It is day 6 of Steam Next Fest, and 179,018 people are playing its demos right now. Probably Stolen – Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim leads with 31,617 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
- Probably Stolen – Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim: 31,617 playing. By Questing Goose Studio. Shop Keeper, Trading.
- Worst Class Ever: 22,740 playing. By Funcore Games. Team-Based, Social Deduction.
- Abyssal Lapidary: 4,424 playing. By Light Worm. Lovecraftian, Mystery.
- Frostrail: 4,331 playing. By FakeFish. Open World Survival Craft, Survival.
- just volleyball: 3,709 playing. By temkosoft. Sports, Arcade.
- Loftia: 2,900 playing. By Qloud Games. Life Sim, Cozy.
- Fart Together: 2,288 playing. By GamesMrkt. Physics, Party Game.
- Grr Grr Gnomes: 2,182 playing. By emolingodev, FireAtacck. Action-Adventure, Exploration.
- Among Shadows: 2,133 playing. By TMXN Games. Party Game, Real Time Tactics.
- ArcheAge Chronicles: 2,000 playing. By XLGAMES. Open World, MMORPG.
Climbing fast
The demos that gained the most players in the last 24 hours.
- Worst Class Ever: up 1,630 to 22,740 playing. By Funcore Games. Team-Based, Social Deduction.
- Frostrail: up 890 to 4,331 playing. By FakeFish. Open World Survival Craft, Survival.
- just volleyball: up 842 to 3,709 playing. By temkosoft. Sports, Arcade.
- Fart Together: up 800 to 2,288 playing. By GamesMrkt. Physics, Party Game.
- Probably Stolen – Cyberpunk Shopkeeper Sim: up 793 to 31,617 playing. By Questing Goose Studio. Shop Keeper, Trading.
The top demo in each genre
- Horror: Frostrail, 4,331 playing
- Co-op: Worst Class Ever, 22,740 playing
- Cozy: Loftia, 2,900 playing
- Roguelikes: Deadzone Rogue 2, 1,543 playing
- Strategy: Among Shadows, 2,133 playing
- Survival: Frostrail, 4,331 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.
