Here are some Autumn demo picks to get you started

Steam Game Festival is quickly becoming one of my favorite facets of PC gaming. The limited-time showcasereturned today on Steamwith hundreds – and they do meanhundreds– of game demos to sort through, download, and attempt to play before they go away on Tuesday, October 13 at 10:00 a.m. PT.

Like finding fresh games in general, it can be overwhelming to figure out what’s worth your energy. That was true for prior festivals and it’s still true for this week’s Steam Game Festival: Autumn Edition.

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Aside from leaning on your friends (and maybe some in-the-know Destructoid readers), it’s worth running through your wishlist and skimming the Most Downloaded list for ideas. This time, the criteria for applicable games is slightly stricter – they’re all “set to be released within the next six months.”

These are my Autumn festival highlights:

Some of the picks aren’t “new” so much as they’re “new to Steam,” and some of them probably aren’t worth anything more than a morbid-curiosity-fueled demo playthrough, so keep that in mind.

Let us know if you see anything else worth downloading. I’m sure there’s plenty!

The ghost at the end of the hallway

Picking up the smiley face post-it off the broken mirror

John and Molly sitting on the park bench

Close up shot of Marissa Marcel starring in Ambrosio

Kukrushka sitting in a meadow

Lightkeeper pointing his firearm overlapped against the lighthouse background

Overseer looking over the balcony in opening cutscene of Funeralopolis

Edited image of Super Imposter looking through window in No I’m not a Human demo cutscene with thin man and FEMA inside the house

Looking at the ghost of Jackie inside the lighthouse