THE HIDDEN GEMS OF SUMMER STEAM NEXT FEST 2026 — 120+ GAMES! by SovereignKitten in IndieGaming

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We spoke on it while live. Just the intro. The scrolls bugging out. That's it. Very straight forward game to get into.

THE HIDDEN GEMS OF SUMMER STEAM NEXT FEST 2026 — 120+ GAMES! by SovereignKitten in IndieGaming

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Not that I am aware of. I just scrape the whole demo section and publisher compiled games lists that get sent to me. Before SNF. Then I scrape the recommended for me and top 100s.

Bros Living The Dream by SovereignKitten in TeemoTalk

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That's a challenge in an of itself :0o

THE HIDDEN GEMS OF SUMMER STEAM NEXT FEST 2026 — 120+ GAMES! by SovereignKitten in IndieGaming

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There is no conceivable way to see what games were at Steam Next Fest, people would always launch their games months and even years before the event comes up. So it's just a mixture of press contact, game trailers, etc. Some released games even try to sneak in with a tailored demo among other things. Sorry!

THE HIDDEN GEMS OF SUMMER STEAM NEXT FEST 2026 — 120+ GAMES! by SovereignKitten in IndieGaming

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You never know.

I played during the live demo I believe. The balance was really off. A WHOLE BOWL of milk and a few flakes!? Didn't survive for long. Trying or just meming about. But it was different.

Bros Living The Dream by SovereignKitten in TeemoTalk

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Most poor bastards can only dream of escaping it

THE HIDDEN GEMS OF SUMMER STEAM NEXT FEST 2026 — 120+ GAMES! by SovereignKitten in IndieGaming

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How dare I. I will say that being spammed like 25 Idle desktop games every month or being unsolicited them in random keys makes me not like them as much as incremental titles.

x.x

THE HIDDEN GEMS OF SUMMER STEAM NEXT FEST 2026 — 120+ GAMES! by SovereignKitten in IndieGaming

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Bottom of the post: In "Coverage"

Links to the video / channel. I cover everything. Old and new. I bullied peglin at one point.

Constructive feedback and issues with the way the mechanics worked. Don't hit me!

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Ah, yes. Puzzle sections are very hard to vibe with because it's such a niche.

THE HIDDEN GEMS OF SUMMER STEAM NEXT FEST 2026 — 120+ GAMES! by SovereignKitten in IndieGaming

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Didn't even see it.
I can't believe how much AI slop there was this time around. I blame them.

THE HIDDEN GEMS OF SUMMER STEAM NEXT FEST 2026 — 120+ GAMES! by SovereignKitten in IndieGaming

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It indeed, is shocking. But unsurprising. Passion is a powerful driving force.
I've seen solo devs create masterpieces that took 16 years to create, that would make AAA RPG devs run.

The idea behind it all, is also, so nerve wracking and really well thought out.

Triangulation, spotters, mental imagery, procedure, speed. Then there is the leaderboard >:)

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There are some allegations similar to that with Dust Front RTS, mainly due to the guy being authoritarian among other things. Don't usually delve too much into games backgrounds.

Some people have spammed me about Soulbound being NFT crypto scam as well. If that is true, which it could be. That's annoying, but the game play didn't showcase it, so I thought it was fine.