It’s been a massive fortnight for games in general, with a neverending parade of showcases, directs, and reveals filling up Twitch streams for days on end.
With that being said, I’ve been sick again and haven’t had enough time to play all the demos I wanted to play, but here are my favorites that I have crammed in from Steam Next Fest, featuring stickers, beasties, witches, and cartoons!
A TINY STICKER TALE
From developers Ogre Pixel, you play as a tiny donkey on a magical island with a sticker album and can turn most things, including other animal people into stickers.
STICKY BUSINESS
More stickers! In Sticky Business from Spellgarden Games, you create stickers, fulfill and package orders, and be your boss. It’s a business building, creative outlet, and time management sim.
BEASTIEBALL
This monster-catching volleyball game comes from Wishes Unlimited, the developers behind Chicory and Wandersong. In Beastieball, you play volleyball with a team of odd little creatures you catch in the wild by offering them team jerseys.
MYTHFORCE
We now reach the Saturday morning cartoon portion of this Indie Insights. I’ve had my beady little animation fan eyeballs on Mythforce for a while now.
TOXIC CRUSADERS
I grew up with reruns of the Toxic Crusaders cartoon. I probably saw it before I saw its progenitor, The Toxic Avenger, although I can’t be sure because, boy, did I watch stuff I wasn’t supposed to from a young age.