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.
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.
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Still with me? Of course you are! If you want to keep reading about great hand-picked roguelikes, this website is absolutely chock-full of them. Head over to the Guides Page for a concentrated hit of roguish games, organised via sub-genre and platform.
What’s more, there are always going to be new lists for emerging trends as well as fresh titles to highlight. This is because my backlog is embarrassingly long, and so I’m always trying to balance the new games that arrive in my inbox with playing the stuff I already have.
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