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…
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.
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…
that and word of mouth or just cool gameplay vids. dude parrying an explosion got me to withlist va proxy
I remember that clip of the dude parrying a nuke, can’t remember the game but it stuck with me.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2063390/VA_Proxy/
Still getting worked on, but does look sick.
Thanks!