairman that gets sent to a final job that was more than he bargained for. Now, he must fight for his life against a mass of puppets to deal with all of them and go back home to rest. This job sucks!
Ghost Trick Phantom Detective
CAPCOM Showcase
- Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
- Publisher: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
- Release Date: 29th of June, 2023
- Genres: Action, Adventure
It’s time to solve your own murder! Just that… you don’t really have any memories, and your only possible clue is a spry and energetic red-haired detective and a slew of other murders you must solve with your ghost powers to affect the narrative. Will you find your killer?
That’s all of the games that have a demo currently available! It’s worth noting that considering the sheer amount of titles shown throughout the events, some of them are sure to pop up with demos in the Steam Next Fest starting on the 19th of June! If you’re going to try any of them, let us know your experience in the comments below! We’d love to know which ones to check out ourselves.
COMMENTS
yumi - 05:07am, 11th June 2024
Is there a list like this for 2024? :c it's so handy