Progress Report #36: May 2026

• Games
• Added

May 2026

Got 100% in Jedi: Survivors and finished another PoP Game

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™

51 hours playtime

53 of 53 achievements (100%)

Yakuza Kiwami (Legacy)

29 hours playtime

44 of 55 achievements (80%)

Played some short puzzle games

Is This Seat Taken?

5 hours playtime

26 of 26 achievements (100%)

Viewfinder

5 hours playtime

46 of 46 achievements (100%)

Hidden in my Paradise

3 hours playtime

15 of 15 achievements (100%)

Meowsterpiece Museum

36 minutes playtime

11 of 11 achievements (100%)

And finally finished Wandersong, after dropping it halfway through without any reason some years ago.

Wandersong

13 hours playtime

75 of 75 achievements (100%)

May 2026

Challenge track: 3/100

Beaten:
Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided™
Desperados III
Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition
The Ascent
Evil West
Manor Lords
Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon
Chillquarium
An Assassin in Orlandes

Bought:
Car Mechanic Simulator 2018
Gothic 1 Remake

Won:

May 2026

Monster Hunter: World: I found the combat a bit slow at first but after a while I got used to it and it became pretty fun. The story was really boring but thankfully it didn’t take up too much time. The worst part of the main quest IMO was probably the two Zorah boss “fights” which took ~20 minutes each. I think it was supposed to feel epic but it didn’t work for me. I mean it was cool for the first 5 minutes then I was just sick of it. But its main pull, hunting monsters, that was great. I’m rating this one a 7/10 but I think it could get a higher score on my replay. I don’t think my experience did it justice (had to play with 30fps since 60fps was stuttering too much, I underestimated the system requirements lol, also won it at SG so no refunds). I’m definitely going to buy the Iceborne DLC and replay this game once I upgrade my rig.

Not Tonight: I feel conflicted with this game. It’s a game like “Papers, Please” but you play as a bouncer. I liked the sound design and the art. I thought it was cool how the OST sounds muffled at first then when you let a customer in, it gets clearer and louder. Unfortunately, the gameplay loop is rather boring and it’s way too long given how little variety it has. There were barely any new rules and there were too many days where it’s just the same as the previous ones. I also didn’t care about the story and I never really felt any moral dilemmas. There was actually only one time where I felt bad. It was during chapter 3 when it was revealed the “food bank” was a trap to find people to deport. But even with all that, for some reason, I have this urge to replay and 100% it. I think I got used to the gameplay and also I didn’t get the good ending which has been annoying me a little bit. I initially rated this game as 2/10 but I’m bumping it to 4/10. It definitely would’ve been better if it was shorter though.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent: I said in my previous post that my goal for this one during this month was only to get through the midpoint but I really wanted to be done with this game so I forced myself to just beat it already. 10/10, will probably never play it again. It’s really scary, what else do you want me to say? I’ve already heard about the water monster before but it’s still way scarier than what I was expecting. The story was also pretty great. I mean it’s not as good as SOMA (the developers’ other work) but to be fair that’s a high bar to clear lol.

Beyond a Steel Sky: I really enjoyed this game. I loved the setting/world and the characters. They’re quirky, but I mean that in a positive way. They’re all just such a joy to talk to, especially Joey. I don’t think you need to play the first game (Beneath a Steel Sky) but I feel like that improved my experience a bit since I was able to get the references the game makes (there was also one returning side character). I was almost going to rate it 10/10 but I’m “only” rating it 8/10 because I did not like the ending. Either way I’m glad this was my first SG win as I’ve never heard of this game before that. I hope they eventually make a third game.

Dishonored 2: It’s been years since I’ve played the first game so I can’t compare them but I really liked the gameplay of this one (I played as Emily). I was save-scumming a lot though, I decided to go for the no kills and detection achievements for my first playthrough for some reason. I’m not going to uninstall this one yet, I want to replay it and do a high chaos run and maybe even try to 100% it. Throughout my playthrough I was just itching to kill the NPCs lol (and I might or might not have done it a few times and just reloaded a save afterwards…). I feel like there was something missing though. I think the story felt a bit lacking/underwhelming but that might’ve been my fault. I’m giving this one an 8/10 for now. My rating might change once I replay it and actually take my time.

For the People: I won this one over at SG just a few days ago. Figured it was short enough and it looked interesting so I went and played it. Unfortunately I didn’t like it that much. The game’s world and lore were just confusing the hell out of me. A lot of the explanation about the world is in this “map” that you can read but it was pretty long and I didn’t find it interesting enough to actually spend time reading. I feel like the game itself was also too short and the storyline and characters felt underdeveloped. My first playthrough was around 3 hours and the remaining 6 hours was spent figuring out stats combination for the achievements (as the only guide in this game is in Russian and pretty vague on things, you have to figure out how to get the right stats on your own), not like, different paths in the game or something. Had potential but otherwise, 5/10.

SOMA (replay): I love SOMA. I’ve been itching to replay it and I remembered I had a save from January 29 that I’ve never finished, so I went and continued that one. I need to do a full replay again soon. Maybe if they finally release some new info (new trailer? release date? please I’ll take anything) on ONTOS (SOMA’s “spiritual” sequel made by the same devs) during the upcoming showcases. That game is my GTA 6. I need it NOW god damn it.

• Amnesia: The Dark Descent
  

  13 hours playtime

  10 of 18 achievements

• Beyond a Steel Sky
  

  17 hours playtime

  32 of 32 achievements

• Dishonored 2
  

  15 hours playtime

  19 of 50 achievements

• For the People
  

  9 hours playtime

  33 of 33 achievements

• Monster Hunter: World
  

  37 hours playtime

  18 of 100 achievements

• Not Tonight
  

  12 hours playtime

  11 of 15 achievements

• SOMA
  

  54 hours playtime

  10 of 10 achievements

Goals for June 2026

Everything except for Our World is Ended, Starpoint Gemini 2, and Station to Station were picked from this month’s Challenge Me thread. I have some progress with Our World is Ended, Rollerdrome, and Starpoint Gemini 2 already.

Rollerdrome & Starpoint Gemini 2: No thoughts yet besides that I’m liking both of them so far.

Our World is Ended: Way longer than what I was expecting it to be. I think most of the completions in HLTB were skipping the voice acting (I’ve listened to the vast majority of them so far, I’ve only skipped the VA a few times). Granted, I was also alt-tabbing and idling occasionally since I have a poor attention span. My actual hours would still be around ~20 hours minimum though, and considering I’m not even finished yet, it’s probably going to be way more than the average over at HLTB for just the main story (average is 26.5 hours and the only one with a note about not skipping the VA is 40 hours). Definitely underestimated how long this one is.

• Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition
  

  5 hours playtime

  no achievements

• Heavy Rain
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 56 achievements

• Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 22 achievements

• Our World Is Ended.
  

  32 hours playtime

  8 of 40 achievements

• Rollerdrome
  

  2 hours playtime

  5 of 21 achievements

• Starpoint Gemini 2
  

  10 hours playtime

  10 of 52 achievements

• Station to Station
  

  0 minutes playtime

  0 of 81 achievements

• The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
  

  3 hours playtime

  0 of 89 achievements

May 2026

If there’s one thing I can say about May, is that the sun came and snow melted. Made some good progress on my PoP goals, but most of my activity this month was with snowballs and tiny backlog games. I’m very happy with my progress thou, and even got started on the last PoP game left. Really hoping to use June to tackle some long lost wins. Since I played Disco Elysium (and enjoyed it very much) in May, it felt right to tackle Roadwarden and Bookwalker in June. I’ll also see if I can plug in Citizen Sleeper from my backlog, but that’s a stretch goal. Oh, I also started one of those 50k+ mega mosaic games, and I’m enjoying it. It’s great to play with on one screen while I vibe code on the other one.

Also crap, I was very lucky on SG! 8 wins … it’s a lot. I have to put more effort if I want to see the progress bar moving. Let’s go!!!

Some of my top backlogged games that are not on Steam and I hope to play this month are Dishonored and Pyre. They have been threre for a while but always with a slightly smaller priority. Hoping this is the month. Happy gaming!

• Beaten Games
• New Games
• Progress on SG Wins

Star Wars month with a giant lack of star wars games played

also this month I was missing out on a week for a convention I go to every year.

Battle Shapers

25.4 hours, 44 of 52 achievements

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Pavilion

3.0 hours, no achievements

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Shieldmaiden

4.2 hours, 27 of 27 achievements

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Time Rift

4.7 hours, 17 of 17 achievements

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Defend the Rook

1.3 hours, 4 of 18 achievements

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Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition

35.5 hours, 23 of 36 achievements

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Valkyria Chronicles™

38.5 hours, 11 of 20 achievements

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Nerd things happened at this point of time at a convention

Neva

6.1 hours, 18 of 18 achievements

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Purrfect Date

3.4 hours, 8 of 32 achievements

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Skate Story

7.4 hours, 15 of 26 achievements

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Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters

3.8 hours, 3 of 68 achievements

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RobbyRatpoison's May 2026 BLAEO Review

Another month down, made some good progress! I beat 4 games (plus an extra one if you include getting 25% of the achievements in Goat Simulator, which does not have a definitive ending) and I 100% completed 14 more. I’m making this post a bit early because I don’t see myself beating any other games this month, but if I do I will try to remember to wrap it into my post for next month.

We’ll start with Gourdlets. It’s cute but it’s barely a game. You get little creatures and they interact with objects that you place in the world. When they interact enough, they sprout flowers that are used to unlock new items and the ultimate goal is to unlock all of the items. Not sure if I just forgot or if I never learned this, but you have to hover over a Gourdlet to get it’s flower. By not knowing this, getting 100% took a lot longer than it needed to.
Next up is The Messenger which was a great 2D Platformer with an amazing soundtrack. I played it years ago (maybe it was on Game Pass?) but I never actually beat it. Some parts were tough but I always felt like I was capable of overcoming the challenges. I enjoyed it thoroughly but after 14 hours I was ready to move on, didn’t go for 100% on this one.
Minami Lane is like a city builder or something? I twas a lot different from the other games I typically play but it was enjoyable. Not challenging but it was chill and had a nice art style. I don’t have much else to say about it.
Salamander County Public Television was a wild game full of weird minigames. Easy to beat but some of the challenges were quite challenging. The story was funny and the game definitely surpassed my expectations.
Pushy and Pully in Blockland was kind of like Bomberman. Mostly easy levels but some were quite difficult, not a lot in between. I didn’t have to do much clean up after beating the game in order to get the final achievements for 100%.
Sapo 3D is my type of game! Pixels, polygons, and 3D platforming. The movement was crisp and the extra challenges were a treat. Not sure how I feel about games having speedrun achievements… Apparently I don’t mind much since I did it, and it took about 45 minutes. Lovely game!
If Found is beautiful. Basically a visual novel with an eraser-style mechanic to make progress. Unfortunately I didn’t care for the story which is pretty damaging for a visual novel. Don’t let this turn you away from it if you like VNs, because I have never found one with a story that I enjoy. I barely ever “play” VNs because I don’t consider them games, but the stunning visuals made me have to try this one.
Berry People is a nice game about taking pictures of berry creatures. It’s not a true Sokpop game, but rather Sokpop adjacent. Had to look up some stuff and had some issues with the game getting really laggy after keeping it open for too long. It’s a nice game.
Milo’s Quest is a puzzle game with some lite combat. The game could be a little better if there was a map. Milo might be a good boy but his game is not a very good game.
Rex: Another Island is a 2D Platformer that kinda sucked. I didn’t hate it but I didn’t even consider continuing for 100% after beating it.
Merry Glade sucked more and I am glad it only took an hour for 100%. Mushroom boss fight was kinda cool though tbh.
Barro GT is a racing game that is completely trivial to get 100% achievements in. The achievements are all “Race on Race Track #” but there is no goal time to beat, and you don’t even have to complete a single lap! Just load a level, exit out, and you get the achievement. I decided to at least complete a 3 lap time trial on each map for good measure. It was lackluster.
Yon Paradox was an okay puzzle game with the frustrating mechanic of “you die if you see yourself” or something like that? I didn’t really get it. Like, a clone of you spawns after some time and follows the path you took, and you have to avoid the clone. I never really fully understood it. And when you die, you start from square one which sucks. The puzzles were decent and the clone thing was interesting, just a bit too punishing. I bet they added the clone as a way to pad out the time.
The Cat Games was a short game made of a few minigames, this one was nice. Just a small cute game where you can have a little fun.
Fox and Bunny was a broken platformer with a bad English translation. Avoid.
Jumps was plenty of fun for a short amount of time. First person 3D platforming done right, with some moderate speed and rocket jumping. Also interesting mechanic of needing to collect jumps to use them. I wish there was more achievements in this game so I could feel compelled to keep playing for longer.
She Sees Red was like a movie with branching paths for the user to choose. I decided not to make any choices and just watched as the default story played out. It was okay, maybe better when you play again and make different choices to see what happens. English dub was jarring, I had to switch to original Russian voice with English subtitles.
Finally we have Graze Counter which is a SHMUP that rewards the played for close calls where enemy bullets graze your ship. Cool unique mechanic! Not sure why the game doesn’t have achievements, it should at least have achievements for beating the final boss using each ship.

• Gourdlets
  

  17.5 hours playtime

  10 of 10 achievements

• The Messenger
  

  14.7 hours playtime

  35 of 48 achievements

• Minami Lane
  

  4.0 hours playtime

  20 of 20 achievements

• Salamander County Public Television
  

  3.4 hours playtime

  20 of 20 achievements

• Pushy and Pully in Blockland
  

  3.2 hours playtime

  32 of 32 achievements

• Sapo 3D
  

  2.9 hours playtime

  30 of 30 achievements

• If Found
  

  2.5 hours playtime

  15 of 15 achievements

• Berry People
  

  1.4 hours playtime

  10 of 10 achievements

• Milo's Quest
  

  1.6 hours playtime

  14 of 14 achievements

• Rex: Another Island
  

  1.1 hours playtime

  1 of 3 achievements

• Merry Glade
  

  1.0 hours playtime

  76 of 76 achievements

• Barro GT
  

  0.9 hours playtime

  21 of 21 achievements

• Yon Paradox
  

  4.0 hours playtime

  no achievements

• The Cat Games
  

  5.0 hours playtime

  16 of 16 achievements

• Fox and Bunny
  

  0.8 hours playtime

  6 of 6 achievements

• Jumps
  

  5.0 hours playtime

  9 of 9 achievements

• She Sees Red
  

  0.6 hours playtime

  4 of 15 achievements

• Graze Counter
  

  1.3 hours playtime

  no achievements

My birthday, my dad’s birhday and some visits to the hospital regarding my leg - that sums up this month for me.

Games added in April 2026

• Harold Halibut
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 27 achievements

• SEASON: A letter to the future
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 16 achievements

• Cabernet
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 89 achievements

• The Procession to Calvary
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 21 achievements

• 8AM
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 3 achievements

• Urban Jungle
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 23 achievements

• NineHells
  

  0 hours playtime

  no achievements

• The Invincible
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 29 achievements

• Henry Halfhead
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 30 achievements

• Shy Cats Hidden Orchestra
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 26 achievements

• Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 26 achievements

• Mineko's Night Market
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 24 achievements

• Graveyard Keeper
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 125 achievements

• Nocturnal
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 11 achievements

• Unboxathon
  

  0 hours playtime

  0 of 35 achievements

• My Little Cafe Nightmare
  

  0 hours playtime

  no achievements

Games added: 16 (6 less than the last month)
Games won: 1 (1 more than last month)

Also got some DLC’s (Coloring Pixels and Pixel Puzzles)

A mixed lot, only 1 cat game :) Recommendations always welcome <3

• Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead
  

  8 hours playtime

  13 of 13 achievements

Report #429: Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead

In principal just another Bridge Constructor. But I liked the mission variety more than in other versions. You don’t have just a car that is moving, but also you have to kill Zombies, destroy enemy cars or bandits. All that with different characters, that can lure zombies, throw granades, shoot rifle or slash through herds.
At the end only recommended, if you like Bridge Constructor games.