June/July: Tropical Treasures
Imagine a sun-drenched beach, the sand warm beneath your virtual feet. The waves gently lap at the shore, and a gentle breeze carries the scent of saltwater and adventure. You’re not alone - fellow assassins gather around, their backpacks filled with digital treasures. The treasures they obtained during late-night browsing sessions during the summer sales, when their digital wallet was becoming lighter and their game library fuller.
This month you can either play games set in tropical environments (for example the Tropico series, Monkey Island series, Dead Island, Sea of Thieves, etc.) or games you bought during the Steam summer sales.
You can use the following (or similar) format to make it easier for everyone’s progress to be tracked, but feel free to add any extra thoughts about the game(s) to your post!
name of game 1 | achievements obtained | playtime this month | unfinished/finished
name of game 2 | achievements obtained | playtime this month | unfinished/finished
name of game 3 | achievements obtained | playtime this month | unfinished/finished
total: | achievements obtained | playtime this month | Number of games finished
Theme song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqZsoesa55w
FAQ
Do I have to participate in this month’s theme?
No, as with every theme, these are merely suggestions for anyone who is unsure about what to play next. If you already have a battle plan for your backlog and/or don’t like this month’s theme, you’re free to ignore it.
What happens if I don’t participate in the monthly theme?
Nothing.
What happens if I play all of my unfinished games this month?
Your backlog will be a much smaller place.
I don’t have any unfinished games - I’ve beaten everything I’ve started.
Really? well that makes one of us… I salute you.
I already finished my entry can I play another?
Go ahead - the goal is to reduce your unfinished games list. The more you can play the better.
What a coincidence! I was just going to play Call of the Sea (for the Steamgifts Magazine and for PAGYWOSG).
Call of the Sea | 18/34 | 7.4 h | beaten |
Total: | 18/34 | 7.4 h | 1 |
JUNE
Name | So how was it? | Playtime | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Kathy Rain | Likey | 8h | beaten |
Dreamfall Chapters | Likey | 17h | beaten |
Ghostrunner | Not Likey(exhausting) | 7.1h | beaten |
A Short Hike | Likey | 2.2h | beaten |
Kingdom: Classic | Likey | 5h | beaten |
Kingdom: New lands | Likey | 6.4h | beaten |
Kingdom Two Crowns | Likey | 8.4h | beaten |
TOTAL: | Good month | hours | 7 games Beaten |
Theme:
Perhaps Dreamfalls qualifies, as it partly takes place in a sunny world.
For Ghostrunner some scenes within the Cyper Void, had digital palm trees … so tropical feel?
JULY
Name | So how was it? | Playtime | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Roadwarden | (exhausting) Likey | 16.4h | beaten |
Asterix & Obelix XXL 2 | Not Likey | 11.5h | beaten |
Broken Age | Likey | 12h | beaten |
Mediterranea Inferno | Not Likey (trash tbh) | 7h | beaten |
Partisans 1941 | Likey | 10.3h | beaten |
Life Is Strange | Likey | 20.9h | beaten |
AC Origins | Likey | 37.8h | beaten |
Alan Wake | Likey | 12.7h | beaten |
TOTAL: | Ok month | hours | 8 games Beaten |
Theme:
Broken age has an area called Shellmound, its a sunny place with beaches. Feels tropical to me!
AC origins was based on Egypt, warmer climate. Near the tropics.
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Edit 2: Im thinking of ditching Achievements column from next month, Im indifferent towards it. And noting it down feels very tedious & pointless everytime.
Edjt 3: Will change it now itself. Gonna say bye to the steam gimmicks that are ‘achievements’.
Edit 4: Theme based games chosen match the vibe of the theme (tropical) and are not technically at a geographically tropical location.
I can heartily recommend Dreamfall Chapters if you are familiar with the series (or I suppose even if you’re not). It was the game I always wanted to play!
You were right about this game. . It was slow placed but wonderfully packed, felt like a TV series binge. Or like you are experiencing the Genesis and the revelations, the finality of a religion! It was an epic story!
So glad you enjoyed it! Europolis is one of my favorite computer game environments evah!
Name | Category | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Reus 2 | Summer Sale | 48/103 | 29.6h (Initial 7.4h) | Beaten |
Yoku’s Island Express | Tropical | 31/31 | 16.2h | Completed |
Return to Mysterious Island | Tropical | none | 6h | Completed |
Uncharted Tides: Port Royal | Tropical | 22/22 | 4.5h | Completed |
TOTAL: | 101 | 48.9h | 4 |
Serious Sam HD The Second Encounter | Tropical | 12/70 | 22 h (-2.3 h) | ✔ |
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge | Summer Sale (2019-06-26) | 0/26 | (-8.3 h) | ✘ |
total: | 12 | 19.7 h | 1 |
Name | Achievements | Playtime June-July | Category | Status |
Squarecells | 7/7 | 13h04m | Autumn Sale 2016 | Completed |
Ballad of Solar | No achievements | 11h31m | Autumn Sale 2015 | Completed |
Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy (1999) | No achievements | 6h33m | Halloween Sale 2014 | Completed |
Beyond Blue | 30/30 | 8h39m | Tropical | Completed |
Broken Sword 2 - the Smoking Mirror: Remastered | 27/27 | 12h29m | Winter Sale 2012 | Completed |
Richard & Alice | 21/21 | 6h02 | Winter Sale 2014 | Completed |
Cobi Treasure Deluxe | No achievements | 2h04m | Tropical | Unfinished/Abandoned |
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | Disabled | 21h08m | Autumn Sale 2013 | Unfinished |
Total: | 85/85 | 81h30m | 7 Completed, 1 Unfinished, 1 Unfinished/Abandoned |
FYI, you can check this SteamDB link for Steam sale history.
Forgot about this I can put down some games
100 hidden Cthulhu fish | 100 | 0.1 | Sale |
101 Cats Hidden in Dub | 100 | 0.2 | Sale |
A Tower Full of Cats | 70 | 2.2 | Sale |
5 BDSM | 10 | 1 | Sale |
Bread around bread around bread around bread | 24 | 0.3 | Sale |
Cats and Seek : at Dino Park | 22 | 0.7 | Sale |
Cats Hidden in China | 100 | 0.2 | Sale |
3 Cats of history | 300 | 1.8 | Sale |
Chains of Judgment | 12 | 1.7 | Sale |
8 College | 16 | 1.7 | Sale |
Cuckold | 2 | 0.2 | Sale |
Echo Tokyo: Reaper | 19 | 0.8 | Sale |
9 Femboys | 1.4 | Sale | |
4 FIND ALL | 286 | 7 | Sale |
2 Find Cats | 63 | 0.6 | Sale |
3 Futas | 0.3 | Sale | |
6 Gay | 12 | 1.3 | Sale |
Ghost in the pool | 8 | 2.1 | Sale |
Heart of the Woods | 12 | 2 | 2023 Sale |
Hidden Cats In Japanese Village | 0.1 | Sale | |
Magnus Positive Phototaxis | 8 | 0.4 | Sale |
2 Memory Puzzle | 6 | 0.9 | Sale |
Mirror Mysteries 2: Forgotten Kingdoms | 1.5 | 2023 Sale | |
My Cashy Side Job at Lost&Found in the Subway of Million-Person City | 0.3 | Sale | |
Our Lovely Escape | 23 | 1 | Sale |
8 Search all | 80 | 1 | Sale |
tomorrow won’t come for those without ██████ | 0.6 | Sale | |
Underground Blossom | 35 | 2.2 | Sale |
Vampires’ Melody 2 | 20 | 2.3 | Sale |
What Comes After | 11 | 1.1 | Sale |
Where Ferrets | 10 | 0.1 | Sale |
XBlaze Lost: Memories | 40 | 7.2 | 2019 Sale |
You know my name? | 5 | 0.1 | Sale |
name of game 2 | achievements obtained | playtime this month | Sale |
total: | 1394 | 52 | 75 |
I have a bit of a break time from uni right now; I’m excited to make progress on my backlog. I tried to pick a couple of tropical games and a game from each summer sale too. Thankfully from 2019-2021 i actually finished all that i bought during those sales! :D
Game | Category | Achievements obtained | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tropico 4 | Tropical | 48/70, 2 this month | unfinished | haven’t played this since 2018. what a nostalgia trip this will be! |
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator | Tropical | 12/36, 0 this month | unfinished | - |
Polyville Canyon | Steam Summer Sale 2023 | 73/73 | completed | - |
Lemon Cake | Steam Summer Sale 2022 | 8/17, 0 this month | unfinished | - |
LOGistICAL | Steam Summer Sale 2018 | 518/1123, 62 this month | unfinished | working on base game (australia) |
TOTAL: | - | - | - | - |
3 games I picked up over the summer sale and beaten this month :3
Name | Achievements obtained | Playtime | Status |
---|---|---|---|
START AGAIN: a prologue | - | 2.8 h | Completed |
●LIVE IN DUNGEON | 5/5 | 1.9 h | Completed |
Heretic’s Fork | 12/29 | 4.9 h | Beaten |
TOTAL: | 17/34 | 9.6 h | 3 games beaten |
A nice twist on an annual classic. And I get to use a new list I added last year.
Thank you!