I remember there being unique demo's for games but can't remember any of it right now haha.
So thought it would be cool to make a discussion about this so that the demo's can be tracked here.

What I mean by unique demo is a demo for a game that isn't just content from the game itself, more a showcase of the gameplay and a mini story that's separate from the main experience, maybe a prequel or something unrelated as an example.

An example I can think of are the Pokemon demo's, in them you play as someone else in a small area where you learn basic Pokemon mechanics and there's a very short little story. After this you get rewarded a nice Pokemon early on in the main game. Like THAT'S a demo worth playing, and I KNOW you get others like that as well.

These are the ones we (community) could find so far.

Standalone Prologues
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227260/Alders_Blood_Prologue/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1026100/Stranded_Sails__Prologue/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1458900/Meridian_157_Prologue/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/508390/Scrap_Garden__The_Day_Before/

Demo's accessible from the store page
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1054690/Dreadlands/ (the demo gives you goodies in the base game)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/221910/The_Stanley_Parable/ (the demo has its own level)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/601050/Attack_on_Titan_2__AOT2/ (the demo gives you some extra currency if finished before playing the game)

Discontinued Prologues
https://store.steampowered.com/app/973000/Die_Young_Prologue/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1421230/Syberia_The_World_Before__Prologue/

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1421230/Syberia_The_World_Before__Prologue/ -> no longer avail on Steam itself, but maybe with steamdb ?

unfortunately not :(
unless it just was beyond my capabilities ..

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Awesome, thank you for posting

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https://store.steampowered.com/search/?sort_by=Reviews_DESC&term=prologue&ignore_preferences=1&maxprice=free&category1=10%2C998

fell free to tweak around the search parameters ; )
Probably not all of them might fit what you seek, but what I found sofar, other than demos, most prologues are to keep, so they stay in your library even, if you uninstall. Some even give a +1 & quite a lot have their own achievements : )

Now here´s a Demo I´d like to recommend, if you´re into turn-based tactics games like XCom ..
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1054690/Dreadlands/
Should you happen to like it just make sure you finish the Demo before getting the game! You´ll get a goodie you can´t get otherwise :D

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The best type of demo, that gives you free goodies in the game :)
Thank you

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It doesn't have a separate store page, but Stanley Parable demo has content not in the main game.

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Thank you, added to the list :)

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The Creeper World games' demos (or at least those of them which I played) are a series of gameplay showcase-y levels under the pretense of them being a simulation (presumably before the games' stories or completely unrelated to them).

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Damn would need to know if https://store.steampowered.com/app/848480/Creeper_World_4/ has that with its demo or not.
Its been long since I played a Creeper World game, very very long haha

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free prequel for Police Stories announced with different story
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/539470/view/3186871001014867580

Lacuna also has a prologue, but i'm not sure, if it's different from the main game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1588570/Lacuna_Prolog/

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