You know, to throw more games at you.

up to the top of mymost anticipated gameslist ever since it was first announced earlier this year.

Get it played, folks.

The header for Steam Next Fest June 2023

This one’s properly special.

Download thedemo on Steam right here.

En Garde!

Cover image for YouTube video

is charming, a colourful cartoon world of escapades and japes.

You just know it will make a cool twonging noise.

with delight because they’re good and fun.

A sniper prepares to shoot a guard on top of a tower in Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew

What an ingenious idea.

Instead of constructing circuit boards and pipes and solar panels, you’re churning out letters and words.

It’s a word game.

A swordswoman fights a warrior in a watery ruin in En Garde!

A factory word game.

From this humble character, it’s possible for you to create the entire alphabet.

Lies Of P

Ed:Lies Of Pis a dark, broodingSoulslikebased on The Adventures Of Pinocchio.

A picturesque voxel landscape of a village and railway line in Station To Station

Does the most unlikely of alliances work, based off the demo?

Ehhh, I’d encourage you lovely Soulslikers to see for yourselves.

For me, though, Lies Of P requires settling.

Several letter factories in Word Factori

But hey, Bloodborne still isn’t on PC, so maybe this is the next best thing.

It’s clever stuff, and this early taste has me itching for more complex encounters already.

Do give it a try if you also missed this the first time round.

An old woman sticks her hand through a ticket grate in Underground Blossom

Completing quests for certain spectres earns their special abilities perfect for kicking down vania-appropriate ability gates.

It helps, too, that the hand-drawn art especially the snowdusted London backdrop is really rather beautiful.

Hence the pressure cooker.

Pinocchio turns towards violence in a Lies of P screenshot.

(It’s me, I’m the weirdo.)

But the rhythms of this short demo will feel instantly familiar to Lucas Pope’s masterpiece.

Then it’s a case of letting them in, or denying them entry.

A board of warriors facing off against each other in Might & Magic: Clash Of Heroes: Definitive Edition

You know the drill.

A very strong opening.

Is someone having trouble moving their car?

Ebenezer Scrooge dodges out of the way of a large goon as a crowd of protesting workers look on in Ebenezer And The Invisible World

Just pick it up and move it back onto the road.

Does someone want a pineapple?

Scour the toy town and bring them one!

A cross-section of several different rooms inside a space ship in Jumplight Odyssey

New Cycle

Ollie:New Cycleis giving me some seriousBanishedvibes.

On release, the game will have a campaign and other modes set across multiple biomes and map types.

Let’s!

The cast of Inescapable look at their phones in horror

Katharine:I missed the Future Of Play stream whereLet’s!

Revolution!debuted, but hot damn, this is the fantasyMinesweeperroguelike I never knew I needed.

As you’re able to see from the screenshot above, Let’s!

A small girl with big red hair stalks to a buff warrior in Lil Guardsman

A toy town full of playpeople in Wood & Weather’s announcement trailer.

An overhead view of a city with a bridge across a river in New Cycle

A warrior punches adjoining tile cards in a desert scene in Let’s! Revolution!