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The demo for Toem is some excellent photography-based adventuringA point & snap adventure game

A point & snap adventure game

Toem demo - The player character stands in front of a reception desk where a photograph is being unveiled with confetti on the wall behind the bear receptionist.

TOEM : A Photo Adventure - Album Trailer - E3 2021Watch on YouTube

TOEM : A Photo Adventure - Album Trailer - E3 2021

Cover image for YouTube video

The first main area that the demo has you play through is a forest surrounding a hotel. A local troop of scout kids want you to show them photos of natural flora. A hotel manager wants you to take a snazzy new photo of the building for marketing purposes. A few kids challenge you to a bit of hide and seek via viewfinder.

It all tickles my brain in that classic quest ‘em up style. When getting a task from a character it was always a toss up between the satisfying “oh yes, I remember seeing that!” and tucking a thing in the back of my mind if I’d not encountered it yet. A suspicious character in the woods, huh? I’ll keep an eye out.

Toem demo - A community card with several overlapping stamps. A quest log on the left lists tasks like “Become a flower” and “Photo challenge #2”

All of Toem’s little questing tasks are tracked on your Community Card, where you’ll get to slap a stamp for every good deed you achieve. It’s one of my favorite little details, how you get to choose the placement of each stamp as you earn it. Mine are all messy and overlapping, which I enjoy.

Anyhow, I’ll avoid spoiling too much of the fun for you. There are lots of little surprises just in the first area. Some of the tasks I can’t complete yet in the demo and that’s made me all the more eager to see them through. What do the ghosts want? I’ve gotta know.

As with everything else available in Steam Next Fest, Toem is expected to launch sometime before the end of this year. You can try the demo over hereon Steam.

If you need more tips on what to try, Alice B has a list of her11 favorite Steam Next Fest demos.