Steam Next Fest Begins! Building Contest and Earn Exclusive Rewards

Steam Next Fest Demo is now Live!

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A huge thank you to everyone who jumped into our early demo! We’ve been hard at work making meaningful updates ahead of Steam Next Fest, and we’re excited to share what you can expect during this week’s event.

This demo offers a snapshot of the early stages of Guardians of the Wild Sky, giving you a feel for exploration, building, and survival. The demo features an 8-hour play window per world, meaning you’re free to replay the demo as many times as you like by starting a new world.

If you’re planning to start a fresh world but don’t want to leave a favorite build behind, we recommend saving it as a blueprint. Using the hammer tool, you can copy your structure as a blueprint, paste it into a text file, and then import it into your new world to continue your adventure without starting your build from scratch.

What you will experience:

• Single-player and co-op (with up to 10 players)

• Custom Worlds

• An 8-hour play window per world (start a new world to play again)

• Character progression up to level 20

• Multiple islands open to explore, reachable by sailing in any direction

• A wide range of weapon types to experiment with different combat styles

• Most building types unlocked, enabling everything from practical bases to ambitious sky-bound structures

• Discover towns filled with quests and merchants you can trade with as you explore the world

• Experience the full survival crafting gameplay loop, from gathering and progression to building and combat

This demo is built to introduce the game’s core systems and capture the sense of adventure, creativity, and discovery that awaits beyond the demo boundary.

Play the Demo, Earn an Exclusive Reward

As a thank you to everyone who dives into the demo, all players will receive an exclusive in-game item that can only be earned by playing during Steam Next Fest.

Say hello to the Majestic Sea Whale: a commemorative plaque honoring those who answered the call of the Windseers and took to the skies during Next Fest.

This item will forever mark you as one of the early explorers who helped shape the journey ahead. Thank you for being part of the adventure!

New Structural Foundation Pieces

For all our talented builders, we’ve added new structural build pieces designed to strengthen the very heart of your base. You’ll now have access to both wood and stone foundation pieces, giving you more flexibility, stability, and creative freedom when designing everything from cozy outposts to ambitious skybound builds.

Immortalize Your Builds in the Skies - Building Contest

We’re launching a building contest, and this is your chance to leave a permanent mark on the world of Guardians of the Wild Sky.

We’re looking for functional builds that could make it into the final version of the game as official structure blueprints. Winning designs will be turned into permanent, learnable schematics, sold by an in-game merchant and available for all players to unlock and build. Builder's names will be added to the schematics. That's not all, building contest winners will also receive a game key at launch and be invited to future playtests once the demo concludes.

Contest Categories

You can enter one of the following categories:

• Best Flying Vessel Show us your most clever, efficient or stylish sky-worthy ship

• Best Compact Design Compact, practical builds are encouraged, think watchtowers, docks, cabins, or other small clever structures that players can seamlessly integrate into their own builds