GameDiscoverCo named the games with the most wishlists following the June 2025's Steam Next Fest

From June 9 to June 16, Steam hosted the Next Fest demo festival. The founder of GameDiscoverCo, Simon Carless, compiled a list of the top games that gained the most wish list additions during the event.

According to Carless’s calculations, developers released over 2,600 demos on Steam over the week-long festival — 13% more than during the February Next Fest.

Below are the top 10 games. The total wish lists since their Steam page launch appear in parentheses.

1. Stellar Blade — 227,200 wish lists during Next Fest (1.72 million in total).
2. Vindictus: Defying Fate — 151,600 wish lists during Next Fest (744,170 in total).
3. Dispatch — 110,200 wish lists during Next Fest (544,900 in total).
4. No, I’m not a Human — 90,280 wish lists during Next Fest (502,900 in total).
5. Jump Ship — 89,700 wish lists during Next Fest (981,500 in total).
6. PIONER — 82,900 wish lists during Next Fest (366,800 in total).
7. Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE — 72,900 wish lists during Next Fest (589,000 in total).
8. Dead as Disco — 71,900 wish lists during Next Fest (345,170 in total).
9. Ball X Pit — 67,500 wish lists during Next Fest (88,800 in total).
10. Ratatan — 61,900 wish lists during Next Fest (303,670 in total).

In addition to wish list data, Carless provided a wealth of other information related to the June demo festival on Steam. For instance, he highlighted the most popular demos in terms of online presence and analyzed how many subscribers the participating games received. You can view all the statistics in this spreadsheet.