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June 2026 Next Fest Shines Upon Us

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Show Notes

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/ --- Support us on Ko-fi! Visit our website! Follow us on YouTube! Follow the show on Bluesky! Check out The Worst Garbage Online! --- Art by Tara Crawford Theme music by _amaranthine Additional sounds by Boqeh Produced and edited by AJ Fillari --- 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

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