{"rewrite":{"id":"r_6535ac2630591755c25f8afc","clusterId":"c_ab8fbdac5bedb3cccc799872","slug":"steamnext-fest-october-edition-puts-six-demo-picks-up-front","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"SteamNEXT Fest October Edition Puts Six Demo Picks Up Front","summary":"The SteamNEXT Fest October edition runs from October 20 to October 27, with demos for upcoming Steam titles open to play. After trying around 70 demos, the piece picks six: the psychic-investigation adventure Angel Kikou, the deckbuilder OPERATIVES: Revolve, the record-shop rhythm game MR. RECORDS, the factory puzzle Number Machine, the auto-battling dungeon RPG Algolemeth, and the ladder-based platformer Ladder Lad. A short list of other notable demos follows.","whyItMatters":"A curated pass over 70 demos is one of the few ways to judge these Steam titles before release, and the six picks show where the festival's experimental ground sits this October.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe SteamNEXT Fest October edition opened on October 20 and closes at 2:00 on October 27. Demos for upcoming titles are live on their Steam store pages for the run.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe selection below comes from playing around 70 of the participating demos. The six highlighted titles range from a mystery adventure about supernatural incidents to a deckbuilder where cards double as defense and a platformer built around a ladder instead of a jump.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAngel Kikou Shikkoubu Tamashii Kyusaika\u003c/strong\u003e: Mystery adventure; demo covers the first case up to its deduction phase\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOPERATIVES: Revolve\u003c/strong\u003e: Deckbuilding roguelike where card durability ties to hand order\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMR. RECORDS\u003c/strong\u003e: Rhythm adventure about an old man running a record shop\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNumber Machine: Sugaku Koujou\u003c/strong\u003e: Factory-building puzzle assembling numbered spheres to spec\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlgolemeth\u003c/strong\u003e: Dungeon RPG where golem actions are programmed in advance\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLadder Lad\u003c/strong\u003e: Precision platformer with no jump; movement runs through a long ladder\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Angel Kikou and Ladder Lad share the SteamNEXT Fest October Edition list with a deckbuilder and a factory puzzle: six picks drawn from roughly 70 demos, sorted by genre rather than by how finished each build looks.","twitterPost":"SteamNEXT Fest October Edition's six picks span a psychic adventure, a deckbuilder, and a record-shop rhythm game from about 70 demos.","threadsPost":"SteamNEXT Fest October Edition runs October 20 to October 27, and the featured six, from Angel Kikou to MR. RECORDS, are chosen from about 70 demos. The mix reads like one writer's taste rather than a ranking, so the other demos listed at the end are the part worth digging through.","newsletterBlurb":"The SteamNEXT Fest October edition is running through October 27 at 2:00, with demos for upcoming Steam titles. After playing around 70 of them, six titles get the spotlight, including a supernatural mystery adventure and a deckbuilder where cards absorb damage based on hand order. A short list of other notable demos follows.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/038/G003821/20261021009/\",\"title\":\"次に遊びたいゲームがここにあるかも！ 約70本の体験版を遊んで厳選した「SteamNEXTフェス 10月エディション」注目作品まとめ\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":6607,"outputTokens":799,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792564636,"createdAt":"2026-10-21T06:34:00.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-21T06:36:10.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T06:36:10.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_ab8fbdac5bedb3cccc799872","canonicalTitle":"次に遊びたいゲームがここにあるかも！ 約70本の体験版を遊んで厳選した「SteamNEXTフェス 10月エディション」注目作品まとめ","representativeArticleId":"a_f7a8538a64d7b1d2df2ea575","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":true}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-21T05:14:44.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-21T05:14:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T06:36:09.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/038/G003821/20261021009/","title":"次に遊びたいゲームがここにあるかも！ 約70本の体験版を遊んで厳選した「SteamNEXTフェス 10月エディション」注目作品まとめ"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":true},"keyFacts":null}