AppWizard
March 2, 2025
During the recent Steam Next Fest, 83 game demos were explored, with impressions shared on 72 titles. Highlights include:
- Monster Train 2: A more intricate version of the original.
- Sandustry: A blend of Noita and Factorio with unique mechanics.
- Nomad Idle: An action RPG mixed with idle game elements.
- Deliver At All Costs: Early GTA-inspired package delivery game.
- Machine Mind: Resource gathering and base defense in a Borderlands-inspired setting.
- Mech Havoc: A top-down shooter combining Brigador and MechWarrior elements.
- Solarpunk: A survival game lacking depth.
- Tempest Rising: A revival of Command & Conquer.
- Mecha Break: Overwhelmed by free-to-play design choices.
- Void War: Combines FTL and Warhammer 40k.
- Wizdom Academy: Falls short as a wizard school management sim.
- Settler's Domain: A minimalist colony-builder that encourages rapid gameplay.
- Behind the Sword: An indie grand strategy 4X game with a unique spherical grid.
Additional notable titles include:
- RoadCraft: Relaxed truck logistics game.
- Grit and Valor - 1949: Dieselpunk mech micro-RTS.
- Drop Duchy: City builder with randomization issues.
- He is Coming: Lo-fi roguelike RPG.
- Desperate Place: Sci-fi iteration of Thronefall.
- Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder: Interesting city builder with subpar AI art.
- Icaria: Worker-programming factory game.
- Rise of Industry 2: Lacking gameplay mechanics despite appealing aesthetic.
- Windward Horizon: Complicated crafting and RPG mechanics.
- Guntouchables: Co-op action roguelike with potential.
- Game of Thrones: Kingsroad: Brief and unengaging demo.
- Darkwater: Potential premise hindered by discomforting field of view.
- War Rats: The Rat em Up: Chaotic experience added to wishlist.
Other games mentioned include Chip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids, Outworld Station, As We Descend, Railgods of Hysterra, City Tales: Medieval Era, Task Force Admiral, Yes, Your Grace: Snowfall, Dark Moon, Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone, The Horror at Highrook, Radiolight, Is This Seat Taken?, God Forsaken, Total Chaos, Nordhold, Missing Banban, Wheel World, I Am Legion: Stand Survivors, Labyrinth of the Demon King, Unyielder, Reignbreaker, Urban Jungle, Dagger Directive, Star Crafter, Blightstone, Redemption of Liuyin, Cybertaxi: Lunatic Nights, MechaKnights Legends, Jitter, Rock Crusher, Chaos Front, Savara, Pochemeow, Death Ring: Second Impact, Mystical Tactics, Uber Urban, Sweep, Anoxia Station, Starless Abyss, Scarecrow, Wanderstop, and Conquest Dark.
