Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this extra-length video, I go even deeper into Steam Next Fest than ever before! How deep? Of the 95 demos I played, 50 of them were good enough to make the video! Including some major hidden gems that no one else has discussed. Is that vanity? NAY! It is the breying whinny of my own foolishness!

All demos played on a Steam Deck, recorded at 30fps because I am the epitome of a low-spec gamer. You think that stops me? Only death can stop me, and I may not even be able to afford that; indeed, I may be too poor for mortality!

00:00 Intro
00:47 Artius
01:44 Enigma Heart
02:55 Sting & Swing
03:44 Akiba Lost
05:00 Well Dweller
05:54 Rose & Locket
06:43 Catechesis
07:25 Moss Remastered
07:59 Dreadline Express
08:48 Sprawl Zero
09:50 Staffer Retro
11:27 Silver Pines
12:16 Divine Frequency
13:08 Tanuki Pon's Summer
14:55 Dumbriel Magnificent Adventure in Hell
15:55 TOEM 2
16:49 Escape Academy 2
17:43 Color Bound
18:32 Restory
19:58 GNAW
21:12 Ballgame
22:10 Echoes of the Unread
23:21 Piroot
24:05 Penguin Colony
25:09 Mym's Sword
25:49 Object Impermanence
26:45 Nocturne
27:41 Bulbo's Belief System
28:30 Fallosophy
29:27 Duskfade
30:13 Robogal
30:58 Plungeez
31:50 There Are No Ghosts at the Grand
32:57 Funeral for the Sun
33:48 Green Mist over Portland
34:52 Draco Blade
35:43 Entropy
37:00 Echo Weaver
38:06 Cold Case the Red Dress Murders
38:54 DekaDuck
39:37 ZWAARD
40:33 ShelfLife Art School Detective
41:38 Nightwater
42:28 Ambroise Niflette
43:34 Kaido Genkai
44:38 Lurruna
45:54 Aikyam
46:59 Strange Finds
47:53 Mini Murder Mysteries
49:00 The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest
50:02 Credits

Note: There are a couple of tiny visual glitches in the Tanuki: Pon's Summer, Nightwater, and ShelfLife reviews. It's caused by Davinci Resolve (it's not in the original footage) and I'm trying to figure out how that happened. I also had to use the backup microphone in a couple of small spots. But this all amounts to about 10 seconds outta the entire video, no real big deal here.

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