Alright. March is firmly in the books. It was a solid month overall despite being busy IRL. I did indulge heavily in buying games throughout the month. But I probably won’t buy anything significant again for a little while outside of perhaps an upgrade to Gray Zone Warfare. Esoteric Ebb was the clear winner for this month’s favorites. And I daresay this one may still be contending for GOTY by years end. I was also very glad to finally restart Solasta: Crown of the Magister and wrap that up.

March Completions

Atomfall

30.0 hours, 22 of 55 achievements
Actually, a pretty fun Fallout-like. It's definitely its own game and the comparisons are based mostly on style rather than content. Really had a more techno meets cosmic horror style story that picked up its pace steadily throughout. It's not perfect, but it was fun. The Wicked Isle DLC was part of this playthrough and added context to the main story while also being intertwined in it.

PULMO

0.7 hours, 12 of 20 achievements
Fun, quirky little puzzle game. Nothing truly complicated as it is really designed to dive into the topic of managing your individuality while still being part of the greater whole. More or less.

War of the Wormholes: Duty is duty

2.6 hours, 13 of 20 achievements
Cool PnC adventure with some clever puzzles and a quirky cast of characters. Quite the charming game.

Solasta: Crown of the Magister

76.8 hours, 67 of 132 achievements
This is a CRPG that is very true to DnD 5.1e rules. It incorporates a lot of this immaculately. The game does have a lot of flaws, but it was a good time IMO. Base game was +/-45 hours. The rest of the playtime was for the Lost Valley DLC. Which was actually better than the base campaign, but also quite a bit buggier.

Chill Beach Simulator

29.9 hours, 6 of 11 achievements
This is exactly what the name implies. It's really more like an interactive screensaver than a game. But it is chill, has a couple funny moments, and is pretty relaxing.

Tidy Backpack

3.3 hours, 14 of 16 achievements
Another backpack organizer. This one is okay. The best thing about it was all the item descriptions, which were all worth reading and quite funny quite often. The remaining two cheevos were broken.

project_Structure_01

4.1 hours, no achievements
This is a megalithic structure walking sim. Reasonably vast, a cool story told via messages left behind by the city's now lost inhabitants, and pretty amazing visuals overall.

Game Torch

0.0 hours, no achievements
This isn't actually a game. It's a game finder for when you have vast library paralysis but want to play something. Needs a lot of time left in the oven, but the concept is valid.

The Promise Tree of Alden

0.7 hours, 5 of 5 achievements
Classic Tonguc walking sim. If you like his work, you'll like this one for sure. Amazing visuals, and he does play around with lighting and filtering a lot in this one.

Dream on

0.0 hours, 1 of 3 achievements
FTP title focused on feelings of loneliness and isolation. I can't identify with that actually, but I think it would be a worthwhile experience for people who do. It's like a ten-minute commitment at most.

Esoteric Ebb

18.9 hours, 25 of 56 achievements
This is a great CRPG, Disco Elysium-like following DnD 5.1e rules with some homebrew. It's exaggerated, funny, heart-warming potentially, and just all around awesome. Also, it's a detective game. Got a lot going on in this one. The only knock on it is that it's a bit of a slow starter.

March Retirements

John’s Quest - I was curious about it, but it’s a precision platformer, one of my most hated genres, lol. FTP though. :)
BonfireSimulator - A surprisingly complex camping sim, but it just didn’t hit right for me. It does do a lot right though, even if some of its rules are obscure.
Transience - This is BigFry’s first game release. Honestly, it’s got an awesome visual style, but I thought the pacing was kind of bad, weapon sway was way too exaggerated for some weapons, and enemy placement was annoying AF, be it their static positions or patrol routes. Ultimately, the game just annoyed me. I refunded this one.
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days - This game is cool, and it’s only shelved until it leaves early access. I really like it, but it needs some work still.
Drive Beyond Horizons - Also cool, but this one really needs a couple years of active development still. Who knows if it’ll get there. I refunded this one.

Plans for April

I’ve already started Lushfoil Photography Sim and A Completely Fictional Story About a City Inside a Whale, both of which are pretty buggy. But both are cool in their own way as well. I intend to try and finish them. I also have jumped into Gray Zone Warfare, and it’s hitting just right despite being in what the devs call “pre-alpha” currently. It’s pretty peak considering where it’s at in its development process, which I would imagine will last another couple years before they finally leave early access.

Xenonauts 2, Starcom:Nexus, Hozy, Piece by Piece, and Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon are all potentials for this month as well. We’ll see how it goes.

And that indulgent month of additions to the backlog. Don’t judge, lol.

AETHUS; Aquamariner ; Arbor Island; ASTRONEER; Battle Brothers - Beasts & Exploration ; Battle Brothers - Blazing Deserts; Battle Brothers - Warriors of the North ; Battlefield™ 1 Revolution; Blacksmith: Ignite the Forge; Blood Nova ; ColdRidge; Dead Finger Dice ; Defective Detectives; Definitely Not Fried Chicken ; Digging the Forgotten Cave; Doc Apocalypse; Dungeon Clawler; Emoji Wars; End of Lines; Esoteric Ebb ; Eternal Pinball RPG; For Her ; FORMIDO; Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion – Turn-Based Strategy; Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered; Gray Zone Warfare + Tactical Edition Upgrade; Green Pond Town; Guild Wars® Reforged + Eye of the North; GWENT: Rogue Mage; It Returned To The Desert; Jennifer Wilde: Unlikely Revolutionaries; LiminalCore ; Lushfoil Photography Sim; Made Beaver ; Meridian 157: Chapters 1 - 3; Mist Survival; Pixel Combat Shooter; Quasimorph; Ravenswatch; Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition; Return to Krondor; RuneScape: Dragonwilds; SCP - Mystery Man; Starcom: Unknown Space; Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League; SWORDHAVEN; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate; The Forever Winter; The Inheritance of Crimson Manor + Comic Book & OST; The Jester and the Madman; The Last of Us™ Part I; The Last Plague: Blight; The Promise Tree of Alden; The Sentient Box; The Wandering Village; Tidy Backpack; Twilight Oracle; Umpteenth Photo; Unusual Findings; Wasteland with Robots; Whistling Waters; You Shouldn’t Be Here

April Assassination #1 (Backlog / PoP Pick)

19.5 hours

17/44

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2026 March

A Cat & His Boy

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Game-boy styled, basically a children’s game. Easy to follow story, small map, it’s perfect for gamers starting out, or people who want to reminiscence about the good old days. Was nice until it lasted, but not really an oustanding game because of its own limitations (length, graphics, music), despite being made with lots of care. Was an SG win from Gelweo.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

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Finished the story, still collecting energy to carry on with postgame stuff. Workload and a recent sickness made it difficult. Also as it often happens with the end of a big RPG, it’s really hard to find one’s place, and return to the game (or go on to a new one). Was an SG win from xxxka.

Firewatch

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Really nice almost-walking-sim game, with actual gameplay, and great pacing. There is backstory, there are actual, real time events, there are dialogues, and there’s a reason for doing the rounds. Nice music, beautiful environments. Not an action game by any definition, but it was really nice to play it on the Deck.

Legends of Savvarah: Children of the Sun

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Interesting visual novel in a “world” that’s ripe for unreliable narrators and sensitive topics - Rich and plentiful empire in the middle of nowhere; godlike ruler who’s both hated and loved, depending on who you ask; questionable history and vilified outsiders; and a race created to serve, in war as soldiers or as house-slaves. Many achievements for repeated runs and choices, different endings through narrative web and choices. The dev has multiple games in the universe that are supposed to have referential connections maximum, and are standalones. While VN is not my favourite genre at all, the worldbuilding was compelling and got a lot more interesting as I played further - I may look out for the other games too.
Was an SG win from Ateszmadman.

PowerWash Simulator Shrek DLC, Wallace and Gromit DLC

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It’s a good way to pass time with my GF, while we listen to a podcast. Not even I’m convinced that Powerwash Simulator is a “good game”, but it’s really good to pass time, if one’s looking for doing that.

Activated games: 3 (of which 2 is SG wins)

bought:

Powerwash Sim DLC x2 - finished
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader pack for Voidfarer and Deluxe content (That OST!)
Bought Core Keeper + Smalland for GF as well for future multiplayer
Bought 5 games for 3€ at Build your own Spring Bundle (2026), which is a big questionable, as I haven’t activated anything yet. But Cape Hideous and The Space-Eating Croc looked interesting and short to balance out the purchase for me quite fast. Eventually they’ll :)

🕹️ January, February and March 2026 Journal

My Statistics 😔

Steamgifts Statistics 😔

• 🏆 Recommendation
• 🎮 Played Games
• ➕ Added Games

106.5 hours

83/83

A fantastic multiplayer farming game from a Spanish studio! If you’re looking for a game that will keep you hooked for hours, this is the one. It has at least 100 hours of content (if you rush it like I did), but you can easily play much longer without getting bored, and you can play with all your friends at the same time in the same farm. It also includes several improvements over its predecessor that are definitely worth it. And they’re still updating the game! :D

January

THE BUTTON 0.7 hours playtime 10 of 10 achievements INSIDE 3.5 hours playtime 14 of 14 achievements Cat Search In The Wild West 0.3 hours playtime 100 of 100 achievements Cats and Seek: Osaka 0.1 hours playtime 100 of 100 achievements Cats and Seek: Toge Land 0.4 hours playtime 27 of 27 achievements Cats and Seek: Tokyo 0.1 hours playtime 16 of 16 achievements Cats 0.0 hours playtime 2 of 2 achievements Occlude 17.2 hours playtime 16 of 16 achievements 12 Labours of Hercules IV: Mother Nature 8.6 hours playtime 22 of 22 achievements Fantasy Quest Solitaire 7.5 hours playtime 16 of 16 achievements Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical 16.2 hours playtime 37 of 45 achievements Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+ 55.9 hours playtime 49 of 54 achievements Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 54.0 hours playtime 49 of 55 achievements Rusty's Retirement 1.3 hours playtime 7 of 71 achievements PictoQuest 0.8 hours playtime 13 of 26 achievements Hi-Fi RUSH 1.1 hours playtime 4 of 71 achievements Just Die Already 1.1 hours playtime 1 of 12 achievements Satisfactory 21.7 hours playtime 17 of 44 achievements

February

Firewatch 4.3 hours playtime 10 of 10 achievements Hotel Architect 27.0 hours playtime 25 of 25 achievements Soul Stalker 9.5 hours playtime 24 of 24 achievements Supermarket Together 70.6 hours playtime 45 of 47 achievements Evil Genius 2 40.6 hours playtime 53 of 90 achievements Blasphemous 1.2 hours playtime 2 of 45 achievements Another Farm Roguelike: Rebirth 2.1 hours playtime 11 of 32 achievements Killer is Dead 5.0 hours playtime 6 of 48 achievements

March

Life is Strange 2 14.8 hours playtime 46 of 46 achievements Farm Together 2 106.5 hours playtime 83 of 83 achievements Iris and the giant 12.0 hours playtime 16 of 16 achievements Doors: Paradox 5.3 hours playtime 30 of 30 achievements Genesis Noir 4.4 hours playtime 17 of 17 achievements Youropa 6.9 hours playtime 11 of 15 achievements Brotato 43.3 hours playtime 117 of 177 achievements Two Point Campus 53.8 hours playtime 40 of 48 achievements Fashion Police Squad 8.1 hours playtime 22 of 25 achievements Soulstone Survivors 6.1 hours playtime 96 of 460 achievements

Bought Games 🛒
Farm Together 2 Ghost of a Tale Karate Survivor Flower Cook Serve Forever Chillquarium Haven Park Shop Simulator Pet Shop Simpler Times Mega Mosaic

Won / Free / Trade / Present 🎁
Rusty's Retirement APICO Organs Please Fallout 3 - Game of the Year Edition Hogwarts Legacy Final Fantasy VII Magellania Tempest DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT Genesis Noir Dungeon Tycoon 9 Years of Shadows Police Stories Pet Lands Big Helmet Heroes

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Well, I think I’m doing pretty well o.O I still need to delete a lot of free games from my library, but there are too many D:

Update 15

Super Mario Galaxy movie was absolute cinema, pure joy and whimsy. As for the update, lackluster gaming times for me these months, I have a dissertation to write (how did we get here already???)

Games played:

#29

Date Everything!

6/10

5.1 hours

6 of 42 achievements

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I want to preface this by saying that I'm not really the target audience for this game, as I do not want to date everything. Being straight the roster is essentially split in half, but even then there was really only 1 man that truly interested me. BUT THEN the fucking game locked me out of his quest, which might have been a bug (?), though either way that's what made me drop it. Sure, some of the others were fun, but not interesting enough to keep me wanting to play (or I already did their storyline). They're often very over the top. And then there's some that made me want to burn the house down fuck you toilet man and shower guy.

Originally, I figured I'd give this game a shot anyway, since I heard it's fun either way and that you can go for friendship and enemy endings as well. The problem is that I found that going for the friendship ending with a character often requires flirting with them or letting them flirt with you, there doesn't always seem to be a good middle ground there, which led me to just skip most of the dialogue from female characters, even if it is well written.

Of course, I think this is a great game for anyone that likes this style of game, especially if you find more characters to go for. The writing is good and the designs are cool for the most part, as far as I've played. Like I said, this simply isn't a game for me, but I think it's solid.

#30

Control Ultimate Edition

7/10

8.3 hours

28 of 67 achievements

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Sam Lake my goat, it's very clearly a Remedy game through and through. On par with the first Alan Wake, though I feel like they switch their strengths. The story here didn't really get me like Alan Wake did, but the gameplay was really well done. I just felt like the hiss was something of a worse version of the dark presence. I wonder though, with Control Resonant coming out soon, if it will also follow Alan Wake 2's footsteps and be incrementally better than its predecessor.

Here, have something from this game that I've been obsessed with: https://youtu.be/SRQGOtBVELo?si=7fXCqxMgjJ_AlKce

Extras:
Pokemon Pokopia has been taking up most of my gaming time this month, still haven’t beaten it tho, since I keep on getting distracted with things to do in it other than the main quest lol. It’s the sort of game that you tell yourself you’ll pick up to play for an hour and then suddenly it’s dark outside and you’re still playing. It really is incredible, the pokemon are soooo cute. This will be the first pokemon game I ever beat and it’s ‘just’ a spinoff, crazy.

New backlog additions:

• Esoteric Ebb
  
• CARRION
  
• SteamWorld Build
  
• Paleo Pines
  
• Core Keeper
  
• Big Helmet Heroes
  

Report 93: Janurary - March 2026

• Arctic Eggs
  

  7 hours playtime

  16 of 16 achievements
• Bounty of One
  

  49 hours playtime

  100 of 100 achievements
• This Ain’t Even Poker, Ya Joker
  

  8 hours playtime

  12 of 12 achievements
• Berry Bury Berry
  

  11 hours playtime

  61 of 61 achievements
• Xenosensory
  

  3 hours playtime

  59 of 59 achievements
• Space Rock Breaker
  

  3 hours playtime

  15 of 15 achievements
• Loan Shark
  

  2 hours playtime

  16 of 16 achievements
• Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered
  

  10 hours playtime

  17 of 17 achievements
• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
  

  63 hours playtime

  30 of 30 achievements

Arctic Eggs - For whatever reason, I thought I’d be getting something absurd but ulitmately disturbing, like Mouthwashing. It’s nothing like Mouthwashing. The gameplay took a bit to get used to, and I absolutely HATED it at first (since I was pretty bad at it). Don’t get me wrong, even when I got better, it was still rage-inducing at moments (especially getting the achievement for clearing the final task on hard), but it was satisfying to pull off. The humor is extermely lol so random and unfunny most of the time though. 6/10
Bounty of One - This one is an actualy hard Vampire survivors clone. The main feature is that you have to fully stop moving to shoot at enemies, and it changes up the way these things are played drastically. I got some of the hardest achievement but then they got removed for whatever reason, which sucks. 7/10
This Ain’t Even Poker, Ya Joker - Short idle/clicker game. You progress way too fast, which kinda ruins the whole poijnt. 4/10
Berry Bury Berry - EXTREMELY satisfying gameplay loop with a meh horror plot. I’d play more of it in any form though. 7,5/10
Xenosensory - Short horror-ish clicker game. Satisfying where it counts. 6/10
Space Rock Breaker - Short idle/clicker game. Nothing to write home about, but the stone processing part is really satisfying.
Loan Shark - Pretty interesting and fun short horror story. The UI is pretty bad. Since it’s purely story-driven game, the fishing minigame’s really basic. Wish that wasn’t the case, but oh well. 6,5/10
Fahrenheit - Back when I was a kid and this was released, I used to think that was the coolest shit ever. Now I replayed it and man it’s the dumbest shit ever. Though everything bad here is hilariously so, so it’s not that much of a problem. The stealth segments are still awful. 7/10
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy - Finally completed that one after taking a long pause for a few years. The game’s great. It’s really funny how heavily localized it is for a western audience, despite the fact it’s getting harder and harder to explain obviously japanese motives, especially in the later parts, where they kinda gave up and winged it. Great games anyway. 9,5/10

Backlog progress status:

Marching straight into a path of exile league addiction… again

there is some unfinished game progress for Yakuza 0 as well… will be on Apr 1st/2nd… so wont make march’s report!

STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster

6.6 hours, 29 of 29 achievements

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Quadrata

2.0 hours, 15 of 15 achievements

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Necrosmith 2

14.6 hours, 33 of 38 achievements

The Unfinished Swan

4.2 hours, 10 of 10 achievements

March 2026

Did another playthrough of Dispatch to get 100%. Loved that game.

Dispatch

18 hours playtime

36 of 36 achievements (100%)

And finished my first PoP game of the newest cycle. I already liked the first part which I got to play on the last cycle and this one didn’t disappoint either.

The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark

12 hours playtime

30 of 30 achievements (100%)

Didn’t get much done on steam besides that. I blame it on Pokopia.

Pokopia

Too much, I'm addicted

no achievements

March 2026

This month a bit more multiplayer fun with co-op games. Also bought No Rest for the Wicked from the same category to wait for release. Fighting against Shredder while waiting for that one.

Finished

SWORN

33.4 hours, 23 of 31 achievements

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Shogun Showdown

15.9 hours, 23 of 36 achievements

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Ongoing

Core Keeper

22.4 hours, 12 of 55 achievements

The Riftbreaker

17.9 hours, 17 of 54 achievements

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate

4.4 hours, 18 of 79 achievements

Progress