With February’s Steam Next Fest now behind us, Valve has shared its list of the 50 most-played demos from the event.
By our count, nine roguelikes and roguelites cracked the list, accounting for almost 20% of the total. The highest-ranking of these was Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors — a deckbuilding spin-off of the revolutionary bullet hell hit.
Something important to note is that we don’t know exactly how many times these games were downloaded. Instead, Valve has just provided us with a general ranking and we will have to take their word.
Still, it’s great seeing many of these games perform stronger than expected heavy hitters like Capcom’s Pragmata and Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection.
You can join me in feeling immensely proud and see how these nine rogues ranked in the list below:
- Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivor – 4th
- Wanderburg – 7th
- Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite – 11th
- RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike – 18th
- Gambonanza – 24th
- How Many Dudes? – 27th
- Pass the Fear – 33rd
- Armatus – 34th
- Lootbound – 50th
Ahead of Next Fest, we made a list of the best demos from the festival. This one is packed with many gems that didn’t manage to sneak into the top 50, so it’s well worth a read if you haven’t already.
