Steam Next Fest day 2: the most played demos right now

It is day 2 of Steam Next Fest, and 145,770 people are playing its demos right now. Probably Stolen – Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim leads with 27,475 players. These are the ten demos with the most people in them right now, from our hourly count of every demo in the fest.

The full live chart, with every demo and the hourly trend, is at outputlag.com/next-fest.

The 10 most played demos right now

1. Probably Stolen – Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim: 27,475 playing. By Questing Goose Studio. Shop Keeper, Trading.
2. ArcheAge Chronicles: 8,006 playing. By XLGAMES. Open World, MMORPG.
3. Frostrail: 7,675 playing. By FakeFish. Open World Survival Craft, FPS.
4. Worst Class Ever: 4,840 playing. By Funcore Games. Team-Based, Social Deduction.
5. Loftia: 4,820 playing. By Qloud Games. Life Sim, Cozy.
6. Abyssal Lapidary: 2,224 playing. By Light Worm. Lovecraftian, Mystery.
7. just volleyball: 2,099 playing. By temkosoft. Sports, Arcade.
8. Grr Grr Gnomes: 1,597 playing. By emolingodev, FireAtacck. Action-Adventure, Exploration.
9. ReBlade: The Death Spiral: 1,555 playing. By ChillyRoom. Action RPG, Souls-like.
10. Deadzone Rogue 2: 1,327 playing. By Prophecy Games. Action Roguelike, FPS.

Climbing fast

The demos that gained the most players in the last 24 hours.

1. Probably Stolen – Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim: up 19,277 to 27,475 playing. By Questing Goose Studio. Shop Keeper, Trading.
2. Frostrail: up 5,126 to 7,675 playing. By FakeFish. Open World Survival Craft, FPS.
3. Worst Class Ever: up 4,084 to 4,840 playing. By Funcore Games. Team-Based, Social Deduction.
4. ReBlade: The Death Spiral: up 1,486 to 1,555 playing. By ChillyRoom. Action RPG, Souls-like.
5. Abyssal Lapidary: up 1,426 to 2,224 playing. By Light Worm. Lovecraftian, Mystery.

The top demo in each genre

• Horror: Frostrail, 7,675 playing
• Co-op: Worst Class Ever, 4,840 playing
• Cozy: Loftia, 4,820 playing
• Roguelikes: Deadzone Rogue 2, 1,327 playing
• Strategy: Among Shadows, 1,076 playing
• Survival: Frostrail, 7,675 playing

How we count

We read the live player count of every Next Fest demo from Steam’s public player count API every hour. This is people in a demo at that moment, not wishlists or sales, and nobody pays to rank. Idle and desktop companion games are left out of these lists because they keep counting players while they run in the background (Character House -Desktop Companion-, Find The Needle, Melvor Idle 2 would otherwise rank near the top). Made one of these demos? The live chart has a badge you can put on your site.