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Steam Next Fest is back for October 2025. What good demos have you found? (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/games@lemmy.world
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This Next Fest runs until October 20, 10 am Pacific.

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[–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I love those demo's, but it's on purpose! They want you to play enough so you get hooked enough to want to buy it once it ends. A few hours into an rpg is nothing, but once you invested that much, there's probably a higher chance you buy it to continue playing.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    That's literally the entire purpose of a demo

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    But only relatively recently have demos started allowing you to play through a long demo and allow you to use that save and continue playing the full game if you purchase it. They wouldn't be that long if that wasn't an option since you dont want people to get too far only to make them start over.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I feel like demos have become longer recently than they used to be. It used to be that you could only get through the equivalent of a level or two, now it's more like they last up to 2 hours - the same period you might play and steam refund a game to demo it that way.

    Seems like a very healthy development in gaming.

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