Next Fest week is chaos in the best way. Hundreds of demos. Endless scrolling. Algorithms doing their thing.
So here are three games you might have missed — and absolutely should check out.
🐍 The Snake Is the Tower
Developer: Happy Distractions Studio
🔗 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2957070/The_Snake_Is_the_Tower/
You don’t place towers.
You are the tower.
Every segment of your snake becomes a weapon — lasers, shields, slowing fields, AOE blasts — all auto-firing as you slither through waves of cosmic enemies.
This is incremental tower defense with:
- Merge cascades that spiral into exponential damage
- Broken synergies waiting to be discovered
- Meta progression that keeps scaling every run
Positioning matters. Merge timing matters. Greed vs. safety matters.
And when a perfect chain reaction happens?
The screen practically melts.
If you like your numbers going up and your builds going nuclear, this one deserves a look.
🏃 Jimmy Jumps
Developer: Gray Goat Gaming
🔗 https://store.steampowered.com/app/4117940/Jimmy_Jumps/
This one’s for the speedrunners.
Jimmy Jumps blends classic platformer simplicity with tight, score-chasing mechanics across 90+ hand-crafted levels.
Expect:
- Hidden movement tech
- Coin-perfect runs
- Leaderboard battles
- Three escalating difficulties
It feels like something pulled straight from the golden age of arcades — but built with modern speedrunning depth.
If shaving milliseconds off your time sounds fun, this is your game.
🎱 STICKER/BALL
Developer: bilge
🔗 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3537690/_STICKERBALL/
Pool. But chaotic. And futuristic. And deeply weird.
You fire balls at dice to earn points. Then you add stickers.
Spiders. Poop. Clowns.
Poop attracts flies.
Spiders make webs.
Webs catch flies.
More points for you.
It’s a roguelike combo machine where systems collide in ridiculous ways.
And yes — frogs can hijack spaceships.
If you love discovering wild interactions and stacking absurd builds, STICKER/BALL leans all the way in.
🎉 Next Fest Reminder
All of these titles are part of the current Steam Next Fest lineup.
Download the demos. Break them. Find the busted builds.
And if something clicks — wishlist it.
That’s it for this week’s Wishlist Wednesday.
Which demo surprised you the most so far?
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