Can someone explain to me the point of these events? Is it just an opportunity for Steam to push ads for specific genres?
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I think moreso an opportunity for developers of specific genres to get attention in an increasingly crowded marketplace.
For events/sales on Steam in general, it's an opportunity for Publishers to showcase their games through events disguised as "sales".
For the Steam Next Fest in particular, it's an opportunity for Developers to show their upcoming games, and you get an absurd amount of demos available to play, for free!
For me, the Next Fest is a nice way to find interesting games, see what the indie scene has to offer, and have access to free games I can play in short sessions. Every edition, I download around 50 demos, and try to play them throughout the week (and the following week because some are still available after the event ends)
you get an absurd amount of demos available to play, for free!
Are they not available outside of this event?
Not necessarily, I think Steam only allows demos that have not previously been featured in Next Fest, but some have demos that were available before the event started.
Demos can totally be available outside, but some devs prefer to feature their demo during the event, it's kind of a marketing step before release