Comprehensive Report on the February Steam Next Fest: Wishlists, Genres, and Major Trends in Figures and Graphs

During the last week of February, thousands of demos competed for the attention of Steam users. Today, we will highlight the main leaders, provide data on wishlists and other metrics, and discuss some key trends.

Topics covered in this article:

• Overall statistics of the February Steam Next Fest: number of participants, increasing competition, and the impact of demo release dates on success;
• Top demos by subscriber growth over the week, including some less obvious winners;
• Festival leaders by number of wishlists;
• Most common tags among the top 50 Next Fest demos;
• What the tags indicate: anticipated success of multiplayer and co-op titles, along with other trends;
• Top genres and those struggling to find an audience.