SiN Reloaded Steam Demo Guide
App 4679680, two missions including silo-style content, and the guns the trial actually gives you.
The SiN Reloaded Steam demo is the only playable build until the full game launches on 24 September 2026. It is a separate Steam app, 4679680, attached to parent app 632950. Install it from the Reloaded store page or from the demo listing directly. Wishlist the parent app even if you never buy on Steam — that is the product that becomes the complete campaign plus Wages of SiN. This page is about what the trial actually contains, which guns it shows off, and what you should not infer from two maps.
Nightdive did not give you Freeport City Bank as a tutorial. The demo is a two-mission cut with silo-style content: hostages, launch hardware, locked doors, and mid-campaign kit. Demo Update #1 named Missile Silo and Something of a Paradox (medic pathing on the silo; lightmaps and an out-of-map exploit on Paradox). Paradox is a Wages of SiN museum map, so the trial is selling both campaigns’ gunfeel, not the opening heist.
What you actually play
Expect a mid-game loadout, not fists and a single Magnum. Capture videos show dual Magnums, sniper rifle, rocket launcher, HV chaingun, and assault rifle. That is enough to test Reloaded’s tick rate, independent dual-Magnum fire and reload, and chaingun grenades — not the full list. You will not assemble the pulse rifle here, and you should not judge the Quantum Destabilizer, speargun, flamethrower, or Wages crossbow from this trial. Rank missing guns on the weapon tier list.
The silo slice is the better preview of Reloaded’s maps. Nightdive overhauled Silo and Chem: clearer routes, less backtracking, POI markers on keys that used to look like desk clutter. Hostages still shout. JC still talks you onto security hubs. A launch timer still exists in spirit. Use the Walkthrough for real missile-timer consequences; the demo is a highlight reel.
If your build includes Something of a Paradox, it is a Wages of SiN museum with a different enemy mix. Do not treat it as the start of Manero’s story. Play the pack after the main campaign: Wages of SiN.
Controls, gyro, and first settings
Bind mouse look and Use before you fight anyone. Use loots corpses and reloads from the ammo on the body — that is classic SiN, not a Reloaded invention, and it matters more in the demo because you spawn with hungry guns. Open Controls for keyboard, gamepad, Switch 2 mouse, and the gyro notes. The full demo notes page quotes Nightdive’s Update #1. That patch specifically fixed the non-Steam Input gyroscope path (yaw/roll), un-inverted gyro turn, added missing gyro options, and shrank the gyro deadzone step. If you play on Steam Deck or a gyro pad, that patch is why the trial is worth re-downloading.
Toggle remastered visuals versus SiN Gold in settings while you are still in the silo. The comparison is the entire pitch of Reloaded, and the demo is the cheapest place to decide which look you want on 24 September. Check system requirements if 4K/144 is the reason you are here; the trial will tell you faster than a benchmark screenshot.
Proton, Linux, and Steam Deck
The demo is a Windows KEX build. On Linux and Deck, run it through Proton. Start with Proton Experimental or whatever the Deck UI picks; pin an older Proton only if launch fails. Steam lists full controller support — test rumble, gyro, and mouse-on-Deck before you promise yourself a handheld campaign.
Two mid-game maps are not a promise for the oil rig, underwater pass, or Thrall. If the silo holds 120 on Deck, good. If not, wait for launch-day builds and what’s new rather than writing the game off from a June trial.
What the demo is not
It is not Freeport City Bank, Chem, Area 57, the estate, or the Thrall. It is not a full Wages of SiN run. It does not replace Getting Started, the Walkthrough, Secrets and Branching, or the Combat Guide. Pulse-rifle parts, ATM hacks, and Episode 5 linearization wait for the campaign.
Do not expect demo progress to import unless Nightdive says so. Rebind, screenshot settings, start clean on 24 September. Buy using platforms. Storefronts: Links. Kits: loadouts. Index: Guides Hub.
Play the trial to answer three questions: does the gunfeel click, does Proton or Deck hold, and do you want Gold look or remastered look. Everything else waits for September.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to the most common questions.
What is the Steam app ID for the SiN Reloaded demo?
The demo is app 4679680. The full game is parent app 632950. Install the demo from Steam; wishlist 632950 for the 24 September 2026 campaign.
How many missions are in the demo?
Two. The slice includes silo-style content. Nightdive's first demo patch named Missile Silo and Something of a Paradox. It is not the full campaign.
Which weapons does the demo show?
Dual Magnums, sniper rifle, rocket launcher, HV chaingun, and assault rifle are the guns players actually get to use. That is not the complete Reloaded arsenal.
Does the demo run on Linux or Steam Deck?
It is a Windows KEX build. Use Proton. Test gyro and controller support in the trial; Demo Update #1 specifically patched gyro yaw, inversion, and deadzone.
Will demo saves carry into the full game?
Do not assume that. Treat 4679680 as a separate build. Rebind using controls and start the 24 September campaign clean unless Nightdive documents a transfer.
Is this the Freeport City Bank tutorial?
No. The bank opening is in the full campaign. Use the Walkthrough after launch. The demo is a mid-game preview, not the first hour.