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On the final evening ofSteam Next Fest, I had a choice to make.

A roguelike, yes.

The King is Watching

The result is a tricky balancing act.

The King is Watchingwasn’t the only roguelike/city-builder to impress in Steam Next Fest.

The King is Watching

9 Kings armies at war in a green field

The key art for the Blue Prince showing a doorway on a blue wall, which is open to reveal several more rooms within its frame, a person deep within opening another door several layers deep to a bright white light

Conjure

Shape of Dreams heroes stand around a fire

Grimoire Groves

A screenshot shows the pixel art characters of Angeline Era floating through stars.

Screenshot from CloverPit, showing a first-person view of a slot machine with a shining �Jackpot� announcement lit up.

Screenshot from Iron Mandate.

Hyper Light Breaker screenshot of purple and green dragon boss Maw

Windblown screenshot of a golem boss looming over three players

in Monster Train 2

Running along a floating highway with gold rings as lava pours from the sky in Haste

Lewis Pullman as "Bob" in Thunderbolts*

A screenshot of the upcoming PS5 game, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

A sprite sheet for Hollow Knight Silksong

Podracing on a screen in Andor season 2 episode 4

Eva Victor as Agnes in Sorry, Baby

Mister Terrific in Superman

Articulate box, cards, board, and tokens on a wooden table

The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Logan Kim as Hershel and Lauren Cohan as Maggie in The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2