The 20 Most-Played Steam Next Fest Demos Features Troublemaking Students, Farting Hippos

Steam Next Fest is currently in full swing, and developers big and small have released new demos so players can discover their upcoming games. While the event runs through Oct. 26, Valve has already revealed to Polygon what the 20 most popular demos out of the 8,000+ games featured are. Multiplayer games dominate the list as friendslop continues to pull big numbers on Steam, as do a couple of shopkeeping sims. In descending order, these are the most-played games of Oct. 2026's crowded Steam Next Fest.