# GamingOnLinux curates 15 playable demos from Steam Next Fest October 2026

> **Key takeaway:** GamingOnLinux published a curated list of 15 game demos available during Steam Next Fest October 2026, spanning horror, strategy, deck-builders, and point-and-click adventures.

**Published:** 2026-10-21T08:09:37+00:00 
**Source:** GamingOnLinux (Steam, Proton & Deck) 
**Category:** open-gaming 
**Canonical URL:** https://fosswire.org/news/gamingonlinux-curates-15-playable-demos-from-steam-next-fest.html 

## Summary
GamingOnLinux editor Liam Squires-Hand has compiled a second round of recommended demos from Steam Next Fest October 2026, following earlier lists of native Linux picks and general selections. The 15 titles span multiple genres including online co-op horror, real-time strategy, deck-building auto battlers, point-and-click adventures, and a remastered Godzilla arena brawler. The article notes the event is crowded with low-effort games, which the author suggests are increasingly identifiable through AI warning browser plugins and repetitive Steam store imagery.

## Selected demo highlights
- **HELL-A**: Online co-op horror action with physics-based combat through Seven Deadly Sins-themed trials
- **Palisade**: RTS with direct territory command, no squad micromanagement, up to 8-player online multiplayer, built-in map editor
- **Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered**: Arena brawler remaster with local co-op and new online multiplayer
- **Portentum**: Deck-building auto battler featuring cryptids as cards
- **The House Before**: Narrative body horror where the player character is a sentient house with pipe-bones and cave-organs
- **Red Echoes: Berlin**: Historical strategy set in 1918 revolutionary Berlin with socialist revolutionary faction

## Why it matters
The curation addresses a growing discoverability problem on Steam as AI-generated low-effort games proliferate, with the author noting browser plugins now help users filter such content. Several commenters confirmed the value of these round-ups for finding quality Linux-compatible titles.