Summary of the best demos from June Next Fest 2026, and a full-length review of Casualties: Unknown demo

Run a cozy cat post office. Sort and deliver parcels from the daily boat, organizing everything your way. At night, the moon reveals hidden truths about packages. Clear a strange backlog, help locals,...

Dart Racer is a N64-styled arcade pod racer where the tracks are extreme and gravity is a joke. Master challenging circuits, upgrade your vehicle, and defeat your rivals. Jump into the cockpit, unleas...

Screenbound lets you discover a dual reality through the Qboy! Navigate challenging puzzles and battle through multiple levels in a blend of 2D and 3D platforming that creates the world’s first '5D' p...

You’ve just arrived on this island to visit The Exhibition. Explore this place, its architecture, and its space. There’s no real goal, just your desire to explore and discover what lies behind these w...

Sojourn Past is a bullet-hell inspired action-adventure about exploration, mystery, and loss. Step into a handcrafted world filled with secrets, danger, and discovery.

Micro-reviews for Day 7 of June Next Fest 2026, exploring Sojourn Past, The Exhibition, Screenbound, Dart Racer, and Cat Mail Co.

"Tape Man" is a puzzle platformer packed with hidden mechanics for you to discover. Throw your measuring tape to explore a vast maze of puzzles. Your measure tapes work as a platform, an obs...

Dreadline Express is a 1st-person, psychological horror metroidbrainia set aboard the last human train. Unravel mysteries of the enigmatic train, face strange passengers, and shape your path using a u...

Rivage is an immersive sci-fi puzzle adventure set aboard the A.R.E.S. space station trapped in a space phenomenon. Wake up as Miranda, forced to explore, solve intricate puzzles to unravel the fate o...

Obsolete is a roguelike RTS where units act autonomously allowing you to plan and react without micromanagement. Customize your loadout, exploit synergies and establish your own strategy.

Wind Runners is a high-speed bullet-hell dogfighting roguelite where you start as a lone pilot, turning each flight into a fight for freedom. Face the ruthless technotheist Realm, take on relentless f...

Discover a tale about identity and love in this game of ciphers and puzzles... that may force you to think outside the (text)box.

Explore Larcenest Gap as an investigative journalist. Take photos, publish articles, and watch the town change with your choices. Complete cozy, funny, and mysterious quests, uncover strange secrets, ...

Micro-reviews for Day 6 of June Next Fest 2026, exploring Nothing Strange Here, Locktale, Wind Runners, Obsolete - Salvation Protocol, Rivage, Dreadline Express, Tape Man

The cards lie! In this single-player social deduction game, demons have infiltrated your village and disguised themselves as allies. Every card you turn over is either a friend or a foe. Can you see t...

SWAT God is the world's fastest shooter. Unique mouse control gives you limitless speed and precision. Merciless enemies that only get harder. Are you fast enough?

FISH is a Platformer Run & Gun Shooter where you play as an armed FISH violently exploring through multiple levels. The game features a funny, unique stylized artstyle that could get a chuckle out...

Mistfall Hunter is a dark fantasy extraction ARPG. Combine skills, talents, and gear for each class in thrilling combat! Whether you team up or go solo, one thing remains certain—only by fighting your...

Micro-reviews for Day 0 of June Next Fest 2026, exploring Mistfall Hunter, FISH, SWAT God, and Demon Bluff

Every button has a purpose. In this short, minimalist first-person puzzler you explore a dense, interwoven architecture – a museum, full of hidden connections and spatial insights.

An explosive cocktail of intense strategic action and deceivingly cute dragons! Manage chaotic clients and strategically design your restaurants layouts to handle the rush and serve endless waves of h...

The spirit realm has broken. Your brother has gone missing. Forge the path you were destined for. Explore the gates and find out why there has been broken links inside the spirit realm. Battle, discov...

Farm. Forage. Fight. SHATTERFARMS is a first-person farmcore roguelike where you'll scavenge and fight through the Calamity, while cultivating a mysterious farm to survive and grow stronger. Creatures...

Trapped in a 3‑day time loop, you must master each moment and live the perfect day or watch the town that despises you fall into darkness.

Micro-reviews for Day 4 of June Next Fest 2026, exploring Bunderkin: The Ocular Eclipse, SHATTERFARMS, Torii: Beyond The Gates, Dragon Dinner, and The Button Effect

From director Jonathan Blow (Braid, The Witness), Order of the Sinking Star is a narrative adventure set in a realm of magic and enigma. Solve over 1000 interconnected, hand-crafted puzzles, discover ...

RKD is a first-person rhythm game where you can deflect bullets, dash, and slice enemies with a katana in perfect sync with your own beat using the in-game custom music editor.

Fluff’n’Roll is a challenging momentum-based precision platformer where you control the stage to move. Don’t let the cute fluffs fool you: this is a game that rewards perseverance, practice, and maste...

A puzzle game where you play as a snake. Push objects, block lasers, teleport, and bite your tail off to escape dreamy puzzle rooms.

You are a massive neutrino. Craft quantum builds, clash with other subatomic particles, and survive a universe that reshapes every run. A fast-paced twin-stick roguelike where real physics bends the r...

Raise Beasts from eggs into powerful Champions in this 2D monster-raising/taming RPG. Feed, train and evolve your partners to explore a perilous, non-linear world. Master fast-paced, tactical battles,...

Step into the world of D-topia in this gentle-paced puzzle adventure. In D-topia, life is curated by artificial intelligence to maximize happiness. As the newest Facilitator, it’s up to you to solve p...

Knick Knack Stack is a cozy 2D physics-based puzzle game. Travel the world, build goofy towers in iconic places, take cute memory pictures of your creations and chat with your silly friends! Relax, yo...

Micro-reviews for Day 3 of June Next Fest 2026, exploring Knick Knack Stack, D-Topia, Astra Bestiary, MassEve, Would You Love Me If I Was A Snake?, Fluff'n'Roll, Rhythm Katana Dance, and Order of the ...

Prelude Dark Pain is a Tactical RPG set in a dark fantasy world. Assume the role of a local blacksmith named Soren, lead an uprising against the Order of the Ashen Crusade and save a world ravaged by ...

Gather materials to craft and craft to gather more materials! Open new locations to explore the world, build a cozy home and decorate it with your collections. Build manufacture to optimize gathering ...

Turn off the lights. Reach the bed. Stay alive. Play through three intertwining nightmares where light is your only lifeline. Don't stay in the dark too long, or "It" will find you.

Take direct control of your hero in this stylized 3D tower defense. Don’t just place your defenses—pick them up and rush them to the front lines as the tide of battle shifts. Strategize in real-time t...

Time is your greatest resource and secrets are your only upgrades. Master an unraveling time loop in this knowledge-based Metroidvania. As the last Weaver, exploit time-altering anomalies and use what...

Micro Solar Punk is a hybrid tactical strategy game combining RTS and TBS. Reposition, attack, and survive while building the foundations of a new, miniature human civilization. But its ambitions will...

VoidHue is a top-down puzzle game that fuses classic sokoban mechanics with colorful light mechanics. Mix and match colors to phase through gates, activate light-based mechanisms and solve vibrant puz...

Micro-reviews for Day 2 of June Next Fest 2026, exploring VoidHue, Micro Solar Punk, Echo Weaver, Rift Haul TD, Darkphobia, Gathera, and PRELUDE Dark Pain

Play as a fire-breathing dragon in this classic arcade platformer! Blast through destructible stages, incinerate your enemies, and chase the high score, solo or alongside a friend.

Mind Inc is a puzzle adventure inside the labyrinth of the mind. Gather scattered pieces of thought and restore forgotten memories.

I have blended card game and action game genres to create this unique deck-building game. Craft your one-of-a-kind deck, encounter quirky NPCs, discover powerful cards, make choices at every turn, unc...

Wink Out your rivals in this physics-driven 1v1 shooter! Craft clever card synergies, adapt between rounds, and outplay opponents by sending them flying out of the arena.

Set off on a tiny train adventure! Build your railway and drive through the mountains in this cozy exploration adventure.

Merge, pop, burst and... annihilate?! Play with bubbles and antibubbles to discover their strange properties in this abstract puzzle game.