Activities
Today
July ‘26 report
🏆 SG Wins Progress Bar
🕹️ Overall Progress Bar
👜 Backlog
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FEZ
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Fischer's Fishing Journey
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Walk The Frog
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Life is Strange 2
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Coffee Talk
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Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly
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Paper Trail
🎁 Wins / Gifts
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Nocturnal
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APICO
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Stray
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Tiny Bookshop
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LiEat
What do you mean July is over 😭
It was a very slow month for gaming even though we had our winter break the second week. To be fair, I was only free for a week and I spent the entirety of it with a cold that wouldn't go away. Second chance at July, maybe? Please?
At least it's warming up enough that I can finally drink iced coffee... the little things, you know?
Ninglors Log 437
July Progress:
7
PPU monthly:
done
July Additions:
13
Games finished this month:
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition 
13 hours, 51 of 51 achievements
Jack-In-A-Castle
6 hours, 20 of 20 achievements
Present from 2021
Cats & Pandas
0 hours, 100 of 100 achievements
Sandball!
FIND ALL: Bunker
1 hours, 19 of 19 achievements
Sandball madness 2026
FIND KITTENS 2: Crafts
0 hours, 22 of 22 achievements
Sandball madness 2026
Dispatch
24 hours, 36 of 36 achievements
Win \o/
Portal
10 hours, 12 of 15 achievements
Won/Gifted Games:
Farewell North – Ty Volpe <3
Dispatch – Win \o/
AC Origins – Ty Sky <3
Elton Manor: Requiem of the Cursed Roses – Ty Sky <3
Staffer Reborn – Ty Yamara <3
Palindrom Syndrome: Escape Room – Ty Limosa <3
Akash: Path of the Five – Ty Moony <3
Winter Burrow – Ty Moony <3
Cats & Pandas – Ty Sam <3
Between Time: Escape Room – Ty Vinro <3
Wanderstop – Ty Bruteforce <3
FIND ALL: Bunker – ty Adam <3
FIND KITTENS 2: Crafts – Ty Adam <3
Bought Games:
Currently playing:
So much from me :3
Have a lovely week!
Queen Ninglor
#31 JULY 2026
Dark Souls II
33.8 hours playtime, 19 of 38 achievements
Alabaster Dawn [Early Access]
11.5 hours playtime
Note: I’ve beaten all the content available for Alabaster Dawn at the moment, but I marked it as unbeaten still, since I plan to play it again after its full release.
Stats End of July
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Overall wins statistics
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Yearly Challenges
Yearly Challenge 2026 - Simulations
Finish all games on the Secret Santa 2025 list
Beat all least 50% of the games on the Runs on a Toaster list
Beat all least 50% of the games on the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Play Them list
Beat all least 50% of the games on the Trust Issues list
Beat all least 75% of the games on the Old wins list
Beat all least 50% of the games added in 2025
Alright. July is in the books. We had the Willow Fire threatening the town I live in for a chunk of July, but it’s no longer as close by and is largely contained until the snows come and completely put it out. Anyway, decent month for gaming overall. Eriksholm was definitely the standout title, and Decade was super interesting. It was also nice to close out the Avadon series.
July Completions
Avadon 3: The Warborn
36.8 hours, 15 of 30 achievements
Not nearly as good as the other games in the series, but still a decent conclusion to the overarching story.
The Backrooms: Liminal space
0.8 hours, no achievements
This is of the walking sim variety of liminal spaces games. It was okay-ish.
Liminal Lane
0.6 hours, no achievements
Another walking sim liminal spaces game. This one I enjoyed. It had an eye towards fun with tons of movie and pop culture references throughout, and a couple decent anomaly puzzles mixed in.
Metal Garden
3.4 hours, 3 of 9 achievements
This was an excellent megastructure game and a decent FPS as well. Very cool idea for both world building and lore.
Goblin Solitaire
4.3 hours, no achievements
It's straight solitaire with no frills, but some fun card designs.
Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream
12.8 hours, 42 of 45 achievements
Excellent story, linear but fun iso stealth, sweet sweet graphics, great voice acting. This is one of those memorable games you get to enjoy every so often.
SCP - Mystery Man
3.6 hours, no achievements
This was a really cool investigation game that requires real life investigations from the player via web searching. Neat game, cool concept.
Decade
3.6 hours, 15 of 20 achievements
This was an excellent CYOA game featuring node-based exploration via time travel through different times and timelines, altering history as you go. Super cool.
July Retirements
- The Underground Man - The dialogue here was an f’in embarrassment
- Within the Backrooms - It’s got a decent liminal spaces concept, but is also a buggy mess
- Nothmere - The UI was so terrible with this game, I didn’t want to continue, despite there being a real game here.
- Wasteland With Robots - Unplayable mess.
- Underrail - I really want to play this, but it had some issues with the game not recognizing the game borders in windowed and full screen mode that made it unplayable currently.
- The Lonely Helmet - Pretty meh platformer. Delisted.
- Liminal - Not actually a liminal spaces game. Not really. It’s more like an anomaly game. But also abandoned and broken.
- Aliens: Fireteam Elite - Also a buggy mess. It’s actually a fun game, but the bugs just got cumbersome, so we retired this n favor of other co-op games. Maybe I’ll go back at some point and solo the remainder of the campaign. But maybe not.
Plans for August
I’m currently playing a couple games: Mistfall Hunter, FatalZone, and Goblin and Recipes: Match-3 Adventure. Plus, my co-op friends have moved back to Serious Sam for now, lol. So that as well (Serious Sam 3). FatalZone is a decent bullet heaven. Not sure how long I’ll play it, but it’s fun for now. Mistfall Hunter is a PvPvE extraction medieval game. So far, it’s almost straight up a Dark Souls clone outside of the aforementioned extraction aspect, but also decent so far. GnR is pretty meh, but a couple levels at a time is a decent way to kill some time. So, I’ll continue with all of the above. after that, IDK. We’ll see.
July 2026
No completions but continuing on multiple games at the moment. JA3 is starting turn into a grind.
Ongoing
Jagged Alliance 3
53.1 hours, 20 of 50 achievements
Ship of Fools
12.1 hours, 21 of 47 achievements
Rotwood
9.9 hours, no achievements
Progress
July 2026
A weird and uneventful month. New job, lots of travel for work, lots of in-person office days, which all in all means less gaming. Not bad, just weird based on the previous months.
But at least I was able to keep the plan I had set for myself in June, if nothing else. Bayonetta was a bit all over the place - while I enjoy individual elements of it, and still like it as a game, the cutscenes were way too much and too frequent, and the camera made the combat too janky to feel good. I’m glad I experienced it, but somehow, I’m also glad it’s over. Black the Fall had less overall variation, which is a plus since the lows weren’t so low, but also a minus since the highs were not so high. It’s a competent but extremely forgettable game. It was hard to get excited with these games. I also put a few extra hours into 2024 Mosaic, now around a third of the way to beat it. Luckily, with three days to go in the month, I started Crown Gambit and so far it has been a very pleasant surprise. I think I’ll beat it in the first week of August, fingers crossed.
The plan for August is to beat Crown Gambit, and possibly then focus on Dishonored, which has been sitting on my priority backlog for almost a year. I beat 2 games and won 2 games on SG, so again the balance was kept. One of these wins was The Witness, which also has been on my priority wishlist for so long!
Happy gaming!
SG Wins
Bayonetta
19.1 hours, 23 of 50 achievements
Black The Fall
4.2 hours, 7 of 14 achievements
Backlog
None!
Abandoned Games
None!
SG Wins
The Witness
0 hours, 0 of 2 achievements
Blanc
0 hours, 0 of 13 achievements
Keys received as a gift
None!
Purchases
None!
Freebies
None!
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Made a small dent into my SG win backlog so thats nice.
Completed SG wins
Achievements: 20 of 20 (100%)
Review: It is not terrible, but there are things that could definitely be done better. It is a roguelite where you go down into caves with your gnomes, trying to collect resources and defeat bosses. There are three different caves, each with its own unique boss at the end. You can find my full review on Steam here.
Achievements: 41 of 41 (100%)
Review: A good point and click game with fantastic art, sound and story. Just keep in mind there is a lot of story. Linux version of the game works without any issues.
Achievements: 31 of 31 (100%)
Review: A management game where you manage your own cult. It is by far not a terrible game, it just doesn't do anything spectacular and leaves a lot to be desired. You can find my full review on Steam here.
Achievements: 20 of 20 (100%)
Review: It is a cute, cozy management game with a lovely art style, however, it felt like it was just too simple and there was something missing the whole time I played it. You can find my full review on Steam here.
Achievements: No achievements
Review: A way too basic and bare-bones survival game. There’s a major lack of enemy variety, level design, and progression between runs (it saves between runs as long as you don’t die, but if you do, you lose everything), making it really boring to play. You can find my full review on Steam here.
1 Backlog, 100 Visual Novels (August 2026 report)
welcome to the first report of the 100 visual novels “challenge”! first off, i want to clarify that i made a small change to the initial list as there is a VN i technically played within the month of july before i made the post, so i’ll be subbing it for one of the other unplayed VNs to give myself a bit of extra progress. but with that out of the way, here’s my progress report! last month i finished a total of 3 VNs, getting the initial list down to 97. i did also make some progress on Collar X Malice on switch, but i’m far from finishing. that’s one monster VN.
it’s not a lot… i was busier and in a reading mood less often than i anticipated. but progress is progress! i’ll continue to hold onto a monthly objective of 5 completed VNs, so let’s see if I can fulfill it this month!
here’s the breakdown of the VNs i read:
this was a short, fluffy yuri VN that i played at the very start of the month. it's a highschool drama, with a modern prestigious all-girls school as the setting. the main character, a meek, old-fashioned, hopeless romantic did surprise me with her inner monologue, as she truly is very introspective, but at times her naivety and social awkwardness did grind my gears a little. the game has very cute art, (i personally really liked the main character's sprites), full japanese voice over, and double subtitles for people that are learning the language, but i felt like the story overstayed its welcome once the main conflict was resolved. after that it was just kind of boring couple scenes, even if cute. the plot was interesting, it's a story about blackmail and misunderstandings that has a happy ending, but is left inconclusive as it seems like a sequel was/is planned to come out and continue or solve some of the leftover threads. however, the game came out in 2021, and so far i have seen no news of another episode, so i personally wouldn't count on this conclusion ever happening.
my first ebi-hime VN! and i definitely understand why she's so popular. this game is beautifully written, even if not all threads and subplots had a satisfactory conclusion. while i loved the ending, i would have really liked to see some closure on the minor characters as well, particularly Lady Constance and Emilie and her sister. regardless, the read was more than enjoyable, exploring themes such as loss, pride, and even different forms of workplace harassment (through a victorian lens, that is). the art style is beautiful, though i did need to get used to it at first, and the music as well! absolutely recommended as a short, beautiful yuri VN
a very short yaoi VN that i played to break the yuri streak. the production value on this one is evidently low, and it definitely feels like the product of a newbie. however, toxic yaoi and angels is pretty much exactly my thing, so i was going to enjoy this one no matter what. and i really did enjoy the story, but the experience was dampened by some flaws outside of the visual quality. the pacing is not good, i really think the game would have really benefitted from a more spaced-out style of writing, because the story does have a lot of emotional potential that doesn't get to shine because everything is so rushed. the character designs also bother me, because the same face syndrome is glaring, and the designs are just very plain. it also has some minor flaws that make the game look unpolished on top of this, such as silhouette sprites having the kind of gaps that happen when you don't color-fill properly, typos, and even a general lack of proofreading as evidenced by missing words or grammar mistakes. i did like the UI visuals though, and the whole "fate" theme to determine the ending you get was cute. it was also an easy read and easy completion, and i always appreciate games that don't overstay their welcome (looking at you, letters from a rainy day).
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2064: Read Only Memories
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7'scarlet
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Blankspace
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CAFE 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid~
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Chasing Tails -A Promise in the Snow-
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Crypterion
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The Fairy's Song
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Fatal Twelve
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Femboys of the Phalanx
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds
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Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms
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Hashihime of the Old Book Town
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Highway Blossoms
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The Imperial Capital Burns - Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse
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Japanese School Life
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KARAKARA
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KARAKARA2
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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Kindred Spirits on the Roof
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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A Kiss For The Petals - Remembering How We Met
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The Letter
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Leveling up girls in another world
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Lilycle Rainbow Stage!!!
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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LINGERING
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Lovingly Evil
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Lucy Got Problems
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Memory's Dogma CODE:01
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Muv-Luv
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Muv-Luv Alternative
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Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse
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Muv-Luv photonflowers*
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Muv-Luv photonmelodies♮
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My Girlfriend’s Special Place
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My Vow to My Liege
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Ne no Kami - The Two Princess Knights of Kyoto
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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Ne no Kami - The Two Princess Knights of Kyoto Part 2
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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NEKOPARA Extra
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NEKOPARA Vol. 2
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NEKOPARA Vol. 3
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NEKOPARA Vol. 4
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Nie No Hakoniwa - Dollhouse of Offerings
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Night Cascades
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Nightshade
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Ninja Girl and the Mysterious Army of Urban Legend Monsters! ~Hunt of the Headless Horseman~
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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Omni Link
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OshiRabu: Waifus Over Husbandos
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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Our World Is Ended.
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Perfect Gold
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Please Be Happy
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Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly
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Red Embrace
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Saku Saku: Love Blooms with the Cherry Blossoms
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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Sakura Agent
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Sakura Alien
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Sakura Alien 2
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Sakura Bunny Girls
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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Sakura Forest Girls
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Sakura Forest Girls 2
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Sakura Forest Girls 3
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Sakura Gamer 2
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Sakura Gym Girls
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Sakura Knight
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Sakura Knight 2
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Sakura Knight 3
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Sakura Melody
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Sakura MMO
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Sakura MMO 2
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Sakura MMO 3
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Sakura MMO Extra
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Sakura Nova
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Sakura Space
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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Sakura Succubus
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Sakura Succubus 2
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Sakura Succubus 3
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Sakura Succubus 4
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Sakura Succubus 5
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Sakura Succubus 6
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Sakura Succubus 7
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Sakura Succubus 8
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Sakura Swim Club
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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SeaBed
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Sky in your eyes
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Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
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Spirit Hunter: NG
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STEINS;GATE
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Summer With You
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sweet pool
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The Symbiant
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[TDA00] Muv-Luv Unlimited: THE DAY AFTER - Episode 00 REMASTERED
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[TDA01] Muv-Luv Unlimited: THE DAY AFTER - Episode 01 REMASTERED
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[TDA02] Muv-Luv Unlimited: THE DAY AFTER - Episode 02 REMASTERED
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[TDA03] Muv-Luv Unlimited: THE DAY AFTER - Episode 03 REMASTERED
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Tokyo Onmyoji -The Tale of Rei Tengenjibashi-
0 hours playtime
no achievements
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We Know the Devil
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Winter With You
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夢游仙境ロマネスク: Chronicles of Refugia
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Collar X Malice
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Cupid Parasite
July 2026
Played: 7
Started: 5
Beaten: 4
Added: 5
Completion avg: 80.955% (-0.223)
Points avg: 5048 (-15)
Progress bar:
Beaten:
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Tembo The Badass Elephant
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Quadrilateral Cowboy
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OlliOlli World
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Hell Clock
Progressed:
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Mushroom 11
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ASTRONEER
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Devil May Cry 4 (Special Edition)
Added:
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Dead Space
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SKALD: Against the Black Priory
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Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons
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Occlude
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CATO: Buttered Cat
