[PC Gamer} The 50 most-played demos of Steam Next Fest include musical martial arts, a Stalker-inspired MMO, a superhero

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Vindictus: Defying Fate, calling it just "pretty well put together", but he did say "it's got the soulslike pacing down". But it seems like you guys were more enthusiastic, or at least keen to check it out for yourselves.As usual, multiplayer games made a big splash. Wildgate came in at a well-deserved number two—its mix of FPS action with Sea of Thieves-inspired shenanigans (in space!) seemed like a winning combo during our hands-on this month. Weirdly, Jump Ship at the number three spot has a similar premise. Clearly at heart we all dream of being part of a ramshackle starship crew with our mates.Also in the top 10 are multiplayer horror game MIMESIS, and long-awaited, Stalker-esque MMO PIONER, demonstrating the power of both spooky co-op with friends, and unnecessary capital letters.Dead as Disco has been a deserved hit—as Harvey put it, it's "a technicolour treat on the eyes, but it's also snappy and responsive".He had just as much praise for Dispatch at number 15 on the list, a unique adventure game about working at a dispatch office for superheroes. Nailing both its Telltale-esque cinematic storytelling and its surprisingly in-depth management sim sections, the demo was one of the most impressive of Next Fest.Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound and Absolum. Publisher Dotemu is continuing to prove itself the new king of old school side-scrollers with these—the former a brutal action-platformer, the latter combining 2D brawling with elements of roguelikes. I was really impressed with both during a hands-on event earlier in the year, so it's lovely to see them now getting the wider attention they deserve.Ball X Pit, at a very respectable 12th place. Combining Breakout with elements of roguelikes, auto-battlers, and even city-builders, it's one of those games that you only have to play for five minutes to know that the full release is going to eat up 100 hours of your time. The demo's still available for this one—you've got to check it out.If you're curious to see the full top 50, it's available to peruse on Steam's Next Fest page—check it out, and double the length of your wishlist.

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