Valve announced on October 21 that as the "Steam New Product Festival October 2025 Edition" event came to an end today, it officially announced the 50 game demos with the highest number of trials during the event.

The Steam New Product Festival is a regular event that continues to provide demo versions of upcoming new games and is held approximately every four months.This "October 2025 Edition" was held from October 14th to the early morning of October 21st, during which a large number of game trial versions were released.

"Steam New Releases: October 2025 Edition" 50 Most Played Trials: Store Page

Valve has announced the 50 demos with the highest number of trial users during the event. The rankings are based on the number of independent players. The following are excerpts from the top ten works:

Half Sword

Heroes of Might and Magic: Age of Antiquity

YAPYAP

Final Sentence

REANIMAL

Fengyu Qihang

midnight walker

THE CUBE, SAVE US

Survival at the core

Long Drive North: Co-op RV Simulator

"Half Sword", which topped the list, is a physics-engine-based battle simulation game that accurately restores the weapons and armor of Europe in the 15th century.During the event, the number of people online at the same time for the game remained stable at around 7,000, maintaining a high popularity.It is worth mentioning that although the second-ranked turn-based strategy game "Heroes of Might and Magic: Ancient Age" has a peak of 15,000 people online at the same time, the total number of players of "Half Sword" is even better.

In addition to the top ten, the list also includes demo versions of highly anticipated new games such as "Rush and Finish Simulator 2", "Star Sand Island Story" and the new horror adventure game "Animals Reborn" created by the team that developed "Little Nightmares".Although the event has ended, there are still a large number of trial versions open. Interested players can go to the event page to view details.