While many of us are stuck in lockdown, and GDC 2020 has been canceled, Geoff Keighley and Steam are here to fill the void. Over 40 games have been given demos, allowing you to try them out, as if you were at GDC yourself. You can try them out to your heart's content, or at least until the event ends, on March 23rd. A previous Steam Game Festival was held late last year, to celebrate the 2019 Game Awards, with Geoff Keighley claiming that more events like this will be held throughout 2020, and possibly on more platforms than just PC. A list of featured titles are available below, with the Steam store event link as well.

• We Are The Caretakers
• Duster
• Hundred Days Winemaking Simulator
• HyperParasite
• Neon Noodles
• Filament
• Going Under
• We Should Talk
• Sons of Ra
• Backworlds
• Mystic Pillars
• Tunche
• Quench
• Evan's Remains
• Pushy Pully in Block Land
• Later Daters
• Lord Winklebottom Investigates
• Chicory: A Colorful Tale
• Heavenly Bodies
• Vigil: The Longest Night
• Mighty Fight Federation
• Aeolis Tournament
• Haven
• Garden Story
• Raji
• Jay and Silent Bob: Mall Brawl
• Recompile
• Spiritfarer
• Klang 2
• Jack Axe
• When the Past was Around
• Operencia: The Stolen Sun
• Elemetals: Death Metal Death Match
• Divisadero
• Eldest Souls
• A Space for the Unbound
• Retrograde Arena
• Kung-Fu Kickball
• She Dreams Elsewhere
• Embr
• Curious Expedition 2
• Coffee Talk
• Liberated
• Roki
• Rising Hell
• Moncage
• Neverinth
• Plasticity
• Superliminal
• Tinytopia
• Cloudpunk
• Skatebird
• Disc Room
• Say No! More
• Drill Man Rumble
• Necronator: Dead Wrong
• Scourgebringer
• Hazel Sky
• The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos

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[Darkitz]

cool finally some game festival stuff, where the consumer can partake in without spending a insane amount on tickets.

 

[relauby]

Necronator: Dead Wrong is on Steam early access and is pretty solid. I don't know exactly what the GDC demo is but I enjoyed the hour or two I've played of the early access version.

 

[Chary]

Skatebird is shown as a featured indie title, but doesn't have a playable demo. Breaks my heart, man

 

[XDel]

I hear the that some S&M sex toy manufacturers are doing the same.

 

[eyeliner]

YESSSSSS!!!!
I'm so gonna play them demos instead of them full games I own!
Top that suckas!

 

[TobiasAmaranth]

Best thing to come out of the Coronavirus ordeal. Actual legitimate public demos. Something that should have happened years ago.

 

[Jayro]

I still want physical.

 

[Spade013]

Actual legitimate public demos. Something that should have happened years ago.

These things should have never left in the first place.