On October 1, we gave you a look at 28 incredible upcoming horror and suspense games as part of Insider Gaming’s 28 Games Later Horror Showcase. Now, the latest Steam Next Fest is here for October 2026, and you have the opportunity to check out and play several of these games for yourself for the first time.
To help get you on your way, we’ve put together all of the games from 28 Games Later that have a demo as part of the current event. And, if you missed the show itself or any of our interviews with the developers, you can catch everything from 28 Games Later in a convenient playlist: Game Trailers or Developer Interviews.
28 Games Later Showcase Games at Steam Next Fest for October 2026
The latest Steam Next Fest runs from October 19 through October 26. These events are all about having players discover and try new and upcoming games from developers around the world.
At our 28 Games Later Showcase, we featured 28 games. Of those 28, 13 are available to try right now.
So, check out the games, give them a shot, and be sure to wishlist them to let the developers know you care! You can also check out the details for each game as well.
The Subminer – DEMO
An atmospheric underwater drilling roguelite beneath the icy crust of Enceladus. Pilot your submarine, explore the depths, mine resources through procedural caves and upgrade your base. Each dive is darker and more dangerous, and you must face the terrors lurking in the shadows. Live. Dive. Repeat.
Expendabots – DEMO
Expendabots is a 1–4 player co-op horror-extraction game where expendable robots explore ever-changing islands and terrifying dungeons. Outmatched and vulnerable, you’ll need to stay quiet, hide from hostile creatures, survive the horrors, and extract with your squad before the island is lost.
Night Plane – DEMO
Night Plane is a job-sim horror game where you work as a flight attendant on a doomed plane. Check tickets, serve passengers, and decide who stays onboard as demons hide among innocent souls. Naturally, management says it’s your problem.
Dark Fracture – DEMO
Dark Fracture is a psychological horror experience in which you explore an ever-changing world where reality and nightmares collide. Walk on the edge of madness in the shoes of a tormented soul as you descend into the darkest depths of the human psyche, and question everything you see.
The Funskin Project – DEMO
A horrifying experience in a strange and timeless universe. Explore, solve puzzles, fight for your survival and try to escape this nightmare.
Don’t Fret – DEMO
A sentient guitar trapped inside a nightmare music school. Hide, distract, and survive horrifying creatures as you tune your way through musical puzzles and fractured memories to uncover the truth.
Donut Panic – DEMO
Order up! DONUT PANIC is an anomaly horror game with a cooking sim twist. Take customer orders. Prepare and serve up delicious donuts. But when the hallucinations appear, run for your life. Your panic room is there for a reason…
Transit – DEMO
Transit is a dark narrative adventure starring a sarcastic sock puppet in a world looping itself to death. Ride midnight trains through collapsing timelines, free traumatised souls, and search for your sister lost inside the loop.
Mimic – DEMO
Deduce who you can trust in this asymmetrical online survival horror game for up to 10 players. Solve the objectives, survive the killer Android hunting you, and hunt from the shadows as the Mimic; a shape-shifting terror hiding amongst you.
Remothered: Red Nun’s Legacy – DEMO
Your daughter has been kidnapped. In the trilogy’s final chapter, enter a nightmare to save her, survive what hunts you, and uncover the Red Nun’s truth through retrocognition, mirror abilities and moth manipulation. A modern return to classic survival horror with an Italian neo-giallo twist.
Inkblood – DEMO
You’re an Inquisitor following a trail of death. A cult is at work, your predecessor has vanished, and the region teeters on the edge of chaos. Find the truth. Uphold the Inquisition. Do not fail.
Tenebris Somnia – DEMO
Tenebris Somnia is a 2D retro survival horror adventure game with live action cutscenes created by an award winning film crew from Argentina. Unveil the depths of a disturbing story by solving puzzles and fighting horrible creatures. …What if they aren’t just nightmares?
Gone Feral – PLAYTEST
Become the horror villain in this stealth co-op roguelike. Stalk your victims and take them out with brutal creativity, working solo or with friends online.
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