Steam Game Festival: Spring Edition announced, bringing demos for over 40 games originally set for GDC

Stuck at home and unsure what to play? Geoff Keighley knows the way.

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What you need to know

While social distancing is being encouraged, it’s the perfect time for playing a lot of different games. Geoff Keighley, creator and host of the Game Awards, understands this quite well. Today, Keighley announced that the Steam Game Festival is coming back! If you’re unfamiliar with the Festival, this is a period of time in which a bunch of game demos are available to try on Steam.

This Steam Game Festival: Spring Edition features over 40 games that would’ve been at GDC 2020 before itscancellation/postponement.

Surprise!@thegamefestivalreturns tomorrow to@Steamwith 40+ new games you can play at home, which were originally set for GDC. This is the Spring edition of@thegamefestivalpic.twitter.com/lD7LE509GeSurprise!@thegamefestivalreturns tomorrow to@Steamwith 40+ new games you can play at home, which were originally set for GDC. This is the Spring edition of@thegamefestivalpic.twitter.com/lD7LE509Ge— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley)March 17, 2020March 17, 2020

The Steam Game Festival: Spring Edition will be available from March 18 at 10 a.m. PDT to March 23 at 10 a.m. PDT. When it kicks off, you’ll be able to find thelong list of games here.

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Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.