some fun (and free) steam demos!
hey guys its emmy back with another epic list of cool shit lets get straight to the good stuff cuz i hate reading all the self-aware yapping that usually goes hereee
(all pics are from their steam pages so dont worry too much abt spoilers. i gotchu.)
(fair warning. this is an unordered list! & also if there isnt text below the image, then i havent played it yet but i know im going to (and write abt it) cuz its cool af) (no promises tho)
BrebeMan
you like breakbeat? you like rhythm games? well, have i got a demo for you. holy peak. such a vibe. and a really really... interesting artstyle ........ trust. i love it when a creator doesnt hold back slightest in just. making cool and forgetting about everything else.
Dead as Disco
so its like. disco fight-to-the beat game. you can plug in your own custom tracks though!!!! omg!!!! this is amazing!!! you guessed it, jamie paige my beloved was the first to hit my ears. i kind of loved that once you got it, you could just literally vibe (mostly) to the music and still feel like a badass fighter boy? really fun but, again, will depend on the full release's story mode for me to actually buy
Deep Snow Delivery
Denshattack!
you remember super minion rush? its like. that. but super better 2026 edition. yet another game i am going to suck at, yet love it sooo much. and the main character's name is emi!!!!! omg literally me.
End of Garbage
Esoteric Ebb
tbh, i stopped playing immediately because it was sooo goood. huge reccomend for any d&d / rpg enjoyers. hate to admit i've never actually played disco elysium but this is somewhat i expect it to be. 5/5 demo even if i didnt actually finish day one.
Fractured Blooms
HABROMANIA
so its like. alice in wonderland. if you didnt get the reference. but dark. and a point n click puzzle game. i am, sadly, too stupid to finish the demo cuz omg whaaat do i dooooo (overexagerratingnr). i'll keep an eye on it tho. also: omg the music fits soo well great job
hitogata
this is the closest to a oneshot game ive ever played since playing oneshot. so unforgivingly beautiful in its own off-kilter way. rpg maker esque games have their own sort of charm to them just being. the same formula? and yet theres so much that can come from it! i really, really liked this one.
L8R SK8R
yeah. you skate. yet another speedrunning game and i will not be answering any more questions. quite a neat game, mechanically, but it really is going to come down to how much more content there is in the full game for me to be like "yeah! get it! now!!"
MOLE
did you like iron lung? threshold? mouthwashing? its like if all of those had a baby and yet its. so. original. i think. (what is originality?) super thrilling. super fun. and a great use of diegetic information displays.
Muffles' Life Sentence
nophenia
not a game. i loved playing this game at 2am. a little (big) world you can wander 'round till you fall asleep. and then have dreams. and then you wake up. and repeat. sooo liminal. sooo good. kind of clunky though.
of the Devil
Phonopolis
by the peeps who made machinarium!! I remember playing that game when i was like six on my dad's iphone and loving it. this demo reawakened such love for the point and click genre. and omg. beautiful visuals and music to perfectly complement such.
PRAGMATA
hey! i only put a single triple A game on here and this is the one! ive always asked myself, "how many times will i enjoy a hacking mechanic till i tire out and explode?" The answer is... never!!! Waah!!!!
REPLACED
hooh. you already know. PRETTY!!!!!1 and there's lore!!! less interested in the gameplay like. its okay and enjoyably but i'm too distracted by the visuals to comment on it. lmao.
Subjectivation
Vampire Crawlers
yeah! as you may have guessed, it's vampire survivors but... crawlers (i know, im good with my words) tbh i could never get past how dopaminefull these games are so i might skip this one but if you liked the original, then youre going to love this spin-off
VHOLUME
Ugh im SO excited for this one to come out. Coming from BABBDI, this just. eugh (lovingly) this is going to be sooo much funnn. also: omg i am so bad. speedrunner's dream tho.
and thats it!! tysm for reading! (there is no way i can know if you did, though). oh yeah. happy first post. i guess.
<3 em