In case September didn't add enough new indie games to your burgeoning Steam wishlists, Valve are back today with another edition of their demo-packed Steam Next Fest, and we've been playing some of its many, many, many demos to help give you a few pointers on where to start.

You can view the whole of October's Steam Next Fest right here if you'd rather just dive in headfirst, but below you'll find some hand-picked highlights we've been enjoying ahead of time - including a new Return Of The Obra Dinn-alike, a first-person skeleton shooter, an underwater citybuilders and a platformer where your gun is also an umbrella.

As usual, we've only had access to a small sliver of what's available to play during October's Next Fest, so we'll be following up this list of initial recommendations with more of our personal highlights in the days to come.

I should also point out that some of the games we wrote about last week also have Next Fest demos you can try right now, too - games like Flat Eye, the new narrative management game from the Night Call devs, Cassette Beasts, a monster-catching RPG where you become and fuse with its titular beasts, and Homicidal All-Stars, the new tactics game from a bunch of former Hard West devs.

That's why we've put together this list, so please enjoy this cool selection of games the RPS Treehouse has been playing and loving so far - and if you spot any other neat demos we haven't covered here, then please do let us know in the comments below.

One of my favourite games is Lisa: The Painful and I've never found a game that could match it in the atmosphere, but Gunbrella is the closest.

Download the demo on Steam right here.

Take one look at Capes and you’d think it’s just another XCOM wannabe, but this squad-based strategy game seems to have more in common with something like Into The Breach.

Download the demo on Steam right here.

Rebecca: I've been going through a bit of a dry spell with horror games lately, but 10 Dead Doves reminded me of why I love weird low-budget spooks so damned much.

Download the demo on Steam right here.

It's perhaps the closest thing I've seen to a spiritual successor of Obra Dinn, and as far as I'm concerned its special extended Next Fest demo isn't nearly extended enough.

Download the demo on Steam right here.

Download the demo on Steam right here.

Download the demo on Steam right here.

Ed: This year's Steam Next Fest brings us a new and improved Knuckle Sandwich demo.

Download the demo on Steam right here.

If it sounds like I'm mocking the games I just professed to love… I am indeed.

Download the demo on Steam right here.

Liam: Among the handful of tracks available in the demo for Rhythm Sprout, the standout tune is a lo-fi banger that samples the sinister laugh of a moustachioed villain.

A three-button rhythm game where you play as an onion wearing a tracksuit and a knight’s helmet, Rhythm Sprout makes a stellar first impression.

A good rhythm game should make me feel like a god in its early stages before shattering me completely.

Download the demo on Steam right here.

Download the demo on Steam right here.

Although, Digital Reef Games, if you're reading this: I know you're probably planning to anyway, but just please, add an undo button.

Download the demo on Steam right here.

Katharine: Dredge is one of those games I've heard a lot of good things about over the last few weeks, and I'm pleased to say that the hype is absolutely justified.

Download the demo on Steam right here.

Download the demo on Steam right here.