Gaming Steam Next Fest demos, a Virtual Boy-inspired shooter and other new indie games worth checking out Plus, a timely soccer-related management sim that doesn't hit the back of the net. By Kris Holt June 20, 2026 7:00 am EST Sunfish Kumano/Waku Waku Games Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. As ever, we've got some new releases and news of upcoming games to share with you. However, it's Steam Next Fest time, so there are literally thousands of fresh game demos to jump into. One of the main aims of Steam Next Fest is to help players discover interesting games. However, soon after my eyes met the endless ream of demos, decision paralysis once again set in — all while I silently cursed whoever at Valve decided to run this edition of Next Fest during the World Cup group stage.
As such, I opted to focus on demos for games I was already looking forward to. Screenbound has been at the tippy top of my wishlist for a while. This is a "5D" platformer in which you're controlling a character in a 3D world and a version of them on a 2D Game Boy-style system (aka a Qboy) simultaneously. It's such a cool idea and I mostly enjoyed the execution of it in the demo.
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2198112/steam-next-fest-demos-a-virtual-boy-inspired-shooter-and-other-new-indie-games-worth-checking-out/
As such, I opted to focus on demos for games I was already looking forward to. Screenbound has been at the tippy top of my wishlist for a while. This is a "5D" platformer in which you're controlling a character in a 3D world and a version of them on a 2D Game Boy-style system (aka a Qboy) simultaneously. It's such a cool idea and I mostly enjoyed the execution of it in the demo.
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2198112/steam-next-fest-demos-a-virtual-boy-inspired-shooter-and-other-new-indie-games-worth-checking-out/