Steam Next Fest was a huge success
In June 2021, Steam embarked on a bold experience: the Steam Next Fest, an event during which more than 700 new games have put playable demos available to players for free. From the post-apocalyptic adventure sand to the low-poly horror in Chasing Static, the independent games have been in the foreground throughout the event. Now, with the opening of the inscriptions for the next iteration of the festival, Steam has revealed how much it was a success. To short, the Steam Next Fest had a huge success. We had an idea of how everything had gone well - the independent RTS Eden Falling revealed that its demo had been downloaded more than 4000 times - but now we have difficult numbers to save everything. On the Steam Community website, the Steamworks development team revealed how the demos had affected the interest for the games presented: at the event. The wish list rates were higher than 421% for half of the participating games, while 45% saw a lower increase and 5% experienced a decre...