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Jack Webb

Steam Game Festival kicks off today, offering limited time demos

Steam Game Festival: Spring kicks off today at 5pm GMT (Picture: Steam)

The Steam Game Festival is launching later today to showcase a number of upcoming games.

The first-ever Steam Game Festival took place last December, happening alongside the Game Awards, and it will be hosted to show off new games that were scheduled to be revealed at GDC (Game Developer's Conference) before it's cancellation due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The festival, which is entirely online, will reportedly deliver 40 free demos of games for you to try out on Steam. Last year, there were only 14 demos being released.

GDC's cancellation was a shock for indie game developers as it is a huge conference for them to showcase all their latest projects, they hope that the Steam Game Festival will help account for this loss of a platform.

The Steam storefront will list all the demos available (Steam)

Shining a spotlight on the upcoming indie games, news of the impending festival was announced on Twitter:

December's Steam Game Festival demos were only available for 48 hours, but this time for the Spring iteration, the games will be live on Steam from 5pm GMT today and will remain so until the same time on March 23.

People online have responded positively to the Steam Game Festival being held in lieu of GDC, praising the fact that it's much more convenient.

The demos will be available on the Steam website once the festival goes live, so keep on checking and get playing.

With plenty of time to enjoy them, now is the perfect opportunity to give some new games a try, especially if you're self-isolating or need to distract yourself.

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