Four great games from Steam’s June Next Fest

Steam's June 2025 edition of its Next Fest is going on now through June 16th, and the event is packed with great-looking demos for games coming to PC. Seriously, it seems like there are a lot of demos; a search filter on my Next Fest homepage shows more than 2,500 English demos to pick from.

If you open up the Next Fest page and are overwhelmed, I get it - admittedly, I am, too. But I've played a few and have four to recommend.

Mina the Hollower

Mina the Hollower, the next game from Shovel Knight creators Yacht Club Games, feels like a Game Boy Color title made in the modern era. You play as Mina the mouse in a top-down action-adventure game that reminds me a lot of Link's Awakening. Mina's signature move is a slick burrowing ability that lets you zip around underground for a few seconds, and even in the short demo, I found it immensely useful to get under obstacles or create space during hairy fights.

The demo ends with an exciting boss fight, and I was sad when it was over after about 30 minutes. I'm really looking forward to the game's full release on October 31st.