Next Fest
Steam Next Fest: February 2023 Edition
Feb 6 – Feb 13, 2023 · ended Feb 13, 10:00 Pacific
Ended742 games: Steam's full list.
The event on Steam ↗Source: Steam's own event page · list read Sep 28, 2026
During the event
What the games gained
Most followers gained
Steam followers added between the readings nearest the event's start and end.
Not measured: before our history starts (Jul 13, 2026): our follower readings begin after this event's window opened.
Biggest pick-up in follower pace
Followers gained per day during the event, against the same game's pace in the 14 days before it.
Not measured: before our history starts (Jul 13, 2026): our follower readings begin after this event's window opened.
Most players in a demo
The highest concurrent-player reading we took of the game's demo during the event.
Not tracked: we do not collect demo player readings yet.
Steam's top-50 most-played demos (Steam's order, not a rank)
Valve's own list of the fifty demos played most during the fest, in the order Steam's page carries them. Steam publishes no play counts behind it.
Steam has not published a most-played demos list for this edition, or we have not read it yet.
Where they are now
The fest's games that were not out yet, by Steam followers today: released since or still coming, with the wishlist estimate while it applies and the revenue estimate once out. After the fest, not caused by it.
| # | Game | Followers now | Est. wishlists | Est. revenue | Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dark and Darker | 218.4K | — | approximately $0 | Jun 7, 2024 |
| 2 | Infection Free Zone | 172.1K | — | approximately $18.8M | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 3 | Broken Arrow | 138.2K | — | approximately $40.7M | Jun 19, 2025 |
| 4 | Voidtrain | 125K | — | approximately $11.8M | Nov 7, 2025 |
| 5 | HumanitZ | 107.6K | — | approximately $6.4M | Feb 6, 2026 |
| 6 | Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion | 99.5K | — | approximately $12.9M | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 7 | System Shock | 98.7K | — | approximately $14.7M | May 30, 2023 |
| 8 | Darkest Dungeon® II | 92.7K | — | approximately $27.6M | May 8, 2023 |
| 9 | Wandering Sword | 90.6K | — | approximately $17.4M | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 10 | Shadows of Doubt | 87.3K | — | approximately $11.3M | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 11 | Operation: Harsh Doorstop | 77.6K | — | approximately $0 | Feb 15, 2023 |
| 12 | Demonologist | 74.5K | — | approximately $11.5M | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 13 | Xenonauts 2 | 64.3K | — | approximately $9.9M | Apr 2, 2026 |
| 14 | Boundary | 63.2K | — | — | Apr 13, 2023 |
| 15 | Fabledom | 60.9K | — | approximately $7M | May 13, 2024 |
| 16 | Planet of Lana | 49.5K | — | approximately $5.8M | May 23, 2023 |
| 17 | Phantom Brigade | 49.4K | — | approximately $7.2M | Feb 28, 2023 |
| 18 | Yet Another Zombie Survivors | 44.2K | approximately 442.1K–1.4M | approximately $6.5M | Aug 20, 2026 |
| 19 | Desynced | 42.7K | — | approximately $2.8M | Mar 5, 2026 |
| 20 | WitchSpring R | 42.4K | — | approximately $7.8M | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 21 | Chants of Sennaar | 40.8K | — | approximately $9.4M | Sep 5, 2023 |
| 22 | Plan B: Terraform | 35.4K | — | approximately $3.1M | Aug 29, 2025 |
| 23 | The Last Starship | 34.9K | — | approximately $1.6M | Feb 3, 2026 |
| 24 | Yog-Sothoth’s Yard | 33.9K | — | approximately $4.1M | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 25 | The Great War: Western Front™ | 33K | — | approximately $4.3M | Mar 30, 2023 |
Est. wishlists: Steam publishes no wishlist counts. Estimated as followers × 17 (range × 10 to × 32), from 6 games whose studios stated their wishlist count — a rough estimate, not a reported figure. Only while the game is unreleased or out under 60 days. Est. revenue: our model's estimate for games released since the fest.
Participants
The games (395)
Paper Needs Inspiration!
DemoFeb 28, 2023$4.99
- Single-player
- Action
- Adventure
- +3
- Followers
- 596
Screenshots and trailer
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maboroshi caravan
DemoDec 14, 2023$3.99
- Single-player
- Adventure
- Simulation
- +4
- Followers
- 578
Screenshots and trailer
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Paranormal VHS
DemoSep 15, 2023$8.99
- Adventure
- Single-player
- Indie
- +3
- Followers
- 572
Screenshots and trailer
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Edge Of Dead: Under A Uranium Sky
DemoNov 16, 2023$10.99
- Action
- Single-player
- Adventure
- +3
- Followers
- 546
Screenshots and trailer
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Extreme Evolution: Drive to Divinity
DemoJan 16, 2024$19.99
- Adventure
- Platformer
- Single-player
- +4
- Followers
- 522
Screenshots and trailer
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NecroNomNomNom: Eldritch Horror Dating
DemoAug 7, 2023$14.99
- Single-player
- Adventure
- Early Access
- +3
- Followers
- 504
Screenshots and trailer
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Roots in the Sky - The Hand of Glory 2
DemoAug 26, 2026$19.99
- Adventure
- Single-player
- Indie
- +3
- Followers
- 499
- Est. wishlists
- approximately 5K–16K
Screenshots and trailer
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Gods of Savvarah | Part I
DemoMay 16, 2023Free
- Single-player
- Adventure
- Free To Play
- +3
- Followers
- 498
Screenshots and trailer
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StellaGale: The Trials Of Faith
DemoDec 14, 2024$9.99
- Single-player
- Action
- Adventure
- +3
- Followers
- 492
Screenshots and trailer
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Puzzle Compound
DemoMay 25, 2023$11.99
- Online Multiplayer or Co-op
- Adventure
- Casual
- +3
- Followers
- 488
Screenshots and trailer
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Creeping Deck: Pharaoh's Curse
DemoMay 9, 2023No price yet
- Single-player
- Strategy
- Action
- +4
- Followers
- 485
Screenshots and trailer
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FIND ALL 4: Magic
DemoSep 27, 2023$1.99
- Single-player
- Adventure
- Puzzle
- +4
- Followers
- 485
Screenshots and trailer
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Zid Journey
DemoComing soonNo price yet
- Single-player
- Adventure
- 2D
- +3
- Followers
- 483
- Est. wishlists
- approximately 4.8K–15.5K
Screenshots and trailer
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GHOST at DAWN
DemoOct 5, 2023$19.99
- Single-player
- Action
- Adventure
- +3
- Followers
- 480
Screenshots and trailer
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Tourist Trap
DemoNov 15, 2023$9.99
- Single-player
- Adventure
- 2D
- +3
- Followers
- 449
Screenshots and trailer
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Divided Skies
Jun 21, 2023Free
- Action
- Racing
- Single-player
- +3
- Followers
- 436
Screenshots and trailer
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Soul Tolerance: Prologue
DemoDec 11, 2023$9.99
- Adventure
- RPG
- Single-player
- +4
- Followers
- 428
Screenshots and trailer
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Pretty Overseer - Dating Sim
DemoNov 8, 2023$14.99
- Single-player
- RPG
- Simulation
- +3
- Followers
- 423
Screenshots and trailer
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The Ramsey
DemoApr 27, 2023$17.99
- Single-player
- Action
- Adventure
- +3
- Followers
- 413
Screenshots and trailer
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Ashen Knights: One Passage
DemoAug 17, 2023Free
- Action
- RPG
- Single-player
- +3
- Followers
- 390
Screenshots and trailer
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Ghostland Yard
DemoOct 31, 2023$9.99
- Single-player
- Platformer
- Indie
- +4
- Followers
- 378
Screenshots and trailer
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Siana Tales
DemoComing soonNo price yet
- Adventure
- RPG
- Single-player
- +3
- Followers
- 366
- Est. wishlists
- approximately 3.7K–11.7K
Screenshots and trailer
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FAKE HEART
DemoMar 24, 2023$11.99
- Single-player
- Adventure
- Simulation
- +3
- Followers
- 360
Screenshots and trailer
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Super Greedy Cat
DemoMar 28, 2023$3.99
- Single-player
- Adventure
- Platformer
- +4
- Followers
- 356
Screenshots and trailer
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Alone in the crowd
DemoFeb 27, 2024$6.99
- Single-player
- Adventure
- Simulation
- +4
- Followers
- 353
Screenshots and trailer
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Project Anomaly: Urban Supernatural Investigator
DemoComing soonNo price yet
- Single-player
- Adventure
- Indie
- +3
- Followers
- 348
- Est. wishlists
- approximately 3.5K–11.1K
Screenshots and trailer
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Star Hearts: Launch Point
DemoComing soonNo price yet
- Single-player
- Action
- Platformer
- +4
- Followers
- 338
- Est. wishlists
- approximately 3.4K–10.8K
Screenshots and trailer
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PARTICLE OF GOD
DemoComing soonNo price yet
- Single-player
- Adventure
- RPG
- +3
- Followers
- 323
- Est. wishlists
- approximately 3.2K–10.3K
Screenshots and trailer
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House Builder VR
Dec 4, 2023−91%$0.89
- Simulation
- VR
- Single-player
- +4
- Followers
- 318
Screenshots and trailer
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Mortal Darkness
DemoFeb 26, 2025$9.99
- Single-player
- Action
- Adventure
- +3
- Followers
- 317
Screenshots and trailer
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Goblin Dash
DemoApr 14, 2023$1.99
- Action
- Platformer
- Single-player
- +4
- Followers
- 309
Screenshots and trailer
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Evil's Den: Forsaken Dungeon
Mar 7, 2023No price yet
- Action
- RPG
- Single-player
- +3
- Followers
- 304
Screenshots and trailer
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Reboot: Froth
DemoComing soonNo price yet
- Single-player
- Adventure
- Indie
- +3
- Followers
- 298
- Est. wishlists
- approximately 3K–9.5K
Screenshots and trailer
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MoonFire: A Seeker's Saga
DemoAug 6, 2024$9.99
- Single-player
- Adventure
- RPG
- +3
- Followers
- 287
Screenshots and trailer
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Thistlemine
DemoJun 18, 2024$18.99
- Single-player
- RPG
- Puzzle
- +5
- Followers
- 283
Screenshots and trailer
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Home By The River
DemoFeb 15, 2023$9.99
- Single-player
- Local Multiplayer or Co-op
- Adventure
- +4
- Followers
- 281
Screenshots and trailer
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Colored Effects
DemoJun 22, 2023$4.99
- Single-player
- Platformer
- Puzzle
- +5
- Followers
- 277
Screenshots and trailer
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Echoes of Mayhem®
DemoFeb 20, 2023$9.99
- Single-player
- Action
- RPG
- +3
- Followers
- 276
Screenshots and trailer
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No Son Of Mine
DemoSep 6, 2023$14.99
- Single-player
- Action
- Adventure
- +3
- Followers
- 275
Screenshots and trailer
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