Steam NextFest Review: Chipmatic

Sunday, March 1st 2026

This year's Steam NextFest is going on. I usually don't post gaming content here on my blog. But I figured why not share a fun game every now and then? The game I came across was called Chipmatic. It's a robot digging game. Reminds me a lot of Motherload and Steam World Dig with a hint of Factorio. But unlike Motherload, you don't just die because you ran out of fuel. You can still get back to the surface. But like Motherload you're trying to get as deep as you can. Collecting resources to upgrade your robot. Like Steam World Dig there's buildings to craft upgrades and produce energy. As you can tell I'm very excited. The game hasn't been released yet. But the demo is available. It's very much a work in progress. But it's fun. I couldn't get my Xbox controller working with the game. But I was able to put together a JoyToKey profile (link below). If you're curious but don't want to download the demo, check out @ambiguousamphibianvods video below.

Download: JoyToKey Profile

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