Steam players can get their hands on thousands of free games before they're tied

IT's one of the biggest weeks on the Steam calendar right now, with tons of free games to play.

Steam Next Fest features over a thousand upcoming games, and anyone can play them.

Lightyear Frontier combines a farming simulator with mechsCredit: frame break

Next Fest is a way for Steam players to try out upcoming releases before they ever hit stores.

You can play demos of as many games as you want until you find something you really like.

Next Fest lasts all week from Monday February 5, 2024and ending with Monday February 12, 2024.

Some of the most popular games at Steam Next Fest include Dungeon Bounda first-person PvPvE dungeon crawler.

You can play alone or in a group and battle your way through the game's winding dungeons.

Another highly rated game available to play is that of Xbox Light year limit.

This is a farming simulator set on another planet, where you try to build a new home base for you and up to three other players.

While you're all in mechs, you can go out into the open world, collect and harvest materials from your farm.

The last trending game we would like to highlight is Pacific, a survival game with a twist.

In survival games you usually have to brave the wilderness alone, but in this game you take your car with you.

There will be supernatural forces to battle along the way as you drive around the Pacific Northwest in first-person.

Every game available during Steam Next Fest is free to download and try, and you can play as many as you like.

If you want to read more about gaming deals, check out this month's free games with PS Plus Essential.

Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.

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