If you’ve ever felt like playing a video game that’s like a digital snuff film with retro graphics, Steam Next Fest has your back.
PIGFACEis now just a couple months away from launching in early access on Steam, but the June 2025 Steam Next Fest demo for the game is now live and ready for you to get your hands dirty with in all of its grimy and violent glory.
“You wake up with an explosive headache in a pool of your own blood,” the game’s description says. “You’re Exit, a terrible woman whose awful past has finally caught up to her. Fulfill contracts for the people who drilled into your skull — guns-blazing, slow and tactical — it doesn’t matter. They know you’ll do whatever it takes.”
PIGFACEevokes memories of similar ultraviolent games before it, such asManhunton PS2. But it also has similar qualities asHotline Miamias you make your way through levels, figuring out the best course of action to take down the people you must kill.
As Exit, with an explosive drilled into the base of your skull that your blackmailers can blow at any time, you take up contracts for whoever is blackmailing you to do their dirty work for (“they know what you’ve done and now they have a job for you,” the Steam page says), and the rest is in your hands.
There are melee weapons, guns, Kevlar vests, and more for you to pick up and purchase on your missions. The demo contains the tutorial and one replayable level at a farmhouse where you’re tasked with sneaking or shooting your way around, slaughtering all of your targets patrolling the area. Why? That’s for the main game to explain.
But for now, the demo holds promise as a game that could be a hit with FPS players, speedrunners, and those who enjoyedManhuntgrowing up before it started to get a little too much press and way too much heat for its depictions of violence.
ThePIGFACEdemois available now, and the game is scheduled to drop on Steam Early Access in early August.
