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There are currently 2,679 playable (for free!) demos for upcoming games on Steam as part of Steam Next Fest — a feast for players and a horrifying statistic if you’re hoping to launch a game next year.
Valve knows that’s entirely too many game demos, so they’ve posted a live scoreboard where you can see the most played and wishlisted demos.1
All throughout this week, two games have jostled for the #1 and #2 spots: Delta Force by Team Jade (a branch of TiMi, a subsidiary of Tencent) and SUPERVIVE by Theorycraft Games (a startup formed by a ton of former League of Legends devs). It’s a clash
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