Demo Highlights for Steam's Storyteller Festival!

The Storyteller Festival is a current third-party event happening on Steam! There are over 400 games — all narrative-focused — currently available to check out, either at a discount or with a demo. Here's a list of games you might want to try, and for ease of access, I've added the Steam links to the titles! Have fun!

The Hayseed Knight — 30%

• Developer: Maxi Molina (MaxiMJdev)
• Publisher:
• Genres: Funny, Voice Acted

Experience a fully voice-acted adventure as a one-eyed farm boy who happens to stumble into fame! This comedic story offers tons of charming characters to meet.

Wax Heads — Release TBA

• Developer: Patattie Games
• Publisher: Curve Games
• Genres: Cosy, Puzzle

Manage a struggling record store in this cosy (and punk) slide-of-life narrative by chatting with customers and exploring a hand-crafted record collection, or just slack off and have fun!

TOUCHSTARVED — Release TBA

• Developer: Red Spring Studio
• Publisher:
• Genres: Dating Sim, Dark

In this dark romance visual novel, choices will determine whether you get a romantic — albeit gothic — ending or a blood-curdling horror one. Familiarise yourself with the enigmatic city as you attempt to find a cure for your curse while getting to know the five monstrous love interests! 

Young Hearts — 50% 

• Developer: Sky Seekers
• Publisher: Evening Studio
• Genres: Romance

Slice-of-life and romance meet in Young Hearts as players experience a story through the everyday life of a student living in a warm southern town. Among the dreams and love, she'll also uncover ghosts from the past.

A Tithe in Blood — Release TBA

• Developer: Studio Élan, Studio Elan
• Publisher: Studio Élan, Studio Elan
• Genres: LGBTQ+, Romance

In A Tithe in Blood, players will experience a yuri (lesbian) story where, in the midst of her grief, a student discovers blood magic; although she finds unexpected love, she also sets forth a series of deadly events.

Abashed — Q3 2025

• Developer: Supantha Paul
• Publisher: Supantha Paul
• Genres: Side Scroller, Puzzle

Explore Isaac's troubled mind to solve puzzles, meet mysterious characters, and change reality as he faces his worst fears in hopes of finding his missing partner... or so he thought that's how it would go. 

Fishbowl — Release TBA

• Developer: imissmyfriends.studio
• Publisher: imissmyfriends.studio
• Genres: Emotional

Unfold a story throughout an in-game month, having video calls with loved ones, working from home, and rediscovering childhood memories through puzzles! 

Shards Between Us — Release TBA

• Developer: Queensguard Games
• Publisher: ScribbleScape
• Genres: Female Protagonist, Puzzle

Two magical sisters have to team up and bring their home from the brink of collapse in this coming-of-age story! Watch them grow together throughout the adventure as you ace different puzzles.

Made Marion — 15%

• Developer: Made Marion
• Publisher: Made Marion
• Genres: Dating Sim

Made Marion is a romantic action-adventure visual novel based on Robin Hood's lore! Players will step into the shoes of Lady Marion and unravel her story through every choice they make, from political to romantic. 

Leila — Q2 2025

• Developer: Ubik Studios
• Publisher: Ubik Studios, Astrolabe Games
• Genres: Emotional, Hand-drawn

In this point-and-click hand-drawn adventure, players will experience the main character's life memories through a close-and-personal narrative full of puzzles. 

Scarlet Deer Inn — Release TBA

• Developer: Attu Games
• Publisher: Attu Games
• Genres: Adventure, Platformer

One of the things that makes Scarlet Deer Inn stand out is that the character images are actually embroidered! Explore an emotional story through a narrative-heavy platformer that is chock-full of monsters in a world inspired by Slavic folklore. 

Cairn — Releases in 2025

• Developer: The Game Bakers
• Publisher: The Game Bakers
• Genres: Adventure

In Cairn, players will attempt to reach a summit that has never been climbed before. This survival climber — as the developer describes it — challenges you to plan carefully, both in terms of resources and route, in order to survive Mount Kami.

Danchi Days — Releases in 2026

• Developer: sandy powder, mogumu, Melos Han-Tani
• Publisher: Analgesic Productions
• Genres: Female Protagonist, Adventure

Help a girl revive a Japanese summer festival through a story that will have you surfing the internet to learn more about your neighbours' quirks and desires! All of this while surviving a wave of nostalgia for the GBA days.

Roadwarden — 60%

• Developer: Moral Anxiety Studio
• Publisher: Assemble Entertainment
• Genres: Text-Based, RPG

In Roadwarden, you'll explore an illustrated text-based RPG adventure with mechanics inspired by RPGs, visual novels, and interactive fiction! 

Upheaval — Release TBA

• Developer: Alex Leone
• Publisher: Alex Leone
• Genres: Text-Based, Roguelike

Upheaval is a text-based open-world roguelike adventure that takes inspiration from tabletop RPGs. Explore the outside of a remote village, go head to head against an otherworldy Magician, and find all sorts of magical artefacts!

Potion Tales — Release TBA 

• Developer: NighttrainGames
• Publisher: NighttrainGames
• Genres: Cooking, Relaxing

Potion Tales is a brewing game where players get to decide the fate of their customers by the potions they make them. Customise your cosy kitchen and solve problems!

That's all for now! Make sure to check out the sale here.