TPF's Top Picks: Steam Next Fest Edition

Kooeh: A Timeless Delight is a heartwarming cosy narrative-driven restaurant management game about rediscovering lost family recipes and reviving the family restaurant.

You are Dalia, a deep-space disaster specialist dispatched to the rings of Saturn. You’ll lay victims to rest, clean up alien fungus, and research its strange origins. Adapt to survive, cleanse the contamination, and escape the crisis.

Wild Roots is a thrilling farm and cooking adventure! Grow crops, raise animals, and battle critters trying to steal your hard-earned goods. Harvest, cook up mouthwatering dishes, sell for cash, and expand your farm by clearing land. Defend, cook, and conquer—your farm’s fate is in your hands!

The ultimate swordmaking game. Forge unique weapons with freeform blade shaping and modular hilts, perfectly balanced to your customers’ needs. Master the art of smithing and uncover the secrets of Eren Keep, a last haven of a dying world – or so they say.

Just you, the wilderness, and things that shouldn’t exist! Track, catch, and collect cryptids and aliens. Manage your own Cryptid Zoo, care for your creatures, and attract visitors whilst exploring the wilds to discover new and mysterious Cryptid species to add to your Collection.

Reach a summit never climbed before in this survival-climber from the creators of Furi and Haven. Climb anywhere and plan your route carefully, managing pitons and resources to survive unforgiving Mount Kami. Discover what Aava is willing to sacrifice to achieve the ascent of a lifetime.

Pieced Together is a cozy scrapbooking game that takes you on a heartfelt journey about friendship and getting older. Sort items, solve gentle puzzles, and decorate the scrapbook as you uncover the story piece by piece.

Join the adventure in a couch co-op beat 'em up game for 1-4 players with rogue-lite elements! Battle fierce monsters crawling from dungeons and forests. Equip your weapons, worship the Altar of Lights to light your path, and free the Lumineia Kingdom from the Eclipse and its everlasting darkness!

Cozyrama is a peaceful sandbox where you shape your own magical dioramas. Sculpt it, pick the right colors, decorate with hundreds of items and add cute animals. Observe a cozy world grow around you! No pressure or timers. Just relax, unwind, and let your imagination bloom!

An easygoing simulation game about creating tiny garden dioramas. Use a wide selection of plants, decorations and tools to build and nurture the garden retreat of your dreams.

Experience a unique hand-crafted Bullet Heaven Roguelite RPG set in a Fantasy x Sci-fi world filled with 💪might, 🪄magic, and 🎡lost technology! A mysterious tale centered around a world-devouring Abyss awaits...🦑🌎

Return home to Port Wake and rebuild your family business. Docked is a realistic simulator where you operate heavy machinery, restore and develop the port's infrastructure, and manage day-to-day operations to help your port expand and thrive.

Shatter the shackles of time as you jump, swing, and slash through a fantastic world in this love letter to classic 3D action platformers. Zirian, accompanied by his mechanical Cuckoo, must save his sister from a mysterious Clock Tower that has plunged the land into eternal night.

Anxiety Puppy is a 2D interactive narrative game that focuses on anxiety. In the game, anxiety is personified as a little puppy. Players will explore its story and try to coexist with it. Go find its traces and give it a hug.

✉️ Become a living letter and find your way to the one who still waits for you! Fly, sail, roll, solve puzzles, uncover secrets, and travel through time and continents!😸

Take control of every fight with ferociously fluid combat as you chain aggressive combos, cancel moves mid-swing, and steal enemy powers to turn them against their masters. Play in up to 4-player co-op to craft the perfect team setup and topple brutal bosses across different worlds.

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.

In NoSlack Pets: Lo-Fi Paws, Miino is your cozy desktop companion: focus with Pomodoro, lofi, and white noise; every 30 minutes brings a Gift Box; mix 600+ decorations with 300+ Headgear; join the online study room, unwind with mini-games, and use the Cat Bus to tidy your screen.

Scare away all the invading Hoomanz! A stealth-adventure game packed with coziness and humour, featuring non-combat gameplay & family-friendly content. Play as Shoo, the mythical guardian of Planet Erf, with a hidden dual nature. Darkness is nature’s friend, light is its enemy.

Of Ash and Steel is an immersive third-person open-world RPG created by a passionate team that values the essence of classic old-school RPGs and modern designs. Explore the lands of a once-prosperous island, hone your combat skills, and survive in the unforgiving realm of the Kingdom of the Seven.

LORT is a 1–8 player co-op action roguelite. Team up with your friends to battle, loot, and stack ridiculous power-ups across a cursed fantasy world. Fight toward escape, revive your homies, and get absolutely chadded as you evolve from goblin tickler to god slapper.

Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.

Blast and laugh your way through space with up to 4 friends in this chaotic roguelike co-op. Every run is a new adventure so steer, shield, and work together to take on unpredictable challenges - or at least go out in style.

Craft original weapons and engage in strategic time-freezing battles as you dive into the million-floor deep underground world of this deep-diving action strategy game.

Embark on an explorative RPG hack-and-slash adventure where you attempt to re-establish a haven for the lost dwarven civilization. Journey across varied lands, help those in need, gather resources and fight off goblins and monsters as you slowly rebuild a home for your people.

"There is a saying that when you depart from this world, the dog who went ahead will warmly welcome you." While spending time in dog heaven, Bong-gu the Welsh Corgi suddenly catches his dad's scent. Now, he embarks on a journey to meet his dad. Will Bong-gu be able to see his dad again?

OPUS: Prism Peak is a narrative adventure where you play as a weary photographer stranded in the Dusklands, traveling with a girl who's lost her memories. Together, you'll uncover the mysteries of this land through your camera and find your way home.

Magical Greenhouse is a cozy simulation game where you manage your own potion shop. Your clients, creatures and adventurers of all kinds have strange requests. You will have to be inventive to create the perfect potion for every situation !

SHANHAI: Myth Origins is a MOBA-style action roguelike inspired by the Shanhaijing. Enter a mythic realm, forge divine weapons, wield the Five Elements, collect artifacts, bind spirits and capture beasts. Play solo or in up to 4-player co-op.

You’ve got land, time, and a whole lot to figure out. Start small, work hard, earn what you need, and build the kind of farm you’d never want to leave.

Dash. Slash. Glide. Discover your legacy as the heir to a legendary African samurai in this high-velocity 3D action game, featuring futuristic swordplay, kinetic parkour, and anime-inspired action.

Brew otherworldly coffee for ghostly patrons in a dark, cozy first-person café. Upgrade your shop, manage supplies, and turn a haunted café into a sanctuary amidst nightmares.

In Lofi Haven, soothing Lofi music and white noise create the perfect setting for focused work or study. Decorate your room, interact with your pet during breaks, and enjoy music and time with friends. No matter how busy you are, this place is your peaceful haven.

"Rubinite" is a dark fantasy boss rush action game that utilizes the unique mechanic "Focus" to pinpoint enemies' weaknesses and execute thrust attacks. Follow Ruby, a princess who has escaped from the Scarlet Kingdom, embarking on a journey of revenge to reclaim her kingdom.

Feastopia is a roguelike simulation game. In this rich yet mysterious land, you sign a contract with an egg that fell from the sky and undertake the grand task of establishing a prosperous food capital.

Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.

In this sunlit feline paradise, become the owner of a one-of-a-kind restaurant designed with your dream "Purr Plate"! Team up with over 100+ quirky cat staffers--from paw-kneading bakers to servers tumbling adorably over their own tails--to create your purrfect woodland café!

A rags to riches simulator where you will learn how to build wealth. Start on your farm, craft goods, open shops, and manage a factory to grow your brand into a billion-dollar empire. Live your own story, start a family, and create a lasting legacy in a world full of unique untold stories.

Spread nature and breathe life back into a world of ash by guiding the Pouics, naive and curious little creatures. They dream of reawakening the world, but they can’t do it alone. Guide them, calm them, protect them and help them restore life to a forgotten land.

A strategy game with a new kind of enemy, Calyx puts you in charge of a space mining outpost, locked in battle against powerful plant-aliens. Build your base, gather resources, assemble your forces, and take on the Calyx. With only an out-of-date AI for company, can you survive?

Build your own outdoor store and campground in the heart of Red Shore Valley. Set up your shelves, manage your stock, expand your campsite, and take care of every guest. From humble beginnings to a thriving business all in the middle of nature!

Build Your Dream Resort with Furry Friends! Team up with adorable animal buddies to create a one-of-a-kind vacation paradise! Attract all kinds of capybaras to chill, expand your resort, and grow it into a thriving empire.

Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.

Time to clock in at DE NILE SHIPPING, the world’s “most efficient” warehouse! Work together in online co-op with up to 4 players to fulfill orders of increasingly chaotic, physics-based boxes. Time is money, and safety is no concern… just try not to crash out!

In a dying multiverse, the Phantom Train is your last hope. Traverse a post-apocalyptic, cyberpunk world of nightmarish creatures. Experience dynamic shifts between top-down and third-person views, deep customization, and epic battles across universes in this action roguelike survival game.

Modulus is a creative factory automation game where you design not just the systems, but construct the very building blocks themselves. No enemies, no timers, just you, your machines, and the quiet satisfaction of optimizing beautiful, efficient factories.

From the creators of Game Dev Tycoon comes Tavern Keeper 🍻, a cosy-chaotic management sim, featuring a powerful decoration sandbox and a magical storybook RPG!

Armed with hand-me-down tools and some cash, you begin your new life as THE Chief Farmer, a position your grandfather once excelled in. Can you honor his legacy and transform the overgrown, untamed and desolate floating island into a flourishing farm abundant with produce?

Welcome to Misty Valley, cast your line, sail to hidden islands, and uncover secrets of the sea. Befriend charming villagers, tend your farm, and explore a world full of wonder, mystery, and gentle adventure. Your story begins where the mist meets the tide.

Wavekin is a narrative adventure and underwater exploration game where you dive into the depths to discover an ancient civilization. Observe, listen, and use your song to unravel the ocean’s mysteries and breathe new life into a world on the brink of silence.

Create a farm at the bottom of the screen and enjoy planting and harvesting with your monster companions! They handle all the work—just plan the layout, decorate, and wait for fun crop mutations. Take a break from busy life and enjoy the calm joy of farming.

A medieval fantasy kingdom builder, management sim and dungeon delver RPG hybrid. Gather resources, hunt wild animals and build infrastructure. Then dive into the dungeons to face the monsters within. Reap the rewards, unlock new resources and advance your tech.

Blow your leaves and your cares away in this chilled out work sim. Build up your business, buy new tools, and unlock upgrades - all while watching the leaves fly. After all, one man’s trash is another man’s cash.

Set in a new fantastical world, Ages of Cataria is a cozy-friendly town sim. Watch as your village evolves from humble beginnings, with just one family, to a community of multiple families living together across generations of time.

Step into the unknown and embark on an epic, time travel adventure, completely re-imagined. Introducing Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate, a remake of the critically acclaimed VR adventure game - Wanderer. There’s no telling where you’ll go and who you’ll become as you unravel the mysteries of time.

Mazey Village is a cozy town-restoring adventure where a tornado scatters homes, villagers, and their precious belongings. Find what was lost in the whirl as you solve mazes, rebuild houses, and fill the village with warmth and life again.

Become a Medic - a true war hero. Survive the brutality of the Pacific Front as bombs rain from above and bullets shred the air. You’re the last chance for your wounded allies. Every decision you make could turn the tide of battle - but none will be easy.

MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.

Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defenses, and boost potential through enhanced player progression. Will you reach the Arch?

In Fantasy Idle Dungeon, hatch and capture rare Jenin, awaken their legendary skills and talents, and experience the joy of leveling up, evolving, and fusing them. Freely customize your gear, assemble an unbeatable adventure team, and claim glorious victories with effortless idle gameplay!

CloudDwellers is a 2D simulation and city-building game set in a world of scattered floating islands. Guide your settlers to harness technology, optimize production, and transform fragmented skies into a thriving, beautifully crafted aerial haven.

You're Count Meowcula, a vampire cat that opened a barbershop. Wash and cut hairs, also clean your establishment and try not to bite your clients in this creepy cute game with minigames and chaotic controls. Manage your instincts and your reputation. Who said that beauty does not require sacrifices?

A genre-bending RPG inspired by the classic Paper Mario games! When a greedy megacorp from the real world starts taking over fairytales for their cheap labor, a newly-hired storybook hero must climb the corporate ladder, rally together other disgruntled employees, and fight back!

Create your perfect little Greenhouse with fantastic plants, fun decorations and more in this cozy idle game! Throw your harvests around and cause havoc, and then use the vacuum to clean up your mess (for profit of course). Use your well-earned money to buy decorations, unlock new plants and pots.

PowerWash Simulator is back, bubbling with fresh locations, soap-erior equipment and splashy features. Effortlessly transform soiled surroundings into clean, serene scenes, solo or with pals. Satisfaction is a spray away!

Discover Earth 300 thousand years ago as an alien biologist. Utilize your expertise in botany to survive, grow plants, harvest crops, compose and brew tonics. Reveal hidden powers of unknown plants. Engage with primal humans, leaving your mark on the future of civilization.

Lead a medieval restaurant with a team of rats like you! Cook the food, throw it at the guests, wipe the drinks under the skeletons! Become a legendary rat chef, proving to orcs and vampires that the most delicious bloody meat is served in your restaurant!

Cloudside Lane is a small casual building game. Immerse yourself in a tranquil and comfortable environment, build houses and create your own cozy streetscape. There are no scores or rules here, just follow your heart to create and feel.

You are Isaac, a 6-month-old baby, developing mysterious psychic powers. What you want most is to be loved and accepted by your family, but a secretive tech corporation wants you for their own.

Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.

Ragnarok shattered the world, and the gods have chosen you to shape the next one. Cloudheim is a 1-4 player action adventure that blends crafting with chaotic physics-based combat. Awaken forgotten deities, drive back corruption, and upgrade your shop in the sky to bring harmony to a broken realm.

Step into the driver’s seat in Bus Bound, the latest title from the creators of Bus Simulator 21. Explore the vibrant city of Emberville in officially licensed buses, and help transform it into a pedestrian-friendly paradise—one stop at a time.

Craft your workshop as an alchemist!‌ Harness arcane devices to automate crafting. Sell alchemical goods, fulfill commissions, and rise to become a renowned alchemy magnate. ‌Multiplayer Supported!‌ Invite master designers to (ahem) contribute their expertise—let them optimize your production lines!

Build your ideal, cozy farm in a living village. Form bonds with fellow villagers to lend a hand as you grow crops, care for animals, and craft a corner of paradise. Sail across enchanted islands to discover new resources and adventures along the way.

Craft limitless spells! Destroy hordes of enemies and duel other master wizards!

In this cozy farming game, you can plant, grow, and sell crops… Is that it? No, because each night, zombies rise to tear down what you’ve built. Defend your land with a deadly mecha, traps and turrets to survive and see another day of decorating and developing your farm even further.

This side scrolling platformer lets you explore a beautiful, cozy home as a well-worn flower pot. Navigate through the clustered rooms and wield peculiar, plant-inspired powers on this comfy, meditative adventure.

Face the Ancient Gods! Set the sails of your flying pirate ship and embark on a roguelite adventure in the steampunk world of Dead Weight. Explore floating islands in search of loot. Choose a class and enjoy turn-based tactical combat on tiny battlefields where every step matters.

Eaves is an ancient Chinese style city building game. You can build and tear down modules as you like. There are flowing water, small bridges, pavilions, fish, insects, flowers and birds here. Lets create and experience the beauty of your own ancient Chinese villages!

To escape from pursuit, as the leader of your sect, guide your disciples to rise again! Engage in farming and hunting, train in martial arts, and forge weapons and armor. Build your sect's base and fortifications from the ground up to survive in this perilous, ambition-filled martial world!

Play the demo of Everwind solo or with friends! Build your base on a flying ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and wield magic as you face a challenging boss and rise above the clouds!

In a fractured world of colliding planes, wield your reality-bending abilities to lead Earth's remnants against cosmic threats. Develop your task force. Explore unknown territories. Manipulate space and minds ingeniously to reignite hope for humanity in this new strategic RPG.

Embark on a quest to find your missing family in a world slowly being consumed by disaster. Explore the unknown, fight dangerous enemies in real time, utilizing variety of unique equipment to your advantage. Upgrade your ship and face the dangers of a boundless ocean.

Homura Hime is a third person action game, featuring anime-styled visuals and intense 3D bullet hell gameplay. Alongside Homura Hime, fight against archdemons possessed by deviant emotions, and get closer to discovering the truth behind both the archdemons and her own veiled legacy.

The infamous, wise-cracking bobcat has returned to 3D in a new platforming adventure. Bubsy is back with new challenges, new moves, and even more purrsonality. Run, jump, glide, and roll across alien planets, battle robotic sheep, and collect tons and tons of yarn. What could possibly go wrong?

Light Odyssey is a soulslike boss rush where every battle is a test of mastery. Play as Bandi and fight to restore light to a world consumed by shadows. Face off against towering colossi in three deadly phases that demand precision, patience, and adaptation.

Forge enchanted weapons and shape the fate of kingdoms in Magic Forge Tycoon! Manage your astral forge, fulfill contracts and influence wars or trade relations with your craftsmanship. Master the resource market, upgrade your workshop, and become the realm’s most legendary blacksmith!

Luminary takes the Openworld RPG, and dials it in for a balanced accessible experience, with a procedural twist. Using a unique world level and character proficiency system, explore the vast lands together, uncover hidden treasures, defeat large scale bosses, and rid the world’s darkness with light.

Sculpt sand to create winding streams through lush forests and rolling meadows. Babbling Brook is a relaxing indie game about messing around with water and sand. Also, there's a flock of rubber ducks trying to escape to the open sea...

With no martial arts skills, you inherit an escort guild and the late master's daughter. Now, as the new leader, you must recruit skilled escorts, protect precious shipments, settle Jianghu disputes, and fend off ruthless pirates. Build your guild into the most renowned in the land.

Immerse yourself in a new Martian underground adventure with Blind Descent, an open-world survival craft game that unveils the mysteries of the Martian depths. Play solo or with friends as you search for the missing team. Adapt and mutate to survive in this bizarre alien world.

Take on the role of a brave courier rider in Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori! Bond with your horse and tame the open wilds of 13th century Mongolia. Breed and train horses with specialized abilities to explore every aspect of this diverse and fascinating landscape.

A Turn-Based Tactics game set in Viking-Age Norway. Build a settlement, forge alliances, and fight strategic battles. Manage a community of craftspeople, farmers, and warriors, as you grow strong on your path to vengeance in this story-rich saga.

One day, A girl accidentally gets involved with the 'KEA (Korean Exorcist Association)' and the evil organization 'Lunacide'... Will be able to stop Lunacide's plot and be reborn as a proper exorcist?

The classic Painkiller series is back! Battle through Purgatory in fast-paced co-op action, wielding infernal weapons against relentless demonic hordes. Condemned for your sins, the Voice of the Creator offers you a chance at redemption. Will you seize it or be lost to darkness?

Manage your own park facility in a huge open world in Park Ranger Simulator. Take on all the tasks that need to be completed as a park ranger - alone or together in cross-platform multiplayer! You have a variety of vehicles and equipment at your disposal to complete the challenges ahead!

Venture into an endless world of shifting biomes and living ecosystems. Capture and transform into 100+ animals to explore, fight, and survive. Brave nights, battle colossal bosses, collect mystical hats, and team with up to 9 friends in a wilderness that never stops growing!

A game about sledding and hanging out with friends :)

Try the Demo for Walk of Life, a hilarious life simulator where players duke it out in the rat race of mundane living. Get a job, buy stuff, and crush your friends in local or online multiplayer. Check out the demo now and become champion in the ultimate game of life!

Road to Vostok is a hardcore single-player survival game set in a post-apocalyptic border zone between Finland and Russia. Survive, loot, plan and prepare to cross the border into Vostok, a permadeath zone where one mistake can end it all.