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Steam Next Fest is a recurring Valve-hosted digital event held three times per year on the Steam storefront, featuring hundreds to thousands of free, limited-time demos of upcoming games alongside developer livestreams. It is widely used by indie developers as a wishlist-building marketing milestone.

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