Only half of 2026 has passed, but fans have already mentally crowned some of the worthiest titles for the prestigious Game of the Year award—and one of those is currently playable for free on Steam.
The Steam Next Fest is currently hosting over 5,000 free game demos, with a total playtime exceeding 90 days. That’s a lot of content to explore, even for the nerdiest gamers among us. The event will naturally have a lot of players looking for recommendations, and if the built-in “Recommended” feature hasn’t suggested this one to you already, you should definitely give Order of the Sinking Star a try.
This puzzle adventure game by Arc Games is not for the impatient, as it takes players through a series of clever, interconnected riddles that lead to a “grand mystery.” Jonathan David Blow of the Braid and The Witness fame has designed this masterpiece, so I’m not even surprised at the level of brilliance packed into every corner of the experience. Even the demo currently features over 100 puzzles, with more arriving in an update scheduled for June 19. The final version will have more than 1,000 puzzles for you to figure out, so the demo...
