500 Free Game Demos Will Be Available At The Steam Game Festival

Steam Game Festival (Steam Powered)

JAKARTA - The digital game distribution platform, Steam will hold a Game Festival on February 3. During the week, users are free to play the demo version of various games. There are more than 500 game titles that can be played for free.

Valve started holding this virtual festival last year. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the game industry's annual event and the Game Developers Conference were canceled. This festival is a form of Valve's response to the cancellation.

Until now, Valve has held several similar festivals. Although with different names, each festival offers a similar concept; users are free to play the demo version of various games provided by the company.

The next Steam Game Festival is coming up, with hundreds of brand-new demos for fans to Play What's Next for free from Feb 3-9! Watch the trailer for a sneak peak at what developers around the world will be sharing! 👀 https://t.co/F4FMZwbO6M

- Steam (@Steam) January 28, 2021

Yes, this kind of festival is a way for companies to introduce new titles from independent studios. And this time, Steam has shared leaks of games that can be played via Twitter.

Among many options, action and strategy type games dominate the most. One of the playable titles is Almighty: Kill Your Gods from the Runwild Entertainment studio. The game asks players to defend the island from monster attacks, either alone or with friends.

In addition, several action titles awaited by many players are Bloodrots by Paper Cult, FPS (First Person Shooter) Graven from Slipgate Ironworks, and Steel Assault which is the work of Zenovia's studio debut.

The choices of strategy games that will be available including Floopy Knights from the Rose City Games studio, Mechanistry Timberborn, which asks players to build cities for animals, and Exor Studio's The Riftbraker.

The next type of game is a defending base type game peppered with action RPG mechanics.

Apart from having the opportunity to play various types of games for free, users are also free to communicate with the development team. Valve provides a live broadcast panel that becomes a medium of connection between game developers and players.

In order not to miss the event, Steam users can set reminders available on the official page of this event. And to access it, of course, it's only for those of you who have a Steam account.