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[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

The Steam Next Fest is how I found most of the good indie games I've played. Making a good demo will put you above 99% of the cruft out there.

[–] alphabethunter 1 points 8 hours ago

I have picked up the same habit. I'll download and test a couple of dozen demos every next fest, and then wishlist/buy the ones that are good. I played 108 demos this year, and some of my favorite games this year were demos like this: Kill Knight, Last Plague Blight, Karate Survivor, Empty Shell...

[–] Stern 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

that and word of mouth or just cool gameplay vids. dude parrying an explosion got me to withlist va proxy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I remember that clip of the dude parrying a nuke, can't remember the game but it stuck with me.

[–] Stern 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago