June 2026 Next Fest Shines Upon Us

It is Next Fest once again.

Today we're talking about video games that we played from the June 2026 Steam Next Fest.

Discussed in the episode:

• 9 ESSENTIAL Wishlists From Steam Next Fest (June 2026) from noclip_2 on YouTube
• Blood Dungeon
• SteamDB "AI Content Disclosed" filtered out Next Fest list
• "Call of Dookie" post on Bluesky

Dad Games:

• Normal Golf Game - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3510740/Normal_Golf_Game/ 
• Wind Runners - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1101370/Wind_Runners/
• Omen - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2859970/Omen/
• Ascenders: Beyond the Peak - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4267860/Ascenders_Beyond_the_Peak/
• Dungeon Settlers - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2798330/Dungeon_Settlers/
• Enginefall - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2437390/Enginefall/
• over the hill - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2929250/over_the_hill/
• Mym’s Sword - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4673730/Myms_Sword/

Gonna go do a little work in the garage:

• Factomancer - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3979570/Factomancer/
• Slime Soup - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4655800/Slime_Soup/
• IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2950790/IRON_NEST_Heavy_Turret_Simulator/ 
• Burn-9 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4377480/Burn9/ 
• Sludgineers - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4073860/Sludgineers/
• Fortune Fragments - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3601160/Fortune_Fragments/
• The Message from Deep Space - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4080030/The_Message_from_Deep_Space/

Just gotta rest my eyes for a second:

• Hearth and Hamlet - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4315040/Hearth_and_Hamlet/
• if you stay - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4437140/if_you_stay/
• Twinkle Seek - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4600620/Twinkle_Seek/
• walk - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4563880/walk/

Weird aunt/uncle games:

• My Beautiful Faraway, Please Don’t Be Cruel To Me - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4516190/My_Beautiful_Faraway_Please_Dont_Be_Cruel_To_Me/
• Entropy - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3940340/Entropy/
• Femme Fatality - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4682660/Femme_Fatality/
• lily’s world XD - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3195580/lilys_world_XD/ 
• Cloud Sculptor - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4101700/Cloud_Sculptor/

Critter-like:

• WOIM - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4272020/WOIM/ 
• The bird of the North - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4655600/The_bird_of_the_North/

Haha, yeah this is it:

• ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3812600/ReStory_Chill_Electronics_Repairs/
• Pigeon: A Love Story - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3876710/Pigeon_A_Love_Story/
• Virtue and a Sledgehammer - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3743260/Virtue_and_a_Sledgehammer/

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Art by Tara Crawford

Theme music by _amaranthine

Additional sounds by Boqeh

Produced and edited by AJ Fillari

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Timecodes:

• (00:00) - A child
• (01:24) - Next???? Fest!!!!!!!!!
• (01:41) - Talkin about this Next Fest a little bit
• (11:07) - Dad Games (Normal Games)
• (12:05) - Normal Golf Game
• (15:57) - Wind Runners
• (19:48) - Omen
• (23:27) - Ascenders: Beyond the Peak
• (28:05) - Dungeon Settlers
• (30:48) - Enginefall
• (36:09) - over the hill
• (41:44) - Mym's Sword
• (44:32) - Gonna go do a little work in the garage
• (44:54) - Factomancer
• (49:29) - Slime Soup
• (52:52) - IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
• (01:02:36) - Burn-9
• (01:04:34) - Sludgineers
• (01:07:18) - Fortune Fragments
• (01:10:13) - The Message from Deep Space
• (01:14:38) - Just gotta rest my eyes for a second
• (01:14:52) - Hearth and Hamlet
• (01:17:23) - if you stay
• (01:18:57) - Twinkle Seek
• (01:22:10) - walk
• (01:25:00) - Weird aunt/uncle games
• (01:25:13) - My Beautiful Faraway, Please Don't Be Cruel To Me
• (01:29:04) - Entropy
• (01:32:43) - Femme Fatality
• (01:36:43) - lily's world XD
• (01:40:30) - Cloud Sculptor
• (01:42:49) - Critter-likes
• (01:42:57) - WOIM
• (01:44:18) - The bird of the North
• (01:46:58) - Haha, yeah this is it
• (01:47:09) - ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs
• (01:51:22) - Pigeon: A Love Story
• (01:58:18) - Virute and a Sledgehammer
• (01:59:23) - That's the end of the episode!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Art by Tara Crawford
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Additional sounds by Boqeh
Produced and Edited by AJ Fillari