The demo of Herdling is really adorable and gentle, herding these big fluffy friends out of the city and into the hills, though the trailer for the full game looks more intense and worrying. store.steampowered.com/app/3047750/...

Three that really stuck out to me; Dead As Disco - a hype as hell rhythm beat 'em up with a banger OST. Grapple Car - a time trial driving game all about speed and using a grappling hook to launch round the track. Jetrunners - Another speed game, test your skills and the character banter is solid.

It's a tie between Ball x Pit, Possessor(s), Absolum, and Aeromachina

Winter Burrow: cosy winter survival Wander Stars: very anime fighting with words Hirogami: origami-based adventure Downhill: fourth wall-breaking MC knows she's being controlled and has opinions about that Constance: very artsy Metroidvania Love in Tiny Spaces: stealth dating in Singapore

I really loved Cairn. It's a simple game with really satisfying movement. There's enough tension in climbing that every move feels impactful. store.steampowered.com/app/1588550/...

Mina the Hallower, Dispatch, and Possessor(s) 🎶

Tamashika! If Mullet Madjack Was Cute

I have been spiralling in Dog Witch store.steampowered.com/app/3724730/...

This one's probably the one I played/enjoyed the most. Very charming and fun buddy-cop isekai RPG. store.steampowered.com/app/1502750/...

Absolum, Ball x Pit, Wander Stars, Watchword, and Insider Trading were my favorites

STELLAR BLADE

I didn’t even know about it

Roach Post! I think the balancing might be a little off (one particular uncommon roach can carry a whole run) but the foundation is a fun puzzler with slay the spire progression!

I gotta say Aeromachina with heavy enthusiasm. It has a MGS style vibe with its PSX aesthetics. Game plays as an action platformer with a hint of metroidvania. Controls are pretty tight. Definitely worth a try, it's a big demo, may take a few hours. store.steampowered.com/app/3523120/...

I have not messed with a Telltale game in years. Reading about Dispatch, one you either shared or retweeted put it on my radar! Played the very short demo and was amused very quickly! Thanks friendly Sloth! store.steampowered.com/app/2592160/...

I just found the demo, and it's so good! I love the little dispatch games, and putting a telltale story over it was genius.

Telltale exists and is making non licensed games??? Wow

Had to look up the studio because the conversation style reminded me of Telltale. l had to look up AdHoc and apparently they are folks that came from Telltale. The trailer at the end of the demo makes that point as well.

Ohhh!!! I will check that out. Telltale was truly something special before it all fell apart.

The ones I wishlisted are: Crescent County, Absolum, Ninja Gaiden Ragebound, Mina the Hollower, Date Everything, Chrono Gear, Dead as Disco. Dead as Disco is the one I'm most looking forward to. Batman Arkham combat game set to rhythm and great style. Hoping the final game lives up to it.

Absolum is also a day-one buy from me. I do love beat-em-ups, and with the rogue-like elements, multiple paths, and fun little side things to do (like help with a heist), I played the demo for 3 hours and didn't get through everything. And it's from some of the Streets of Rage 4 devs. Cool stuff.

Deadly days road trip scratched a bunch of itches at once, Shroom and Gloom really hits something for the card game enthusiast in me, Morsel feels like a cool spiritual sequel to Atomicrops. Out of nowhere there's this card one called "My Card Is Better Than Your Card" that was great!

Great year for cards and slot machines things (what with cloverpit and spinny dungeon)

I really enjoyed The Lonesome Guild. It was the only demo I tried that made me wish I could play more for days after, instead of my usual "that was fun I'll have to keep an eye out when it releases."

It's a little puzzle solver/action game about managing a team of furry adventurers. Super nice visuals store.steampowered.com/app/1486450/...

Penelope Pendrick and the Art of Deceit is a nice callback to old point and clicks with pre-rendered environments. There's a "hard difficulty" mode where you're supposed to write down stuff on paper like the old days store.steampowered.com/app/3148060/...

was Baby Steps next fest because that was very funny

Meat Engine(still working through), and Metal Eden!

Deffo Crescent County (@electricsaint.bsky.social) for me

AND WE HAVE A KICKSTARTER ENDING IN 2 HOURS SO.. UMM.. TAKE A LOOK??? www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann... (thank you Luke 💖)

That actually reminds me - is it too late for the cat addition?

Nope! It's an add-on so you should be able to somehow edit your pledge to include it ✨

From the few I played:

Jump Ship Jump Ship Jump Ship Jump Ship! It's the super polished breezy-to-play easy-to-learn deep-to-master coop space sim of my dreams.

I also quite liked dead as disco. Playing the endless mode made me go like "ok this is neat" then I played the mostly-finished campaign level for maniac and that shit blew me tf away (helps I already love that song)

store.steampowered.com/app/1904480/... This one was pretty good too. It reminds me a lot of Hades.

I played this one quite a bit and enjoyed it a lot. Def on my radar.

store.steampowered.com/app/3404260/... I downloaded about 10 different demos, of the ones I played this was my favorite so far.